Do they need to bring Video Games back into Epcot?

[RustySpork]

If I remember right (I was a kid), the games were not free.... they cost token and each token cost 1 dollar... so even the cheap games cost a dollar to play. I remember playing Virtua Fighter and Tekkan in the Arcade.

I also remember Virtua Racer arcade where you sat in the car was 4 tokens, so $4 to play.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but thats my childhood memory.

If I'm correct, seems like that would be a pretty good money maker.

Tokens were $.25 each with a discount when you bought large amounts, and some games were as little as a single token, others were 2-4.

Edit: Actually at Magic Kingdom I believe you just used quarters and weren't required to use tokens but I could be mistaken.

 

[Disney.Mike]

Even at the 25 cent rate, seems it would generate a nice profit.

 

[RustySpork]

Even at the 25 cent rate, seems it would generate a nice profit.

Definitely could be, but even if it operated at a small loss it could improve distribution and satisfaction.

 

[flynnibus]

Even at the 25 cent rate, seems it would generate a nice profit.

Arcades don't at those prices... And besides, Disney has had arcades for decades, they know what money they make or not... no reason to think 'we think we know what it could be, but they don't realize...'

 

[Phonedave]

Have you scene Stranger Things? You'd like it for the nostalgia.

I have seen it, and unfortunately about the only reason I like it is for the nostalgia. Two of my least favorite genres are investigative dramas dealing with "psychological" topics - for example I am a fan of NCIS, but don't like Criminal Minds. I'm also nto a big fan of supernatural stuff, so unfortunately that pretty much describers Stranger Things.

 

[flynnibus]

Stranger Things is way overrated -- "hey look, they used old stuff!"
and Ready Player One (movie) didn't really leverage it's assets either besides eye candy

-Signed
An 80s arcade junkie

 

[RustySpork]

Is Ready Player One a nostalgia movie. I just assumed it was current.

It's kind of current, but someone got the nostalgia shaker out and poorly attempted to salt it.

 

[RustySpork]

What's the best 80's arcade movie?

The Last Starfighter

Spoiler

 

[TwilightZone]

What's the best 80's arcade movie?

The Wizard since it was actually made in the 80s.

 

[RustySpork]

The Wizard since it was actually made in the 80s.

THE LAST STARFIGHTER WAS RELEASED IN 1984

Spoiler

 

[Phonedave]

What's the best 80's arcade movie?

Tron

or

Strange Brew

 

[RustySpork]

Tron

or

Strange Brew

Tron's another great one.

 

[erasure fan1]

The Last Starfighter

Spoiler

Agreed.

 

[danyoung56]

There was a really terrific, under-rated movie from 1980 called The Final Countdown.