Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Jun 27, 2018

  If you ain't got friends, this is depression fuel. There is no feeling more lonely than playing virtual air hockey by yourself.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 25, 2016

  tl:dr - Buy it, but be aware that you'll have to do work to make it at all useful. 1) This is where I want to go when I die. 2) The "game," "out of the box," does next to nothing. Because this replicates an environment where you'd play classic, "retro," "copyrighted" arcade games, none of those games are included in this arcade. Amazingly, even the arcade emulators have to be downloaded (the libretro packages) and installed separately. "Game does not ship with ROMs" doesn't even begin to cover it: game does not ship with anything except the shell of the arcade. You can buy this, and then walk around in it. 3) To make this into a working arcade, you'll have to: a. download and install the emulators b. download and add your legally owned ROMs c. you see the art on the machines? The side panel graphics, the marquees, and the button and stick arrangements? You'll have to configure those for your games, too. Remember that you'll have to do this for each game in your arcade. They provide an "arcade builder" tool which makes this less difficult than it would be if you had to custom-write your own xml, but 4) [b]SOME DOCUMENTATION WOULD BE NICE.[/b] As of 8/24/2016, the documentation that I can find is this: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=736005082 for everything else, the answer appears to go to Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/NewRetroArcade For example, I'm working on an Asteroids machine, now. I managed to find and install mame2014_libretro.dll, my legally-owned Asteroids ROM, front and side panel art from Reddit, but now I'm at "panel layout" - do I use LayoutPhallicOrder, LayoutRobertCop, or LayoutAlienBoom? (Actually, I just found the information that I was looking for in an image on the Steam guide page, but they certainly don't make this easy.) In avoiding copyright issues, Digital Cybercherries is sometimes a little too cute for its own good, although "Stonky Dong" is one of the funniest things that I've seen this week. 5. I haven't even talked about the other rooms, like the theater, where you can watch plug "videotapes" into a virtual VCR and watch videos. You can customize these with local or streaming media. There's also a kind-of creditable bowling alley, weird-floaty darts and dartboard, and a virtual bar (I think that this is new - you can't do anything in it). In short, this is neat. I like it, and I'll like it a lot more when I get the thing running, I just wish tat it was [strike]at all[/strike] better documented.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 14, 2016

  Spent $800+ dollars on Virtual Reality hardware, then used it to play Megaman Soccer. 10/10 would buy again
• gamedeal user

  Aug 2, 2016

  I'll keep this short and sweet. The atmosphere is dead on. It's about as close as we'll get to going back to those old arcades we used to haunt. The music, the neon and that wonderful patterned carpet nail the look. The problem, sadly, comes from the lack of documentation and the just confusing interface options with regards to the coin-ops. I had to read a thread on the forums to figure out how to load the roms, emulator and even put a quarter in a machine. It's confusing and even for someone who is used to using MAME, it's just way too clunky and limiting. I also was unable to figure out how to put quarters into a certain slot for 4-player games like Konami's TMNT or Simpsons which require you to use your quarter to pick your character. You can't rearrange your arcade or remove items you don't want. You're limited to a set amount of machines. The games won't run their attract sequences so you can walk around and get the full "arcade experience". They really need to set up some kind of in-game UI to set up your arcade and make things simpler. I'll keep an eye on this and see what/if they improve things. But I can't honestly recommend it as it stands and that breaks my heart because it has so much potential.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 4, 2017

  Game's amazing. Better in VR. Has multiplayer! Would be cool if the arcade cabinets were more flexible, for instance, playing games that aren't roms and such. Don't know how but heck, would be cool.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 25, 2016

  A few thousand dollars in Virtual Reality equipment all so I can play the SNES and watch The Goonies in my personal arcade. The future is fucking awesome.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 20, 2017

  I was more than eager to get this game, and I was happy to have a nifty element to play old games on. Then, I found out that the emulators don't work in the true sense of multiplayer. Then, I found out that other players in a multiplayer session can't even see what you're playing. What's the fucking point of hosting a multiplayer arcade, if everyone else has their own library upon entry? When the most interaction you can have with other players is through the cheap, built-in Minigames like fucking hoops, darts, bowling, and whack-a-mole? Kinda feel let down by this. If they make any sort of change to actually enable REAL multiplayer, I might actually reverse my reccomendation, but until such a time: Save your money, download a few free emulators and roms elsewhere, and save yourself the hassle.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 9, 2021

  UPDATE: I have been banned from the community page. Here is what I posted, that resulted in the dev banning me: "For years now, the dev has been saying "don't worry, we will be updating this game and working on it soon" - NOTHING since 2018." THAT IS IT. That is my "ban reason". For stating the truth. There have been zero updates since 2018, and I stated that fact!! It should not be the case that developers can abuse power like that. Also, would you believe, that if a dev bans you from their game, you can no longer leave a reply to comments ON YOUR OWN REVIEW of the game? Steam, what are you thinking? Get that sorted out. Anyways, here was my original review: I purchased this years ago, while the devs were saying to people that this game would be worked on as a priority "very soon", with lots more features to be added, bugs fixed, made more user-friendly, etc, etc. The last update was 2018, with none of the promises kept. The dev’s excuse? We are busy working on another game. Seriously, this is not good enough. How about not working on another game until you have completed THIS game, and delivered what was promised? It just shows you the type of people behind this project – they think it is ok to take your money, make promises, but break them so they can go and work on something else. Hey, they have our money, right, so why not? Well, any decent person would not think this way. This is very disappointing, as the atmosphere of the game is excellent and has great potential. Just a pity the dev team isn't very good. If a dev promises to work on the game, but then abandons it, it should be possible for EVERYONE to get a refund. If that were possible, maybe then they would be motivated to finish games before moving on. NOTE: For some reason, my play time has been lost. I had a few hours on this game years ago, but now it registers as nothing.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 23, 2017

  Fine for what it is, but the main selling points - emulation and multiplayer - can't be used in conjunction with each other. So it comes across as poorly advertised as all I wanted to do was faff about in an arcade with my friends and play some arcade games. No 2 player stuff, you can't even look over someone's shoulder to see the gameplay. What's the point? A complete waste of time.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 29, 2018

  Are You A Rift User w/ Oculus Touch Controllers? Do Yourself A Favor: Forget You Ever Saw This Title! It sucks to even have to write this, but seriously... DO NOT GET THIS! Full price? Steam Sale? Doesn't Matter! Just… Don't. (Update: posted this review in 2018. Everything below still stands as of 2020.) BROKEN VR CONTROLS that cannot be changed at all with the BROKEN VR UI. Imagine going to the ultimate free-play arcade, but not having hands to play anything properly. People with this problem simply get swept under the carpet. Because officially? They 'fixed it'. I Can Tell You: Rift VR + Broken Touch + Broken XB360 in VR + Broken UI in VR + Disabled Keyboard and Mouse in VR ≠ A Credible Claim For Support I bought this BECAUSE of their Rift Touch support claims. There isn’t a lot of room for misinterpretation when a Dev answers the question of 'touch support' on the Steam Discussions with, "...NRA:N does support Oculus Touch :)" NRA:N is a FANTASTIC IDEA, but it’s one that's marred by glaring control bugs and only 'partial support' for the very things they claim to already have covered. I HONESTLY tried to work with these guys on their product! Firstly, I wanted my pre-researched purchase to work as advertised. Second, the issues looked like ‘an easy fix'. Thirdly, I WANTED to help out! So for 2 months straight, I used their official channels, and volunteered as much information on the issue as humanly possible. All it got me was 'forgotten and ignored', multiple times, on an otherwise active community/support base. I’m NOT the only one they did this to! There are literally 10+ Steam Discussion Threads, from other users, related to this ONE issue. All of them were ignored, and most were over 1 year old. I'm talking Rift+Touch Users. Folks who read, "Oculus Touch Supported." Folks who encountered the same BROKEN MESS the devs touted as ‘full support’. Folks who were forced to ‘give up’ after a year of trying to fix it. In fact, I’ll save you time, and just TELL you what to expect from the ‘troubleshoot process’ for Oculus Touch: You'll find ‘politely tapping shoulders’ doesn’t work quite the same if you’re a Rift User. You’ll eventually get tired of writing in to remind them you exist. You’ll get tired of being promised that someone will 'look at it'. You’ll get tired of the radio silence that inevitably follows. Then ~2 months go by. By that point, you’ll get tired of finding/replying to/bumping the other threads from guys JUST LIKE YOU, but again, who gave up after a year of trying to fix their purchase. Finally? Cue The ‘Admin Shenanigans’ For The Ultra-Persistent: Just today, I got a ‘warning' from these clowns to stop 'bumping the threads' on this issue. Later that day, I got a note citing 'The Holidays' as a reason for why nobody can address ‘my’ issue in a timely manner, and asking for ‘my' patience. MY patience?! What about the OTHER RIFT GUYS who purchased this product on a PATENTLY FALSE CLAIM, and then waited WELL OVER A YEAR voicing the same issues? Holidays 2018 still a ‘factor’ for those customers? So the devs didn't appreciate being reminded that Rift+Touch Users still exist? Well I’ll give them this much: It’s a significantly EASIER after-sales care service model if the ‘difficult’ customers are made to simply ‘give up’ on their purchases naturally. After all, they already have our money, so there’s no need to pay attention to those 'Pesky Rifties' anymore, amirite? Let’s just stall THOSE guys indefinitely with the same story about the mythical coder who'll 'look at it'… …Fine. Play it your way... …Part of me wishes I'd simply refunded. Another part of me wishes we could simply have worked together, applied a modicum of grit and initiative on this 'one little’ issue crippling an otherwise FANTASTIC experience, and ACTUALLY ACHIEVED the 'support' they claimed to have had for us Rift+Touch users. If (IF) something happens in the future to fix these issues, I'll consider changing this review. But I'm definitely not holding my breath. Moving on now. Enjoy my money! Don't spend it all in one place!