100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience Page #2
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Within the first three minutes...
At about the three minute mark
the player needs to understand
this is how the gameplay works,
these are the game's mechanics.
So the game needs to have
and then from there, once
the player has reached this climax,
if they are like "I'm done,
I get it, I'm finished playing".
The game has failed.
"I want to do that again!"
Even though they've experienced the climax
they should want to get to that climax again
without feeling they've
experienced the entire game.
There's still so much more to do!
These principles must be present
for an arcade game
to be successful.
It is these principles we consider
when designing a game.
had always been a business model
that in an interesting way,
has been about purchasing time.
We'll take your 100 yen and
give you three minutes of entertainment
and that was our hobby at the time.
But then this is where
things started to shift.
each pay 100 yen to fight
if you lose we take your money!
That's frustrating isn't it?
Better out in some more money.
Until now this type of hobby didn't exist.
Once you tried it,
you realized how fun it was.
This new game-type caused
arcade business to surge.
So when you look at Street Fighter 2
in the grand scheme of arcade game history.
like the proverbial meteor
that wiped out the dinosaurs.
the catalyst that would overthrow
my favorite genre: shooting games
as the number one draw to arcades...
This would represent the first major
paradigm shift for arcades.
The reason I like fighting games,
is it's such a fresh concept.
it's not simply a physical challenge,
the mental aspects
known as Yomi, which involves
"reading" your opponent
didn't exist in games before this.
I thought, hmm... This is
a thinking mans game
and that's what really
attracted me to fighting games.
That and I thought if I could
make some friends when
playing these games, it would
become even more interesting.
Basically, if you think about Fighting Games
as a communication tool
you won't be far off.
I've been playing games for so long...
I don't know if you can call it
a hobby anymore.
It was there, when I went
with my sister to rent a movie
that I had my first experience
with arcade games.
From the age of fourteen until twenty...
About twenty-two, I was playing
pretty much non-stop.
From twenty-three through to
twenty-seven, I ddin't really play much.
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