Video Arcade !

[Falcon]

I know we're way closer to the 90s than we are the 80s, but video arcades were still fairly predominant up until consoles really took off in the early 2000s. We could add to the 80s theme by adding a video arcade whether it'd be public or a private racket / business. 

 

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1528767279

https://www.gmodstore.com/market/view/arcade-machines-2-realistic-arcade-gaming

 

Most of this stuff is public, will obviously need a lot of development to make it work with all the current systems, but if it's a private business license you can apply for, maybe there can be an unused building made for this kind of thing like an arcade. Either:

A) It's public, and people can play and the way it'd work is after so much score, like let's say their final score is around 1000, this would give them a "100 ticket" item (could use the casino number plates if you wanted to, or create a custom ticket model, either or really) in their inventory. 10,000 score, "1000 tickets" etc, etc. They would then go to the vendor / npc in the building and sell them for real money like oil companies do with their barrels of oil.

 

B) If it's a private business, it'd be the same thing but the family / business would be the only ones with access to the NPC and can sell tickets and give the person a large cut of however many tickets they gave them. (up to the business and / or the law however they want to make it work).

 

In the end, this could be very legit. People can do their VR chat RP in the arcade, shoot the shit while playing Galaga or some other game, while others who are more serious and want to continue conducting their illegal business and running their shipments don't have to hear "skibidi rizz" and "gmod" / other ooc terms every corner they take. This could isolate a lot of those people to the video arcade if done well and free up a lot of OOC traffic on the streets, while providing another potential legal way for businesses to make money.

(I don't know if this is the correct addon I've linked above, but this is what I would guess the games would look like as the addon as well as this video was uploaded a long time ago).

Edited Tuesday at 12:07 AM by Falcon

[CookedRice69]

This is a great idea that could boost local economy for the server aswell as break into the new ages.

A healthy Mix of both.

 

 

[Jmoorsey]

boywatduhhellboy

 

[Buzz]

I would love this added!

[Falcon]

Holy shit if you scroll down in the collection I linked there's all sorts of shit. Claw machines, skiball, foosball, air hockey, a vending machine, a machine that converts currency, and even a neon arcade sign for the property. This shit is packed with potential.

[Logan]

+1 would play pac man

[SexaphoneGod]

+1 This sounds really cool, would carry a plushie with me 24/7

[H4xx3z]

+1 this is something that is for sure needed on the server. a way to play something or have some side fun while staying online. plus who doesn't love pac man and galaga!? leaderboards on this would also go hard!

[Julius]

+1 This would be awesome 

[handsome]

-1 not trying to play little kid games im trying to do real mafia boss shit

[Bear]

+1. Would go hard.

[Fox]

Hell yeah. 

 

I was actually working on a beat'em up game called Streets of Diverge. 

 

• Arcade prop
• Make a web UI that opens up a web browser when you press E on it
• Load up a itch.io to Streets of Diverge
• Play for the highscore
• ?????
• Profit

[Falcon]

On 1/15/2025 at 2:35 PM, Fox said:

Hell yeah. 

 

I was actually working on a beat'em up game called Streets of Diverge. 

 

• Arcade prop
• Make a web UI that opens up a web browser when you press E on it
• Load up a itch.io to Streets of Diverge
• Play for the highscore
• ?????
• Profit

Yeah and especially if it's web-based, it'll have minimal impact on server performance