[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/vr/ - Retro Games

View post   
File: 317 KB, 1365x2048, 12973289_1014268438622216_6619863440339073128_o.0.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4690107 No.4690107 [Reply] [Original]

Galloping shithole is hoarding undumped games.

>> No.4690112

>>4690107
Nobody cares.

>> No.4690115

>>4690107
There are tens of thousands of games out there you haven't played yet. Go try out one of them instead of bitching about the tiny handful of games you're barred from.

>> No.4690117

>>4690107
>The GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE provides a video gaming experience like no other! We are the LARGEST video arcade in the USA, and currently have over 550+ games to play and have more games up and running all the time! Unlike most arcades, we do not use quarters or tokens. All of our games are set to FREE PLAY! We charge a $20 door fee and then you can come in and play ALL the games for as long as you want! We are open until 2AM daily (EVERYDAY including all holidays)! We offer Weekly, Monthly, Yearly & Lifetime Memberships as well! We are also one of the most reputable arcades for tracking high scores and world records. We currently have over 180+ World Records set here!

If a few undumped games help keep a place like this in business I am all for it.

>> No.4690159

The more known to be in one place the better. Ever increasing the odds of a legendary infiltrate & dump operation

>> No.4690381

At least they're both public and in the hands of people who know how to maintain them. Usually, these things sit in collectors' basements for decades until another copy turns up that gets dumped.

>> No.4690386
File: 12 KB, 210x240, robotnik.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4690386

>>4690107
Don't talk shit about Galloping Ghost fag

>> No.4690389

>>4690112
This.

>> No.4690395

>>4690386
>no Undercover Cops
>no Violent Storm
>no House of the Dead 2 or 3

>> No.4690401

>>4690112
>>4690389
What happens when the place burns down?

>> No.4690408

>>4690401
That's silly, it won't burn down.
The solar EMP will hit long before then, frying every motherboard in the joint

>> No.4690565

>>4690117
Please... Anyone interested in arcade games isn't going to pass up playing a cab because they already have the rom on their hard drive or pass up an arcade visit because they've already played all the games there

>> No.4690590

>>4690408
I get hard thinking about every single bitcoin getting irrevocably wiped from existence

>> No.4690594

>>4690590
Thank you for giving me material with which to troll /biz/

>> No.4690632

>>4690590
you realize every ones bank accounts would be gone to right? inb4 NOT MEH I KEEP MUH CASH IN THE MATRESS

>> No.4690769

>>4690632
I'm broke and I sleep on the floor

>> No.4690965

>>4690590
this made me laugh
twice

>> No.4691639

>>4690117
>LARGEST video arcade in the USA

Is that true? There are still 1 or 2 in America that are like 3 floors. Or have those gone out of business?

>> No.4691723

>>4690632
Good thing I have silver

>> No.4691734

>>4690632
>get a loan
>EMP hits the country
>????
>free money

>> No.4691757
File: 42 KB, 635x363, 18dy3q8raey5ojpg[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4691757

>>4691734
Best "Wife Swap" episode ever

>> No.4691829

>>4691639
By a large LARGE margin. The place is huge.
I woulnd't even call it an arcade, its more like an an interactive arcade museum.

>> No.4692747

>>4690565
i do, why spend when its free at home and i can enjoy without distraction?

>> No.4694489
File: 1.51 MB, 320x240, 1372066972563.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4694489

>>4691757
That picture somehow reminds me of this.

>> No.4694494

>>4690112
You clearly do

>> No.4694505

http://www.gallopingghostarcade.com/games-list/

This list is pretty incredible

>> No.4694513

>>4690107
Try Playstatiom Museum. They have a shit ton of betas and canned games that are interesting, but undumped.

>> No.4694598
File: 71 KB, 600x450, 67b.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4694598

I'm watching the video for Galloping Ghost and this is honestly pissing me off... especially the fact that they got so many imports in stand up american style cabinets...

>> No.4694604

>>4694598
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGNk2ohf-2E
Forgot to mention that it's this video linked above their game list... also fuck whoever did the audio for this.

>> No.4694742
File: 405 KB, 1024x683, burgertime3.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4694742

A challenger appears!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funspot_Family_Fun_Center

>> No.4694853

>>4690117
That sounds fucking awesome. Wish there was a place like that in Iowa, but IL isn't too unrealistic of a drive.

>> No.4694943

>live 10 minutes away
>$20 just to enter
>joysticks broken all over the place
You can just watch attract screens on MAME

>> No.4694956

>>4694943
>actually thinking you're supposed to play the games

You pay $20 to stand in front of the Pac Man machine and take selfies. No one going to that place has any interest in arcade games. That's nerd stuff.

>> No.4694961
File: 507 KB, 980x652, 654842beaa940411e93d1039d46ec593.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4694961

>>4694956

>> No.4694963

>>4690107
>hoarding undumped games
Sauce?

>> No.4694968

>>4694963
>>4690107

>> No.4694983

>>4692747
>the experience is a distraction
That’s just sad, kid.

>> No.4694985

>>4690117
>We charge a $20 door fee and then you can come in and play ALL the games for as long as you want!

Sounds cool.

>> No.4694998
File: 80 KB, 667x705, Hime.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4694998

>>4692747
>DRRRR I DESERVE FREE GAME

I confess to emulating a lot of games myself but this idea that you're owed the right to do for free and that other people are obligated to provide it for you is fucking absurd. You're like an infant crying because his mommy told him no.

>> No.4695206
File: 43 KB, 275x343, 5642487.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4695206

>>4694943

I've always made it a habit to go there once a year with friends since 2011 as it is a 8 hour drive.

Not only do a lot of machines have completely fubar'd sticks and buttons, but a lot of the machines need to be worked on (missing colors usually red which makes it look green). A lot of them have been broken since ive been coming there.

>> No.4695210
File: 24 KB, 418x420, th85olhqucg01.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4695210

>>4695206
So the only Beavis and Butthead cabinet in the world is in the hands of people either incapable or unwilling to fix arcade machines.

>> No.4695245

>>4695210
>>4695210
Nah, people are mostly capable. It's just amusing watching people not really address why arcades get shut down. It's because the players will always be mostly dirty scum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmb_Yj4Mudo
>sells drinks
>retarded little kids
>violent, drunken /vr/ peasants

Gee, I wonder what could go wrong? Maybe some little preteen will spill his cup over that precious, undumped, shitty game everyone wants or someone gets mad that someone's hogging play time of that rArE gAmE. What could possibry go RonG?

No one has the money to fix ancient hardware, especially outdated arcade sticks that no one but the highest of autists can get a hand on.

>> No.4695264

>>4695245
Imagine the smell.

>> No.4695323

>>4695245

You can easily order new replacement sticks or buttons, it isn't hard. I feel ya on those ones that use leaf stick ones, but most of those don't afaik.

almost all those monitors have the same fault, they probably need a recap.

>> No.4696010

>>4695245
>Actually makes games

Really? Anything good

>> No.4696359

>>4695245
>No one has the money to fix ancient hardware
Not everyone is a retarded poorfag

>> No.4696364

>>4696010
I work at an arcade in DFW

love the place and the owners are all hardcore fans of the hobby

We are doing are best with the selection of retro, a lot of the machines are in fantastic condition, that , pinball and in the back try to please the FTG. Boss had an idea lately to set up some CPS2 boards with modded sticks and a row of PVM's for some good ol sit down SF2 tourneys.

I try to keep everything in tip top shape overall.

>> No.4696440

>>4694961
I bet her parents disapprove.

>> No.4696447

>>4695245
Gamer of the year guy has hair on his nose. How is that even fucking possible?

>> No.4696546

>>4695245
>retarded little kids
tfw an arcade near me had a Crisis Zone but some kid broke the gun by banging it against the cabinet repeatedly

>> No.4696563

>>4696440

I bet they're happy she's not with a black guy

>> No.4696572

>>4694742
not gonna last.

>> No.4696636

>>4694961

wish I could find an arcade qt like her

>> No.4696662

>>4690107
No that's the preservation you piratefags always preach you're for in action.

>> No.4696671

>>4694598
>>4694604
>especially the fact that they got so many imports in stand up american style cabinets...
It sounds like they try to get the games in their original cabinets when possible. It could just be a temporary thing.

>> No.4696684

>>4696671
Seems like they only care for that for american games, though I suppose sit down cabinets take up more space

>> No.4696686

>>4696684
Yeah that seems like another issue. When he was going through the lightgun section it seemed extremely cramped with just him there god knows what it'd feel like if two guys were trying to play Lethal Enforcers and two people were right behind them trying to play a game.

>> No.4696854

>>4696359
People who look like welfare cases show up at arcades. People with hygiene go to golf tournaments, pip-pip.

>>4696662
Pirate plebs like /r/emulation always LARP about how much they care, but then when an actual Redumper shows up to make a new sub-plebbit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/85vv0v/video_game_preservation_projects_need_a_unified/

A B S O L U T E - C R I C K E T S

Not more important than rendering a game at 4K, obvs.
https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/882ct6/rpcs3_skate_3_rendered_at_4k/

>> No.4697029

>>4696854
>reddit
well there's your problem

>> No.4697045

>>4696854
https://gamehistory.org/
I send all obscure things there and i know that Jeff from GB dumped his whole collection to them.
They are public domain and hosted on archive.org.

example of their work
>https://gamehistory.org/aladdin-source-code/

>> No.4697063

>>4696671
Most Japanese games don't have original cabs though, they were sold only as upgrade kits since it was assumed the arcade already had a bunch of cabinets and they were just swapping out games (especially for systems with cartridges like the CPS2 or NeoGeo).

>> No.4697189

>>4697063
Yeah but why put them in American style cabinets and not astro cities

>> No.4697272

>>4697189
>>4697063

So Im not hip to Astro Cities. Are they basically just what? Blank caps with buttons a stick a monitor you plug whatever board into?

>> No.4697287

What is an undumped game?

>> No.4697292

>>4697287
A game that hasn't been copied on to a computer. Galloping Ghost has the only know Beavis and Butthead cabinet in the world, so if something happens to the machine, the game is lost forever.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROM_image

>> No.4697323

>>4690107
>a legitimate business is hoarding undumped games
no, we know the ones doing that and they're not legitimate businesses

>> No.4697434

>>4697272
They're pretty standard universal japanese sit down cabinets made by sega, you'll see most games in japanese arcades running on those or other sega models.
They even have easily rotatable monitors and convienent spots for art and tutorial inserts.

>> No.4698495

>>4697292
>Galloping Ghost has the only know Beavis and Butthead cabinet in the world
How is that even possible? What happened to all the other cabinets?

>> No.4698502

>>4697189
Given that someone above said the cabinets are pretty tightly packed in, sit-down candy cabinets that would also need space for a seat probably wouldn't fit.

>> No.4698503

>>4690117
They should get someone to dump the games under their observation, and keep the dumps themselves for as long they are in business if they feel that way

That way if cabinets shit the bed we aren't losing games forever.

>> No.4698507

>>4692747
Considering once you pay upfront and quarters aren't a problem, playing arcade games with the community there sounds awesome.

>> No.4698814

>>4697292
>A game that hasn't been copied on to a computer
In that case the game is not undumped. You're just butthurt because the game hasn't been copied on to your computer.

>> No.4699282

>>4698814
You have no idea what you're talking about. Like, literally no idea whatsoever.

>> No.4699324

>>4698814
there's a lot of arcades out there still undumped or have not been dumped correctly. not any retard like you can do it. takes some skill.

>> No.4699657

>>4698495
It's a cancelled prototype. Someone mentioned there were around 12 made. Here's a vid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD5JuRc7fN4

Of course, there's around the same number of not-cataloged arcade games as there are PC games. If anyone cares, they could always inform redump.org of any fleaBay sales or games not on their undumped wiki.

I noticed there were a lot of LCD handhelds being added to MAME. I'd like to see them dump that Mega Man Advanced PET and all the "chips" the thing had that came with those action figures. I have the thing, and it kinda sucks, but eh.

>> No.4699685

>>4699282
Project harder sport

>>4699324
If you actually knew anything about that game you'd know how easy that one is to dump. But you know nothing except how to parrot.

>> No.4699691

>>4699685
You had to ask what undumped meant, you stupid brat. You have no idea what you're talking about.

>> No.4699808
File: 107 KB, 800x533, funspotfloor.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4699808

>>4696572
Have you been there yourself? I live an hour away and their staff is diligent at keeping their shit together and preserving whatever comes through. It's in an obscure enough location so it doesn't get flooded by people like >>4694961 and it's in a local tourist trap so they make enough money from bowling and stuff to stick around. There's actually an annual biker festival that rolls through that area and I happened to make a trip while it was going on, it was interesting to see a bunch of punk looking dudes and old farts playing Pac Man.

>> No.4699819

>>4696546
>Crisis Zone
Only arcade with Crisis Zone near me shut down, and even before that the recoil mechanism in the gun stopped working. Shit sux

>> No.4699953

>>4699691
Where exactly did I ask that kiddo?

>> No.4701978

>>4694742
I love this place. I live in MA and drive there every so often.

>> No.4702265
File: 219 KB, 1024x576, 1515366435410.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4702265

>>4690107
Why doesn't someone just dump these?

>> No.4702308

>>4702265
Because Galloping Ghost has the only one and they can charge goyim $20 to play it.

>> No.4702317

>>4690107
Isint this place in Chicongo?

Wouldnt niggers tag on and break the machines?

>> No.4702334

>>4702317
The loud noises and blinking lights scare them off.

>> No.4702348
File: 285 KB, 955x537, IMG_6990.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4702348

>ywn play Dark Presence

>> No.4702578

>>4702265
They did. Long ago. But they didn't give them away to every kid on the internet so some of those kids are seriously assmad.

>> No.4703025

>>4702308
>Waaaaaaaaaaaaah I want game for free.

>> No.4703058

>>4703025
you dumb cunt, it can be dumped without release to preserve it which is usually the case.

>> No.4703073

>>4703058
>Muh preservation

Oh don't even pretend that's what this is about.

>> No.4703817

>>4703058
And it has been. So you can stop shitposting now. But you won't because anon was fucking spot on about why you're crying.

>> No.4703825

Where is the evidence that it was dumped?
I don't even give a shit about being able to play it or not, I'd just like to know where you got this information.

>> No.4704002

>>4702308
What the hell isn't a jewish conspiracy to you retards?

>> No.4704040

>>4703825
>tell me who i can incessantly cry to about releasing the dump
>i-i-i mean give me evidence
0/b8

>> No.4704041

>>4704002
He was obviously joking you fag

>> No.4704047

>>4704041
Antisemitism is NOT a joke.

>> No.4704110

>>4704047
>Antisemitism is NOT a joke.
If It was my arcade, and I caught some fool trying to dump my game, I would certainly shut it down.

>> No.4704135

Galloping Ghost is alright but half of their machines feel and look like they were slapped together by some random dude who wanted to make an arcade cabinet one time because "lol my childhood". Seriously some games are unplayable due to the seemingly random button layouts that I know aren't standard for some of the games I was playing. On top of that trying to play any of the games in 2 player mode is impossible because you're bumping into the players on the next cab over.

My advice if you ever find yourself going, treat it as a museum and less of a place to go hang out and play games.

>> No.4704149

>>4704040
How stupid do you think I am?
Crying to them about it won't make them release it, it'll just make them guard it more.
I'm legitimately curious as to if whether or not it's REALLY been dumped for future generations to come.
I can't just take that at face value from some rando on the internet who might just be lying to get people to shut up.
There needs to be an article, or forum post, or something.

>> No.4704171

>>4704149
>How stupid do you think I am?
If you have to ask....

You are complaining that a game that no one ever played is not "Saved for posterity". Let them be selfish or selfless with their possession. It is irrelevant if they backed it up or not. Want it dumped? Go buy it from them, and dump it yourself. I am sure you and dozens of other people would appreciate playing the underrated game for 10 minutes before loading one of their other thousands of "Archived" games. There is a reason why it never made it out of prototype.

Future generations be damned. They deserve to see quality finished products.

>> No.4704249

>>4704149
I thought you were incredibly stupid when you were obsessing over proof that an easy to dump rare game had been dumped by the owner who has an arcade and owns hundreds of games and knows a thing or two about arcade hardware. But when you said a forum post would be proof it went from thinking to knowing a proven fact.
There doesn't need to be any "proof" to have a game be dumped. Not telling fucktards that you dumped a game doesn't make your dump disappear. There's lots of stuff that goes on in this world that you don't know about.

>> No.4704253

>There doesn't need to be any "proof" to have a game be dumped.

It would shut me up quicker, which is all you seem to be concerned about.

>> No.4704282
File: 1.84 MB, 600x600, vintage memories.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4704282

>>4704253
>It would shut me up quicker
You need to realize simple rights. YOU do not have a right to complain how others use their personal property, so long as it is not causing you harm. What you are suggesting is 100% obnoxious and caustic behavior. No one there owes you anything other then the opportunity to play the game for $20. That is the economics of it. You may not like it, and you have the right to kick and scream in an infantile fashion, but nothing will make you happy and it is apparent. Someone said it was dumped, and I don't doubt it after looking at the site for this arcade. These people know their shit. Demanding proof however is not your right. If supplied with proof, you will then demand to uploaded so you to can "archive" it for "posterity" and other such nonsense gobbledygook. It is not your right to make demands. They could run that through a garbage grinder, and there is nothing anyone can do about it, and no amount of unicorn tears and eleven magic could stop it.

>> No.4704303

>>4704282
I guarantee that cabinet doesn't legally belong to Galloping Ghost either.

>> No.4704308

>>4704282
Apparently you're the one who doesn't understand simple rights. It is very much his right to demand whatever he wants. It's also your right to demand that he stop making demands, but that doesn't mean he has to comply.

>> No.4704317
File: 72 KB, 500x500, HWNDuOptimusprime.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4704317

>>4704303
>I guarantee that cabinet doesn't legally belong to Galloping Ghost either.
If your name is not Jeremy Prince, you have no rights to do anything more then pay $20 and play the game.

>>4704308
>It's also your right to demand that he stop making demands, but that doesn't mean he has to comply.
You should re-read what I posted, but I will greentext it so you can possibly try again

>you have the right to kick and scream in an infantile fashion

If you are so naive to think that there is no dump, feel free to contact them directly. Posting demands here Is going to get no one anywhere. Again, you can kick and scream and post demands but here is not the right place. Feelings are not facts. You can demand proof, but no one has to supply it. You don't have to like it, but that is a fact.

I won't be back to pilpul with you.

>> No.4704319

>>4704317
>I won't be back to pilpul with you.
I lied somewhat. I have to fix a typo


>>4704317


>Jeremy Prince

Jeremy Fox of Prince arcades

>> No.4704375

>>4698503
I agree... I don't think I'm entitled to play anything for free, but it would be a real shame if any of these were lost forever. Rom dumping is something that should be done to every game for the sake of history,

>> No.4704382

>>4704253
Shut you up? Not a chance. I want to to continue to shout and cry and hold your breath and stomp your foot and make a fool of yourself. I want you to demonstrate why collectors who don't give a fuck about 15 minutes of ecred with a few autists despise self entitled little shits like you and will never give you anything. And you're doing it with flying colors.

>> No.4704389

>>4704382
>I want to to continue to shout and cry
Okay, you keep shouting and crying then.

>> No.4704401

I come here all the time, funny seeing it on here. Makes me realize how incredibly lucky I am.
>>4702317
>>4702334
Brookfield is a great area. I don't think people have the right idea about chicago or the northwest suburbs. Oh well, more Galloping Ghost and great food for me. Stay jealous fags.

>>4690386
this. these guys have sank a lot of time and money into this place and its shaping up brilliantly. Just be thankful such a place exists and is successful enough that other states might get arcades like this.

>> No.4704579

>>4690117
>someone spilled beer on the Primal Rage 2 cabinet
I'm still upset.

>> No.4704583

>>4694598
It's an American arcade

>> No.4706861

Bump.

>> No.4706960

>>4690590
>what is a cold storage wallet?

>> No.4706967

>>4694598
>American arcade does something in the American style, REEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Watch out anon, I think there's a French baker out there baking bread in the French style!!!!!