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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: FancyFeast on May 25, 2008, 03:14:15 PM

Title: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: FancyFeast on May 25, 2008, 03:14:15 PM
Btw '........' is legal in California and I have a card so back off.


OMFG. 

Best night ever.   8) 8) 8)

Girlfriend was way into Star Trek pinball and Ms pacman(used most of our quarters on ms pacman, she got a new record high score).

Myself?

I played:

.

I have no idea how this place stays in business, but is is AMAZING.  They even had a japanese version of Ms Pacman by the entrance.  Goddammit it was fun.  It had a few nerds in there and social rejects playing computer games and some racing game, but it only added to the atmosphere.
Title: Re: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: Rman on May 25, 2008, 03:24:37 PM
I miss arcades.  I grew up in NYC and there were some really cool niche arcades back in the day.  Times Square, before becoming Disney tourist trap hell, had a really cool hole in the wall arcade that had an amazing selection.  I spent so much money on arcades as kid. 
Title: Re: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: Vizzys on May 25, 2008, 03:26:18 PM
last arcade i went to was surprisingly busy
 
played some guilty gear xx and got owned :(
Title: Re: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: FancyFeast on May 25, 2008, 03:27:07 PM
Quote from: Rman on May 25, 2008, 03:24:37 PM
I miss arcades.  I grew up in NYC and there were some really cool niche arcades back in the day.  Times Square, before becoming Disney tourist trap hell, had a really cool hole in the wall arcade that had an amazing selection.  I spent so much money on arcades as kid. 

Me too, I use to spend tons of time at the local bowling alley just to play Gauntlet or Smash TV.  This place is a true throwback, they really respect the legacy of arcades and most if not all the games are fucking amazing.  My gf actually spotted it a few weeks ago, major propers to her.   8)


Every game there was 1 quarter except for a few racing games.  It is insanely cool.
Title: Re: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: FancyFeast on May 25, 2008, 03:31:29 PM
Oh I also played Super Pacman, unfortunately the table top unit(which had 25+ games to choose from) it was on had a busted analogue stick so I couldn't move left.

(http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/4/4b/Super_Pac-Man.png)

Hopefully they fix it, I used to love that game as a kid.
Title: Re: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: Beezy on May 25, 2008, 05:14:28 PM
Quote from: FancyFeast on May 25, 2008, 03:14:15 PM
  • Soul Calibur 2 - 1 quarter, first time playing a SC game, I played as Yunsung; had a lot of fun
damn...
Title: Re: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: ferrarimanf355 on May 25, 2008, 06:40:17 PM
Quote from: Beezy on May 25, 2008, 05:14:28 PM
Quote from: FancyFeast on May 25, 2008, 03:14:15 PM
  • Soul Calibur 2 - 1 quarter, first time playing a SC game, I played as Yunsung; had a lot of fun
damn...
I know. You can find the home console versions for less than $10 nowadays...
Title: Re: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: FancyFeast on May 25, 2008, 07:18:33 PM
Quote from: ferrarimanf355 on May 25, 2008, 06:40:17 PM
Quote from: Beezy on May 25, 2008, 05:14:28 PM
Quote from: FancyFeast on May 25, 2008, 03:14:15 PM
  • Soul Calibur 2 - 1 quarter, first time playing a SC game, I played as Yunsung; had a lot of fun
damn...
I know. You can find the home console versions for less than $10 nowadays...

I'm not a big fighting game guy.  But to be honest while I was playing it I thought about getting the new Soul Caliber when it comes out since it has online play.

But to be honest, it wouldn't be the same.  Even though I was just playing the cpu, there is nothing like going to an arcade to experience these games.

Certain games are fantastic to sit on the couch and play, and I don't think fighting games are ideal.  First I would need to get an arcade stick which I don't have the space for, but even still it isn't the same.
Title: Re: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: originalz on May 26, 2008, 01:28:15 AM
Quote from: Rman on May 25, 2008, 03:24:37 PM
I miss arcades.  I grew up in NYC and there were some really cool niche arcades back in the day.  Times Square, before becoming Disney tourist trap hell, had a really cool hole in the wall arcade that had an amazing selection.  I spent so much money on arcades as kid. 

Oh werd, where did you used to go?  Laser Park?  Barcode?  Broadway City?  It's a shame how they all shut down due to various stabbings and other acts of violence (although LP might still be open, I don't know).  They have Dave and Busters there now, but it's not the same...ah well, at least you can go to CTF to play fighting games in a dirty hole in the wall environment!
Title: Re: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: Rman on May 26, 2008, 06:37:06 AM
This was actually before all those.
Title: Re: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: disgruntled_jojo on May 26, 2008, 02:43:26 PM
What major metropolis area is this arcade in?
Title: Re: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: FancyFeast on May 26, 2008, 02:48:09 PM
Quote from: disgruntled_jojo on May 26, 2008, 02:43:26 PM
What major metropolis area is this arcade in?

It's near the Bay area, north of it actually.
Title: Re: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 26, 2008, 02:50:11 PM
...... = sodomy?
Title: Re: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: ferrarimanf355 on May 26, 2008, 04:57:46 PM
Heh, there are like about five arcades around my area. And they have good shit, too- House of the Dead 4, Daytona USA 1 and 2, Fast and the Furious, all the good stuff.  :-*
Title: Re: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 26, 2008, 05:22:38 PM
will we EVER get a home release of hotd4 :'(
Title: Re: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: disgruntled_jojo on May 26, 2008, 06:38:10 PM
Quote from: FancyFeast on May 26, 2008, 02:48:09 PM
Quote from: disgruntled_jojo on May 26, 2008, 02:43:26 PM
What major metropolis area is this arcade in?

It's near the Bay area, north of it actually.

:cry was hoping you'd say LA area, boo
Title: Re: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: FancyFeast on May 26, 2008, 06:51:03 PM
Quote from: disgruntled_jojo on May 26, 2008, 06:38:10 PM
Quote from: FancyFeast on May 26, 2008, 02:48:09 PM
Quote from: disgruntled_jojo on May 26, 2008, 02:43:26 PM
What major metropolis area is this arcade in?

It's near the Bay area, north of it actually.

:cry was hoping you'd say LA area, boo

Nah, I'm convinced this place is a pet project of some rich SOB(there are tons around here).

There is no way this place could exist outside this wonderful vacuum.
Title: Re: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: ferrarimanf355 on May 26, 2008, 07:39:41 PM
Quote from: Professor Prole on May 26, 2008, 05:22:38 PM
will we EVER get a home release of hotd4 :'(
I hope so. I'd take a Wii version, despite the inevitable graphical downgrades...
Title: Re: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: Sho Nuff on May 26, 2008, 10:27:00 PM
Japanese arcades went to hell. :( I miss the days of crazy shiz like Pro Trucker and Walk the Dog and Samba de Amigo and that Samurai game.

There is only one Japanese arcade I go to anymore... OMRON in Shin-Koiwa!!!

(http://pinball.co.jp/ALBERT/OMORON/LEFT.JPG)(http://pinball.co.jp/ALBERT/OMORON/MID.JPG)(http://pinball.co.jp/ALBERT/OMORON/RIGHT.JPG)

Japan's biggest pinball collection :bow :bow :bow :bow :bow
Title: Re: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: Bildi on May 27, 2008, 07:27:20 AM
Quote from: FancyFeast on May 25, 2008, 03:14:15 PM
  • Off Road Thunder - 1 quarter, came in 3rd place, FUN 3D version of Off Road(nitro boost etc)

Do you mean Super Off Road with the four steering wheels?

God I loved that game so much - it was pretty much the most rad arcade machine of all time for me.
Title: Re: Local Arcade + Saturday Night + ....... = OMFG!!!!!!!
Post by: Mr. Gundam on May 27, 2008, 11:14:28 AM
Anyone been to Arcade Infinity in Rowland Heights, CA? I hear they get all kinds of Japanese machines, and they just got Basara X.

Seattle sucks for arcades, but I was up in Vancouver, BC recently, and saw that E-Spot had a few Gundam vs. Gundam machines, which made my day.