back in the days of videos my local had 6 street fighters and 7 were some times requred ,not often,but sometimes.12+xenon cabinets in a row included classics like bubble bobble, tetris,pang,rainbow island,nemesis, black tiger,salamander,r type ,1942,haileys comet,wardner.etc etc eettcc.
outrun ,afterburner,spaceharrier ,and loads of pinballs
enter sony and it all goes tits.
the coin op video industry today is virtually reduced to dance stages,drivers ,shooters and a few scrappers,gone are the platformers and shootem ups.
pinball is proper fucked ,used to be such fun back in the day.
fruits used to pop out of the depots to my local every other week.
games had better programs than now (fact)
nowadays fruits are definitely progammed to look after owners at the players expense to a degree,that if not remedied soon will surely stick another nail in the industries coffin. the blame is not with the arcades here ,but with the manufacturer.
many more arcades will go out of business before the corner is turned (if it ever is)
the savvy will survive.
whilst fruits may be most of many venues takings nowadays , at the seaside during season a very high percentage of take is down to 2p pushers and cranes.
the former takes a ridiculous ammount considering its only 2p's.
seaside arcades are part of british heritage and i love them even now, at their lowest ebb.