Kids at the arcade: "We need more coins to win that Mario plushie, quickly!" Adults at the arcade: "I have to choose between getting a new Mario plushie or have a decent meal."
I was at my local Round 1 recently and was trying to win a stuffed animal of a childhood fave. A worker came up and said “well, it isn’t set right, that’s why you can’t win. He’s stuck.” I, jokingly, said “you should just give him to me anyway.” The worker then casually went “well duh, that was the plan.” and just. handed me the plushie
It’s cool to see malls still sort of “making it” although not a lot of people there it seemed. One of our malls was just demolished. Sad day. I need to get a copy of mall madness.
@@GrumpyIan same with me in England. Our local ‘’mall” (though we say shopping center) is one of the only places where there’s tonnes of shops in the center of the city, our high street essentially only has a McDonalds, a Costa (coffee shop), a Waterstones (book store), a bookies (gambling place), a Caffe Nero (a chain of Italian inspired cafes), a Subway and a Primark (clothes store) along with a church and a few pubs and flats (apartments).
OMG, that and Phone Talk were my absolute favorites! I miss the the late 90s when scoring a clearance sale in that game and catching up on the newest Sabrina were all the worries we had.
i have 2 mall buildings in my area: one is literally dead except for a dillards. The other one is basically walking dead because it's still open, but virtually nobody uses it.
@@coreylineberry8557 what ROUND1 are you going to that has taiko? i have to drive a couple hours to make it to one and as amazing as it is, it doesn’t have taiko!
Hearing Ian saying "Among US" is surreal; at least he was saying it in the way the average person does where they refer to the crewmate as "the Among Us."
"This ramen is way too hot." Fun fact: That ramen brand makes a red packet that's literally twice as spicy. I bought it hoping it would be similar to Shin Ramyun red. It was not. It really really wasn't.
Oh man the burn on these is intense. But god damn they are tasty. The real trick is to just eat it fast so your mouth is in so much pain you can’t feel anything.
when i was in college i ate the red packet once in a while to relieve stress lol. you should try the Samyang ramen that has orange or red (spicy) packet, not the dry one like Bulddak Chicken in this video. it's really good
Is shin ramyun more or less spicy? I've had both the spicy and 2x spicy buldak and they're about in the "hot enough that I won't add hot sauce but I can eat it for a whole meal and be alright" range
@(Insert a name) It's a place where you shoot pachinko balls up into a Pinball style board to try and win more of them. Many of them utilize a slot system that's activated by shooting a ball into it. You get to enter a bonus mode when you hit the right combination, often 3 matching numbers.
@(Insert a name) Essentially vertical pinball. Popular in Japan due to it being a way to legally gamble. (You get the balls, win or lose some, exchange the balls for prizes, and "Oh look, that's convenient! You can exchange said prizes for cash in this close separate building!")
@JackAMatt though* (Sorry, seeing people not use actual words irks me to no end 😖) And pachinko is a super popular game in Japan. No idea why. It looks boring as eff to me. But I've never liked things like pinball either.
I'm surprised Ian didn't talk about any of the rhythm games/Initial D or other fighting games that are exclusive/more easily found at Round1 Arcades. While the crane machines and stuff are really cool, what makes Round1 unique compared to other American arcades are the more elusive games found there.
I definitely want to get back there to cover more of the stuff that I didn't talk about this time - there's a lot of offerings! I barely even got to scratch the surface of the rhythm games while I was there, but I plan on it.
been ungodly nostalgic for ian's content and oh man his content has really, really evolved, the humor is top notch and the editing is genuinely so brilliant by far just the most pleasant (??) youtuber out there, there's no one else like him ian please never stop uploading you are my lifeline
I know what arcade this mall is at, my boyfriend immediately recognized the bowling pin cause he grew up in the area so it was super cool to not only get a brutal moose video but one about the arcade we've go to often 🤣
"I can rack up a million dollars debt on a hundred different credit cards and then when I die, it's somebody else's problem" Life Pro Tips with Ian McMastercard
Honestly the most surprising part of this for me was seeing that Westfield is a mall chain in the US. It's the biggest mall chain in Australia and New Zealand, I didn't even know it existed outside of Australasia. Glad to see the Patreon earnings are going to a worthy cause at the arcade ;)
I feel like 90% of arcades now at least in the US, are just ticket machines and mobile ports. I miss playing fighting games I used to have a movie theater near my house that had a MVC2 cabinet I would always play before a movie.
This round 1 has a lot of Fighting games. When I was there last week they had the following. Street Fighter V, Tekken 6, Tekken Tag 2, Fight of the Gods, Blaz Blue, Tatsunko vs Capcom, the SNK game with the female terry. They also had a lottt of Japanese rhythm games. I know they cycle the fighting games every so often
brutalmoose actually kind of did Round1 dirty. You really go there for the import cabs - i.e. rhythm and fighting games. The redemption games and crane games are really just icing on the cake. In fact, the people who do advantage play at arcades kind of hate Round1 because the advantage play never works out to be profitable in the same way a D&B or Main Event might. As for *why* Round1 is the only arcade that runs rhythm or fighting games... uh... #FucKonami. That's why. A decade and change ago Konami moved to revenue sharing, where all their arcade cabinets have to be connected to function and the online servers keep track of your revshare payouts. The cabinet will not accept coins or swipes until you have paid an equivalent amount of revshare to Konami. If you don't prepay your revshare, the cabinets lock up and won't boot until you do. SEGA, Namco, and (I *think*) Taito have similar systems. Revshare is industry standard in Japan, while operators everywhere else balked at it. Which means there often isn't actually a US rollout for any of these games, because all the licensed music in these games was paid for out of revshare, and renegotiating all that would be a pain. (D&B convinced Konami to do it for DDR A but pulled out after A20 Plus.) The manufacturers also *will not* allow you to pay revshare on a JP cab that is operating in the US... with one exception, which is Round1, because they're a Japanese company that somehow convinced the manufacturers to let them extend their licensing deals to the US. The US arcade manufacturers (e.g. Raw Thrills) went in the completely opposite direction, focusing almost entirely on racing, shooting, and mobile game ports. They tried rhythm games *once* with Guitar Hero Arcade, and that was that. If you absolutely want to run rhythm games as an indie arcade operator, your options are Pump It Up (because apparently the brain rot in Japan didn't jump over to South Korea), StepManiaX (because Konami's patents over *the entire rhythm game genre* started to expire), old cabs (which is more maintenance and hassle for something fewer players want), or importing new cabs anyway and hacking the software to remove the revshare checks. Which is *hella illegal*.
As someone who hasn’t been able to go to an arcade in nearly two years, I really enjoyed this video. Arcades are my happy place, and even seeing someone else have fun at one is enjoyable for me.
My local bowling alley had an arcade attached to it that I went to almost every weekend as a child. They tore it down in the mid 2000's and I haven't been to an arcade since. Really wish there were more of them in America.
Yeah in my city we don't have any dedicated arcades anymore but there's a Cynergy, which is where I had my 31st birthday last year, it has a theater, bowling, escape room, axe throwing & arcade, plus food & alcohol, Dave & Busters of course, & a Main Event which is similar to Cynergy but more aimed towards kids exclusively & has bowling & laser tag, plus a rock wall & giant jungle gym thing. I'm sad the old school arcades are gone but the new hybrid entertainment centers are nice.
I love this series so much and I’m so glad to see its return! My sister recently came home from college and when I told her there was a new brutalmoose arcade video she told me to wait so we could watch it together, like we always do. Your channel is one of my favorites! Keep up the good work!
To be honest I've had a tough month. And this was exactly what I needed. Ian, your arcade videos are so therapeutic. It's like comfort food. Please never stop doing them!
I’m so bummed I missed out on the culture of arcades in the 80s and 90s. I can just imagine the hustle and bustle of all the kids around all the machines. Couples in dark corners, shady trades for trading cards and weed. Just seems so magical.
yeah this arcade was like dead empty huh? thankfully i was just BARELY able to see the tail end of the cool arcades packed with people back in the early 2000s before they all shut down. there was a bit of a dark era where the only thing was like, nickelcade. i'm glad there are some more robust places now like round 1 and dave and busters, and it is funny that they serve alcohol because they know most of the people going there are adults xD
"Customers hoping to play some nostalgic favorites can GET FUCKED" Well over in New Hampshire there's a arcade called Funspot and it has a bunch of older games they maintain. There's a whole floor dedicated to it.
My dad takes me every year and it always slaps! The third floor has exclusively retro games! It's also a token arcade, which I hardly ever see outside of NH (most use cards and have a digital token system)
I'm so happy to see you back out into an arcade. Right before the pandemic, I got really big into watching people play claw machines, but then, yknow. I personally dont feel safe enough in my state to go out into an arcade just yet, so you gotta play for me! Also that marble pusher looks SO COOL! I've never seen anything like it before :0
I went to a round 1 in my area for the first time just a couple weeks ago to bowl with friends, and my first thought was "brutalmoose would love this place I bet." Now you put out a video on it haha
I really just super duper definitely honestly probably love a Brutalmoose video. I love when they happen, I love to watch them when I've learned that one has happened, and I just love knowing they are there.
Youre one of the most enjoyable youtubers out there. Im always so stoked when you upload a video and your humor, editing, and wit is just so spot on. Thank you for this!
I swear, Ian always uploads a video when I need something comforting and fun to watch. I adored this one! It makes me want to search around my own town for an arcade to enjoy! I haven't been in one in quite a long time. Very well put together video, I couldn't really tell what was different but I could tell that the energy of it was different! Very nice!
this kind of video is so endearing! i’d love to see Ian explore a mall with more “second rate” stores, or more thrift shop browsing. I just love hearing Ian talk about things in the way he does. Quirky, funny, and the music choices reminds me of old VHS movies I had when I was a kid. Love it!!
Hey Ian, thanks for posting this video! It prepared me and a friend for what to expect at a Round1. Our trip took us to Lincoln, NE to the only Round1 in the state. It was very fun in the end. Gotta say, having Marvel vs Capcom 2 and CvS there was absolutely grand.
always excited when you put out an arcade video, ian!! i want to play the marble game bc it's like, one of the newer redemption games konami has ever put out iirc i appreciate that you have a genuine fondness for redemption arcades. a lot of people hold contempt for them, which i understand, but they CAN be done right. and also this round1 looks nice, which is good because the quality between each location varies heavily lol... this makes me miss working at an arcade sooo much..
"The magical moving stairs lifted my lazy ass-" Ian, my dude, you parked at like the very back of the mall and hoofed it to the entrance lol I was impressed at least!
My favorite videos are when you go to arcades, what makes it even better is that because you also live in the Pacific northwest, I have been to the arcades you go too!
I would like to go to some arcades but I really don't know Seattle all too well. It's either too much of a drive or a ferry trip. I really only know the area around the stadiums. I have wanted to take the ferry one day and just walk around.
@@plutoum3335 Sorry, I don't know if your comment is supposed to be somewhat sarcastic. Seattle definitely has a homeless problem that definitely detracts from the experience but It's cool to walk around a big city, especially all the old parts and underground. I would likemto see some of the historical parts and some museums. Definitely wouldn't want to live there though. Like I said I have really only been to Seattle a few times for a Mariner's game.
That’s nostalgic looking as hell! So sad it’s so empty. 20-30 years ago you’d probably have to wait outside an hour to get in. Love they have licenses like Ah! Real Monsters. The mall looks awesome too!
I was at Southcenter two years ago for Christmas shopping and there was a stampede because someone pulled out a gun in the food court. Stay classy, Southcenter.
Live about 10 miles from South Center....had lunch there about 6 months ago. Probably had not been there in 5 years. I didn't really feel safe in the parking lot after eating at 3 in the afternoon. I of course remember the shooting a few weeks ago. The news always starts the new with a mall tragedy & they lose their mind
@@Gatorade69 exactly. thing is the way the justice system works if you try to stop them you are just as bad if not worse than the person that started it.
Loving this trip to the arcade, I can’t stop rewatching all the old videos I would watch over and over again years ago so I wasn’t expecting a new video to pop up in between all the pc games but I enjoyed it thoroughly
I'd love to visit a big arcade like that! The only local one I know of is rather small in an abandoned mall but still love going there especially since they sell a ton of used video games.
Oh this was great. I'm a little bit into dead mall stuff and very into arcades so this video checked both those boxes for me. I feel like I would have enjoyed a video solely walking around and commenting on the mall if you felt like making one of those though. I think the best possible Brutalmoose arcade video would be if you got to go to one of those arcades that's been around for decades and the owners took you for a tour of all the different machines plus the areas the average arcadegoer doesn't get to see.
I don’t know why I didn’t remember you making this arcade video, but my favourite thing about your channel is whenever I go back to check it out again, there’s always something I either want to watch again, or I somehow missed, or am suffering from some weird selective amnesia…. Because some of the videos say I’ve watched them…but where did the memory go…. Im going to see a doctor now
I enjoyed the linear editing on this arcade visit! Really took us on a journey. Especially when you took a break inside the mall. What a great early present for us. Thank you!!
This is actually starting out kinda surreal, yesterday I went to my mall, where there was also a Sears, AND a Round1. 0.o I'm here for it though. That's where all the similarities end though........never been to a 2 story mall, or one as brightly lit. My mall has lots of creepy, shady, dark corners for people to get shot in though.
Oh my god I’ve been to Westfield throughout all my life and I never knew about this place I gotta check this out! Not to mention hearing you name drop my local supermall was kinda surreal
Sadly in Tokyo we are losing many of these games ecently too. The companies are focusing on ufo catchers and toy capsule machines. Two of my fav arcades in Ikebukuro closed and then became places just with those machines.
I've started going to an arcade more now that my area finally got a Main Event this year (there's only 3 in my state and the other 2 are 200+ miles away and there are no Round 1s). Pearl Fishery, while not amazing, got me hooked on the pusher type games and that then lead me to trying a DC coin pusher that I got like 5 cards from I think. I also had a funny moment with Plinko where, for whatever reason, I had 0 idea how the machine worked and when I actually did figure it out, my first drop landed in the bonus spot. I was so confused on what was going on and so were some people that walked past me.
Love this video! These arcade themed episodes are so much dang fun. They way you did this one was so rad. Please keep it up. Only as long as it’s safe to do so, of course. Thank you, Ian!
Went to a round one recently myself, and basically did the _exact_ opposite of what you did here! Was much more focused on the import games, especially the rhythm games, (love me some wacca, so satisfying!) But hey, you're right that the UFO catchers are so much more addictive, you really feel like you're making noticable progress on those little minigames each time.
I used to live 15 minutes from this mall (Originally called South Center) and I remember back when it was a single story before the 3 story behemoth it became. The nostalgia hits real hard during the mall walk around
That would only be a day trip away for me... Okay, when I'm no longer isolating (am high risk/immune compromised, so I live in a box with my cats and time has lost all meaning) I gotta go there, it looks so amazing!! Thanks Moose!
I love going to Round 1 for the Japanese rhythm games, pretty much the only place to play something other than DDR or Guitar Hero 3. A little disappointed not seeing footage of those but I guess not everyone is interested. Great video, I want to try the marble game now, it's always making such a racket at my location lol
Love the arcade videos!! As a Seattle resident especially because now I have some great tips on games to check out nearby. You're right about rainier too. There's great views of the mountains even on 99
OMG I've been to that Round 1 so many times. Mostly for Karaoke but I play a lot of fighting games there too. It's so surreal to watch you walking around a place I've been. Great video, keep up the excellent work.
Ticket man is always my go to game when i go to round one, i usually always go with a $100 budget (also have a membership so more credits per price added. It really is worth it even if you dont go often) But since you can time the game usually when i reach $80-$75 i already have 6,000 tickets. Since i only go for the 500 coin or the 200 coins, if i get anything its just more ticket fodder
You only see it for a split second, but I love how the game you're playing at 7:25 made a joke about confusing Aussies with Kiwis xD was that a New Zealand made game???
This was great Ian. Thanks! We just had our local Round 1 close due to just pandemic money loss i think, so it was great to see an updated Round 1 here.
that marble machine is giving me dopamine ive never felt before
Berd
Berd
berd is certified based for watching brutalmoose
It's a Konami machine. I think they know what they're doing, given they run actual gambling parlours.
Just imagine playing that marble game while high on cocaine. Whoa.
3 seconds in, and there’s already a “plop” sound effect. Great video.
You did not lie, exactly 3 seconds in.
He had me at plop
plop
2 seconds later and there's a shooting joke
A Man of Taste.
Ian looked so cute with his little among us friend at the Let's go island machine
Kids at the arcade: "We need more coins to win that Mario plushie, quickly!"
Adults at the arcade: "I have to choose between getting a new Mario plushie or have a decent meal."
Thus, Panda Express for lunch that day.
I got an Alien with a purple Hoodie.. Need 10 trys to get him... Sad hes gone..
@@Rebnirak187 How'd he die?
Just buy it online.
he earned $77,000 off this video alone
Putting the pitch-altered ‘fail buzzer’ sound to the pitch shift in the Sailor Moon intro is actually some award-winning editing
Seeing a new brutalmoose pop up legit brightens my day
Same here, they’re so entertaining
plop up
PLOP
I was at my local Round 1 recently and was trying to win a stuffed animal of a childhood fave. A worker came up and said “well, it isn’t set right, that’s why you can’t win. He’s stuck.”
I, jokingly, said “you should just give him to me anyway.”
The worker then casually went “well duh, that was the plan.” and just. handed me the plushie
wholesome af
You're a girl tho, gurl
@@keard558 what does that have to do with anything
@@katthedestroyer9653 idk flirting. Also I'm dumb
@@katthedestroyer9653 Women commonly get things for free, it's pretty simple what they were getting at lol
I really like these 'slice of Ian's life" videos, you're a pretty cool guy and you inspire me to get out and do more. Thanks Moose :)
Totally agreed! Watching him go places is fun no matter where he is.
It’s cool to see malls still sort of “making it” although not a lot of people there it seemed. One of our malls was just demolished. Sad day. I need to get a copy of mall madness.
The malls where I live basically weren't affected by covid because they were still packed.
@@GrumpyIan same with me in England. Our local ‘’mall” (though we say shopping center) is one of the only places where there’s tonnes of shops in the center of the city, our high street essentially only has a McDonalds, a Costa (coffee shop), a Waterstones (book store), a bookies (gambling place), a Caffe Nero (a chain of Italian inspired cafes), a Subway and a Primark (clothes store) along with a church and a few pubs and flats (apartments).
OMG, that and Phone Talk were my absolute favorites! I miss the the late 90s when scoring a clearance sale in that game and catching up on the newest Sabrina were all the worries we had.
@Amazingly Awkward
A casino and then a church located on the same street? Now that’s convenience!
i have 2 mall buildings in my area: one is literally dead except for a dillards. The other one is basically walking dead because it's still open, but virtually nobody uses it.
I always hit up my local Round 1 for an entirely different reason: the variety of import rhythm games! This place is like dance dance heaven for me.
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Might be Dance Dance Heaven for you, but it's Don-Ka Heaven for me.
@@coreylineberry8557 Nah man, wacca heaven
For me it's a Groove Coaster heaven or Taiko heaven... although I don't have a Round 1 here in the Netherlands, but we do have a cool ass game museum
@@coreylineberry8557 what ROUND1 are you going to that has taiko? i have to drive a couple hours to make it to one and as amazing as it is, it doesn’t have taiko!
Hearing Ian saying "Among US" is surreal; at least he was saying it in the way the average person does where they refer to the crewmate as "the Among Us."
Hearing the "plop" running gag right at the beginning is the best sign that this video is a banger.
This content feels like a friend visited an arcade we had talked about once and then told me what it was like and its exactly what i need
"This ramen is way too hot."
Fun fact: That ramen brand makes a red packet that's literally twice as spicy.
I bought it hoping it would be similar to Shin Ramyun red.
It was not.
It really really wasn't.
I actually tried both of those, and couldn't finish either. My mouth was hurting so bad.
as hot as they are they’re so delicious especially the curry one
Oh man the burn on these is intense. But god damn they are tasty. The real trick is to just eat it fast so your mouth is in so much pain you can’t feel anything.
when i was in college i ate the red packet once in a while to relieve stress lol. you should try the Samyang ramen that has orange or red (spicy) packet, not the dry one like Bulddak Chicken in this video. it's really good
Is shin ramyun more or less spicy? I've had both the spicy and 2x spicy buldak and they're about in the "hot enough that I won't add hot sauce but I can eat it for a whole meal and be alright" range
The marble segment gives me the feeling that he would LOVE visiting a pachinko parlor.
@(Insert a name) It's a place where you shoot pachinko balls up into a Pinball style board to try and win more of them.
Many of them utilize a slot system that's activated by shooting a ball into it. You get to enter a bonus mode when you hit the right combination, often 3 matching numbers.
@(Insert a name) Essentially vertical pinball. Popular in Japan due to it being a way to legally gamble. (You get the balls, win or lose some, exchange the balls for prizes, and "Oh look, that's convenient! You can exchange said prizes for cash in this close separate building!")
@JackAMatt though* (Sorry, seeing people not use actual words irks me to no end 😖) And pachinko is a super popular game in Japan. No idea why. It looks boring as eff to me. But I've never liked things like pinball either.
@@englishatheart why does no one love you
There is something so chill about watching a video about a guy playing arcade games and documenting their experiences.
Another amazing video!
I'm surprised Ian didn't talk about any of the rhythm games/Initial D or other fighting games that are exclusive/more easily found at Round1 Arcades. While the crane machines and stuff are really cool, what makes Round1 unique compared to other American arcades are the more elusive games found there.
Wmmt too
I definitely want to get back there to cover more of the stuff that I didn't talk about this time - there's a lot of offerings! I barely even got to scratch the surface of the rhythm games while I was there, but I plan on it.
It's pretty much the only place you can play most of the best rhythm games and it's a place you'll often see top level DDR or Pump It Up players.
The only people I've ever known who went to Round 1s went to play rhythm games but that might also be because all of my friends play IIDX and SDVX
@@brutalmoose You should definitely try Dance Rush Stardom. It's the one with the rainbow glowing floor
Brutalmoose giving a tour of my nearest shopping mall and the Round One is surreal.
Seems like there’s quite a bunch of us viewers in the area haha
I was just going to comment this lol
For real man now I have to take my son here.
Did you get shot?
dude it feels so uncanny i love it
been ungodly nostalgic for ian's content and oh man
his content has really, really evolved, the humor is top notch and the editing is genuinely so brilliant
by far just the most pleasant (??) youtuber out there, there's no one else like him
ian please never stop uploading you are my lifeline
who else unironically reviews Hungry Man meals? That was my hook line and sinker
"Me and the Among Us are now best friends" quote of the day
He really went to an arcade, and then talked about it
The mad lad
You must be new here lol
@@uthgerd666 read the description broh
I know what arcade this mall is at, my boyfriend immediately recognized the bowling pin cause he grew up in the area so it was super cool to not only get a brutal moose video but one about the arcade we've go to often 🤣
Great video, but I'm almost afraid to ask how much you spent
I don't know which would be scarier asking him how much he spent in total or how much he spent on just the sailor Moon game
"I can rack up a million dollars debt on a hundred different credit cards and then when I die, it's somebody else's problem"
Life Pro Tips with Ian McMastercard
it's for youtube so it's a business expense
@@minty2156 Take THAT, IRS!
@@dominateeye Reminds me of the Gus Johnson keyboard video
Honestly the most surprising part of this for me was seeing that Westfield is a mall chain in the US. It's the biggest mall chain in Australia and New Zealand, I didn't even know it existed outside of Australasia. Glad to see the Patreon earnings are going to a worthy cause at the arcade ;)
I feel like 90% of arcades now at least in the US, are just ticket machines and mobile ports. I miss playing fighting games I used to have a movie theater near my house that had a MVC2 cabinet I would always play before a movie.
This round 1 has a lot of Fighting games. When I was there last week they had the following. Street Fighter V, Tekken 6, Tekken Tag 2, Fight of the Gods, Blaz Blue, Tatsunko vs Capcom, the SNK game with the female terry. They also had a lottt of Japanese rhythm games. I know they cycle the fighting games every so often
I know that due to the popularity and graphical power of home consoles most modern arcade games tend to lean towards simulations
@@damianm2896 Fight of Gods? That's hilarious 😂
And wow that they have Tatsunoko Vs Capcom
Yeah the only arcades that aren't that are round1 and locally owned ones. Arcade chains mostly care about that money squeeze
brutalmoose actually kind of did Round1 dirty. You really go there for the import cabs - i.e. rhythm and fighting games. The redemption games and crane games are really just icing on the cake. In fact, the people who do advantage play at arcades kind of hate Round1 because the advantage play never works out to be profitable in the same way a D&B or Main Event might.
As for *why* Round1 is the only arcade that runs rhythm or fighting games... uh... #FucKonami. That's why. A decade and change ago Konami moved to revenue sharing, where all their arcade cabinets have to be connected to function and the online servers keep track of your revshare payouts. The cabinet will not accept coins or swipes until you have paid an equivalent amount of revshare to Konami. If you don't prepay your revshare, the cabinets lock up and won't boot until you do.
SEGA, Namco, and (I *think*) Taito have similar systems. Revshare is industry standard in Japan, while operators everywhere else balked at it. Which means there often isn't actually a US rollout for any of these games, because all the licensed music in these games was paid for out of revshare, and renegotiating all that would be a pain. (D&B convinced Konami to do it for DDR A but pulled out after A20 Plus.) The manufacturers also *will not* allow you to pay revshare on a JP cab that is operating in the US... with one exception, which is Round1, because they're a Japanese company that somehow convinced the manufacturers to let them extend their licensing deals to the US.
The US arcade manufacturers (e.g. Raw Thrills) went in the completely opposite direction, focusing almost entirely on racing, shooting, and mobile game ports. They tried rhythm games *once* with Guitar Hero Arcade, and that was that. If you absolutely want to run rhythm games as an indie arcade operator, your options are Pump It Up (because apparently the brain rot in Japan didn't jump over to South Korea), StepManiaX (because Konami's patents over *the entire rhythm game genre* started to expire), old cabs (which is more maintenance and hassle for something fewer players want), or importing new cabs anyway and hacking the software to remove the revshare checks. Which is *hella illegal*.
As someone who hasn’t been able to go to an arcade in nearly two years, I really enjoyed this video. Arcades are my happy place, and even seeing someone else have fun at one is enjoyable for me.
My local bowling alley had an arcade attached to it that I went to almost every weekend as a child. They tore it down in the mid 2000's and I haven't been to an arcade since. Really wish there were more of them in America.
Yeah in my city we don't have any dedicated arcades anymore but there's a Cynergy, which is where I had my 31st birthday last year, it has a theater, bowling, escape room, axe throwing & arcade, plus food & alcohol, Dave & Busters of course, & a Main Event which is similar to Cynergy but more aimed towards kids exclusively & has bowling & laser tag, plus a rock wall & giant jungle gym thing. I'm sad the old school arcades are gone but the new hybrid entertainment centers are nice.
15:10 All the convoluted editing, the craziest images and sounds Ian can muster, and yet it's _always_ the fart noises that ultimately get me... x'D
Seeing Ian and The Among Us bonding together was really sweet.
My favorite new edition to the Brutalmoose cinematic universe.
I love this series so much and I’m so glad to see its return! My sister recently came home from college and when I told her there was a new brutalmoose arcade video she told me to wait so we could watch it together, like we always do. Your channel is one of my favorites! Keep up the good work!
To be honest I've had a tough month. And this was exactly what I needed. Ian, your arcade videos are so therapeutic. It's like comfort food. Please never stop doing them!
I absolutely love these arcade videos. There's just something comforting about watching them. Like a cozy blanket in video form.
I’m so bummed I missed out on the culture of arcades in the 80s and 90s. I can just imagine the hustle and bustle of all the kids around all the machines. Couples in dark corners, shady trades for trading cards and weed. Just seems so magical.
yeah this arcade was like dead empty huh? thankfully i was just BARELY able to see the tail end of the cool arcades packed with people back in the early 2000s before they all shut down. there was a bit of a dark era where the only thing was like, nickelcade. i'm glad there are some more robust places now like round 1 and dave and busters, and it is funny that they serve alcohol because they know most of the people going there are adults xD
Go to a casino, it's very similar. The feelings I felt watching that marble machine are like those I felt playing slots or roulette
@@rapmastac1362 Yeah, but you'll lose way more money in the process.
"Customers hoping to play some nostalgic favorites can GET FUCKED" Well over in New Hampshire there's a arcade called Funspot and it has a bunch of older games they maintain. There's a whole floor dedicated to it.
It’s actually the largest arcade in the world!
My dad takes me every year and it always slaps! The third floor has exclusively retro games! It's also a token arcade, which I hardly ever see outside of NH (most use cards and have a digital token system)
Yeah there was one at Weirs Beach that was also more retro and they’re just so much fun
Ah, a fellow new Hampshire citizen
I'm so happy to see you back out into an arcade. Right before the pandemic, I got really big into watching people play claw machines, but then, yknow. I personally dont feel safe enough in my state to go out into an arcade just yet, so you gotta play for me!
Also that marble pusher looks SO COOL! I've never seen anything like it before :0
Round 1 is high tier. I can’t wait for “The Among Us” to become a recurring character
I went to a round 1 in my area for the first time just a couple weeks ago to bowl with friends, and my first thought was "brutalmoose would love this place I bet." Now you put out a video on it haha
Nothing makes me want to go to an arcade more than these videos
I really just super duper definitely honestly probably love a Brutalmoose video. I love when they happen, I love to watch them when I've learned that one has happened, and I just love knowing they are there.
Youre one of the most enjoyable youtubers out there. Im always so stoked when you upload a video and your humor, editing, and wit is just so spot on.
Thank you for this!
These arcade videos are the coziest things ever, I can’t get enough of them!
I love these videos so much, weirdly relaxing and makes me wanna hit up the seaside arcade near me. They're everywhere in the UK
Your icon is so cute! Excellent hue and shade choices too, really cohesive.
@@kaitlyn__L Oh thanks hehe. I didn't draw it, was a commission from sparksfurart a few years back ^^
I've been to the Round 1 in IL. It was pretty fun. They had a Japanese arcade game where you flip a table at your wedding.
That game is awesome!!
personally I live close to the one in ohio. I have quite a bit of an addiction to their rhythm games lol
I swear, Ian always uploads a video when I need something comforting and fun to watch. I adored this one! It makes me want to search around my own town for an arcade to enjoy! I haven't been in one in quite a long time. Very well put together video, I couldn't really tell what was different but I could tell that the energy of it was different! Very nice!
this kind of video is so endearing! i’d love to see Ian explore a mall with more “second rate” stores, or more thrift shop browsing. I just love hearing Ian talk about things in the way he does. Quirky, funny, and the music choices reminds me of old VHS movies I had when I was a kid. Love it!!
Escalators and awesome carpets? Heck yeah can’t ask much more from an arcade - 10/10.
The pattern on the carpet determines if an arcade or bowling alley is cool or not.
If it has that cool 90s pattern, issa a good one
I really need to play that marble game. You are inspiring the hidden gambler in me.
Ian’s partner must have lots of patience to stand there watching him completely entranced in an arcade game 😅
Get yourself a partner who looks at you the way Ian looks at a Marble Carnival AND also plays alongside you
Hey Ian, thanks for posting this video! It prepared me and a friend for what to expect at a Round1. Our trip took us to Lincoln, NE to the only Round1 in the state. It was very fun in the end. Gotta say, having Marvel vs Capcom 2 and CvS there was absolutely grand.
always excited when you put out an arcade video, ian!! i want to play the marble game bc it's like, one of the newer redemption games konami has ever put out iirc
i appreciate that you have a genuine fondness for redemption arcades. a lot of people hold contempt for them, which i understand, but they CAN be done right. and also this round1 looks nice, which is good because the quality between each location varies heavily lol... this makes me miss working at an arcade sooo much..
"The magical moving stairs lifted my lazy ass-"
Ian, my dude, you parked at like the very back of the mall and hoofed it to the entrance lol I was impressed at least!
This was amazing and for some reason felt to me like a mix of your old and new stuff. Definitely one of my favourites!
My favorite videos are when you go to arcades, what makes it even better is that because you also live in the Pacific northwest, I have been to the arcades you go too!
I would like to go to some arcades but I really don't know Seattle all too well. It's either too much of a drive or a ferry trip. I really only know the area around the stadiums. I have wanted to take the ferry one day and just walk around.
@@Gatorade69 yeah Seattle is a nice place for a day trip ☺️
@@plutoum3335 Sorry, I don't know if your comment is supposed to be somewhat sarcastic.
Seattle definitely has a homeless problem that definitely detracts from the experience but It's cool to walk around a big city, especially all the old parts and underground. I would likemto see some of the historical parts and some museums. Definitely wouldn't want to live there though. Like I said I have really only been to Seattle a few times for a Mariner's game.
@@Gatorade69 no I wasn't being sarcastic, if you go to the board walk or something then it is a very fun place to go for a day
I liked this video a lot! Arcade trip videos from you are always a treat (((:
That’s nostalgic looking as hell! So sad it’s so empty. 20-30 years ago you’d probably have to wait outside an hour to get in. Love they have licenses like Ah! Real Monsters. The mall looks awesome too!
This is the most perfect TH-cam content my eyeballs have ever consumed.
I was at Southcenter two years ago for Christmas shopping and there was a stampede because someone pulled out a gun in the food court. Stay classy, Southcenter.
Where was the good guy with a gun to stop him ?
@@Gatorade69 He moved the Hell away from there.
Live about 10 miles from South Center....had lunch there about 6 months ago. Probably had not been there in 5 years. I didn't really feel safe in the parking lot after eating at 3 in the afternoon. I of course remember the shooting a few weeks ago. The news always starts the new with a mall tragedy & they lose their mind
@@Gatorade69 exactly. thing is the way the justice system works if you try to stop them you are just as bad if not worse than the person that started it.
I swear there’s drugs in the UFO claw machines. I couldn’t stop playing last time i was at around One! Great content happy holidays Ian!
Not drugs, you've just learned you have a gambling addiction gene. Congrats!
You have no idea how I love arcade videos. Especially yours.
The editing choice is perfect.
Loving this trip to the arcade, I can’t stop rewatching all the old videos I would watch over and over again years ago so I wasn’t expecting a new video to pop up in between all the pc games but I enjoyed it thoroughly
I'd love to visit a big arcade like that! The only local one I know of is rather small in an abandoned mall but still love going there especially since they sell a ton of used video games.
these are my favorite videos on all of youtube, nothing makes me relax like these videos of your irl adventures
Ah, yes. Another relaxing video of Ian visiting an arcade and dryly commenting on the games and stuff there. My favorite.
Oh this was great. I'm a little bit into dead mall stuff and very into arcades so this video checked both those boxes for me. I feel like I would have enjoyed a video solely walking around and commenting on the mall if you felt like making one of those though. I think the best possible Brutalmoose arcade video would be if you got to go to one of those arcades that's been around for decades and the owners took you for a tour of all the different machines plus the areas the average arcadegoer doesn't get to see.
I used to hang out at South Center every weekend as a high schooler. This video feels super nostalgic!
I don’t know why I didn’t remember you making this arcade video, but my favourite thing about your channel is whenever I go back to check it out again, there’s always something I either want to watch again, or I somehow missed, or am suffering from some weird selective amnesia…. Because some of the videos say I’ve watched them…but where did the memory go…. Im going to see a doctor now
"All the kids wanna be me... Except that I'm thirty..."
As someone who also just entered their thirties I just want to say Big Oof.
I enjoyed the linear editing on this arcade visit! Really took us on a journey. Especially when you took a break inside the mall. What a great early present for us. Thank you!!
Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you all have a great week and stay safe. Looking forward to new brutalmoose 2022 videos. They never disappoint.
its weird actually seeing you in my neighborhood area, sad i missed ya but happy to know you were here
well i nolonger live there, but i do miss that place
This is actually starting out kinda surreal, yesterday I went to my mall, where there was also a Sears, AND a Round1. 0.o I'm here for it though. That's where all the similarities end though........never been to a 2 story mall, or one as brightly lit. My mall has lots of creepy, shady, dark corners for people to get shot in though.
Oh my god I’ve been to Westfield throughout all my life and I never knew about this place I gotta check this out! Not to mention hearing you name drop my local supermall was kinda surreal
5:41 Silly green Mario? Luigi continues his tortured existence
I'm addicted to watching you play marble carnival
Sadly in Tokyo we are losing many of these games ecently too. The companies are focusing on ufo catchers and toy capsule machines. Two of my fav arcades in Ikebukuro closed and then became places just with those machines.
I've started going to an arcade more now that my area finally got a Main Event this year (there's only 3 in my state and the other 2 are 200+ miles away and there are no Round 1s). Pearl Fishery, while not amazing, got me hooked on the pusher type games and that then lead me to trying a DC coin pusher that I got like 5 cards from I think. I also had a funny moment with Plinko where, for whatever reason, I had 0 idea how the machine worked and when I actually did figure it out, my first drop landed in the bonus spot. I was so confused on what was going on and so were some people that walked past me.
your videos always make me feel comfy, cozy and all around welcomed :)
Marble Carnival is extremely addicting and one of my favorites!
I like these types of videos, feels so chill and laidback, kinda wanna see more of these types of videos haha.
Keep up the good work mate :)
Love this video! These arcade themed episodes are so much dang fun. They way you did this one was so rad. Please keep it up. Only as long as it’s safe to do so, of course. Thank you, Ian!
Went to a round one recently myself, and basically did the _exact_ opposite of what you did here! Was much more focused on the import games, especially the rhythm games, (love me some wacca, so satisfying!) But hey, you're right that the UFO catchers are so much more addictive, you really feel like you're making noticable progress on those little minigames each time.
This was so fun, they added one of these in my hometown mall that I’ve lived by my whole life so this hit on a lot of good memories for me :D
Also Ian, has now become Spamton, since he’s a [BIG SHOT].
this is exactly what i needed on my wednesday morning
This is one of my favorite videos, I really enjoy rewatching it many times. Such a fun vibe, more fun than actually going to an arcade
I used to live 15 minutes from this mall (Originally called South Center) and I remember back when it was a single story before the 3 story behemoth it became. The nostalgia hits real hard during the mall walk around
I've only ever seen UFO machines in Yakuza. This was a magical experience.
That would only be a day trip away for me... Okay, when I'm no longer isolating (am high risk/immune compromised, so I live in a box with my cats and time has lost all meaning) I gotta go there, it looks so amazing!! Thanks Moose!
I love going to Round 1 for the Japanese rhythm games, pretty much the only place to play something other than DDR or Guitar Hero 3. A little disappointed not seeing footage of those but I guess not everyone is interested. Great video, I want to try the marble game now, it's always making such a racket at my location lol
Love the arcade videos!! As a Seattle resident especially because now I have some great tips on games to check out nearby. You're right about rainier too. There's great views of the mountains even on 99
Ian: walks in the mall
Security: aah shit here we go again
Ian plops for our sins.
I personally don’t like arcades myself but love watching people play it
I'm still disappointed the Disney Store left that mall.
Dude the Disney store left my local mall too! You could never get to the back of that store without someone greeting you 😂
Dude no way! The Disney store left my mall too
The Disney Store left my mall probably about 20 years ago. I think it only lasted a year or two before closing.
The stores "Box Lunch" and "Hot Topic" are the new Disney Stores
which one? the old one, or the new one?
Watching through Moose’s video feel like 5 minutes yet I’m always wanting more! Great vids, dude!
OMG I've been to that Round 1 so many times. Mostly for Karaoke but I play a lot of fighting games there too. It's so surreal to watch you walking around a place I've been. Great video, keep up the excellent work.
That feeling when you spend five times the cost of an item trying to win it over just buying it.
Ticket man is always my go to game when i go to round one, i usually always go with a $100 budget (also have a membership so more credits per price added. It really is worth it even if you dont go often)
But since you can time the game usually when i reach $80-$75 i already have 6,000 tickets. Since i only go for the 500 coin or the 200 coins, if i get anything its just more ticket fodder
You only see it for a split second, but I love how the game you're playing at 7:25 made a joke about confusing Aussies with Kiwis xD was that a New Zealand made game???
This was great Ian. Thanks! We just had our local Round 1 close due to just pandemic money loss i think, so it was great to see an updated Round 1 here.
Bro how have I’ve missed like 6 videos. Now I can binge some moose content to kick off the year though:)
I lost my marbles a long time ago. Not even in an arcade.