ARCADES

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ARCADES!

• An overview of Japanese and American Arcade
  History

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Japanese Arcades

• Overview
• Amount then and now
• Arcades this year

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Reasons of decline

• Wii
• Economy

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Combating decline

• Innovations
• Cards
• Special Content
• Naomi

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Higinbothoms Tennis for Two
Bushnells Computer Space
1958
1971
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Big
Bigger.
-frequently copied 10,000 units sold
-high scores -60k sold in the US
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Eat, drink, play.

• food and fun concept
• adult oriented

• first opened in 1982
• 54 open today

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Imitators

• 16 Gameworks
• Open since 1997
• Eatertainment

• family friendly
• custom Disney games
• failed in Chicago (and Orlando)

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Where a kid can be a kid!

• originates from Bushnell leaving Atari
• pizza
• family friendly
• over 500 convenient locations (including one on
  Fullerton)

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Hope!

• games share tradition
• atmosphere is not reproduced

• mix of new and classic
• modest and traditional
• Austin, Texas (study abroad part II?)