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Any Retro Arcades in Southern Cali?
Mikezilla:
Man, too bad I didnt see this thread, or you could have came down to the last arcade I know of in SD (since I live here) called the Boardwalk in El Cajon. They have some old games, simpsons, T@, a bunch of fighters, driving games, all the old classics, pacman, galaga, glaxxian etc. They even had a new terminator salvation game that looked pretty cool. I even played dragons lair for a bit when I was there last week cause I was looking for stuff to buy. There used to be a place called Wonderland that was like Nickel City, but they closed it down. :-[ I dont know what happened to their machines, I think they shipped em all to the east coast. I was bummed about that.
Hey green, did Corvette Diner move outta hillcrest? Wasnt it there? Youre telling me there is an arcade in there? Where the hell is liberty station!? lol
opt2not:
Darn, I would have made the trip down there if I knew. Oh well, next trip, the in-laws aren't going anywhere. ;)
Mikezilla:
Rock on. The place has been there forever, its right next door to a bowling alley, I doubt it going anywhere. I have lived here my whole life, and its still there (Im 28 now) so no worries. Haha the in-laws NEVER go anywhere...trust me lol. :cheers:
92greenyj:
--- Quote from: Mikezilla on July 20, 2010, 03:32:46 pm ---Man, too bad I didnt see this thread, or you could have came down to the last arcade I know of in SD (since I live here) called the Boardwalk in El Cajon. They have some old games, simpsons, T@, a bunch of fighters, driving games, all the old classics, pacman, galaga, glaxxian etc. They even had a new terminator salvation game that looked pretty cool. I even played dragons lair for a bit when I was there last week cause I was looking for stuff to buy. There used to be a place called Wonderland that was like Nickel City, but they closed it down. :-[ I dont know what happened to their machines, I think they shipped em all to the east coast. I was bummed about that.
Hey green, did Corvette Diner move outta hillcrest? Wasnt it there? Youre telling me there is an arcade in there? Where the hell is liberty station!? lol
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Yes. The Hillcrest location closed a little over a year ago and we relocated to new, MUCH bigger digs in Liberty Station. Liberty station used to be the old naval training station by the airport. where the USS never sail is (the destroyer set in concrete off harbor drive). And yes, we now have a 5,000 square foot arcade that I am in charge of.
DrumAnBass:
Thanks for the tip on Denjin Arcade; that is fairly close to where I live - I will have to check it out!
Found some pix of it here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sklathill/3722732486/#
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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!
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