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Sadly no and we don't even have a FGC around my neck of the woods so I can only compete on line. It really is a bummer cause if there was an arcade around here to play SF and KOF I would be there every weekend.
Couple of middling barcades downtown. Closest serious bidness arcade is Lost Ark in Greensboro. Anyone within shouting distance should go.
I hear from a friend on XBL that there was a good arcade in Cincinnati. Supposedly when the owner returns there are tourneys. You know anything of it or did it close down?
Sorry I don't. What I was thinking of was in Newport KY which you basically have to cross the Ohio into Cincy, roll slightly east in the freeway and back into KY to get to and it's in a huge shopping/fun complex which has an excellent aquarium. I do recall from people back when I was more into the retro gaming until it turned all predatory asshole that various people like you're thinking of would hold yearly conferences/events for classic gaming systems, computers, handhelds and arcade in the area at some convention center there but I've never gone.
i wish. i was in the arcade at least once a week when trocadero was around in london. even invited kernow to come along. but the arcade days of the uk are over.
i still remember going there to play all the newly released sf alpha and kof games when trocadero was sega world . too bad they shut it down. now it's turning into a hotel..... with no arcades lol.
I'm not particularly fond of the 21+ barcades either. Did those even exist back in the 80s and 90s? I don't even remember seeing any back then.No, and that really sucks. I was just telling my wife last weekend how much I miss the Aladdin's Castle arcades in the malls. We have one bar/arcade that has a few cabs, but its a bar and I can't take my 7 year old there.
I'm not particularly fond of the 21+ barcades either. Did those even exist back in the 80s and 90s? I don't even remember seeing any back then.
there are a couple of arcades here, most of them hidden away it seems (i.e. on top floors of malls, not well-advertised). but the selection is great. one place had Outrunners, I played that at least once or twice a month during siesta. another place has a four car Outrun 2 Super Deluxe cab which is great, and some light gun games like Go Go Safari! and Deadstorm Pirates (this game is tits! probably the best thing to come out of Pirates of the Caribbean craze in mid 2000s).
EVERY arcade here has KOF 97, no idea why it's most popular KOF but it is. and a surprisingly high number of arcades have Neo-Geo Double Dragon as well, out of all the fighters why that?
beat em ups are mostly Final Fight, The Punisher, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs. definitely boots though.
Now is there a 'scene'? No I guess not. But internet cafes are really popular. I never go to them but went with a friend last week to play pool there, and it was packed full of people playing Hearthstone, LOL and whatever gay shit people play nowadays.
I should've clarified, the arcade near me is only 21+ all day. Once a month they have an all ages day where it lasts only from 12-5 and has to be accompanied by an adult.Yes, by me at least. All ages until 8pm then 21 and up.
That was 84 and the place had been around for years. It was a poolhall, driving range, go carts, restaurant, bar and arcade.
There are a couple in portland that I feel kind of eh about. Wish someone would open one up on the west side...
Yeah, Round 1 at Eastridge Mall in San Jose, CA is pretty happening. My friends go there a lot and I'll show up sometimes to hang out. I've met a lot of people there as well.
We have a barcade here in Sacramento. It's very well-stocked with both arcade cabs and pinball machines. I would imagine that they would probably want to buy a new Street Fighter cab if it came out, but I dunno.
Hm... NJ is good and bad. I don't live near any arcades, but I can get to them.
Good rundown on NJ then and now, but you forgot Stan's Sports World in Paramus. Not sure when they closed, but that place was freakin' mindblowing when I like 10 or so back in the early-mid 90s. It was huge, tons of arcade games, lots of simulators and drivers, a roller rink and some other stuff. I remember trying some Virtual Reality game there for like $5....it wasn't quite ready for prime time, but you wouldn't see those kinds of giant innovative games anywhere else at the time.
I also remember the Ocean 1 mall in Atlantic City having a killer arcade. That was back in the late 80s/early 90s though.