kory connierad I’m sure polygons with four vertices instead of three have made at least one Saturn port developer cry!
Gaagaagiins treefroggy My brain knows what that is hanging off of the arcade machine (and is appropriately past-blasted) but my heart wants it to be an impossibly raised doggy water dish
kory Gaagaagiins For some reason the first thing I thought of was the little bowl with a drain you spit into at the dentist…which subsequently made my mind drift to the dental camera system housed in the Atari Jaguar mold
Gaagaagiins kory Which would you say was the better videogame console, the Atari Jaguar or the Imagin HotRod
kory Gaagaagiins The correct answer, of course, is the Coleco Chameleon (apologies for hijacking the Sega thread with the undying specter of the Atari Jaguar)
tomjonjon milo I think they were for paying to play - its been a while since I took the photo and I didn’t really spend much time in this arcade. Just did a walkthrough and snapped some photos. Perhaps someone who is more familiar with Japanese game centers could shed some light on it.
Syzygy milo tomjonjon One of the several player profile card systems, they’re common for some years now. Keeps track of your data, high scores, unlocks, might have social media tie-ins or incentivize you to pre-load it with money to play, etc.. That one looks to be SEGA “Aimedal”
treefroggy yeah that just looks like the display for whatever payment option. that atari dental system is one of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen, and that’s saying something.
tokucowboy I think they were announced a while ago, but just a reminder that Jupiter is still making Picross S Mega Drive & Master System editions (& I will buy them) Also, this was on Jon Batiste’s 2018 album, Hollywood Africans: