/vr/ - Retro Games

>Live in college town
>Go to one bar in town known for having a good dance floor and stripper pole
>Go out to the back room to play Big Buck Hunter
>Machine ate my quarters
>Feel like a loser asking for my $0.50 back for the game
They took the machine out not too long after...

Never been to a real barcade.

useless without links, OP.

Closest thing to that in my city is a metalhead bar that has a Marvle vs. Capcom cab.

the place I go to wash my clothes has an atomiswave
probably the only arcade machine within 50 miles of here.

>>2302861

Eugene, OR has two decent ones. One has $5 cover and all the cab's and consoles are free (decent library), the other has more of a "scene" at night, which I hate...but during the day it's nice; the machines are overpriced though

I'd rather drink and play video games at home.

Dave and Busters is the only thing in my area that is an option, and it is about an hour away so I do not get there often.

One on every street corner in Austin: Dave & Busters, Pinballz, regular bars that happen to have a bunch of arcade machines

>>2302861
There is one near me that's alright. Has a couple classics. Not worth the beer prices or trying to find a parking spot downtown but fun regardless.

>>2303942
Yup. Hence why I'm bringing the bar experience home and building a barcade.

>>2303994
>Dave and Busters
i went to one when i was 21 in buffalo, about 7 years ago.

it was around 8:30pm, i got to the door and they checked my id then said there was a five dollar cover charge.

>oh great! free play on the games then?
>no
>oh, is there a band or something?
>no

is that normal? i was with two buddies and we just told them to fuck off and left.
i was told their food was shitty and over priced.. so why the fuck was there even a cover charge? and so early?

It's freeplay night at our local barcade tomorrow. I'm going to train at killer queen

Chicago has a few of them. Emporium and HQ. They have some good pinball and arcade machines.
too bad I'm only 20

no, some tryhard hipster bars have a mame cab with bad sticks and LCD screens though

must be the same person building them all

you cant hold down and back in sf2 or throw a hadouken at all

and dont get me started on the button mapping

>>2306043
No cover charge and the foods really good, but D&B is overpriced, at least for my area. Its not a true arcade though, in that its a ticket redemption style place. Like a chuck-e-cheese with beer and food that isn't complete shit. And although the food is overpriced, you don't have to order anything to get in.

There's only one in Omaha; it's a great retro game atmosphere for sure but it was too small and too crowded. Then they expanded to a larger building next door and now it's quite spacious and too crowded.
Personally, I think it's easier and more enjoyable to just grab some beers and gather friends around the NES at home.

>>2302871
What kind of gigantic jew do you have to do to go trough the trouble of asking the owner to give your 50 cents back

Getting back in topic
>Barcade
The only thing that comes close to that is a monthly anime/otaku party that has a vidya section where /v/ incarnated play vidya in a isolated room where everyone else is getting drunk and dancing

i go there once in a while with my friends, pls no bully

>>2307809
>No cover charge
i always wondered if the bouncer was just trying to jew us out of money.

i should have asked for the manager

>>2302861
One bar I go to has a Turtles in Time Arcade thingy. It's awesome. They used to have a Snes set up with a big old crt but people kept spilling beer and trying to steal games so they took it away :(.

>>2307886
>people kept spilling beer and trying to steal games

literally worse than hitler

>>2307905
Those people are terrorists for taking away our freedoms.

>>2307886
>They used to have a Snes set up with a big old crt
>>2302871 here. Same place has a huge CRT and a few non-vr consoles, but behind a big glass door in an entertainment center. They held tournaments on days people normally don't go to the bars. Won a $50 tab once... but then they told me I had to spend all $50 that night, on a Wednesday, or I'd lose it. I didn't plan on getting wasted that night, but I did. Also bought 2nd place a few drinks and stuff. Overall it was a good time and it was just really satisfying to win.

>>2307873
I just wanted to play again, didn't have any quarters, and they didn't have a change machine. It was either break another bill or just ask for my money back. They also had outrageous prices for beers. $3 for a bottle of Blue Light? Yeah, I didn't go to this place often... Luckily the other coin slot worked.

>>2302861
I went to one in Manhattan actually called Barcade, I know they have at least one other location but didn't think it was a chain...

Anyway, it was actually pretty great. Excellent selection, mix of really old stuff, typical popular cabs, and novelties. The food and beer was excellent. A little hipstery but didn't get TOO crowded and people were nice at the machines. 10/10 would go back and waste 20 dollars worth of quarters at.

There's a pretty good place in Hanover PA called Timeline Arcade. It''s not quite a barcade but is BYOB on Fridays and Saturdays after 10pm.

I really enjoy it but some of the cabinets are busted to the point of being non-functional and some of the pinball tables really need to be leveled.

>>2307809
D&B is still pretty fun, but nowhere near as great as it was about 20 years ago. It was awesome being able to play Attack of Zolgear in the theater setup. Sadly they closed the original one here (in the shittiest part of town, between the strip clubs).

Apparently there are some really good arcade/bar places in northern New Jersey but I didn't get a chance to go when we were up there.

>>2302861
Recently moved to the San Diego area (Chula Vista but whatever), what barcade do you recommend? Love to check a good one out if possible.

>>2303119
Ice skating rink has Simpsons thats all I care about, Portland has like 4-8

>>2308754
Yeah, they're are two Barcades in Manhattan and then the original one in Brooklyn. I think they started branching out to other states as well. One of the Manhattan locations actually had a Stryder 2 machine, which was pretty fucking sweet.

Although, as much as I like the place the owners kinda seem like dicks. They trademarked the name "Barcade" so they started threatening legal action to anyone who calls something a "Barcade." I had a buddy in Arkansas that held a local fighting game tournament at a bar call "Barcade Edition" and they got a cease-and-decist from them.

I don't understand why anyone would think it would be a good idea to drink and play video games. All you are doing is impairing your own skills, making you play even shittier. Good way for the owners to make money I guess, but not smart from the players perspective.

>>2302861
>>2308754
Oh yeah, of course. There is also one in Philadelphia. I only go there on weekends and it generally has a good crowd never see any major inebriation like other establishments. They mostly have older games, but NBA Jam the game pictured and a ton of older games which make a great assortment. I really hope they get the Simpsons game.

>>2309304
>They trademarked the name "Barcade"
Fucking profiteering gluttons. They call it "Barcade"?

I'll make a "BEERCADE!"

80s feel, with jukebox, more variety, more goodness, free beer for high scores, even more yummy food, etcetc. Eat that, "barcade".

Made by gamers - For Gamers

>>2309348
>I don't understand why anyone would think it would be a good idea to drink and play video games.

There's that certain feeling of excitement when playing drunk. Plus it makes you feel "braver and more daring" when doing platformers. You should give it a shot simetime ;D

Ninja Gaiden + Jack Daniels

Has anyone been to Insert Coins on Freemont Street in Las Vegas? What's it like? I turn 21 in a few months, and I might just stop by some time, since it's in my locale.

Their selection aren't even that good. 30% ok. Rest are "Meh". I could fit all of these games in a single arcade machine.

>>2309508
>I could fit all of these games in a single arcade machine.

Doesn't that statement apply to every arcade game nowadays?

Anyway, Aero Fighters, Robocop, Final Fight, Metal Slug, and Turtles ought to be worth playing. Daytona as well, if they have the full multiplayer setup.

>>2309485
I can beat Ninja Gaiden while sober. I don't think I would be able to beat it while drunk. How is that better?

>>2309348
...because both alcohol and games are enjoyable? Some people like to play games just for fun anon.

>>2309348
Well, its fun, sometimes you even acomplish cool things just because in your drunken state you act more retarded and fuck around a lot, playing gta while drunk is pretty awesome.
Have you ever watched a movie while drunk/high? it makes the shittiest of movies enjoyable as fuck, the same thing happens with videogames.
>>2309796
it makes it more fun for some reason, some people even play better while drunk, i suck at fighters but when i'm drunk i beat the crap out of everyone even when they aren't drunk

>>2309348
If you think the point of drinking was to preform well, then you're clearly not getting this whole drinking thing...

>>2309508
>no street fighter

>>2307768
get a fake. If you can find any of the cigarette girls walking around wicker park they usually sell id's too. Headquarters is a little better but emporium is good and it has the wwf game.

I don't drink anymore, so a barcade seems kind of pointless to me now, except it creates a lack of kiddies running around. Of course, they are replaced with a bunch of drunkies running around. Around where I live barcades are the only kind of arcade left.

this might not be the right place to ask this but I shall anyway what type of aracde machines are these called? sorry for the lame picture just want to know what they're called

>>2310232
I've heard them called "candy cabinets".

>>2310250
thanks a lot anon, now to hunt one down thats affordable

16-Bit Bar in Columbus is pretty aces to me. It's free play all night on every machine, and they do damn good job of keeping things working and in good condition. I once saw a machine break down during a semi-busy night and saw it back up and running in less than two hours. I'd recommend it if you're ever in Columbus.

>>2309481
I'd go there.

We're getting one in here in about a month and from what I've heard it's going to be really awesome.

Pay a flat fee and play all you want. I guess all the games will be set to free. All I know is that they just got a bunch of machines and are just waiting to get the place fully staffed before they throw the switch.

Aside from their surprisingly decent collection of games, Brewcade in SF is shit. Boring normies brought in from the tech industry flock in to pay $7 for the smallest glass of beer you've ever seen and crowd around classic machines, but just to look at them, because the only game they'll actually fucking play is Big Buck Hunter (why is that even there? It's not like you couldn't play that at any other fucking bar in the world or anything)

Oh and all the games are all 50 cents a credit. Wack.

>>2310695
>normies brought in from the tech industry

>>2310695

The machines look pretty nice though.
50 cents a credit isn't too terrible, gotta pay the electric bills yo.
7 bucks a beer? Ehhh, better be good beer.

But I bet loads of hipster chicks flock the place. Must be a good time, showing off those pacman skills while trying to smooth talk a set of hipster tits.

Vomit and cabinets don't mix.

>>2310695
>crying over 50 cents/game

you're the reason arcades are dead. please die.

also I agree that brewcade sucks dick.
source: I live three blocks away

There's one in my area. Went there once, lots of nice cabinets, but the place was filled with hipsters and Redditors. Spent a couple hours there with friends but I didn't see anyone outside my group that I would ever want to associate with.

>>2311184
>hipsters and redditors
sounds like a wretched hive of scum and villainy. Seriously though barcades sound exactly like the place redditors would hang out

>>2311535
Reddit is like everyone on the Internet who isn't on imageboards or Facebook. What exactly marks someone IRL as being a Redditor?

>>2310714
the only pricing model that works for this idea is to charge for drinks and food, and give tokens as extra with every order

wanna keep playing? finish your drink and order another one

There are not such things in Mexico, at least in my town. There used to be some cool arcade places with original neo-geo cabinets, nowadays you just find pirated crap with multi games. Fucking hate kof 2002.

>>2311645
Are there places that do this?
That sounds shitty as hell.

>>2311535
>tfw you realize that hipsters is our generation version of hippies and now you understand why everyone hated them too

Most people who we would call hipsters who flock to barcades aren't even old enough to remember real arcades.

>>2311798
Hippies are tolerable and have altruistic ideals. Hipsters are elitist douchebag trust fund babbies.

And The Hippie movement music contributed a lot to popular culture.

>>2311802
Fuck that, after listening to hippies trying to convince me that the stupid "Blue (da da bee)" song from the 90's is actually about an ancient race of inter-dimensional Nordic aliens from the Pleiades star cluster that brings the message of "love and light" to those whom are tripping, I'll take an douchy hipster any-day. You can change topics with hipsters, but with hippies they only want to talk about new-agey psudo-science. They might have done useful shit in the past, but that usefulness is all dried up now.

>>2302872
>>2309263
http://www.sdbrewskis.com
No cover when I went and all the games were on free play. There's a strip club next door so once you get shot down by all the sexy bartenders you can go there to get a lap dance.

>>2312131

I've never been to a barcade but I've grown interested in the concept since hearing about it on the internet. Does anyone know of a good barcade in LA?

>>2313015

Did not mean to quote.

>>2312101

Pyramid power and crystals, man.

>>2312101
>the stupid "Blue (da da bee)" song from the 90's
Am I the only person that still likes that song? I saw it on a list of like "top 10 worst songs of the 90s" or something, and I was here thinkin it's a pretty solid , catchy house track with great sound design. The music video is pretty embarrassing but also fitting.

>>2309494
it was pretty good when it first opened, seem more of a for nerds by nerds kind of thing, then the owner got rid of literally everyone who worked there, hired new people, and changed the atmosphere, now its all shitty dj's and nightclub prices for drinks, your better off hitting up the nerfed gameworks at Town Square

>all these post about overpriced bars full of hipsters
>tfw no bars around me that aren't strip clubs or country clubs
>even the american legion building closed down a few years ago
>only places with more than one machine near me is a dark, locked, unused store in a very large and empty mall, and a chuck e cheese knock-off that I cant enter.

>>2313182
I liked it when I was a kid. I haven't actually heard that song in at least a decade though.

>>2314573
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=68ugkg9RePc

Keep your hands and feet inside while taking this trip on the nostalgia train!

>>2314573
>only places with more than one machine near me


>tfw being euro means you've only seen arcades on vacation

>>2307768

>Emporium

I'm from Saint Louis and regularly go to Chicago once year. I fucking love that place! They have great beer and a really good selection of games.

I was surprised how many hot girls were at the bar.

>>2310140
I know a few kids around campus who might help me with that. All I want to do is play galaga or strider or Metal slug drunk. I will be happy to do that every weekend even once a month.
>>2315491
>I was surprised how many hot girls were at the bar.
tfw no qt vr gf
I look at the website they have a good selection, I wouldnt find playing MVC2 or Golden axe with a few drunk bros.

>>2313015
haven't been but I hear EightyTwo is decent.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/eightytwo-los-angeles-2?osq=82+Barcade