@ThanosReXXX yea there's some pizza places locally that have some cabinets still. And Some breweries that tend to have some old school cabinets. But still, not a place filled with good old fashioned arcade cabinets I saw growing up
@NintendoByNature Same here, for the most part. There are a small handful of true arcade halls still, but none really near where I live. We used to hang out at one in the center of the city, that had all the good games, but that has been gone for years, and been replaced with something more "touristy"...
@1UP_MARIO Well, I'm not one to complain much, but at my age, I've honestly had my fill of problems.
Had more than my fair share of them, so time for someone else to take over the baton from me...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
Arcades weren’t a big thing when I was growing up. There was a 7-11 with the TMNT, Pizza Hut with Pac-Man and Simpsons, and some hotel in Oklahoma with Robotron. That’s about all I remember. I’m sure the mall in VA Beach had one, but I was more interested in the Smithsonian store and Walden Books at that time.
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@AlohaPizzaJack I forgot about the Simpson's arcade beat em up. That was one of my favorites.. from what I recall. Bart rode a skateboard and Marge hit people with a vacuum cleaner right?
Hm, it would seem that I haven't been keeping enough of an eye on the rebirth of arcade halls in and around my area: @Sintown As you can see, not quite true, as I've also just found out, so I actually made the same mistake as you. From what I've read from their website, GameState arcade halls can actually be found in multiple places in the Netherlands, so sounds like a fun idea for a day trip or something...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@ReaderRagfish Those last two videos I posted are from a Barcade, so I guess those really ARE a thing.
For a second there, you did actually have me wondering...
@ReaderRagfish I think you haven't been looking closely enough: it's about 50/50. The clip is short, but it shows more than enough video game cabinets, and the other half is the obvious air hockey and ball games, which you also find in dedicated arcade halls abroad. I think you got the Chuck E Cheese idea from the 2,5 seconds in which this guy appeared, buried under a mountain of tickets...
@Sintown Well, seeing as most of them have only been around for 2 or 3 years at most, I'd say it's a pretty safe bet that they're going to be there for at least a couple more years to come, so you'll get your chance to visit them at least once or twice...
All of them can be found in Amsterdam, by the way, including GameState, even though the video says it's in Utrecht. That's the only video I could find of it, but there is one in Amsterdam as well.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@ThanosReXXX, @NEStalgia Just wanted to let you two know that I read your replies and agree with them. Today has been nuts! I'm one of the lucky minority who didn't get today off....
Anyway, yeah, you'd think someone of my background would be stoked to live in California, but between the cost of living, a high-risk fault zone, and...INTERESTING...politics, I think I'll just keep my exposure to "visiting" status.
@ReaderRagfish Skeeball... When I was little I loved to play that. Unfortunately, I didn’t roll the ball underhand like normal; I rolled it from underneath, with the top of my hand facing up as I flicked the ball forward. One day, this terrible decision caught up with me as I smashed my fingers between the solid wooden ball and the metal plating and the front of the lane.
Skeeeebaaaaaaall! Why hast thou forsaken me??
@ReaderRagfish i gagged when i saw candy crush and similar cabinets at my (large, real, and pretty new Japanese-owned arcade, i think i told you about. ). That and the ticket redemption machines take a lot of the floor space. Thankfully, Time Crisis, a fleet of MK8 racing cabs, rows of Japan-only games (with no English whatsoever), some fan service weeb bait photo booths, and a whole section of fighter candy cabs from SF2:Turbo to BB to Tekken 7 made up for it . All it needs is indoor smoking and it's like a trip to Tokyo. Makes i really really need to make a point of going more while it's there...i can't imagine it'll last forever.
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