Talk:Amusement arcade

message: Should it here, or should it in some other article, mention that pinball machines sometimes existed in what were loosely described as "video arcades" or vice versa?  --Daniel C. Boyer 01:03, 19 Sep 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Here would be a good place. But it should also be noted that their presence declined as video games become more popular. It should probably also be noted that they declined in popularity with the arcade owners because fixing them was so costly compared to video games and that retrofitting video game cabinets into new games was easy, but pinballs couldn't (normally) be retrofitted. —Frecklefoot 15:03, 19 Sep 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Pinballs?

message: Are you sure that Purikura means "photo booth"?  My understanding was that Purikura was a particular brand of photo-based machine (abbreviation of "Princess Clara"?) which also had several spinoffs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hyphz (talk • contribs) 18:19, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Purikura is a combination of the japanese katankana for print (purinto) and club (kurabu) = purikura — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.220.19.21 (talk) 09:56, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Purikura?

message: "presently families are the largest arcade constituent, mainly because the lack of standard new games being released in arcades (arcades now are comprised mostly of deluxe games..." -- The person who wrote this apparently assumes that readers will understand what he/she is talking about. I for one do not. What's a "standard new game"? What's a "deluxe game"? Why should the former be less popular with families and the latter moreso? -- 201.50.251.197 14:14, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusing line, added Clarifyme tag 

message: Can anyone give information about how the word "arcade" came to be used for this meaning? Balfa 15:43, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 

message: "Game center" is the Japanese synonym of the video arcade, I believe. The Japanese article defines the game center as a "facility where arcade game machines are installed."  The word "arcade game" exists but for the building they use "game center" even if the place is small. The two articles should be merged unless the Game Center article is meant to cover arcades in Japan. Shawnc 13:56, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have to agree with a merge. But what about a larger article that incorporates other kind of amusements, like medal games, skeeball, etc, e.g. the Family fun center addresses kiddie places like Chuck E. Cheese. Maybe a Entertainment complex article is what's needed? [[Ewlyahoocom 06:29, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Merging sounds like a good idea. Even if they are region specific, they are at the core the same concept and should be in the same article. My two cents. (Guyinblack25 talk 22:16, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge Game Center 

message: "However, other games, such as Sega's Cycraft driving simulation game use newer features such four speaker surround sound with a subwoofer for low frequency effects."
Sega was using 4 speaker surround and subwoofers back in 1995 with Super GT.----Asher196 (talk) 16:46, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: 2000s

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:Galaga.png

message: The link to the German wikipedia shows a different topic. Spielhalle is mostly considered to be a casino-like place. 134.99.38.61 (talk) 13:10, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't speak German, so I can't resolve the problem.  But if you do speak German, find the correct article on the German wikipedia and change the link from this article to that one.  If it doesn't exist, you're welcome to translate this one to German (if you're fluent in both German and English). — Frecklefσσt | Talk 16:24, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  German link 

message: I have confusion with this line: "A video arcade (also known as an amusement arcade in the United Kingdom, game center (ゲームセンター, gēmusentā?) in Japan, fliperama in Brazil or as an "arcade") is a venue where people play arcade video games that are housed in colourfully-decorated cabinets"
"...in Japan, fliperama in Brazil or as an "arcade") is..." This is specificly the trouble point. I do not know what its trying to say, so I cant really correct it. But clearly, something strange is going on in that sentence. 74.128.56.194 (talk) 09:39, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusing Introduction 

message: Copied from my talkpage:
Excuse me, where was the discussion to change the name from Video arcade to Amusement arcade?  Seems like there should have been something on the talk page.--Asher196 (talk) 14:04, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The article is about amusement arcades so it made sense to give it that name - I didn't think the move would be contentious so there was no discussion. Do you feel that the previous name was more accurate? SilkTork *Tea time 14:12, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Article name

message: The usage of Penny Arcade is up for discussion, see Talk:Penny_Arcade_(webcomic)#Requested_move -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 03:25, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: "Penny Arcade"

message: I've always understood those to refer to particular types of machines, and a google search will show many machines for sale under those names.  Does anyone have a reliable source that those terms have been used to refer to the arcades themselves, rather than just specific machines within them? 82.10.238.127 (talk) 17:15, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Citation needed for usage of "penny cascades" or "penny falls"

message: I propose that Arcade game be merged into Amusement arcade. Reason: multiple cases of redundant information. Discuss. Kortoso (talk) 23:40, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: I updated the inline citations with formatting and pertinent information. Most were just a title with a URL; now they have author, date, publisher and access date information. I left the last citation as-is since I'm not sure what to do with it. It's just a link to a page with three links to photos of old Chuck-E-Cheese token cards, and I'm not sure it's a sufficient source for the claim it supports. Please message me with any comments or concerns.--Tremulocity (talk) 05:08, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: Made a link to a subcategory of Arcade Games rather than electro-mechanical, which furnished a dead-end for most readers. Kortoso (talk) 22:42, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Electro-mechanical games