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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: BLASTEROO on January 05, 2013, 09:18:23 am
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Hi all,
I will be traveling to London - UK next 15th January.
I'm looking for arcade related places to visit, play games, find parts, monitors, pcbs vendors, etc
Any pointers?
Best
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namco station by london eye is pretty good tbh,lots of good kit
godge street casino arcade has a lot of retro stuff
not many sales companies in the u.k that deal direct with public
north circular has electrocoin(or did have),brent and udc
suzo and sega are in chessington,south london(well surrey)
are you talking about this year?if so the EAG show is on at excel centre in east london-its the industry show for coin op stuff.It take place from 22nd to 24th Jan and you can resister online
you do not need to be industry to get in,just bs on the registration form
only other places to find arcades are coastal resorts like brighton and margate-not sure they would be worth the trip though
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Hi grantspain,
thank you for the pointers :cheers:
Most likely I will not be able to attend EAG and suzo.sega are a bit far from central London, Hyde Park area,
but I've added a visit to the namco station and goodge street arcade to my agenda ;D
Electrocoin seems to be operating and to be an interesting place to visit, but again it's far from central London and unfortunately I'm in a somewhat tight schedule...
I've been to Mine Head, a costal resort, for the nightmare before Christmas music festival three years ago, and they had a few new gen coin op machines but it lacked an old school retro lounge.
Honestly when it comes to arcade game preferences I'm 100% retro, give and take.
Here in Portugal, the "arcade golden age" is far far gone and it will be great to re-visit a proper arcade and get some of that good old thrill back.