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Any Retro Arcades in Southern Cali?
shateredsoul:
--- Quote from: 92greenyj on July 04, 2010, 05:39:14 pm ---If you come down San Diego way there is Nickel City in Carmel Mountain area, though I've never been. then of course theres the arcade I run. The Gamers Garage at the Corvette Diner in Liberty Station, San Diego, California. we have a 5,000 sq ft. arcade with 50 games. While most are new I do have some retro pieces and I am working on getting more old school games. Curently I have a Ms. Pac/Galaga 25th anniversary, a Corvette Pin, Gilligans Island Pin, and Diner Pin. Also Air Hockey, Skee Balls, various driving and shooting games, redemption games, cranes, guitar hero, Pump It Up, etc
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My brother lives in SD, maybe i'll stop by sometime when I visit. Do you have pics of the arcade?
92greenyj:
if you go thru the photos section on the Yelp page for us there are some there that I've posted.
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/vgp414WNbbsQ156stPxJWQ?select=o8kgy9zO9iojTLpA7PdmTw
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.)
We have:
5 cranes (candy, double up, acme, Jewlery, and Bling King, also a Stacker)
7 Alley bowlers (2 Ice Balls, 2 Skee Ball Xtremes, 1 Scat Cats, 1 Dunk N Alien, 1 Basket Fever)
3 basketball games (2 NBA Hoops, Lakers and Kings, 1 Little Hoops)
2 Air Hockey Tables (1 standard and a Double or 4 player table)
A Photo Booth
7 Driving/boat/flight games (Fast and the Furious Bikes, 2 Sega Rally 3s, 2 Nicktoons Nitros, Blazing Angels, and H2Overdrive)
Guitar Hero
Pump It Up DX
3 shooting games (Big Buck Safari, Primeval Hunt, and Paradise Lost)
3 Pinballs (Corvette, Diner, and Gilligan's Island)
Ms. pacman/Galaga 25th Anniversary
Smokin Token
Price Is Right Plink Coin pusher
15 Redemption Games (Sea Wolf, Blast Off, Deal Or No Deal, Slam A Winner, Jumpin Jackpot, Wheel Deal, Dog Pounder, Bee Bee Boppin, Cyclone, Operation, Hammerhead, crazy Clownz, Colorama 2, Spin N Win, and Red Hot)
I try to get new games as often as I can and I try to trade out my less popular games as often as I can too. I will tell you for sure it is the nicest and cleanest arcade in the area. I try to keep all of our games in tip top shape and working order and my staff is constantly cleaning and sanitizing everything in the place.
gonzo90017:
--- Quote ---Yeah I know, you still wouldn't want to be there alone at night or near skidrow. The arcade was bigger, it used to take up that for lease side as well, right? I also remember UCLA used to have a pretty big arcade when I was a student there.. they still have one but it's not as big and they got rid of most of the old machines.
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Yeah it used to be double the size! There were also 2 other arcades on Broadway. They were both called GamePalace.
But sadly they closed down close to 20 years ago =(
I/O:
That Japan Arcade is pretty big. A lot of nice candys.
DrumAnBass:
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.)
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