Arcades

[Supergoal]

Are you the guy with no hair standing at the back at 9:39 minutes?

[dataDave]

Yes. Baldylocks and the three hairs.

[Supergoal]

Did you get to meet the presenters of the vid you posted? I've met and bumped into a few top Japanese players as well as Marn and Justin Wong at last years TGS.

[dataDave]

The black guy is Mike Ross who I wanted to play. But he seemed pre-occupied with the crowds so meh, cba bothering folk when it's like that. Listening to the end of the SG vs. HK commentary he can't even get for a piss without someone heckling him. I'm the same at a gig if ever the band are having a drink to themselves in a corner, I pretend they aren't there and watch how many moths they can attract.

[Supergoal]

The black guy is Mike Ross who I wanted to play. But he seemed pre-occupied with the crowds so meh, cba bothering folk when it's like that. Listening to the end of the SG vs. HK commentary he can't even get for a piss without someone heckling him. I'm the same at a gig if ever the band are having a drink to themselves in a corner, I pretend they aren't there and watch how many moths they can attract.

Yeah it's embarrassing to see folk swam around. Flies round ****.

[fuse]

Dave's arcades look far too good

Aaaaaand... It's official.

http://www.coin-opcommunity.co.uk/news/2693-funland-trocadero-closes/

[Decider-VT]

Depressing. My dad worked on a lot of the machines there over the years.

[endo]

Despite its faults, it's a massive shame it's finally gone.

[Supergoal]

I only ever went there a few times but it's sad.

[BigDeadFreak]

I live in Brighton and there's a couple near me. The one on the pier is pretty much what you'd expect from a modern arcade with loads of modern gun and racing games. It's ok but nothing special. There's also one near the sea front that has a couple of Daytona machines and not much else and then there's a Sega one near the sea life centre. Last time I went there it was pretty good with a nice mix of games (not all Sega) but I've not been there for ages (no pun intended).

To be honest they're all quite depressing when I think back to how amazing arcades were when I was a kid (god, I sound old) so I rarely go to any of them. It's a shame because I really can't see that they'll ever get back to what they were

[dataDave]

A lot of the old arcade regulars have either 'grown out' of games or shifted to the online FPS mass. I doubt there's enough new blood interested in arcade genres (shooters/fighters) for an arcade on the scale of what once was. A very small focused outlet dedicated to heads would fare much better there.

[BigDeadFreak]

How do you mean 'dedicated to heads'? I'm confused.

[monel]

How do you mean 'dedicated to heads'? I'm confused.

Catering to more dedicated fans, not casual gamers, I guess.


In my area, there was once a great arcade that was quite futuristic for the 90s, they had linked racers, food, everything, but they eventually closed. I heard all sorts of reasons but that sucked.

I miss arcades more than anything in gaming.

[Gradius]

Has anybody visited this place yet?

http://www.arcadebarn.co.uk/

I'd love to go there but it's a bit of a trek from civilization!

[BigDeadFreak]

Catering to more dedicated fans, not casual gamers, I guess.

Ah, I see. If I'd won the Euro millions I'd love to build something like that. I'd happily run it at a loss as a service to the retro gaming community.