The basement in Hamley's used to be very good (for Sega stuff anyway). Anyone been recently?
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The seafront at Barry Island (of Gavin & Stacey fame) has got few alright arcades. One of them has got Killer Instinct, Tekken 2, Wonderboy in Monsterland, Beast Busters and Outrun. The pick of the 'cades thought had a plethora of genuine Japanese import machines. I saw Initial D, F-Zero AX, Time Crisis 3 and, wait for it, Planet Harriers....in Wales....crazy
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Originally posted by Arashikage View PostThe seafront at Barry Island (of Gavin & Stacey fame) has got few alright arcades. One of them has got Killer Instinct, Tekken 2, Wonderboy in Monsterland, Beast Busters and Outrun. The pick of the 'cades thought had a plethora of genuine Japanese import machines. I saw Initial D, F-Zero AX, Time Crisis 3 and, wait for it, Planet Harriers....in Wales....crazy
Also had a sit down Star Wars Arcade (wireframe). Shame the fairground and everything around it has been made crap. Hyper Value everywhere!!
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last time i was in manchester sally's aracde in picadilly gardens had, virtua striker, tekken5 and street fighter 3 third strike. the cabs were battered and third stike p2 set needed to be hammered to work. but they did work.
having said that there is now gamerbase downstairs in hmv. loads of pc and current gen to use and play with in a competitive and communal setting, but it's not the same as bashing a cab.
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Ah, I miss the days of running to the top floor in Debenhams in Harrow-on-the-Hill, where they used to have a Segaland or whatever it was called.
Also the Sega amusement centre in Oriental City (formerly the Yaohan centre), decent little place, first got to play Neo Geo there in the early '90s.
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The Bowling alley at the Brighton Marina is always quite well stocked. Nothing particularly retro but they did have a hydrolic Afterburner 3 machine and some massive and totally crazy Sega football card game. Add to this the usual Virtua Cop, Time Crisis and Outrun games and it's not bad at all.
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