Arcades

[dsullo]

I was thinking this morning, how cool it would be if someone opened up an arcade , full of old arcade and pinball machines. It could have some new machines too.

It would have to be a safe place for kids of all ages. I guess the question is how do you keep it from becoming a seedy hangout.

I use to love going to the arcade when I was a kid.

Back in the day, I use to frequent Arnie's Place in Connecticut. It was our favorite arcade/hangout.

[jb143]

Has anyone here been to a Dave and Busters? I've been wanting to go sometime but havn't yet. I heard they have a pretty good classic games section. It's a restraunt/arcade...sort of like an adults chucky cheese from what I can tell.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

http://www.1984arcade.com

There, problem solved! :king:

[strassy]

it would be cool to have such a place...but i don't think the kids of today would be amused by Pac-Man for more than 2 minutes.

if anyone is in chicago, check out Nickel City in Northbrook. it's kind of run-down, but for $2 admission, you get unlimited play on their older arcade games...they have maybe 35 of them from early 80s to early 90s, if anyone is interested, i can give you a list of games off of memory. beyond that, most of their newer games (which I don't think are that new) cost between a nickel and eight nickels to play (the only one that i can recall being 8 nickels is the Mario Kart GP arcade game)...not a bad place to kill a weekday afternoon, I'm sure it is full of kiddies on the weekends.

[GrandAmChandler]

Moving this to Arcade Alley!

[coreys429]

I am glad I am not the only one around to think of it. I've been wanting to do that in my small town. Get a massive amount of arcade machines though I could just drive to Portland and go to Ground Kontrol which has all the arcade needs.

[itobandito]

Such a place does exist, it's called Funspot in New Hampshire. It is actually home of the official classic arcade museum. I see your from CT, ever go to Scooters in Bristol, CT? I use to go there ALL the time when I was a kid. Here is the link to Funspots arcade museum page. http://www.classicarcademuseum.org/ You can also go to www.funspotnh.com

[DreamTR]

Ground Kontrol is neat, needs classic fighting game stuff to grab the niche market of players looking for an arcade to still frequent. 21 and over after dark and only a semi working SFII?

FunSpot is near perfect on all aspects, just needs to stay open later.

Nickel City in Northbrook run down? Ever been to Dennis' Place for Games, or Diversions in Chicago? Now THOSE are run down.

[strassy]

I walk by Dennis' place for games every day on my way to work. I am scared to go in there, there's all kinds of warnings on the door about how no hats may be worn inside...between that and the tranny bar down the street, i hustle back to the west side of sheffield as soon as I get off the Belmont El stop.

[Videogamerdaryll]

Flashbacks at Seaside Heights NJ .I've never actually seen a Kid in it..Only adults..The kids seem to all be in the front Arcade playing the newer type machines.
Now my 6 year old Son I've brought up to love the older games so he's always wanting to play all the old stuff..(Spy Hunter.Turbo etc..in there.

I don't think it could ever become a seedy hangout though... because IT'S BAKING HOT IN THERE!!!ROFL
I'd worry more about fire..I look at those machines and think Man they just have to be burning up.
You'd figure after all these years they'd have added an air conditioning system in there.


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YouTube - Flashbacks at Seaside Heights NJ (mhtml:{38B82F2F-7B1A-4497-9765-8325D5A65E0C}mid://00000004/!x-usc:http://optimum.infospace.com/_1_CRZUZH04MH3GFH__info.cablev/clickit/search?r_aid=CCBE529DB36240D7BCD8683C69D14CF0&r_eop=1&r_sacop=2&r_spf=0&r_cop=main-title&r_snpp=1&r_spp=1&qqn=N2uA2bmh&r_coid=239138&rawto=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2vlJw7dF6U)Here's a video walkthru of the Flashbacks section of the Carousel Arcade in Seaside Heights New Jersey.Tucked away in the corner is an area chock full of cl ...
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http://blog.nj.com/beach/2007/08/seaside_not_all_its_sleazed_up.html (mhtml:{38B82F2F-7B1A-4497-9765-8325D5A65E0C}mid://00000004/!x-usc:http://blog.nj.com/beach/2007/08/seaside_not_all_its_sleazed_up.html)
The southern most arcade, on the beach-side of the boardwalk- the one attached to Funtown Pier (mhtml:{38B82F2F-7B1A-4497-9765-8325D5A65E0C}mid://00000004/!x-usc:http://www.funtownpier.com/)- is pretty awesome. They have this room sectioned off in the back called "Flashbacks"- and it's filled with all sorts of old-school video games- Spy Hunter (mhtml:{38B82F2F-7B1A-4497-9765-8325D5A65E0C}mid://00000004/!x-usc:http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/e/e2/250px-Spy_Hunter.png), Tempest (mhtml:{38B82F2F-7B1A-4497-9765-8325D5A65E0C}mid://00000004/!x-usc:http://a7.vox.com/6a00b8ea0679d0dece00c2251c6367f219-500pi), Ghostbusters (mhtml:{38B82F2F-7B1A-4497-9765-8325D5A65E0C}mid://00000004/!x-usc:http://ghostbusters.gamefabrique.qarchive.org/screenshots/gamefabrique/ghostbusters_350.jpg), Rygar (mhtml:{38B82F2F-7B1A-4497-9765-8325D5A65E0C}mid://00000004/!x-usc:http://www.rygar.info/mainmenu.htm)... I could have spent the entire night in that place. I played a bad-ass round of Tapper (mhtml:{38B82F2F-7B1A-4497-9765-8325D5A65E0C}mid://00000004/!x-usc:http://www.aarongiles.com/mamemem/tapper.png), which surprised me by having a large pixilated "Budwiser" sign on the game screen- I just didn't think they'd be allowed to do that... it must be a generation thing- like when they used to show kids smoking cigarettes in cereal commercials during the 50's. No original Star Wars though... you know, the one with all the wire-frame (mhtml:{38B82F2F-7B1A-4497-9765-8325D5A65E0C}mid://00000004/!x-usc:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_(arcade_game))? That might be the greatest arcade game of all time.
They also have one of those old light-gun shooting galleries in the building- the kind where you pay a quarter then shoot little red targets with a riffle, making a buzzard scream, or a man play the piano. I like those things- they're pretty rare now- so I made my girlfriend take this picture of me playing:

http://arcadelocations.classicgaming.gamespy.com/PlaceSearch.php3?code=njseacar&newdate=2007-12-05 (mhtml:{38B82F2F-7B1A-4497-9765-8325D5A65E0C}mid://00000004/!x-usc:http://arcadelocations.classicgaming.gamespy.com/PlaceSearch.php3?code=njseacar&newdate=2007-12-05)

[Greg2600]

Flashbacks in Seaside Heights is one of the last bastions of 70's and 80's arcading.

I've been to the Dave and Buster's at the Palisades Mall up near Rye, NY, but never liked it. Not that many games, and the prices are way too high.

The best arcade I've ever been to was the Gameworks in Las Vegas. That was 8 or 9 years ago though.

[Nikademus1969]

Has anyone here been to a Dave and Busters? I've been wanting to go sometime but havn't yet. I heard they have a pretty good classic games section. It's a restraunt/arcade...sort of like an adults chucky cheese from what I can tell.

I went to the one in St Louis a few years back. While they *did* have a rather large selection of games, their selection of classic machines consisted of one of those commercial MAME-type multi-game machines stuck in one of the back corners of the arcade area. It was a bit of a bummer to see my childhood condensed into a single cabinet, tho it was kinda cool to play Joust on a 27 inch monitor.

[Videogamerdaryll]

Flashbacks in Seaside Heights is one of the last bastions of 70's and 80's arcading.

I've been to the Dave and Buster's at the Palisades Mall up near Rye, NY, but never liked it. Not that many games, and the prices are way too high.

The best arcade I've ever been to was the Gameworks in Las Vegas. That was 8 or 9 years ago though.

They also have two arcades in that mall...Both have mainly new type games though:|..one I think had a few old fighters in it though..

[Greg2600]

They also have two arcades in that mall...Both have mainly new type games though:|..one I think had a few old fighters in it though..


Really? I haven't been up there in several years. We used to go to the NASCAR Simulator Motor Speedway place, but it closed down.

[Videogamerdaryll]

Really? I haven't been up there in several years. We used to go to the NASCAR Simulator Motor Speedway place, but it closed down.


Yea I used to go to the Nascar place too..My Uncle loved to kick my ass in the races there...
The last I saw of it was the car above the entrance then that was gone..

One Arcade is near the Target entrance to the left in the Mall..
The other I think is near the food court..

..Near the Nascar place they had a place that was set up for online gaming..It had networked computers in it online and Old Video Game systems hooked up to Monitors.(It was cool to see old gaming systems hooked up/games for sale and for rent to play there)
I had did a search for the places listed in the mall back then and came up with nothing..I called them and they told me the name(I forget it now)..the next time I went there it was gone..

I haven't been to the mall in awhile..I just just teling my wife that I want to go there ../since the babies been born we haven't went..

Funny as all we do there is walk aeound,..admire the Blade Runner type lit up signs in the middle pillars.go in the hot ass dollar store/maybe the sports store ..Best Buys(I've found some good mismarked deals there)

I hit both Arcades...and the Food Court..

The first time I went there they had a store that sold expensive european pocketbikes...After I got into the racing of them I flew back there and the store was gone...(plus the new law in NY prohibs the sale of them now)

I kicked myselff for never going in there but the bikes in the window are imbedded in my head now.*_*

[Borman]

Wait the Nascar Simulator is gone? :( Another thing from my childhood demolished heh

[Cowutopia]

Flashbacks looks sweet, but it's so much farther than Fun N Games used to be. I'll have to go. It's the closest place with a Robotron cab that isn't Barcade in Brooklyn, NY.

[jnoble]

Has anyone here been to a Dave and Busters? I've been wanting to go sometime but havn't yet. I heard they have a pretty good classic games section. It's a restraunt/arcade...sort of like an adults chucky cheese from what I can tell.


Don't hesitate to go to Dave and Busters, it really is like an adult Chucky Cheese...it's clean, well lit, huge, has a really nice sports bar and resturant, and a nice selection of games both new and old. I've been joking that the place is what my idea of the perfect afterlife would be, as long as all the games have unlimited credits and there are hot cute young women all over the place who want nothing more than to make out with me\\^_^/LOL

[Videogamerdaryll]

Chuck E Cheese on RTe 23 NJ has been totally renovated and a butt load of new games added..They have some really awesome stuff there now.(more adult games)

Just don't go there on a Friday or Saturday as you'll be climbing over people.*_*

The Fudd Ruckers up the block from it also has an Arcade in it with some older Aecade games in it..

[NE146]

Speaking of arcades.. someone linked this on IRC recently. I thought it was kinda cool http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6088235521764208700

[Cowutopia]

D&B sucks. It's a fact. It's overpriced and they hardly have anything worth playing.

Does anyone here know of a location around Northern NJ with an After Burner Climax cab? It's the best arcade game that's come out in the last couple of years.

[Videogamerdaryll]

D&B sucks. It's a fact. It's overpriced and they hardly have anything worth playing.

Does anyone here know of a location around Northern NJ with an After Burner Climax cab? It's the best arcade game that's come out in the last couple of years.


Yes,
The Chuck E Cheese on rte 23 NJ (i think it's Totowa) has the version below of that game in it..
http://www.betson.com/products/amusement/SGAM-023348N
I think it's one token only to play it..

I didn't get to play it the last time I went thee(month ago) I went on a Friday night and you could not move in the place,no seats,no way to order or eat Pizza as there was nowhere to sit and it it as it was so crowded.(I just got some tokens but my Son didn't get to play anything)
One kid sat on the Afterburning popping token after token in..In all the time I was in there he was playing that machine.(best off go on a Monday-Wednesday Night..

[Rob2600]

Flashbacks at Seaside Heights, NJ.

Greg and I went to Flashbacks a few weeks ago. I posted some pictures:

Flickr - Flashbacks arcade, Seaside Heights, NJ 7/22/08 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/goodrob13/sets/72157606925953588/)