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Title: Racket Boy does a review of the Santa Cruz Boardwalk arcade
Post by: shateredsoul on March 12, 2011, 02:23:39 am: http://www.racketboy.com/editorial/arcades/2011/03/arcade-tour-santa-cruz-beach-boardwalk.html (http://www.racketboy.com/editorial/arcades/2011/03/arcade-tour-santa-cruz-beach-boardwalk.html)

I live here... I should go more often.
Title: Re: Racket Boy does a review of the Santa Cruz Boardwalk arcade
Post by: ark_ader on March 12, 2011, 07:18:41 am: I have more fun on my Xboxes.

Arcades today are so lame.
Title: Re: Racket Boy does a review of the Santa Cruz Boardwalk arcade
Post by: jimmy2x2x on March 12, 2011, 10:01:35 am: Great vids, thanks for the heads up
Title: Re: Racket Boy does a review of the Santa Cruz Boardwalk arcade
Post by: BobA on March 12, 2011, 11:31:24 am: Nice videos. I noticed when the tech was talking about multi game arcade units that I could hear the super annoying icade music in the background.
Title: Re: Racket Boy does a review of the Santa Cruz Boardwalk arcade
Post by: LeedsFan on March 12, 2011, 06:32:00 pm: That arcade looks awesome! It has a classic corner with games like Stargate, Donkey Kong, Pac man, Burgertime, Tempest. etc.etc. Those games alone would keep me occupied most of the day. I went to R3play expo in Blackpool last November and the local arcades there just plain blow chunks. Absolute garbage. Not one single classic game anywhere. The nearest game I saw to a "classic" was Daytona USA. Just gun games mainly with more fruit-machines and coin pushers than anything else. Yawnsville.
Title: Re: Racket Boy does a review of the Santa Cruz Boardwalk arcade
Post by: jimmy2x2x on March 12, 2011, 07:00:11 pm: Sorry to hear that about Blackpool, not been for a long time (about 10 years) but there was plenty of classics tucked away on the Piers, upstairs in some on the larger promenade arcades and a good selection on the many arcades on the Pleasure Beach.

Luckily I have moved from Bolton down to Exeter and now live about 2 miles away from Arcadebarn ;)
Title: Re: Racket Boy does a review of the Santa Cruz Boardwalk arcade
Post by: LeedsFan on March 14, 2011, 03:14:42 am: Quote from: jimmy2x2x on March 12, 2011, 07:00:11 pm
Sorry to hear that about Blackpool, not been for a long time (about 10 years) but there was plenty of classics tucked away on the Piers, upstairs in some on the larger promenade arcades and a good selection on the many arcades on the Pleasure Beach.

Luckily I have moved from Bolton down to Exeter and now live about 2 miles away from Arcadebarn ;)

Well luckily they are having a R3play2 event this year. We re just awaiting confirmation of the venue but I think it's 99% certain it's gonna be at the same place again. So this time I will check out the local arcades better. I walked along the promenade front from one end to almost the other. I stopped short of the Pleasure Beach and didn't check any arcades on the piers. Taxi back cost to where I started cost me £13!!! :o It was a long walk but not that long! Next time I will take the Friday off work and have all day in Blackpool instead of just three hours on the Saturday night. The event didn't close on the Saturday till 8:00 pm so I was a bit late for my beer. ;)
Title: Re: Racket Boy does a review of the Santa Cruz Boardwalk arcade
Post by: Gray_Area on March 17, 2011, 02:05:24 am: Wow, look at that line of top vectors. Nice.