I suggest we create a new tagging scheme to describe different types of arcade machines, like we have with playground equipment. I’ve gathered some possible tags in the proposal page.
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposal:Key:amusement_arcade
Please, cross post this announcement on the tagging mailing list on my behalf by sending an email to: tagging@openstreetmap.org
Using amusement_arcade= as a feature is undesirable. It should mean the attribute of the =amusement_arcade . playground= is an outlier in the past. Discussion of the zoo tag - #5 by Casey_boy
I can already see =claw and =virtual_reality being obvious candidates for =amusement_arcade + amusement_arcade= to characterize them generally. Claw only or majority centers are common in Asia. The documented virtual_reality=yes only shows the existence of VR, not main or exclusive provision. Tag:leisure=amusement_arcade - OpenStreetMap Wiki
Suggest instead eg leisure= =arcade_machine / =arcade_game + arcade_machine= / arcade_game= (maybe arcade_machine= could be used for describing the machine, eg analog vs digital vs online-linked, or even separating them to differentiating different VR games)
Good points! I read your comments on the wiki page too, I’ll wait for more thoughts and update it to reflect the criticism later.
I reworked the page to use the new scheme leisure=arcade_machine and arcade_game=*, would you look into it if it makes more sense now?