a dead cause. a dying art. BRING THESE BACK[views:17144][posts:54]_____________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 12:11am - arilliusbm ""] I've got a dying urge to go to a real fucking arcade. Like the ones from the 80s or early 90s. What's the best arcade around here that has a LEGIT old school gaming section? I'm not talking about Cruisin' World and all that shit. I mean real arcade games. Like the old Ninja Turtles, Space Invaders, Golden Axe, etc. [img] [img] [img] [img] Behold, the worst fucking arcade game ever made: [img] I feel bad for anyone that wasted tokens on that game. |
| __________________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 12:13am - bobnomaamrooney ""] Salem Willows |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 12:15am - mike pile ""] yeah yeah it's on the other side of the country but Ground Kontrol in Portland, OR is amazing. I was in there for like four hours getting hammered and playing Smash TV and Dig-Dug by myself. it was the sweatiest I have ever been |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 12:16am - vengeance94 ""] Funspot, Laconia NH. Two massive floors. Top floor is all oldschool. |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 12:17am - arilliusbm ""] fuck the north shore. yeah man, i was just reading about ground kontrol. that alone sounds like a reason to move to portland |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 12:17am - arilliusbm ""] Funspot, eh? Heard about that place. Got to check it out. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 12:19am - vengeance94 ""] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_at_Funspot |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 12:21am - arilliusbm ""] that seals the deal. going to funspot. thanks |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 12:21am - arilliusbm ""] http://cgi.ebay.com/1983-MARIO-BROS-ARCADE...DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e6087ebb2 600 bucks. original mario brothers arcade machine. DO WANT |
| _______________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 12:42am - swamplorddvm ""] Yeah, no shit. Arcades is were we used to go and chill and just play random people. Video games don't have to mean sitting on your ass and "hanging" with friend online. I miss them. |
| __________________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 12:53am - bobnomaamrooney ""] Funspot is where I spent $40 almost entirely on Atari Star Wars and Darkstalkers. |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 1:16am - i_am_not_me ""] I was about to mention Funspot. I'm totally taking a trip up there sometime this year, I just gotta save a good chunk for it. It'll have to be a multi-day pilgrimage, knowing me. |
| ______________________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 1:19am - bobnomaamrooney nli ""] A friend of mine is coming up from Houston just for Funspot in March |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 1:23am - arilliusbm ""] what is the usual price there? 25 cents like the old days? |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 8:06am - AndrewBastard ""] fun spot you pop in a $20 bill and can play for a loonnng time unless you suck at video games. |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 8:32am - Slag NLI ""] I'd say, we make a day out of it Jim. Bring a crew with us. I know all the good local restaurants up there. |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 8:51am - AndrewBastard ""] only harts TF is real |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 9:09am - Alx_Casket ""] Feed Big Bertha was quite traumatizing for me... |
| __________________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 9:41am - largefreakatzero ""] Funspot rules. |
| __________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 9:45am - Dankill ""] I miss the old Fun n Games in Framingham. Back in the day, when it was a dark, smoky dungeon made to look like the inside of a spaceship (down to the double sliding doors on the way inside). That place was the balls when I was a kid, then over time it got gayed up when they took a huge chunk out for lazer tag, then more out for little kid games, then they spaced out the games by reducing how many they had and finally they redid the whole place so all the space shit is gone, it's well lit and has a fraction of the number of games it did when I first went there. All the character of the place is gone. |
| _________________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 10:03am - DestroyYouAlot ""] I spent probably hundreds on the little shit-ass "arcade" that the totally non-criminal guys who owned the "feed store" in Uxbridge set up. (90% sure all of these games came off the same mysteriously missing truck.) Games included: Double the fuck Dragon Golden Axe II Toobin' Some fucking tank game with two joysticks that was hard and awesome pinballs- Fireball - FUCKING AWESOME, would buy now if I saw it for so many reasons - not least of which is the crazy spinning section in the middle of the table that made your ball do crazy physics-defying shit (but the big ODIN and WOTAN and shit all over the place doesn't hurt either) bennyhillifier Guns n Roses - great for obv reasons (blares GnR at you when you score and also when you don't do anything, or just generally all the time) and actually a legit table to boot Whatever medieval castle one that was like everywhere and was also pretty good You don't even wanna know how much of my dad's coin collection I sank into Toobin'. LOL |
| _____________________________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 10:05am - RustyPS should be working ""] arilliusbm said:Funspot, eh? Heard about that place. Got to check it out.you've never seen King of Kong? I'm shocked |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 10:08am - dreadkill ""] bobnomaamrooney said:Salem Willowsthe pigeons will steal your peanuts up there at the Willers. |
| _________________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 10:10am - DestroyYouAlot ""] [img] This clearly had no influence on me whatsoever. |
| ________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 10:37am - aril ""] Slag%20NLI said:I'd say, we make a day out of it Jim. Bring a crew with us. I know all the good local restaurants up there. Only after we make a day out of recording :P DYA - I think I remember that pinball awesomeness |
| ______________________________ [Jan 10,2011 1:12pm - Yeti ""] i used to have an NFL Blitz arcade game, i don't know what happened to it though. |
| _______________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 1:15pm - Alexecutioner ""] what the fuck, im surprise no one mentioned X-MEN in the thread yet, that fucking arcade game was the shit. i think it had at least 4 players if not more, with the two monitors pushed together cuz they couldnt manage to have one big screen in an arcade back in those days. that shit fucking ruled, we always used to play it, and everyone would fight not to be stuck as "Storm" haha. used to play that shit back in the day at Dream Machine, you know what im talking about tony |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 1:17pm - the_reverend ""] [QUOTE="Alexecutioner:1160503"mentioned X-MEN in the thread yetwhy are the pretty ones always so dumb... and blind. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 1:18pm - arilliusbm ""] [img] |
| ____________________________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 1:18pm - RustyPS should be working ""] Alexecutioner said:what the fuck, im surprise no one mentioned X-MEN in the thread yet, that fucking arcade game was the shit. i think it had at least 4 players if not more, with the two monitors pushed together cuz they couldnt manage to have one big screen in an arcade back in those days. that shit fucking ruled, we always used to play it, and everyone would fight not to be stuck as "Storm" haha. used to play that shit back in the day at Dream Machine, you know what im talking about tony the X-Men arcade game is on X-Box Live Arcade if you have a 360 |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 1:21pm - arilliusbm ""] ^^^ how dare you speak such blasphemous words in this thread. it's not the same. |
| ____________________________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 1:22pm - RustyPS should be working ""] arilliusbm said:^^^ how dare you speak such blasphemous words in this thread. it's not the same.I know it's not the same...just sayin' |
| _______________________________ [Jan 10,2011 2:27pm - aril ""] your arrested |
| _______________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 2:30pm - Alexecutioner ""] the_reverend said:[QUOTE="Alexecutioner:1160503"mentioned X-MEN in the thread yetwhy are the pretty ones always so dumb... and blind. i dont care if the thread was about an actual arcade to go to, i was just surprised Aril didnt mention x-men when listing his arcade favorites. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 2:31pm - arilliusbm ""] if i listed my arcade favorites it'd be too long a list |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 2:32pm - arilliusbm ""] arcades died when DDR came out. |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 2:36pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] Also, at the house where we occasionally game in Upton, there's a double stand-up X-men console. Just sayin'. |
| ______________________________ [Jan 10,2011 3:16pm - Yeti ""] Alexecutioner said:used to play that shit back in the day at Dream Machine, you know what im talking about tony that game was indeed amazing, however it was a pain in the ass to move around because it was so bulky. Dream Machine is where i stole the NFL Blitz from. |
| _______________________________ [Jan 10,2011 3:35pm - boxxy ""] Funspot is the best ever. Fact. Fun and Games in Natick is selling ALL of their machines. Including a Tekken 4 machine for 400 bucks. |
| _________________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 3:40pm - bobnomaamrooney ""] Tekken 4, fuck yeah |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 3:52pm - bleesed offal ""] welcome... To die |
| _________________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 3:57pm - bobnomaamrooney ""] [img] RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 10,2011 4:21pm - bleesed offal ""] wise from your gwave |
| ________________________________ [Jan 11,2011 9:44am - xmikex ""] Big Bertha at Great Times was great for grabbing armfulls of plastic balls and dumping in her mouth with your friends while the staff took a cigarette break only to come back and find out you have 6,000 tickets to cash in for $4 worth of candy. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 11,2011 9:50am - the_reverend ""] Alexecutioner said: the_reverend said:[QUOTE="Alexecutioner:1160503"mentioned X-MEN in the thread yetwhy are the pretty ones always so dumb... and blind. i dont care if the thread was about an actual arcade to go to, i was just surprised Aril didnt mention x-men when listing his arcade favorites. he linked a picture of it in the op... |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 11,2011 10:30am - AUTOPSY_666 ""] Newport has a great arcade, Ryan Family Amusements, right on Thames Street downtown. |
| ________________________________ [Jan 11,2011 10:33am - sigh ""] arilliusbm said:that seals the deal. going to funspot. thanks Tell them Mr. Awesome sent you. |
| ___________________________________ [May 3,2011 6:17am - arilliusbm ""] Who's Down for a trip to FunSpot?? |
| ___________________________________ [May 3,2011 7:31am - Alx_Casket ""] [img] |
| _________________________________________ [May 3,2011 10:18am - Lester__Burnham ""] funspot is amazing one of the best memories as a kid need to go again |
| ________________________________ [May 3,2011 10:24am - Mark_R ""] Sounds like a great place. Any place with 1942 and 1943, and well-stocked with pinball machines, gets a thumbs-up from me. Growing up there was a kid in my town who owned the original Star Wars pinball machine. Glorious. |
| __________________________________________ [May 3,2011 10:55am - largefreakatzero ""] arilliusbm said:Who's Down for a trip to FunSpot?? This may be relevant to my interests. |
| _______________________________________ [May 3,2011 11:49am - SLAAAAAG NLI ""] ME |
| _____________________________________ [May 3,2011 12:20pm - i_am_not_me ""] largefreakatzero said: arilliusbm said:Who's Down for a trip to FunSpot?? This may be relevant to my interests. |
| ____________________________________ [May 3,2011 12:34pm - arilliusbm ""] let us organize one this summer. |