I want to open a barcade in my shit city.
I’m going to cheaply build a bunch of MAME cabinets and run pirated roms, along with some Konami music games I will be using arcade rips of.
Machine will be on free play, money will all come from drinks and snacks.
Thoughts?
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Probably a terrible idea, but I don't know. Might want to talk to a legal expert. They might be able to sue you for running illegal copies of games.
Gonna need name and location to report you to the autorities.
>money will all come from drinks and snacks.
That business will cover restocking concessions, you’ll be absolutely fucked on repair costs. Also what’s stopping some dude from just walking in to play and not buy anything? You need to think more about it instead of just “DUDE WHAT IF LMAO”.
>mame cabinets
Don't bother.
dude, so many arcades have fucking arcade and neogeo multicarts
usually just ONE machine running everything, but i've never heard of people getting shut down because of it.
Put it in a classy white neighborhood
Illegal is still illegal getting away with it notwithstanding, all it takes is one person reporting your ass to really fuck your day up.
I have access to parts and can fix things myself.
That is the plan. Mostly white here.
You think rich white teens are above that shit?
Can they sue? I’m sure they would rather just C&D than sue no?
how often do people ACTUALLY fucking report?
yeah, 0% unless they somehow are running brand new arcade games straight from japan illegally, no one will give a shit in america.
I think these things are cool but me and most of the gamers I know are stay at home creatures
at best you'll attract the casual gaming squad and at worst fakers and mobile gamers
best of luck tho, im confident we will see more of these things in the future.
Employment? You’re not going to running this all by yourself.
Make it hot inside
Barcades are fairly popular with the older crowd and esports types.
Make sure to have a stage. Get some "nerd music" bands. Attract more people. Don't need to be bands every night, but it'll help fill out the bar
when lawyers get involved it's just not worth it
even if you win (and you clearly aren't going to win a case like this) you're still out a significant amount of cash
It’s me and one other guy. He manages concession, I do everything else.
Looking to have a small 5$ cover charge as well. Extra income. Keep some shit board games on hand, say it’s a board game cafe
Thanks dood. Hoping the iidx , sdvx, popn and Jubeat cabinets are enough to attract the hardcores.
Have you seen barcades? One here, called The Rec Room, good luck getting in on a weekend night.
Lawyers only happen when you sue. Aren’t the odds of that like 10million to one?
Have a five dollar admission fee to the arcade for a whole night, get a stage and a decent sound system, and offer soft drinks and booze as well as some fancier stuff.
What city user?
People rarely report that shit. Don't worry about it. Just don't openly advertise that you have MAME cabs and no one will care.
The main thing people overlook about running arcade machines is maintenance. People are retards and will break your sticks and buttons faster than if you were using them alone. I'd suggest getting familiar with replacing parts, unless you want to blow $75+ replacing whole boards every time shit breaks. And it will, faster than you think.
You didn't meantion them in your post, but I'll say it anyway since it's usually the next step for most people. Stay far away from pinball machines unless you're really dedicated. Those things are a nightmare to keep in top shape.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
you just need one guy to report and it's game over
if you're putting the kind of money you'd need to convert and secure a lease for this kind of place, that's one hell of risk for not that much return on investment
i knew a guy whose job it was to to go to community gatherings and high school band concerts and see if they were performing any copyright material
they ended up hammering my old high school with a cease and desist
I am aware of the pinball situation. Not interested in playing them.
You want to open a bar and have 2 employees? Only one of which will serve alcohol?
The areas we are looking at to lease are very cheap and very small. We aren’t looking for a huge packed establishment. Something quaint.
i don't know where you live, but in america you can get fucking sued over anything
i manage a property where some woman was running for her bus, tripped and fell, and sued both adjacent properties despite the fact the area she was running through isn't open to the public
you get to lawyer up even though you did nothing wrong, and she didn't even trip on our property
got sued a couple years ago by some lady who tripped on a sidewalk, we got sued even though it's city property
got to pay for this shit too
for what it's worth i saw a small similar establishment open near where i work
it lasted about three months
i hope you can afford to lose if you're going to do this, and i mean this in a good way
opening a business isn't cheap and profit margins on restaurants are slim as hell
What do you think made them fail?
Serve crab legs
running pirated software in a bar is a really really bad idea son
the fines are huge if you get caught
i don't know, i never went in there
i would imagine that they simply never got enough bodies through the door to get any cash flow going
it's a decently populated area, vibrant night life, though there was pretty stiff competition around, significant number of bars within a 2-3 block radius
Have it be a one drink minimum for each person there, if it's okay to have people under 21 in there make it so they have to buy food or something
Is it really? I can’t find any actual examples of this happening
what a scumbag
eh, on one hand it is their intellectual property, how else do they make a living
the guy was nice enough, i don't think he particularly enjoyed his job but a dude has to make a living somehow
The kind of people who would want to come to a barcade are the kind of people who want the actual legit machines.
>along with some Konami music games I will be using arcade rips of.
You're going to get fucked hard.
You should at the very least have a few cheap legit machines.
Throw in a pinball machine or two. Youd honestly be surprised at the following pinball has had. If there's a local group in your area they might even have tournaments and shit at your place which equals more drinks and food sold on a regular basis
This, the one near me survives mostly off of the fact that they have an awesome selection of pinball machines.
If you're going to do this, go legit. Bars with video games are a dime a dozen.
>how else do they make a living
bruh any licensed song popular enough to be played at some shitty school gathering is already raking in enough sales to afford the musicians fifteen solid gold toilets. they really do not need a sixteenth.
Can’t go legit, it’ll be a 100k investment for the music games alone.
Plus they don’t even fucking run outside Japan.
If you can't afford a 100k investment, don't get into the restaurant/bar business.
You seriously need to talk to a lawyer, you've got to pay fees just to have music.
There's a good reason why people joke about the RIAA being the Mafia.
>machines on free play
>same person never leaves the machines
>everyone else ends up leaving
good barcade
it's easy enough for you or me to say it, but it's not our income being compromised
i think it's pretty silly going after a public high school but they do have a point
Just install a PIU Fiesta 2 cabinet and sell water next to it and I'll pay half your monthly rent
My family used to own a barcade in western North Carolina, AMA.
>it's easy enough for you or me to say it, but it's not our income being compromised
bitch if I was making bank I would not throw a fit over band practice playing my song rather than giving me a drop-in-the-bucket's worth of royalties. your argument is as weak as "oh yeah, but if you were in charge of nintendo you'd definitely DMCA all those great fan games ;)".
So just don't run them? A MAME cab is one thing, but running pirated Bemani games is basically asking to get fucked. Either get a cheap DDR cabinet like everyone else or don't bother.
Who's your waifu
If you're a musician that's not your decision to make. Its the decision of the label and the RIAA.
pic related
yeah, but you're not them
i don't go around dictating how others should live their lives, nor do i expect others to tell me how to live mine
>free play
You best be putting up a cover charge just to get inside.
What about bootleg DDR machines that have things like Basshunter's Dota and the Lazy Town cake song?
what is your favorite vidya
what is your favorite vidya that was in your barcade
why'd you close
worst customer story
Hey hey hey fuck the RIAA.
Not all labels are this greedy.
Piss off, apologist.
>thoughts?
"See you soon, fuccboi."
I hear about this all the time, but nobody actually tries it. Plus if I just use the eamuse cloud version of the software, the most they can do is ban me.
rich white people would ruin as much things as poor blacks would
Yakuza 2
Lucky and Wild
My family left town in 2012 and our business partner made a series of questionable decisions after we left such as opening a hookah bar and hiring shitty EDM DJs. He wasn't a good business man and didn't understand our clientele at all. My stepdad was burnt out on running the place so he took a hands off approach after we left. The place closed down less than a year later.
No one in particular but there were these guys that would LARP in the nearby park and then get pissed when we wouldn't let them come in barefoot with their sweaty shirts and nerf swords.
>bought her figure at launch
>it's now worth 4x as much
Nice taste
you fuck off
i'm sick of you fucking faggots who go all "hurr durr it doesn't make sense to me or i wouldn't do that if i were in their position"
i deal with fuckheads like you every goddamn day
i don't give a shit if you pirate all your stuff but you know it's wrong
t. dumbass who doesn't understand how copyright and IP ownership works
I can't speak from experience, but the Bemani fanbase is on par with religious zealots when it comes to shit like this. They might not be able to get Konami involved, but they'd likely do anything in their power to fuck with you regardless.
>Lucky and Wild
Absolutely based. Did you have HotD or Jurassic Park?
A FUCKING LEAF
hope it attract a lot of negroes and then they
BLACKED you
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Pathetic.
No but we had Carnevil and Virtua Cop!
Found an old pic of the place online.
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>Lucky and Wild
Cabinets like this are the reason to go to a (b)arcade.
Anybody can drink beer and emulate stuff on a raspberry pi at home.
not an argument
RIP your money. Barcades are hot for like three weeks, then, lilke any bar, it's about location.
god I miss this place
sows will know in about 15 seconds
Can I get a quick rundown?
They're the only ones that get to deal in bemani piracy!
ban horo
see
Bemanisows is a cancerous tumor on the rhythm game community that refuses to share their precious arcade data and will go after anyone that dares leak it. It's private tracker drama at its worst and the community would be better off if they collectively dropped dead. Sows babies have probably invaded the thread already and are reporting everything as we speak.
But user I go to a place just like this and it’s been open for years
I'd say this, but I worked in a place that had a couple of pinball machines, and they are a fucking nightmare to maintain. The people who worked on them charge a fucking fortune since they have no competition around.
nigga gonna get sued. 1 charge/ROM without a proper board