Found a Great Arcade

[bradcap1]

I just wanted to pass along a great arcade I found if any of you ever visit the area. It's at the Tan-Tar-A resort in Lake Ozark, Missouri. These aren't all the games by any means. The state of arcades in the US is pretty sad. IF you find one they are pretty much full of crane games and maybe a Ms. Pacman/Galaga combo unit. This is a pretty nice find.

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Nov 12, 2013 16:52:25 GMT bradcap1 said:

The state of arcades in the US is pretty sad. IF you find one they are pretty much full of crane games and maybe a Ms. Pacman/Galaga combo unit.

Sounds like the UK. You only see arcades in seaside resort areas, and they have all the same kinds of games.

As a matter of fact, things are getting bad in Japan by the looks of things. Besides the main cities, the arcades are just crane games, Purikura machines (where girls take photos of themselves and edit to have giant eyes n shit), and dance games.

[solbadguy]

Austin Texas has several good arcades I found: UFO Arcade and Pinballz. Ufo is great for fighters (Street Fighter 2,3, and 4, Guilty Gear, King of Fighters), Maximum Tune 3, and a few others. They mostly have sweet Sega blast city cabs. It's a smaller location, but they skip the crap games you find at must "arcades" you find now.

Pinballz is a huge arcade with excellent variety of classics and pinball machines from the 70s to today. Also it's b.y.o.b. . An excellent place for a date or a late night arcade bender. I can't stress enough how great these places are in the current stateside arcade abyss. Definitely stop by if you love arcades and are in the area!

PLEASE share any other places you guys have found. I live in Arizona and it's pretty bleak finding arcades (even used game stores) here. Gameworks in Phoenix is the best I've found this far. Hope you like "Need for Speed arcade" and the like. Ugh..

[discopigs]

we have a pretty cool retro arcade near me £7 entrance everything set to free play mostly arcade machines from the 80's 90' some driving games etc a few consoles set up around the place and pool and air hockey. I take my son there sometimes as a treat and can easily spend the whole day in there

[buckoa51]

Well come on then man tell us where this place is?

[marc]

I just found out about a massive 3 floor arcade in Bury, Greater Manchester, UK. Arcade machines and pinball, 100s of them. Gonna check it out in the next few weeks. It's called arcade club, and is the biggest arcade in Europe.

The first rule of arcade club, is that it's ok to talk about arcade club.

[tomtmnt]

Anyone know of any arcades in the south of the U.K.

Excluding seaside resorts. I mean a proper arcade with 80s/90s games. Pinball etc.

[davyk]

Aug 4, 2017 17:47:00 GMT marc said:

I just found out about a massive 3 floor arcade in Bury, Greater Manchester, UK. Arcade machines and pinball, 100s of them. Gonna check it out in the next few weeks. It's called arcade club, and is the biggest arcade in Europe.

The first rule of arcade club, is that it's ok to talk about arcade club.

I think there was a programme on TV about that. It was a series about hoarders and one episode was about a guy who had storage units filled with arcade cabinets. They persuaded him to set up a business - and arcade club was born.

[buckoa51]

I just found out about a massive 3 floor arcade in Bury, Greater Manchester, UK. Arcade machines and pinball, 100s of them. Gonna check it out in the next few weeks. It's called arcade club, and is the biggest arcade in Europe.

The first rule of arcade club, is that it's ok to talk about arcade club.

Please do let us know, Manchester is close enough to me that it would make a good road trip.

[marc]

Aug 5, 2017 9:29:03 GMT buckoa51 said:

I just found out about a massive 3 floor arcade in Bury, Greater Manchester, UK. Arcade machines and pinball, 100s of them. Gonna check it out in the next few weeks. It's called arcade club, and is the biggest arcade in Europe.

The first rule of arcade club, is that it's ok to talk about arcade club.

Please do let us know, Manchester is close enough to me that it would make a good road trip.

I thought you were based in the USA Bucko? But I have mistakenly thought this about other forum users. I will be heading over to bury sometime in august. I live 30 miles from manc, just a tram ride to bury.

[buckoa51]

Nope, still here in the circus show that is the UK for now Do let us know how you get on, I'd really love to play Outrun in it's deluxe cabinet one more time.

[marc]

Aug 5, 2017 12:58:19 GMT buckoa51 said:

Nope, still here in the circus show that is the UK for now Do let us know how you get on, I'd really love to play Outrun in it's deluxe cabinet one more time.

Definitely mate, will give a little breakdown of the cabs they have. I'm looking forward to it. Last proper arcade I went to was a pinball heaven event in Birmingham, under the NEC. Has to be over 10 years ago.