/vr/ - Retro Games

cool dude

>>1689259
I love those red Neo Geo cabs.

>>1689264
really cool man

>>1689238
OH MY GOD NO!

thats in connecticut right? There used to be a mcdonalds there

I went there once with my cousin. That was the first place I ever saw MK4 and Virtua Fighter 3. Hands down the best arcade i've ever been to. Damn shame to hear its gone

>>1689273
Yup.
It also used to have a Nathan's.

I gotta be honest, seeing places like this breaks my heart. Kids are gonna grow up without knowing the joy of arcades...yeah, kinda good because the shit ones were just gang hangouts, but bad because there's no feeling like the traditional, "BITCH! Back off from that pizza, I got one bar left on my life!" *seconds later* "MOTHERFUCKER!* *shoulder punch*

Would love to get in there and take a sledgehammer to everything

>>1689281
OP, please no more. this breaks my heart

>>1689293
really cool to know

Thanks for looking at my pictures.
After I took these photos, I decided to return to the arcade and make a short film about the place.
It's called Arcade Oratory and it will be online on Monday.

All of those wonderful games.

Unplayed.

Unloved.

>>1689257
>2 Outrun 2s
>Power Drift

good lord save them

>>1689307

Not so subtle advertising but...these pictures are absolutely wonderful. I'll probably end up watching your flick.

>>1689307
VERY COOL

>>1689307

Acceptable viral, since you provided a heap of interesting (albeit slightly depressing) photos. Is there a channel or site to keep an eye out for it, in case a thread on here goes overlooked?

>>1689307
Nice
I remember these threads from before, never knew you were making a movie

>>1689361
http://vimeo.com/rishigandhi/
or
http://spaceleech.tumblr.com/
(yeah, it's tumblr, I know. I assure you, all I give a crap about is old games.)

>>1689374

Thanks much! Bookmarking. If you have anything else, feel free to post.

>>1689389
Thanks!
I'll post a few stills from the film.

>>1689397

>>1689405

Crowdfunding to build the Vrcade?

>>1689307
Keep us posted OP. Hope you don't get banned.

I want somebody to write an article on how the newer generations will never feel the pure pleasure of arcades so I can have some feels.

Maybe I should write it...

This is awesome/sad/beautiful. Damn.

>>1689274
>Dynamite Cop

hnnnnnng

I live in this shitty town called Stockton, in California. When I was a kid we used to have this pizza restaurant called Naughty Nick's (see pic) and was the absolute best place. I used to always have my birthday party there. They had tons of arcades, It was massive. Not only that, their pizza was amazing. I vividly remember their pizza having really super thick crust, I've never had pizza like it since.

I have no idea how such a place that amazing got shut down. They closed down like 12 or 13 years ago.

Arcades around here all closed down or have become absolute crap.

>>1689238
Holy hell I live right down the road from this place! Gotta say, this hit me right in the feels. Can't wait to see the film.

What's the address? I got a buddy with a pickup truck. Looks like it would only take one good rock to bring down that window. Could use a few arcade cabinets.

>>1689264
me too. it would be a dream come true to own one

That place must have been amazing like 25 years ago.

>>1689256
>those almost perfectly preserved vending machines being left outside to rot
I mad.

>>1689238
Yeah that's the old Milford Amusement Center! I used to go there all the time. So many arcade games I played for the first time ever there plus Q-Zar laser tag! Everytime I go to Retro Games Plus I pass by that place, catch a quick peek of the silhouettes of the arcade games and shed a tear. I'll definitely check out the short film too. I wonder how my Turtles In Time is going :'(

>>1692620
>>1692064
>>1692273
The place is a storage warehouse now, so not totally abandoned.
You can actually buy those if you want and since the building is being torn down soon they're cutting prices.

This thread.

;_;

>>1692620
>Retro Games Plus
My nigga.

Man, I have such fond memories of Smiles. My old man and I used to kill hours in the billiards room from time to time. The laser tag was great too. Sucks that not too many of these kinds of places are around anymore. Hell, CT doesn't have a whole lot to offer, so seeing this place close brought a tear to my eye.

>>1689238
Arnie's Place ;_;

>getting dropped off for the night by your parents
>doing quarter runs for the high school kids
>milkshakes
>pizza

Just kill me

>>1692934

>>1692934
Westport, CT. All the CTers are representing tonight

>>1689289
"There’s Nascar Heat, Tonka Town…Stuntman makes my head spin round. Beachhead, TransWorld, Freddie 5…Unreal Tournament, Test Drive…”

>>1689307
is it ok if i use one of these photos sometime in the future for an album cover?

>>1689282


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdHTnpgpLDc>>1689238

Can't believe how many CT people there are in this thread

Smile's was cool but towards the end of it's run it was basically just a gang hangout. I work in the plaza across the street and I'm sad to hear the building is getting torn down. It's nice to look at on breaks and reminisce about the good days.

>>1689948
Ever been to the Children's Museum?

>>1689419
I think I found my new wallpaper (too bad it's not higher res)

http://vimeo.com/98304853
Here it is: Arcade Oratory.
I wanna thank you all for being even remotely interested in my little movie.
When I set out to make this, I wanted to create a film that would be perfect for /vr/, and I hope I've succeeded.
Enjoy.

>>1694001
dem feels. no more glory days, just Stacker and Ms. Pacman/Galaga sitting in the corner.

>>1694001

Good little documentary!

>>1694001
enjoyed it man, great job

>>1694001
Good documentary bro

Just thought I'd mention this, if you're looking for a damn god arcade and live in chicago, there's this place called the galloping ghost that has like 200 something machines. I haven't been there myself but it seems like a damn cool place. It's like 5 bucks for admission (might be 15, I honestly don't remember) but all the machines are on freeplay.

>>1694383
just double checked, it's 15

>>1694001
Holy shit, you got skills man!
Definitely approved

Man, I grew up in Fairfield and I used to go to that place all the time. That's a bummer.

Thanks for the pics and film, anon.

>>1694001
Neat video, only problem I have with it is...

>Vimeo

Fucking hipsters.

>>1694241
>>1694337
>>1694361
>>1694367
>>1694392
>>1694405
Thank you for your kind words.
I felt like the old place deserved a proper sendoff, and I'm glad I was able to share it with all of you.

>>1694001
My artistic ass nigga. Job well done. 10/10. I laughed, I cried, I fell in love.

Don't stop making films.

>dem short ass credits
>not bloating your film with a bunch of shit

>>1692986

Holy shit - I thought I was the only person from CT...

C'mere anons, group hug.

>>1694526
>dem short ass credits
>not bloating your film with a bunch of shit

Definitely this. Music isn't overwhelming, either.

>>1692934

Used to be a place in North Haven called Crazy Eights or something. Anyone remember that?

if anyone is in western ny you need to visit the National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY.

They have tons and tons and tons of arcade games, old and new, with the history of each cab. A lot of them are free to play, but they do have an actual arcade room with tickets and prizes too.

http://video.wired.com/watch/game-life-rare-arcade-games-at-the-national-museum-of-play

Pic semi-related. Did you get the guy who did Old City Blues to do the music?

>>1694584
oh and if you guys do visit, stop by my place and play some vidja with me
but lock your doors, i live in the fucking ghetto of rochester

>>1694584
>tfw across the lake in Ontario

>>1694586
Yup, that's the guy.
He has a Soundcloud and we asked him if we could use his music.

>>1694594
take the fast ferry...

oh wait...

>>1689238
>Smiles
>good

They never maintained their cabs, CvS2 was always broken, DDR cabs were shit. Pump was OK.

When it started to decline I went there to play pool and that was about it, since the cabs were in shit condition.

>>1694639
You're right, Smiles was shit.
But during the heyday when it was called Milford Amusement it was great.

>>1694594
>tfw driving to work every day I can see the CN tower from across the lake and the most beautiful lake and sunset or a great skating pond in the winter
Thank you based Niagara

Posting a few behind the scene pics and stills.
Baseball is a video game, right?

>>1694001
Well, arcades are still alive where I live.
They've changed though.
The death or arcades on the US and Japan meant companies don't produce many arcade games anymore so sometimes arcades include ps3 put inside a cabinet and the controler totally destroyed to adapt it to the cabinet.
Or really old games that are too expensive to play just for the sake of nostalgia.
New "games" are more gimmicks and attractions than games, like big machines that simulate a ride on a deathly rollercoaster, stuff like that.

Reminds me a bit of one over here (Funtasia I believe) that got turned into some weird Bullwinkle thing.f

>>1694001

>tfw my computer can't handle the video.

>>1694001
>http://vimeo.com/98304853
>maximum depression fuel
9/10 op. you are doing gods work

>>1695538
>bumper boat pool now dried up

I didn't need to see this

CTfag here. I used to fucking love going to Smiles. It was over an hour drive for us, but every once in a while we'd load up the car and go. I went to college in New Haven and would go there when I had a few extra bux, too.

>>1694001
You can't hide yourself behind musics.

>>1695790
If you see the little HD symbol on the video, click it to turn it off. Maybe that will fix it.

>>1696138

I know...
I tried...

Thanks anyway anon.
I bookmarked it and emailed it to myself.

>>1694001

Not bad. Could use a little bit more polish. Maybe interpose a few screen videos of key/interesting gameplay...? Still, not bad, and good on you for putting something like this together.

>>1694001
Something about that reminded me of:
http://alifewellwasted.com/2009/03/03/episode-two-gotta-catch-em-all/

>>1694001

>VR + Urban Exploration

Mah nigger. Very cool way to combine my two favorite hobbies. The film is really well done, mad props.

>>1689238
OP, how did you get in there!? My friends and I were frequently going to Smiles/Milford Rec for the Lock-ins, DDR, Fighting games and tournaments. I started tearing up reading this!

>>1695790
Heh, I also love my toaster.

>>1696420
I just knocked at the front door and said "can I take some pictures?"
The place is used as storage, but they're for sale, so you can come in any time from 9 to 5, except on Sundays.

Another CT folk here, although farther up. The Game Room in Vernon closed down kinda recently, but it wasn't really that good anyway.

>>1695652
Where do you live?

This whole thread just makes me sad. The only arcade around here (western Nebraska) is one hour away and it closed, but it reopened about a week later. They got rid of a lot of the old games, but they have a legit Turtles in Time arcade cabinet.

>tfw I haven't been able to play it

Pinball Petes in Ann Arbor, Michigan is a pretty good spot. Lots of new games, kind of pricey, new pinball cabinets regularly. Once a year we have a big pinball show here in southeast michigan too, with hundreds of machines on free play.

I was recently in Seattle for a night and I managed to stumble into at LEAST 3 decked out pinball arcades. I talked to the locals and appeartly it's pinball city there. I managed to get in a couple games and the venue we were playing had a great sega south park one.

Talked to one of the owners at a place I peeked in and they said they hold local tournys every week.

Another venue that opened up in Ottawa Canada is decked out with about 30-40 tables, and about 10 other gamesl. They do a free play night every Sunday for 5 bucks and keep track of highscores!

I really hope they can succeed, it's a great place ran by muscians, who also run a studio under the same name .

>House of Targ.

Best image I could find of when it was still Milford, before the tacky purple paintjob.

oh wow. That's a phenomenal pic

this place looks like a fake façade to a dentists office, so parents can trick kids into getting their teeth sharpened. The poor little cherubs would be smiling all the way there, until they open dat door..

This thread hit me hard in the feels. Thank you OP. Great little comfy ass doc, 9/10

Now I'm gonna gather the bros and head over to Pinball Pete's in Ann Arbor Michigan this weekend.

If you happen to live in Metro Detroit you should also visit Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical museum.

>>1694001
that was great, thanks for sharing.

>>1689283
Edgy and useless, the hallmark of the American teen shutin.

>>1695652
I wonder how economically viable it'd be to make some indie arcade cabs and run a little place.

>>1697192
Did you go to 8bit Arcade? The problem with Seattle arcades is that they are over run with hipsters that know nothing of arcade etiquette and culture.

Who /melancholyhill/ here

>>1689281
this picture captures the sadness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WNCBPdetG4

>>1689293
>>1689281
I think what makes the images so emotional is the contrast of the joy the machines bring and the sad environment they are displayed in.

Don't know about the rest of you CT folk, but I want to thank OP for giving Milford Amusements a send off like this. The imagery, sound and dialogue of the piece encapsulated a profoundly important era. Maybe we could all meet up at Smiles and game?

>>1702610
>tfw no one will ever make a eulogy in the form of a documentary for your local arcade
Wish I lived there I would join you bros

>>1702610
It's blowing my mind that there's actually other anons in the Milford area that go on /vr/ You guys rock and this place used to be so fun.

>>1698207


If you're talking about what I think you're talking about, I don't know. I do know that sometimes arcades do have mock arcade cabs of indie games. Like, I've heard about multiple ones for a couple of Anna Anthropy's games, Lesbian Spider Queens form Mars and The Mighty Jill Off.

I'd ask the developer before you do it, though.

And actually made money, I think you'd have to at least start with it being something else also like a barcade or shop.

>>1700560
That is honestly my favorite song in the world, and if only there were a chiptune version of it, it would match this thread perfectly.

>>1703016
*And to actually make money...