Monthly Total Games Played

[jeffradon2000]

I finally did a thing I've been thinking about doing for years in the arcade. I actually recorded the total games played for each pinball machine. I also got the total games for Gunblade since it's a dedicated game and is easy to get that number. I'm not sure how to get that for the rest of the arcades or if that's even an option. Asteroids counters seemed tied to coin drops rather than starting games. Surfplanet is already slated to leave the arcade so I'm not going to try to figure that one out.

Now we can see exactly how many games are being played each month and which machines are on top of the heap!

Here is our starting point:

Dolly Parton 7868
Volcano 329
Raven 239
Godzilla 8516
Shrek 16376
MIBS 81977
Hollywood Heat 510
Gunblade 7052
Hydro Thunder 8430

At the end of March I will refresh these numbers and then we will know how many games were played for the month and we'll see if we can keep it going after that. Some of these beginning numbers are low for games that are 30+ years old, I assume that's because they lose their total games played whenever the battery is replaced. Since MIBS is an EM machine, it has a pinball counter so that's actually accurate, although that may be based off of coin drops rather than the start button being pushed, so we'll see how that goes. It is interesting to see just how many plays our NIB (new in box) Godzilla machine has had so far. Wow that is a ton! no wonder I have to work on it and clean it so much.

My money is on Gunblade, which is a cheaper game than any pinball and everyone just wants to play that as pinball is weird and boring.

[brain galacki]

YE OLD MIBS PINBALL, 81 THOUSAND PLAYS?!? MY MY MY


Okay I'm gonna get my predictions out there, I think you are wrong about Gunblade's tally because while it is popular, you only need to play it ONCE. Unless the arcade attendees jumping back into games as if they were putting in quarters counts as a play...

Also if SURF PLANET had a counter on it we all know it would end up dead last, sorry SURF PLANET. Also Astroids... maybe not as bad as Surf Planet.

My predictions:

1. GODZILLA
2. SHREK
3. GUNBLADE
4. DOLLY PARTON
5. RAVEN
6. VOLCANO
7. MIBS
8. HOLLYWOOD HEAT

[bennybuzzkill]

Brian made me come back and play one game of the pinball game with the girl holding the gun today so you can add one point on it for that game Jeff

[jackparanoia]

My birthday pinball fest by myself might've skewed the numbers a bit.

[somejabroni]

I'm disappointed in springfieldians reluctance to fire up HOLLYWOOD HEAT

[jeffradon2000]

That is a pretty interesting opinion that Raven is a better game than Hollywood Heat. I think that's where the hard numbers are going to really come into play. I definitely rank Hollywood higher, but still toward the bottom of course. Raven may just get a bump right now because it's new to the lineup.

I'm also not really sure if Shrek, Godzilla or Dolly will have more plays. This is getting interesting for sure.

Now i know where all those random party hats came from

[brain galacki]

Mar 2, 2023 13:38:25 GMT -6 jeffradon2000 said:

That is a pretty interesting opinion that Raven is a better game than Hollywood Heat. I think that's where the hard numbers are going to really come into play. I definitely rank Hollywood higher, but still toward the bottom of course. Raven may just get a bump right now because it's new to the lineup.

I'm also not really sure if Shrek, Godzilla or Dolly will have more plays. This is getting interesting for sure.

Now i know where all those random party hats came from

Whoa whoa whoa, let me make this CLEAR:

Raven is NOT a better game than Hollywood Heat, I am just predicting that it will rack up more plays for the month of March.

[jeffradon2000]

I feel better about that now, thanks for making things clear

I'm toying with the idea of having the numbers tell me in a couple months whether hollywood or raven will be sacrificed to bring Dredd back into the lineup.

[jeffradon2000]

Just remembered to add Hydro Thunder. I got its play count the day we moved it into the arcade.