Jed Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 The inflation adjusted figures are pretty staggering, a decent read. http://www.usgamer.net/articles/top-10-biggest-grossing-arcade-games-of-all-time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleazius Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 How can they possibly know? The majority of operators especially in the 80s were strictly cash operators who reported almost nothing. Still interesting nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I would be interested in knowing who owns the most cabs in the top 10 - dedicated originals or dedicated reproductions Ill start None :redface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vadership Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Ill have 6 of them very soon when they arrive :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Bumper Pete Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I wonder what are the highest car racing games come in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 I wonder what are the highest car racing games come in? Sega Rally would have to be one of the highest, Pole position as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Ill have 6 of them very soon when they arrive :) Im interested in hearing about this shipment of yours when it arrives :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johns-Arcade Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I have 6 on that list, provided Taito Space Invaders counts. I wonder if it's the same 6 as Vadership? I'd happily set fire to the other 4! :D Regards, Johns-Arcade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razor Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Ridiculous coin takings there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vadership Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I have 6 on that list, provided Taito Space Invaders counts. I wonder if it's the same 6 as Vadership? I'd happily set fire to the other 4! :D Regards, Johns-Arcade. 1. Pac-Man 2. Space Invaders 4. Ms. Pac-Man 5. NBA Jam (id say you would have defender instead of this) 7. Asteroids 10. Donkey Kong - - - Updated - - - Im interested in hearing about this shipment of yours when it arrives :) I'm hoping to have another garage built soon, this will be my Arcade Room :) So when this starts happening, I'll make sure I post some pics of it filling up. Should be around the same time the games arrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johns-Arcade Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 1. Pac-Man 2. Space Invaders 4. Ms. Pac-Man 5. NBA Jam (id say you would have defender instead of this) 7. Asteroids 10. Donkey Kong Bingo! Yeah sorry, I'd burn NBA Jam ;) Regards, Johns-Arcade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotty Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 NBA Jam grossed more money in earnings and sales in the same year than Jurassic Park did when released in the same year. Daytona was a massive money earner in the 90's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 NBA Jam grossed more money in earnings and sales in the same year than Jurassic Park did when released in the same year. Daytona was a massive money earner in the 90's Yeah, I love NBA jam, and decades later I'm still trying to complete it ! Tho i prefer the max hangtime version over the original as it has the fade away jumpshots which gives you more options. Such a well balanced game, one of those titles I played way more in mame as it was too much of a money sucker BITD to buy a full game. I am a sucker for sports games though and spend way too much time playing PES :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixthadog Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Daytona was a massive money earner in the 90's I remember playing Daytona at Timezone in Surfers Paradise in 1994, it was a single sit-in cab with a huge screen (similar to the one pictured below except I think it used a projector instead of a rear-projection monitor). It was $4 a game but man was it worth it! People were lining up to play it, and many others just stood and watched in amazement. I worked at Timezone in Melbourne the following year and Daytona was definitely the highest earning arcade machine where I worked. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/NetsuaiAngel/Arcade%20Units/DaytonaUSA-SideView.png Cheers, Matthew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rod71 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 NBA JAM is great. Not many 90's games that I'd own, but that and Point Blank would be on my hit list for sure. Actually I lie. I own Soul Calibur and a bunch of Neo Geo carts :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theMot Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Surprised MK1 and 2 are in there. Would have thought top 20 maybe but 10? No Daytona? Nothing from Sega at all actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaablettt Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Daytona took my money. I spent what I could on Space Invaders, Pac Man, Frogger, Asteroids, etc games when I was 13 by finding 20c returnable bottles and paper round money but Daytona was the optimum convergence of working and having the cash and willing to spend it on video games. Jimmy D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpudJones Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 If the article is accurate in any way, then it's interesting to see the number of units sold in each case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotty Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 I guess dollar value in the 90's machines were eating $1 coins as opposed to 20c so from a games played perspective the 80's probably blitz number of plays not dollars. I had a NBA Jam TE dedicated cabinet complete with topper that was picked up through the corner of my eye, it was spotted in a dusty cornerof a storage shed of an old operator and I then later sold it here to an AA members mate. Great game the guys who bought it new all the players and it was placed in a nightclub in the City (Melbourne). The Daytona line up at Highpoint Playtime were making 15K a week I was told. Is that possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Bumper Pete Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 The Daytona line up at Highpoint Playtime were making 15K a week I was told. Is that possible? How long does a race last? if the next player starts as soon as the last guy gets out, then how many games can be played in a day say 5 minutes per game, $2 per game, 12 games per hour, game on for 12 hours, seven days a week. $2016 per week I do remember stories in the news that SI games in Japan had the problem of the coinboxes being full and no more credits could be added Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue95 Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 In the early 90s I put a lot of coins in TMNT and the late 90s on it was Daytona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixthadog Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 The Daytona line up at Highpoint Playtime were making 15K a week I was told. Is that possible? How long does a race last? if the next player starts as soon as the last guy gets out, then how many games can be played in a day say 5 minutes per game, $2 per game, 12 games per hour, game on for 12 hours, seven days a week. $2016 per week That is for 1 machine, but I don't recall ever seeing a single-player machine in any of the Timezones I worked at. Most were 2 or 4-player machines, although Timezone in Bourke Street and Knox both had 8 machines linked. It is conceivable that Playtime at Highpoint was making 15k per week from Daytona, if they had 8 machines linked. Timezone at Doncaster had 4 machines linked and they were raking it in. Cheers, Matthew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleazius Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 There were a number of places in Sydney that had 8 Daytona's linked. Sega World, Kaos at Panthers and Intencity at Paramatta are the ones I played. The one at Panthers had 8 people playing it from 7pm to 3am every Friday and Saturday night. It was $2 a game from memory so they were raking it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotty Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Don't forget MANX TT motorbikes 6-8 cycles and they sure did pull in the dollars and to think in the very late 80"s to early 90's I tried to convince a mate of mine to buy into a Timezone franchise with me we were young and I had vision but it didn't happen. To this day he reminds me of his regret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artyfarty Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Haven't seen a Daytona in ages, but just saw a 2 player setup in Hoyts at Mandarin Chatswood. My 18 year old daughter was playing it saying "omg this game is so old"... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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