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| shateredsoul:
This place seems cool.. too bad it's closed =( http://www.yelp.com/biz/miss-ts-barcade-los-angeles |
| gibbous:
I just went to Family Arcade last weekend. Not bad. Not a whole lot of classics that I noticed. I think I saw a Ms. pac. I went mostly for the pins and I got in a couple of games of SFIV in person for the first time. Lots of fighters and some shmups, mostly games from 90's and on. So for 90's games, I think they're good. Besides SFIV they also had MvC2 and TvC if you're into the new fighters. Pin lineup was IJ4, RCT, RBION, T2, T3, WPT, and a couple others. I just hit the Starcade at Disneyland the weekend before. All newer stuff and it looks like the prices went up. POTC is now dollar a play where it used to be 50 cents. There's a baby neo geo, and then a bunch of newer LCD based games. I really hope the re-do they are planning in conjunction with the new Tron will be awesome. The Indy in the gift shop across from the ride was out of order. Big bummer because I'd never played that and I was looking forward to it. I walked through the tiny room they call an "Arcade" at Universal Studios. Never once thought about reaching for the quarters in my pocket. Nothing that looked at all interesting to me, and no pins. It was about the size of my garage. Really disappointing. You would think with all the movie tie-ins you'd see some pins. If you're looking for pinball, check out this google map: http://tinyurl.com/yzex4ou |
| 92greenyj:
--- Quote from: DrumAnBass on July 08, 2010, 01:39:33 am ---Wow, very cool - looks like a fun place! I will definitely check it out the next time I make a trip down south! How is business these days? --- Quote from: 92greenyj on July 04, 2010, 06:25:07 pm ---I've been here since day 1. I actually assembled, installed, and placed all of our games. And I've bought a fair few new additions since we opened a little over a year ago. Like Dave & Busters, we use the Sacoa Debit card system to run our games, unlike D&B however we are on all electronic ticketing for our redemption games. Not a paper ticket in the building. 5,000 square feet, 50 games, a full redemption center with well over 200 prizes for the kids and the big kids (I also order the prizes, I run the entire thing.) --- End quote --- --- End quote --- Business has been really good. We are in full summer swing now. Friday and Saturday nights have been completely packed and our sales look great! Good enough I recently got a raise and a pretty fat bonus |
| opt2not:
Thanks for all the suggestions! I ended up going to only 3 arcades while I was down there (time permitted). 1. Sassony Arcade in downtown L.A. This arcade was bigger than I was expecting. Its mostly a 90's arcade, with a bunch of street fighter 2s, Neo Geo games, gun games like Confidential Mission, House of the Dead, etc...on top of that they had a few new-console stations set up with Madden and Fifa. :-\ Though it appears that they make their money on the pool tables, more-so than the vids. In terms of retro, they only had 2 cabinets that were of the classic era. One was a galaga/ms.pacman reunion cabinet, which was turned up a bit too loud to comfortably play. I'm not a fan of these new cabinets, the monitors are too big for that cabinet shape, and the buttons and joys are micro-switches....the other was a hidden-away Jr. Pac-Man, which was in an area of the arcade that was hard to get to -- hard to see too! This 'cade wasn't a total bust though, my buddy and I ended up playing a bit of those two and some Raiden in the 2 hours we were there. btw, downtown LA is just like any other city's downtown core...dirty urine smelling streets, homeless folks, and dirty magazine stands. If you live in a city, this isn't any more "dangerous" than most city's downtown. 2. Denjin Arcade in Simi Valley This was surprisingly very nice arcade. It was kept really clean, had a ton of candy cabs playing shooters, bust-a-moves, and Street Fighters. They have a separate room for the DDR type games, which is good, since those can get really annoying to listen to. In terms of retro, unfortunately all they have is an original Pac-man cabinet, which was in much needed restoration. The cabinet wood was in nice shape, but the paint was flaked off, and the joystick leaf-switches needed some maintenance. it was still playable, but not at 100%. Other than this cabinet, there wasn't any other older game. Most of my time there was spent on repeatably owning the kids at SF4, till I was short on time and had to leave. But I really enjoyed this arcade, the atmosphere was pretty chill, it wasn't too loud in there, and it looked like it was a fairly popular hangout. I'd go back there for sure! 3. The arcade at Space Mountain - Disney Land I was fairly disappointed with this arcade. There were a lot of newer beat games, and a few 90's games. But again, an arcade with a Galaga/Ms. Pac-man reunion cabinet, which I was surprised to see out of the 4 people in the arcade at that time, 1 person was playing this. The only other retro-like interest was their Mini-Neo Geo cabinet that had Bust-a-Move on it. That was cool to see, since I never stood next to a mini-neo-geo before... But other than that, it was all filled with games I couldn't care less to even look at. As did a lot of people I'm assuming, since it was fairly sparse in there. I'm going to Chicago next month, and am going to see what they have to offer in terms of classic gaming. I'm assuming (hopefully) much more than what LA can offer. Thanks again all for the suggestions, my quest for a retro arcade experience continues... |
| Ginsu Victim:
--- Quote from: opt2not on July 19, 2010, 04:52:23 pm ---3. The arcade at Space Mountain - Disney Land --- End quote --- I went in 1998 and it wasn't impressive then, either. Plus, why hang out in a crappy arcade when you can just ride Space Mountain again! |
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