ReleasesArcade

This might need simplifying. Example of use: Gardia.

My feeling is we could be documenting arcade games more... intelligently. I don't like these pan-Euro "EU" or "world" release dates, and with games like Tetris where there are System 18 and System E versions, I think it looks a bit messy right now.

Also in response to the Sega World Drivers Championship announcement, I think we need a nicer solution for location tests. I think this info deserves more than being buried in a history section or something.

As far as arcade games go, I don't know how realistic is really is to expect to find RRPs and product codes. We have some, sure, but my feeling is we're either never going to find this data, or there's a high chance of shipping/labour costs, and some operators wanting fancy pants coin slots or whatever. The big attractions will never have these things, because in most cases it'll be Sega selling to themselves. -Black Squirrel (talk) 15:52, 22 July 2017 (CDT)

executive decision

In the old days I took the term "redemption" at face value, i.e. if you "redeem" something it is a redemption game. So basically, any machine that might give you something to take away.

Apparently that's not how it's done, and that's not how Sega categorise things. They do something a bit like this instead:

• "Redemption" games involve tickets - the ones you exchange for prizes.
• "Medal" games involve tokens or "medals" - fake currency that can be used to play more games and exist to get around Japanese gambling laws
• "Prize" games involve prizes. So basically UFO catchers and other sorts of crane games

so I've added "RED", "MEDAL" and "PRIZE" to this template. If nobody objects, I'll start using them later this week.

(even though with some of these machines you technically redeem medals as a prize)

p.s. for this to work perfectly, you have to pretend that the optional ticket dispensers or modified coin slots for "normal" arcade games don't exist. -Black Squirrel (talk) 13:59, 6 December 2017 (CST)