Bitcoin arcade machine?

[larem]

Sure, it would be pretty cool. And the winnings would get paid to your wallet. Or a paper wallet would get printed out with your winnings in it:D

Having it print out a paper wallet is a privacy concern. You'd need to sweep the addresses right then or you'd be at risk. Bad implementation, IMO.

[knowhow]

At shop at Brazil there still exists arcades games they use a card like our credit and debit cards,we get them close and the machine deduct our balance,every game gives you tickets,these are exchanges with gifts the more tickets the best the gift ,those would be amazing to play with bitcoin and repay some part of them as the total tickets won,imagin spend 1 btc and get back something around 0.15btc.

[jonald_fyookball]

Double spending is hard. You need a custom client and no guarantee it works. Few people will risk the crime in person for such a low reward

[thejaytiesto]

I would love to see a renaissance of arcade machines. I totally miss going to the arcades with my friends as a kid and have fun on the machines, it was waaay better than what kids do nowadays which is stay at home all day playing online with each other. It was great to meet with friends in real life and play in different machines with different controls, now it's all a gamepad or a mouse. Maybe Bitcoin can help making this accessible again since there would be no fears of coins being stolen as all the chiefs could get is an encrypted wallet (and the owner have a copy in another machine in case something goes wrong).

[mtnsaa]

That would be amazing, I used to play pinball a lot back in the day. Another niche I think it's not really explored is having live games, not like betting but paying a contest prize to battle others for top prizes. Just like app games but with actual real money (Bitcoin) instead of game credits to buy stupid upgrades hehe.

That would be gaming of the future where you can actually spend money playing but not in weapons and locked stuff. And you also get the chance to win a top prize if you are good in it.

[quentincole32]

This might sound crazy but do you ever imagined yourself playing with an arcade cabinet, with the ability to pay with Bitcoins instead of a quarter? (0.25 usd)

I have been looking for such machine that would serve that purpose, but I can't seem to find it. It will be real fun to play some of the arcade classics with your BTC. Don't you think? 

such a good idea,the way to advertise bitcoin and spread it to all ages. will more fun if i could play arcade with my friend,and we just bring smartphone to go there,and pay it with bitcoin, so its also can use on any game console,like playstation (PS) or Xbox,and we can rent them with bitcoin as payment,oh world gonna more easy and fun..

[Monnt]

This might sound crazy but do you ever imagined yourself playing with an arcade cabinet, with the ability to pay with Bitcoins instead of a quarter? (0.25 usd)

I have been looking for such machine that would serve that purpose, but I can't seem to find it. It will be real fun to play some of the arcade classics with your BTC. Don't you think? 

I think a more realistic method to achieve the same result is the ability to top up with BTC. That way while you're waiting for the funds to hit your card you can grab some chips and stuff, instead of having to wait for the confirmation at the games awkwardly.

[larem]

This might sound crazy but do you ever imagined yourself playing with an arcade cabinet, with the ability to pay with Bitcoins instead of a quarter? (0.25 usd)

I have been looking for such machine that would serve that purpose, but I can't seem to find it. It will be real fun to play some of the arcade classics with your BTC. Don't you think? 

I think a more realistic method to achieve the same result is the ability to top up with BTC. That way while you're waiting for the funds to hit your card you can grab some chips and stuff, instead of having to wait for the confirmation at the games awkwardly.

With 0-conf. transactions it would be instant. If they required confirmations, though, that would be a great alternative.

[Abiky]

This might sound crazy but do you ever imagined yourself playing with an arcade cabinet, with the ability to pay with Bitcoins instead of a quarter? (0.25 usd)

I have been looking for such machine that would serve that purpose, but I can't seem to find it. It will be real fun to play some of the arcade classics with your BTC. Don't you think? 

such a good idea,the way to advertise bitcoin and spread it to all ages. will more fun if i could play arcade with my friend,and we just bring smartphone to go there,and pay it with bitcoin, so its also can use on any game console,like playstation (PS) or Xbox,and we can rent them with bitcoin as payment,oh world gonna more easy and fun..

Renting games for Bitcoin, huh? Seems pretty cool. If I could just rent an Xbox 360 or at least a PS3 with my Bitcoins, that would be so sweet. With Bitcoin, it is all a matter of convenience when paying with it in this case. 

P.S. I was thinking there should be a place with a bunch of arcade machines with the ability to accept Bitcoins or any other alt coin as payment. 

[knowhow]

I may say the most who are happy to see an arcade game here are above 30 years old as the childs wont left their ps3 or wii to go out and pay to play when they can play for free at home,forget arcades that is obsolete already,no one use them these days.

[ajareselde]

It's quite precise thing you're looking for, and i doubt you will ever find it as an IRL arcade machine, so i guess virtual game on pc will have to do.
Even if someone would to consider doing such a thing as running a arcade machine business, i really doubt it would turn out to be profitable in today's world.

cheers

[RodeoX]

This might sound crazy but do you ever imagined yourself playing with an arcade cabinet, with the ability to pay with Bitcoins instead of a quarter? (0.25 usd)

I have been looking for such machine that would serve that purpose, but I can't seem to find it. It will be real fun to play some of the arcade classics with your BTC. Don't you think? 

Bitcoin isn't the most suited for this use case because of the long confirmation times. Can you imagine adding a credit and waiting minutes just to start your game.

I'm not sure that is a problem. The machine could just proceed with zero confirmations. If it is a double spend, well... so what? It's $0.25 and the machine really looses nothing. You could even code it so that if it comes back invalid the game ends.
McDonald's does this with credit cards. They have no idea if the card is legit before giving you your food. However creating a fake credit card transaction costs more than your meal, and so they take the risk with each sale.
With Qualcomm's new 21 bitcoin chips I think we will see lots and lots of stuff like this. 

[larem]

This might sound crazy but do you ever imagined yourself playing with an arcade cabinet, with the ability to pay with Bitcoins instead of a quarter? (0.25 usd)

I have been looking for such machine that would serve that purpose, but I can't seem to find it. It will be real fun to play some of the arcade classics with your BTC. Don't you think? 

Bitcoin isn't the most suited for this use case because of the long confirmation times. Can you imagine adding a credit and waiting minutes just to start your game.

I'm not sure that is a problem. The machine could just proceed with zero confirmations. If it is a double spend, well... so what? It's $0.25 and the machine really looses nothing. You could even code it so that if it comes back invalid the game ends.
McDonald's does this with credit cards. They have no idea if the card is legit before giving you your food. However creating a fake credit card transaction costs more than your meal, and so they take the risk with each sale.
With Qualcomm's new 21 bitcoin chips I think we will see lots and lots of stuff like this. 

The fear of someone doing this is also negated because you know exactly who did it. They steal $0.25 from you and lose your business forever. Not really an issue.

[knowhow]

There is not enought interest into arcades machines nowadays,that a fact.If some company focus at make online games allowing bitcoin deposits ,withdraws and well good games sure it would become a sucess all loves to play games.

[Abiky]

There is not enought interest into arcades machines nowadays,that a fact.If some company focus at make online games allowing bitcoin deposits ,withdraws and well good games sure it would become a sucess all loves to play games.

Well, they could remake the arcade classics with better graphics, etc. and perhaps that would attract most gamers. Still, it would be great to use Bitcoin for in game purchases such as buying powers/items in Angry Birds, or even in Candy Crush with your BTC. That would be a hell of a lot of fun. 

[cellard]

I love the idea of being able to play in a machine for less money. The big selling part of machines is of course hardware, as the controls are way cooler than a mouse or a videoconsole gamepad, but the social atmosphere of playing in public in the arcades, this can't be replicated at home.
For this, I would totally go to the arcades with Bitcoin if you gave some incentive to pay with Bitcoin (lower prices and im sure a lot of people would go.)

[knowhow]

In the past arcades games were a dream to any child,today ask them if they wanna a ps3 or wii or to go shopping play at arcades machines once a month?When they can play all days with others consoles,the connection here should be the videogames companys accept bitcoin,reducing the price since bitcoin as almost cost 0 of fees soo they can keep their profit.Facebook could be the first one to take the step to accept bitcoin to get the bonus they always offer at their games.

[cellard]

In the past arcades games were a dream to any child,today ask them if they wanna a ps3 or wii or to go shopping play at arcades machines once a month?When they can play all days with others consoles,the connection here should be the videogames companys accept bitcoin,reducing the price since bitcoin as almost cost 0 of fees soo they can keep their profit.Facebook could be the first one to take the step to accept bitcoin to get the bonus they always offer at their games.

If a kid sees the machine while their parents are shopping the mall he will want to play for sure, I did this when I was a kid and we already had consoles back then like the SNES.

If the Bitcoin machines are cheaper, then parents will be more prone to let kid play a game, of course if they are as expensive as usual no one will bother except hardcore fans.

[tn211]

It would be nice that in the casino you can do a arcade machine that when you pay some bitcoin that you can get coins.
Because bitcoins haven't seen a lets say a physical thing with bitcoin.

[Abiky]

Facebook could be the first one to take the step to accept bitcoin to get the bonus they always offer at their games.

If Facebook would adopt Bitcoin as the preferred form of payment, this would certainly gain the attention of lots of people from around the world and spread awareness of cryptocurrencies. I have always loved to buy Facebook Credits with Bitcoins. Then I could use them in Facebook games and it will be so much fun. Just my opinion.