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Post by VectorX on Jun 8, 2016 19:29:29 GMT -5
Ran across this by accident when I was doing a search for something else. Many of these arcades are in Japan, although there are some surprises. Several familiar names should pop up to those who know of arcades here and there in general (Funspot, Pinball Hall of Fame). One surprise to me was Billy Mitchell, one of THE top Donkey Kong players in the world, came up with his own arcade (maybe not a surprise to others, but I had never heard of it until now). Due to talking with Clay Cowgill once in regards to Moon Lander, I know of his Ground Kontrol business (nice to see it on here ). I'd also heard of the Soviet arcade museum before with their obscure, possibly never made it outside their own country collection of games. But the Anata no Warehouse...good lord, that looks like something out of a nightmare. Weird! Article
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Post by TrekMD on Jun 9, 2016 6:13:47 GMT -5
Cool, I'll be checking this out.
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Post by gliptitude on Jun 9, 2016 10:32:17 GMT -5
Fun list. I'm not sure how comprehensive it is. Like maybe the CoinOp Hall of Fame in Pittsburgh ought to make it on the list before some dude's apartment, (no. 11 on the list).
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Post by VectorX on Jun 9, 2016 12:02:22 GMT -5
^Yeah, I've seen people with much huger arcades than he has myself.
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Post by gliptitude on Jun 10, 2016 11:34:37 GMT -5
Yeah I think there are a lot of arcade collectors on KLOV forums who will take appointments to see their home arcades. The only exceptional thing I see about no. 11 is that it's in Manhattan.
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Post by Vectronic on Jun 11, 2016 9:33:31 GMT -5
Great list. I live just under 2 hours away from Funspot and go there a few times a year. Very highly recommended place to visit if you're ever in the area. 3 huge floors of vintage goodness: vector, raster, and pinball. Tons of rare cabinets - just about everything you could imagine. It really is a playable museum of video game/arcade history. I've also been to Barcade and the Pinball Hall of Fame in my travels too.
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Post by kokovec on Jun 12, 2016 13:11:18 GMT -5
Unfortunately the King Of Kong arcade no longer exists. I've been to a couple of the other ones on the list and went to Funspot as a kid (late 70's) while on a family trip. I barely remember it though. No mention of the one on the Redondo Pier which is a shame.
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Post by VectorX on Jun 12, 2016 13:24:43 GMT -5
I've been to a couple of the other ones on the list and went to Funspot as a kid (late 70's) Its been around THAT long?
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Post by kokovec on Jun 12, 2016 13:31:51 GMT -5
If it's the same one I went to in NH then I believe it's been around since the 50's
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Post by Vectronic on Jun 15, 2016 19:11:50 GMT -5
If it's the same one I went to in NH then I believe it's been around since the 50's Yes, that's the one. Family owned since the 50s, and plenty of history. A few World Records have been set there.
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Post by hcmffm on Jun 16, 2016 2:29:19 GMT -5
Thanks for the link, VectorX. In Germany most arcades have died due to German laws for kids and juveniles. A large arcade in Karlsruhe is run by collectors, see "Our collection" www.retrogames.info.
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Post by VectorX on Jun 16, 2016 7:35:46 GMT -5
In Germany most arcades have died due to German laws for kids and juveniles. Yuck. What's that entail? Nice!
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Post by Vectronic on Jun 17, 2016 21:40:05 GMT -5
hcmffm That arcade has a nice collection of classic games. I'm glad places like these exist in this day and age and I hope they always will. That's why I support my semi-locale arcade whenever I have the chance. Yes, I too am interested in the German laws for kids and juveniles regarding arcade games. (Was ist das?) I know of the laws concerning violent video games in Germany, (Green Blood for instance) but what about arcade cabinets? Pinball? (Pinball was illegal in New York City up until 1976, so I'm curious).
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Post by VectorX on Jun 17, 2016 22:31:11 GMT -5
^Yeah, I thought of pinball in New York too when I read that. That was ridiculous for them to leave that law ongoing for so long when I think the rest of the entire country had repealed that.
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Post by Vectronic on Jun 17, 2016 23:37:37 GMT -5
^Yeah, I thought of pinball in New York too when I read that. That was ridiculous for them to leave that law ongoing for so long when I think the rest of the entire country had repealed that. Heh, it wasn't just New York ('76), but Los Angeles ('74), Chicago ('73), maybe others. Crazy. I remember this coming up in the news in the last couple of years again in the US, so maybe some other city/state repealed that stupid law more recently and made headlines. (Unfortunately, I can't find the source I read to provide better info). It was like in US high schools when they banned die/dice for gaming, because they considered it "gambling". Heh, then we smart ones programmed Random Number Generators on our (Texas Instruments) Graphing Calculators to bypass that rule for AD&D and Magic: The Gathering. Mwa ha ha ha. ^__^
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