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| methodical:
Oh, and there's an indoor 'amusement park' opening in Freehold on Friday, 11/11/11. It states that it has an arcade, though I'm not sure what's in it. I'll report back after this weekend though. On their site, www.iplayamerica.com, they have a map of the place... arcade looks to be a good size. Edit: Says it will have over 200 traditional and cutting edge games. |
| lordnacho:
Awesome. To the OP: generally any "arcade" I've been to is far from what I remember as a kid. As a kid(and this was in north NJ), it was wall to wall cabinets with wall to wall kids, had to wait for everything. Now typical mall arcades are lots of DDR type games, way too much open space, too much light. Sigh |
| Vulgar Soul:
--- Quote from: methodical on November 09, 2011, 08:44:53 pm ---I see people on this board all the time saying that they're nowhere near an arcade and they're all gone... I guess I take living in NJ for granted. There are easily over 100 here. There's even a pinball museum with playable pinball machines from 1931-2005. --- End quote --- I think it depends on where you live. Coin-op, gaming, or pub culture is historically big in places like Jersey (Atlantic City), Illinois, Nevada, Arizona, or Texas, so I'm not too surprised when posters from these areas are still gaming, and visiting functioning arcades and gaming/entertainment venues. I was actually down in Jersey at Palisades Mall a month or two. First time in years since I was in high school. I was shocked when I saw the mall has not one, note two, but THREE arcade areas in the mall. Granted they were mostly dominated by "modern" games, but it was great. As a matter of fact the entrance of the Dave & Busters there has a Centipede/Millipede/Missile Command cabinet and Space Invaders/Qix SET TO FREE. And even better (or sad), NOBODY NOTICED OR WANTED TO PLAY! Man, it almost felt like robbery. I was there for a hot minute playin Centipede alone lol. Here in the big apple there are almost NO traditional arcades left at all. Unless you count a Dave & Busters on Time Square crowded with tourists and BS "games" in their "arcade." Other than that the closest you'll find to arcades close by here in NY is a leased Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga or Area 51 cabinet sitting in a laundromat. Every once in a while you'll run into a laundromat or pizza shop that has a different game. Maybe a Neo Geo or Capcom fighter. I'm lucky enough to live by a nice pizza shop (and might I add the best damn pizza in NYC) that still rents video game and pinball cabinets. I gotta check out Barcade in Brooklyn. I go to school in BK but I live far from there. I'm still beggin one of my college buddy's to check it out with me some time! Also "New Roc City" in New Rochelle, not far from the Bronx, has an extensive arcade. And of course a couple Chuck E. Cheese's here and there. The biggest difference I notice between arcades now from when I was younger is that there are no longer any dedicated video arcades. Places for just gaming and maybe some eating are very rare. Any convincing arcade nowadays are an extension of some large multiplex with a movie theatre, pool hall, bar, restaurants, and other things included. - The arcades today are now flashier and bigger and dominated by intuitive Deluxe Cabinets. Usually huge widescreen displays, surround sound and bass, and of course engaging controls. Maybe a seat, steering wheel, large gun with recoil, dancing pad, even motion controls. You may see one classic game or pinball with traditional controls between the dozens of big deluxe games. They may even be set to free. - Selection of games arent like how they use to be for me. I always knew I would more or less enjoy any game I drop a quarter into. Every game was creative, unique and plain fun in some way. Now the value of games vary. Sega, Namco, and Konami are still in the business and still make some great arcade games to this day. Miss Capcom, Midway, Atari, SNK, and so many other companies though. Then you have Raw Thrills or GlobalVR who make lots of generic, run of the mill, licensed based deluxe games I can't even be bothered to play, but they seem okay. Then you got some ish I don't even wanna talk about. Deal or No Deal? Yeah, no deal. - Arcades today are EXPENSIVE! Remember when you can walk into an arcade with 5 bucks and game for a whole night? Forget the good ole days of droppin 25-50 cents on a game. Now the standard price is 1 buck per game. Some even up to 2 bucks! And for crap like Deal or No Deal! What kinda shi is that!? Every game I wanna play is cheap anyway. Also honkey, I think the Tekken cabs use Sanwa sticks. They're suppose to be some of the best out there for fighters. But who knows, maybe the cab you played had some cheap knock offs. |
| Vulgar Soul:
--- Quote from: methodical on November 09, 2011, 09:29:55 pm ---Oh, and there's an indoor 'amusement park' opening in Freehold on Friday, 11/11/11. It states that it has an arcade, though I'm not sure what's in it. I'll report back after this weekend though. On their site, www.iplayamerica.com, they have a map of the place... arcade looks to be a good size. Edit: Says it will have over 200 traditional and cutting edge games. --- End quote --- Damn that is nice! I wish I lived in Jersey, or at least had a DAMN CAR! lol |
| methodical:
Yeah, they just opened a Barcade in Red Bank, NJ too... been meaning to go check it out. |
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