#stand up arcades

[creativearcades]

Investing In An Arcade Is A Profitable Business

Tons of people enjoy arcade gaming, but not everyone can afford to buy it for themselves.

But if you are thinking of investing in it and doing a business out of it, then you are thinking in the right direction! It will be fun to have a meetup with all the crazy arcade geeks under one single roof and play against each other. 

Not just that, it will be fun to introduce people to arcade games who don't know about them. And for those who have previously cherished this, won't it be fun to reunite them with their one true love? 

But starting a physical play station for arcade games is a whole different game. The process is undoubtedly very overwhelming, and it will make you rethink your decisions. 

But we got your back! As this blog progresses, we aim to educate you about the ins and outs of the arcades business. 

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How To Plan For Your Arcade Gaming Den

What is the foremost thing that comes to mind while planning for any business?

It is the budget. 

Don't rush the process; get into it thoughtfully.

Your expenses will change significantly based on the type of arcade business you start. A conventional arcade machine game center might be able to function in a small area if its expenditures are kept under $250,000. Costs could reach $1 million for a larger entertainment complex like Dave and Buster's.

The game itself is usually the biggest part of an arcade's startup cost. Costing from $6,000 to $9,000, even a modest selection of 20 games eats up almost half of that low-end $250k budget. 

You will also need to lease a space, and that cost will vary depending on your location and the size of your arcade games console. A rough estimate for a space between 3,000 and 5,000 square feet would be in the range of $1,200-$2,800 per month.

The computers and cash registers, renovating and decorating the space, and licensing fees will take up your remaining budget. 

You'll also need to pay the staff that you employ around the arcade machine games console. Moreover, if you serve food or beverages, you will also have additional costs for vending machines and supplies in your arcade machine games center.

These investments are the costs you will bear while starting your arcade machine games business. But these are not everything that will cost you. There are certain ongoing expenses. Let's have a look at them.

Rent and machine maintenance are the main recurring costs. Utility costs may be more than you anticipate because electronic equipment runs continuously throughout the day. For instance, the smallest site of a popular arcade chain costs $15,000 a month in utilities. Monthly costs also cover things like paying personnel and keeping the place clean.

There might not be enough storage for all the consoles you buy to store. Maintaining a rotation of machines would necessitate a storage area for unused machines, although this is uncommon for small arcades and wouldn't be a problem at the beginning of your business.

After indulging in these, you need to know your target audience.

Know Your Target Audience 

Depending on the type of arcade gaming machine you manage, you may have a different preferred clientele. 

Families and kids both frequent traditional arcades; for families, arcade gaming may be a way to strengthen relationships, and for youngsters, it's the perfect place to spend money on fun when there aren't many other possibilities. 

Meanwhile, "barcades" cater to hipsters who enjoy playing vintage pinball while drinking artisan beer.

Last but not least, arcade/restaurant combos like Dave and Buster's draw a mix of patrons, including families and business people eager to unwind after work.

How To Choose Your Video Arcades Console?

When it comes to buying video arcade machines, you have a few choices.

You have the option of investing in brand-new equipment

Purchasing old arcade machines

Hunting down vintage arcade machines from the 1980s or 1990s 

Classic arcade machines have become popular to capitalize on people's nostalgia. However, you should be aware of all the work involved in maintaining older machines, including where to find parts and technicians who are experienced in fixing them. If working on these devices and bringing them back to life is your passion, join the community of enthusiasts.

Winding Up 

To guarantee your success, you must have the appropriate mixture of classic games. The three main categories of classic arcade games are video games, racing games, and pinball, each of which has numerous options to choose from. 

Creative Arcades has a huge collection of all the arcade gaming machines that you wish to put up in your Gaming Zone. These arcades just attract a crowd for themselves and have proved their success in the past. 

Contact Creative Arcades for all your video arcade console needs to fit any kind of interior aesthetics.         

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[secondbeatsongs]

I have a saw, and I'm not afraid to use it (woodworking affirmation)

#personal #read: I learned how to use a table saw today #turns out the saw I got for $12 works great! #I'm building a monitor stand #also if anyone has any suggestions for what to do with roughly half a sheet of .75'' plywood. pls let me know #I don't know what to make and it takes up a lot of room #wait #shit #is this enough wood for an arcade cabinet #I have all the parts in a wooden trunk! I bought them like seven years ago and never got around to doing anything! #maybe. maybe that's my destiny

[onthegreatsea]

it turns out i cant play lightgun games for very long before the Pains(tm)

my arms start hurting, my hands start hurting, my fingers start hurting. im even propping my arms up on pillows to help but it only does so much. and i can feel rapid fire destroying my finger :/

on the plus side Ghoul Panic is fun. you play as a pink cat girl and shoot ghosts. pyoo pyoo

think im going to have to mod in a rapid fire function tho

#i had really missed playing these types of games #and on the one hand its fun that i am playing them again #and on the other its a stark reminder of how bad i've gotten so #how did i use to stand up for hours in front of an arcade cabinet playing these games? <- wasnt disabled

[vanillaglitzz]

i know everyone and their mother hates shun'eis design but looking at it literally kills me . 8975349 more thoughts about it in the tags

#shun'ei #the king of fighters #vanart #Its just. So bad its so busy with colors and all the weird things he wears #I get all protagonists have used the trends at the time but #they wanted a modern look so bad but it doesnt even tell anything about his character he just looks like a shitty gacha guy #He looks like a otaku from a big city that goes to arcades after school and is inspired from those games to learn fighting to me #Not a sheltered boy that lives with his martial arts master in the mountains #Though i still wanted to keep some of that chuuni look with the hair shape & the asymmetrical thing he has with his stupid pant leg #So i added a ribbon around his ankle&moved his armband to the opposite direction #And gave him older headphones so it fits better with the design #Btw i got his shoes from his xiv costume #I also kept the past protagonists in mind so he can look distinct but also fit with them #For example kyo&ash have natural hair colors while k'&shun'ei dont (though changed it to plum because cyan stands out too much) #And i didnt wanna keep his emo bang because ash already has it #thought about making him wear his jacket open like kyo but it looke nicer around his waist i think #He looks too similar to kim and doesnt stand out too much but i cant come up with something better rn.. #I didnt research about chinese clothing though because i wasnt sure where to look so maybe i fucked up something

[lewishamilfton]

It Is Less Than 2 Months Until I Am In The United States Of America

#its actually like 2 months until me and elliego to the f1 arcade. jendo cosplay incoming #any remaining usa oomfs in New Yawk and or DC stand UP!

[confetti-critter]

The night is young and I am free to do whatever my heart desires but unfortunately I have once again found myself trapped in the Time Prison and so I

#the good old 'I don't feel like doing anything including doing nothing and I want to go to bed but I know I'm not tired' #WEH. #I'm enjoying typing but I don't want to commit to practicing typing for real so I'm just making excuses to type more #I was looking at custom ESC keycaps because I was thinking about that whole community of ppl obsessed with keyboards and like I get it I #like the clicky clacking and keyboards can look so pretty but some of those key caps man wtf. #why would you want 3D transparent donald duck ESC key from temu what is wrong with you #saw a set of key caps that were little kittys with little kitty ears n I was like fuuuuuuuuuck #49.00 USD probably 100000 CAD+shipping goto helllll #I was thinking about what if I had like confetti keycaps and a custom kittycake esc key or like an actual little cake and matching desk mat #or even just a new cute mousepad cuz mine is old as fuck and I spilled vegetable cream stew on it once #and then I was thinking like sighhh and wouldn't it be cool to have arcade carpet on the stairs leading down to my basement hovel and #rainbow lights along the ceiling corners and what if I painting my bedroom like I wanted to do and sighhhhh #I haven't been wasting my money buying shit like that but I'm thinking about it again. #but the same thing stopping me from doing anything at all is stopping me from wasting my money which like that's good I guess??????? #gosh I really like typing why did I stop doing daily typing practice #oh yea The Thing Stopping Me From Doing Anything At All #meow meowm meow meow meow #ok I really gotta tear myself away from my computer and brush my teethses and try going to bed #I already played minecraft earlier it's fine I didn't do NOTHING tonight it just feels like I did #and tomorrow is another day #and next week is a short work week thank fucking christ almighty #literally cuz its easter sunday and he was in that tomb but he escaped or whatever he did #thanks jeezy boy #you maybe shoulda milked it for like half a week at least #moved the big ass boulder like have an inch at a time #*pause for laughter* #that s from my new stand up comedy routine do uiuop like it djfskll;askjdgflksjdflksajdflksjdf the dsjalkjfolidasfgjoiweljsdalkjflskdjflak #meowww #I am the only one I know on here who 'talks' this fucking much about absolutely nothing #I do all this and my poor followers can click read more and spend time reading alllllll this garbage

[fizzytoo]

nothing particularly upsetting happened to me today. it was just a slow day and i was sleepy 😞

#*fizzyspeaks #pmsing too and having anxiety about starting my period at work without any pads #thankfully i didn’t #i feel like i’m just being dramatic #i work at like this local arcade?? like it’s not just an arcade like there’s mini golf and go karts and batting cages #and it was just sooo fucking slow bc the summer is coming to an end #i was standing in the heat at the fucking go karts for 4 hours #at least it wasn’t concessions 😞 it’s hot as fuck up there and there’s no ac in the front of the building

[eruden-writes]

“Endeavor Caught On Camera Playing DDR With Mystery Woman At Local Barcade”

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

Possible scene for my fanfic, Slow Burn.

After both being dragged out to a nightclub - by different people - Maemi and Endeavor decide to bail.

Together. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

They stumble on a barcade. (That has DDR.) And Maemi proceeds to slip while playing and, yanno, just those Hero Instincts kick in for Endeavor and he catches her.

#endeavor x oc #endeavor #enji todoroki #mha fanfiction #mha oc #bnha fanfic #bnha oc #oc x canon #hawks dressed up endeavor #lol #I struggled making this look like an arcade #but yeah they're standing on the DDR platforms #and maemi slipped because stockings Be Slippery #she's only flushed because she embarrassed herself #like she does #I struggle so much drawing fanart #ugh

[glacioclasm]

paisley: [having a friendly chat with boone] 

arcade: [giving paisley a death glare from behind boone’s shoulder]

#quartz plays new vegas #i have now come up with the dynamic that arcade cant stand paisley and he knows this but plays off being oblivious to piss him off even more

[neverwasreddie]

the only reason I haven’t written any reddie/richie bruce springsteen content yet is bc I would be absolutely insufferable if I started and I think it’s so brave of me to not subject everyone to that

#literally you’re gonna tell me tunnel of love came out two years before they faced It #and that DIDNT absolutely shake richies world to its core #also just the fact that richie would’ve forgotten derry by the time magic came out but like #hearing the song devil’s arcade and just getting this absolute chill for some reason #not knowing why but knowing there’s something haunting about this song that keeps him playing it on loop #the rush of your lips the feel of your name the beat in your heart the devils arcade #‘heroes are needed so heroes get made’ #and forgetting all about Niebolt and the clown but just. intrinsically knowing without knowing #also my river fic I’m already !!! over that #also the fact that springsteen went on tour in 2016-2017 #eddie gets out of the hospital and richie immediately drags him to a show as soon as he can stand long enough to go #literally richie as an annoying music kid who won’t shut up about springsteen is so !!!!! to me #i did it to Jeff winger and I’ll do it to richie too #richie tozier #reddie #it chapter 2

[glambytes]

Tag Dump: Daisy!

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[klaus-in-a-whole-foods]

nah i can't go out tonight i gotta uuuhhhhh do laundry

#yeah pop punk bands at the arcade bar sounds like it was made for me but #i just can't stand being the creepy weirdo who shows up alone

[ziracona]

Me finishing For Auld Lang Syne with all the precision of a heart surgeon

#arcade the most difficult man in the world to get a satisfactory ending talk about high stakes gambling #Arcade: ‘I can’t decide if I should help them fight and make a stand - or be at Freeside as a Doctor to tend to the wounded.’ #Minka immediately: ‘oh stay in Freeside.’ - Arcade: ‘really? I am surprised to hear you say that. when we talked about my Enclave family #while recruiting them you put such importance on loyalty to your past’ - Minka covering his mouth: ‘Yes but that’s just my personality don’t #let it get to you.’ - Arcade (muffled): ‘What??’ - Minka: ‘I mean! -That’s their history. yours is with the Followers. You were born in #Nevarro but that’s not who you’ve been.’ - Arcade: ‘O-Oh. Oh…Kay? alright then.’ #Minka internally: if you show up with enclave armor helping enclave people you’re going to become targeted by everyone on the planet with #all the fury sent towards Jackie Chan in evry Jackie Chan movie and I just can’t watch that happen #r’s fo new vegas run #fallout new vegas

[whathorselegs]

Imagine you're Dazai and you're 15.

You've just met this kid(also 15), who is loud and annoying and won't do a single thing you tell him to. Not only has he got a ridiculously strong ability but he has crazy control over it and he can handle himself in a fight. He's the leader of gang. The Port Mafia views him as a serious threat.

And you're forming your opinions as you're being made to team up with this brash annoying kid who keeps trampling on all your good plans with his own ideas. Clearly, he's used to doing what he wants when he wants and it grates on you.

The sooner this is over the better.

But then, it's not all bad. You don't really get to hang out with kids your age. Or kids in general, most of the people you know are adults (who also happen to be criminals). As annoying as he is, it's fun messing with each other. You go to an arcade together and make a silly bet.

He places his stakes, so you have to think of your own. Obviously, you come up with an ingenious idea. If he loses, this kid who does whatever he wants, he has to be your dog for life. It's the kind of dumb bet kids your age would make, right? You've heard that before.

You'll make him carry about some stuff with his ability and lord it over him for a while and it will be funny.

Only then his friends- members of his gang, The Sheep- walk in and he hides from them. Because of you. You are, after all, from a rival gang. You call them over just to mess with him.

And you watch the kid you got to know start to shrink. All his noise goes quiet. All his confidence dissipates. That annoyingly loud kid you've gotten used to, the one who won't do as you say, who argued back all the time, just stands there as his so-called friends chip away at him. You watch as they treat him like-

Like a dog.

#bungou stray dogs #bsd dazai #bsd chuuya #bsd skk #soukoku #bsd sheep #It drives me insane that these two things happen right after each other

[augustinewrites]

“itadori, please respect his personal space—”

“kugisaki! stop hitting him—”

“megumi, don’t you dare bring that elephant out in my classroom—”

peace and quiet is short-lived whenever the first years are around.

you manage to quiet them down with the threat of assigning an essay, allowing you a moment’s respite to massage your temples and lean back in your seat, glancing at your phone to check just how many minutes you have left with them.

a notification pops up as you do, bringing on a whole new headache.

[satoru]: send nudes?

you quickly turn your phone over so it’s screen-down, face burning as you look around to make sure no one had seen.

peace and quiet is also short-lived whenever satoru calls out sick. because the strongest sorcerer of your time…currently has a cold.

he is, predictably, very dramatic whenever he’s sick. a mild fever means he puts himself on bedrest. a sore throat means he needs to be spoon fed a very specific homemade soup.

but the worst…oh, the worst is when he has a cold.

when satoru’s sinuses are clogged, he’s an absolute menace to deal with. his sneezes shake the apartment and his whines about sinus pressure are all you hear at the dinner table.

luckily, the students have resorted to quietly bothering each other, so you slowly turn your phone back around to deal with the man child who is likely littering the living room floor with tissues.

he’s stuck at home, which means he’s got nothing to do but annoy you.

[satoru]: haha jk

[satoru]: unless…?

huffing, you quickly type back a response.

[you]: NOT funny. i’m at work.

[satoru]: so what you’re saying is you’ll send them during lunch right ;)

“miss!” itadori shouts, his arm raised. “can fushiguro come to the arcade with us after class?”

“of course,” you say. “but please don’t forget to finish your essays on cursed technique origins. it’s due on monday.”

yuuji’s practically bouncing in his seat as he grabs megumi’s arm. hear that, fushiguro? you hear as you pick up your phone. your mom said yes!

megumi, who usually comes home on the weekends, still looks to you for approval. you assure him with a small nod and smile.

sometimes you just want to wrap him up in your arms and never let go. he may have been another couple’s blessing, but ultimately he’s yours and gojo’s pride and joy. possibly the only one you have left, as it stands.

thought you’re a little sad that he won’t be home for dinner tonight, you remind yourself that he’s growing up. for as long as you’ve known him, he’s always been a sort of lone wolf. but a lone wolf is still a wolf, and a wolf needs a pack.

he’s finally found friends he’s comfortable with, and it’s good that he wants to spend time with them and vice versa.

your phone buzzes insistently in your hand.

[satoru]: pleeeeeaaaase?

[satoru]: i think it’ll really help with my recovery…

[satoru]: if this cold kills me the last thing i want to see is a picture of you

oh, that’s actually kind of—

[satoru]: nude, preferably

maybe it’s a good thing megumi won’t be home tonight. you don’t need any witnesses to the crime you’re about to commit.

[you]: what’ll help with your recovery is a visit to the infirmary.

there’s a short pause, then you watch the little bubble appear and disappear about six times.

[satoru]: shit

[satoru]: is this a scene?

you roll your eyes, waving at the kids as they head out to catch the train.

[you]: i hate you

he doesn’t answer, so you get up to hurry over to your office, shutting and locking the door behind you.

you wait a moment, opening the camera on your phone as you do so.

once the sound of footsteps echoing through the hall disappears, you start unbuttoning the first few buttons of your shirt—

you scream when a loud sneeze startles you, satoru suddenly appearing at your side.

he doesn’t miss a beat, plucking a tissue from your desk and blowing his nose loudly. he throws it in the general direction of the bin before slapping his palm onto your desk.

you can tell he’s attempting to be some sort of seductive, but it’s dampened bu the way he sniffles loudly, his face a little red.

“hello, doctor,” he says, a lazy grin spread across his face. “i’m here for my physical.”

“honey,” you laugh, gently cupping the sides of his face. “you need to rest.”

“but ‘m not tired,” he pouts, leaning in to nose at your neck. his skin is warm against yours, much too warm for your liking.

you tangle your fingers in his hair, scratching lightly at his scalp. “since i’m your doctor, i’m prescribing a nap.”

“a nap does sound kind of nice…”

he gets up, taking your hand and dragging you over to the couch with him. he locks you within his embrace, sighing contentedly as he presses you to his chest.

“wait, satoru i have to supervise the second years’ training—”

it’s too late. he’s already asleep, snoring loudly in your ear.

so you take out your phone and text nanami, asking if he can cover for you this afternoon.

because a sick satoru is a needy satoru, and you won’t be leaving this couch for a while.

#gojo x reader #gojo satoru x reader #jjk x reader #jjk fluff #keeping up with the fushigojos

[creativearcades]

The appeal of stand-up arcades in the modern era

Despite the advances in video game technology, stand-up arcade machines remain popular due to their social appeal, nostalgia factor, and physicality. The arcade experience provides a social atmosphere that cannot be replicated by playing video games at home. Additionally, playing classic games on a stand-up arcade machine can evoke feelings of nostalgia, while the physical joystick and buttons add to the immersive experience.

#stand-up arcades