Author Topic: Free arcade locations.... (Read 2476 times)

M3talhead · « **on:** October 04, 2005, 12:36:27 pm »

JoyMonkey · « **Reply #1 on:** October 04, 2005, 12:56:19 pm »

I was looking for this a while back. Thanks!
http://www.classicgaming.com/locations

ChadTower · « **Reply #2 on:** October 04, 2005, 12:58:42 pm »

Alas, I may be the only freakin person who updates this site for Massachusetts. There is very little listed.

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 04, 2005, 01:04:10 pm »

yeah check out the arcade near me, be jealous =P

720 Degrees , Asteroids , Ataxx , Cabal , Centipede , Choplifter , Commando , Defender , Donkey Kong , Four Trax, Frogger , Galaga , Gyruss , Ironman Ivan Stewart's Super Off Road , Kung-Fu Master , Line of Fire , Mechanized Attack , Millipede , Mr. Do! , Mr. Do's Castle , Ms. Pac-Man , Operation Wolf , Paperboy , Pole Position II (cockpit) , Punch-Out!! , Q*Bert , Rampage , Road Blasters , Robotron: 2084 , Space Invaders , Space Invaders Deluxe , Speed Buggy (cockpit) , Spy Hunter (cockpit) , Star Wars , Stargate , Super Sprint , Tapper , Tempest , The Real Ghostbusters , The Simpsons , Title Fight , Turbo (cockpit) , Ultracade , Vs. Super Mario Bros.

ChadTower · « **Reply #4 on:** October 04, 2005, 01:05:18 pm »

It lists this guy as being near me.

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 04, 2005, 01:06:53 pm »

wow

notice no wife in those pictures, lol

ChadTower · « **Reply #6 on:** October 04, 2005, 01:14:44 pm »

Has to be one of the greatest collections anywhere. Dedicated I, Robot and Major Havoc? Right there, 5 figures.

SirPoonga · « **Reply #7 on:** October 04, 2005, 01:19:47 pm »

Quote from: Sephroth57 on October 04, 2005, 01:04:10 pm

yeah check out the arcade near me, be jealous =P

720 Degrees , Asteroids , Ataxx , Cabal , Centipede , Choplifter , Commando , Defender , Donkey Kong , Four Trax, Frogger , Galaga , Gyruss , Ironman Ivan Stewart's Super Off Road , Kung-Fu Master , Line of Fire , Mechanized Attack , Millipede , Mr. Do! , Mr. Do's Castle , Ms. Pac-Man , Operation Wolf , Paperboy , Pole Position II (cockpit) , Punch-Out!! , Q*Bert , Rampage , Road Blasters , Robotron: 2084 , Space Invaders , Space Invaders Deluxe , Speed Buggy (cockpit) , Spy Hunter (cockpit) , Star Wars , Stargate , Super Sprint , Tapper , Tempest , The Real Ghostbusters , The Simpsons , Title Fight , Turbo (cockpit) , Ultracade , Vs. Super Mario Bros.

Where is Lake Geneva? I have to whip out a map....

I think I am going ot have to take a trip to Appleton and see if the Laundry place actually has a Crystal Castles.

JoyMonkey · « **Reply #8 on:** October 04, 2005, 01:38:01 pm »

Since Good Time (Somerville, MA) is mentioned on the list, I thought I'd take a trip down the street during lunch to see what I could see. That place is a lot bigger than I was expecting, but their collection of classic games was very slim. I spotted the Asteroids and thought I'd squeeze in a game or two, but the coin mechs aren't working!

I couldn't find the Missile Command or Mr.Do! either.

ChadTower · « **Reply #9 on:** October 04, 2005, 01:44:55 pm »

Dude, you should have asked first... I could have saved you that trip. Their arcade is not all that good. Big, yes, but full of crap that doesn't work very well.

And don't go there after dark.

That's quite a drive from Salem!

ClubNinja · « **Reply #10 on:** October 04, 2005, 01:45:14 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on October 04, 2005, 01:14:44 pm

Has to be one of the greatest collections anywhere.

ChadTower · « **Reply #11 on:** October 04, 2005, 01:46:31 pm »

Many of the local arcade guys will do that. Some are good guys. Others are total psychos. I've learned the hard way which are psychos a couple of times.

JoyMonkey · « **Reply #12 on:** October 04, 2005, 01:50:46 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on October 04, 2005, 01:44:55 pm

Dude, you should have asked first... I could have saved you that trip. Their arcade is not all that good. Big, yes, but full of crap that doesn't work very well.

And don't go there after dark.

That's quite a drive from Salem!

Yeah, with the fog this morning it took me 1hour 15mins to get to work today. I don't want to think about how long it's going to take me when the snow arrives.

ClubNinja · « **Reply #13 on:** October 04, 2005, 01:51:05 pm »

One time, I was way out in Western MA picking up a game from a guy I'd already dealt with in the past.

JoyMonkey · « **Reply #14 on:** October 04, 2005, 01:52:26 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on October 04, 2005, 01:46:31 pm

Many of the local arcade guys will do that. Some are good guys. Others are total psychos. I've learned the hard way which are psychos a couple of times.

You're painting a picture of you down a pit in some wacko's basement arcade in some sort of 'it puts the lotion on its skin' scenario.

ChadTower · « **Reply #15 on:** October 04, 2005, 01:56:05 pm »

You're not too far off, unfortunately. You know how it is common knowledge that it is risky to invite a random net stranger to your home? Well, it's probably more risky to go to the home of a random net stranger.

whammoed · « **Reply #16 on:** October 04, 2005, 02:04:38 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on October 04, 2005, 01:56:05 pm

You're not too far off, unfortunately.

ChadTower · « **Reply #17 on:** October 04, 2005, 02:09:44 pm »

Eh, nothing specific... just accepted a couple of invitations to other collector's homes... when you get there, rather than the "5 or 6 guys" you were told were going to be there, you're all alone with the guy... then, after a couple of awkward hours, every time you try to head to the door he has some way to pull you back in that you can't decline without being rude... then, over the upcoming days, you continue to get tons of emails from the guy... who gets all touchy when you're not immediately responsive... and then eventually turns on you, sending you several nasty emails about "who you really are", based on very little actual knowledge...

JoyMonkey · « **Reply #18 on:** October 04, 2005, 02:18:41 pm »

You said we were going to be best friends forever!

whammoed · « **Reply #19 on:** October 04, 2005, 02:20:37 pm »

Chad: Well I better get going now.
WeirdArcadeGuy: Wait! You haven't played Boong-Ga Boong-Ga yet.
Chad: Oh, I didn't know you had that game.
WeirdArcadeGuy: I don't.

ChadTower · « **Reply #20 on:** October 04, 2005, 02:21:04 pm »

That sounds about right.

ClubNinja · « **Reply #21 on:** October 04, 2005, 02:57:35 pm »

Is this the guy with the sweet Rocky pin? He was a total creep in the email exchange I had with him.

Stingray · « **Reply #22 on:** October 04, 2005, 02:59:30 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on October 04, 2005, 02:09:44 pm

Eh, nothing specific... just accepted a couple of invitations to other collector's homes... when you get there, rather than the "5 or 6 guys" you were told were going to be there, you're all alone with the guy... then, after a couple of awkward hours, every time you try to head to the door he has some way to pull you back in that you can't decline without being rude... then, over the upcoming days, you continue to get tons of emails from the guy... who gets all touchy when you're not immediately responsive... and then eventually turns on you, sending you several nasty emails about "who you really are", based on very little actual knowledge...

But you said you'd call. I waited by the phone all night.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #23 on:** October 04, 2005, 03:03:59 pm »

Quote from: ClubNinja on October 04, 2005, 02:57:35 pm

Is this the guy with the sweet Rocky pin?

SirPoonga · « **Reply #24 on:** October 04, 2005, 03:04:52 pm »

Quote from: whammoed on October 04, 2005, 02:20:37 pm

Chad: Well I better get going now.
WeirdArcadeGuy: Wait! You haven't played Boong-Ga Boong-Ga yet.
Chad: Oh, I didn't know you had that game.
WeirdArcadeGuy: I don't.

As long as you don't play Gotcha at the same time.

ClubNinja · « **Reply #25 on:** October 04, 2005, 03:14:07 pm »

Heh. He kept trying to sell me a 60s EM pin and I kept explaining that I wasn't interested in paying a reasonable price for an era of pin I wasn't actively into. If I find a bargain EM, then that's one thing, but I knew this guy wasn't going to get the game's worth from me. He freaked out that I was a cheap buyer and was trying to rip him off. I had no idea that telling someone they shouldn't sell to me because they could make more elsewhere was a cheap tactic. Always learning.

ChadTower · « **Reply #26 on:** October 04, 2005, 03:15:37 pm »

When I was there, he was VERY anxious to make a friend and seemed very lonely. It was a bit unnerving.

Poor social skills will have that result, though.

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #27 on:** October 04, 2005, 03:15:57 pm »

yeah... thats why i dont ever meet up with local arcade people. i buy from ebay or people on here

ChadTower · « **Reply #28 on:** October 04, 2005, 03:18:36 pm »

Well, there ARE decent local arcade people. ClubNinja and I are local to each other. Peale is not THAT far away. There is another well known BYOAC member that lives near us but it's not my place to reveal his location. Ed O'Neill lives around here, as does Mr C.

I've met a couple good folks from RGVAC, too.

It just seems that the most psycho of the psychos are the ones I encounter most often.

Stingray · « **Reply #29 on:** October 04, 2005, 03:21:48 pm »

I've actually met several people who I know from online. Haven't met a nutcase yet. I guess I'm due for one.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #30 on:** October 04, 2005, 03:26:22 pm »

I've made some solid friends, but I've dealt with some real restraining order quality psychos too. It's a mixed bag.

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #31 on:** October 04, 2005, 03:26:30 pm »

im a nutcase, wanna meet me?

JoyMonkey · « **Reply #32 on:** October 04, 2005, 03:31:11 pm »

At the first New England BYOAC meet everyone was expecting everyone else to be complete nerds, luckily everone turned out to be cool- almost 'normal' even!

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #33 on:** October 04, 2005, 03:48:57 pm »

lmao, that should be the slogan for the BYOAC meeting board

AC. · « **Reply #34 on:** October 05, 2005, 12:56:51 am »

When I was picking up the cabs pictured, my friend informed me - on the drive- that our pickup location was in Da'Hood, in East StLouis. Nice. The guy had about 40 empty cabs in his garage. While loading them up, some crackhead wandered by and asked if he could mow this guys lawn. We loaded up and headed out. I got each cab on ebay for $20 each - location was only about 80 miles away so no shipping fees.

AC. · « **Reply #35 on:** October 05, 2005, 12:59:37 am »

And no, that pic is not from the hood, it is from my house.

ChadTower · « **Reply #36 on:** October 05, 2005, 09:04:34 am »

That would be once upscale hood if it were.

Stingray · « **Reply #37 on:** October 05, 2005, 09:48:54 am »

I was about to comment that your definition of the hood and mine are quite different.

-S


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