A Customer Asked Us 5 Blunt Arcade Questions
Every so often we get an email that’s more interesting than the usual “what time do you open?” A customer recently sent us a list of questions about how an arcade actually runs behind the scenes. Broken cabinets, whether four player games really get four players, whether we track play counts, how we handle “grown-up” […]
Autobots, Roll Out: Transformers Premium Pinball Lands at Time Rift Arcade
Something big just rolled into Bedford. The Stern Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Premium is now on the floor at Time Rift Arcade, and it is every bit as loud, fast, and ridiculous as you want it to be. If you grew up with the toys, the cartoon, or the movies, this one is […]
Home Consoles Will Never Replace the Arcade
Somebody has been declaring the arcade dead since 1985. It was the NES that was going to kill us. Then the Genesis. Then the PlayStation, the Xbox, online multiplayer, smartphones, and now VR. Every few years, a confident guy on the internet writes the same obituary, and every few years he’s wrong. Arcades are still […]
Free-Play Arcades vs Pay-Per-Play Arcades
Most arcade cabinets, even dating back to the early ’80s, have a simple operator setting called “free play.” Flip that option on, and the machine stops waiting for coins or credits, and it just boots straight into the game and lets players start instantly. Originally, operators used this mode for testing or for special events, […]
