Quote Originally Posted by boatofcar
There was another arcade besides Tilt in the Huntington Mall in WV?
Dude! You really haven't been here for a while.

Seriously though, at one point last year you had:

Tilt in Huntington
Billy Bob's Pizza Wonderland in Huntington
Fun Room (or whatever other lame name it was) in the Town Center Mall
Power Play in Kanawha Mall
Chuck E' Cheese in Southridge
Go Kart Speedway in Southridge
Rock Lake in Spring Hill

The Tilt's still there - it's got some good stuff, and even a new Tekken 5, though it's mostly newer (1996+). Think they have a few of those combo Namco cabs, but that's about it for the retro stuff. They also have a Time Crisis 3, which is important, as you'll see.

Billy Bob's finally got rid of most of their good games. Forever they had Snow Bros., 4-Player Simpsons, Super Off Road and a ton of other great older games. Now they've also got Time Crisis 3, Soul Caliber 2, and a ton of ticket stuff like Skee-ball and such.

Fun Room in the Town Center closed - it was pretty weak anyway, so it's no suprise. A bank took that over, and now there's just a cubbyhole in the wall that houses about 5 cabs - one of which is yet another Time Crisis 3.

Chuck E' Cheese is pretty bad - the only good game they had was that firefighting game where you have the hose nozzle for a controller - and the novelty of that wears off after the first play or two, especially with the employees there. They hassle you if you go in to just play games, which is completely illogical. But hey, if they don't want to make money, no biggie - I don't go there anymore.

Rock Lake is still Rock Lake - though they had some pretty good stuff last time I was there. I seem to remember a linked Daytona USA among other things. It's about half and half on ticket games and video games though. Been about a year though, so they could have closed down for all I know.

The new Southridge Go Kart Speedway is fantastic - best arcade that we have right now, and the go karts are a blast to boot. They've got a great mix of some really new stuff (New Pump it Up, some of the newer Konami Motion-Sensing games, etc.), and a bunch of older games that you don't see often at all. It's good stuff, and a nice facility.

The absolute best was Power Play in the Kanawha Mall, and unfortunately, they shut down late last year. Shame too, because they had everything. Tons of classics (Centipede, Buster Bros., Bubble Bobble I think), shooters (Carnevil, Police Trainer), fighters, Neo-Geo stuff, great pinballs - just one of the best varieties I've seen anywhere, and probably the best small arcade I've ever been in. I gave 'em a ton of business, but it really wasn't a great location - the Kanawha Mall is pretty shady.

Eventually, you'll probably only have the new Go-Kart place. It's got a great location, and it really is a nice facility - they've actually done it right for a change around here.