On Saturday I went over to the Isle of Wight and found an absolutely awesome arcade, which was basically like taking a trip ten years back in time or thereabouts, and a place where I could have happily stayed all day (and will do when I go over on my own without the missus).
As per what Strider said earlier in this thread, I am not going to reveal the exact location, as there are cabs and PCBs in this place that would be snapped up by collectors in no time at all (I even made a cheeky offer to the manager - more later). All you southern boys on here - we GOTS to take a trip to this place sometime soon.
Anyway, in the arcade I found the following (in no order as am randomly trying to remember them all and didn't take photos of all of them).
Heavy Unit, Captain Commando, Carrier Airwing, Final Fight, KOF 95, Street Fighter Zero 2 (yes, ZERO 2!), X-Men Children of The Atom, X-Men (Konami), Point Blank, NBA Jam, Metal Slug, Puzzle Bobble, Track & Field, Mr Do, Space Invaders, Mortal Kombat, Virtua Fighter 2, Knights Of The Round, Space Harrier, Super Pang, Raiden, Tekken 2, Operation Wolf, Operation Thunderbolt, WWF Wrestlefest, plus loads more I can't remember!! nearly all (about 90%) of the games were 20p per play, too. What a place! like I said, I could have stayed there all day.
I found out who the manager was, and asked if he wanted to sell me the Captain Commando and Carrier Airwing boards, but he was having none of it - and in a way I am glad he said no, as I would have been denying people the chance to play those games in their natural habitat.
As per what Strider said earlier in this thread, I am not going to reveal the exact location, as there are cabs and PCBs in this place that would be snapped up by collectors in no time at all (I even made a cheeky offer to the manager - more later). All you southern boys on here - we GOTS to take a trip to this place sometime soon.
Anyway, in the arcade I found the following (in no order as am randomly trying to remember them all and didn't take photos of all of them).
Heavy Unit, Captain Commando, Carrier Airwing, Final Fight, KOF 95, Street Fighter Zero 2 (yes, ZERO 2!), X-Men Children of The Atom, X-Men (Konami), Point Blank, NBA Jam, Metal Slug, Puzzle Bobble, Track & Field, Mr Do, Space Invaders, Mortal Kombat, Virtua Fighter 2, Knights Of The Round, Space Harrier, Super Pang, Raiden, Tekken 2, Operation Wolf, Operation Thunderbolt, WWF Wrestlefest, plus loads more I can't remember!! nearly all (about 90%) of the games were 20p per play, too. What a place! like I said, I could have stayed there all day.
I found out who the manager was, and asked if he wanted to sell me the Captain Commando and Carrier Airwing boards, but he was having none of it - and in a way I am glad he said no, as I would have been denying people the chance to play those games in their natural habitat.
I've not lived in S'end for years now, but most of the older, shabbier arcades that had classic cabs have disappeared/sold them off. I think "Carousel" used to have Splatterhouse, Rolling Thunder, X-Men (the scroller), Rodland, Return of the Jedi, Strider etc etc. All gone now, I think.
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