A New Arcade - One Man's Dream (WOW!)

[SuperGunGuru]

Interesting. If I'm ever in Missouri, I'll have to check it out.

I'm pretty sure there are more than 3 arcades in the country with more than 50 classic games. I can name 3 off the top of my head: Funspot, Crabtowne and Richie Knucklez. If you count older stuff, then the Retro Arcade Museum would also be on the list.

I think that video of the ceiling (that he wants to duplicate in the arcade) is from Freemont Street in Las Vegas.

Off the top of my head, I was also thinking about Ground Control out in Oregon. I think they have a pretty large collection as well.

The ceiling would be cool if he pulls it off. I was out in Vegas back in November and the ceiling on Freemont was pretty sweet. They even played the videos for Queen's We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions.

 

[DreamTR]

We have 125 games, I think based on your definition of "classic" at least 50 of those are pre 1987. If I put the other ones from storage in our place we would have as many as Funspot but stuff like Journey, Discs of Tron, I, Robot, Wacko, Lunar Lander; etc just aren't worth it for us to run. That's the big problem with these classics, a museum for some of them for weekends makes more sense because of durability issues but we had the balls to actually put Journey and Discs and Wacko in the arcade but no one played them ($.50 to $3 a week on each) so out they went.

 

[punkahontas]

Definitely looking forward to this! I'm planning a trip to KC this summer and a stop at the Electric Theater is now on the agenda.

 

[IG-88]

So any new word on this? I think I read somewhere that they are going to open for Labor Day this year.

 

[kentmurphy]

not a grand opening ...

http://www.electrictheatrearcade.com/

 

[Grantman]

Anybody know where to find the documentary? IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2455448/) says it's complete. Another short trailer (http://vimeo.com/48538687) was posted and it says they were bringing it to film festivals starting this past Fall.

 

[pacalman]

looks sweet...........

 

[hsapinball]

Here is a great place to play some classic arcade games in Illinois.

http://vintagevideogames.com/

 

[Mike Valmike]

we had the balls to actually put Journey and Discs and Wacko in the arcade but no one played them ($.50 to $3 a week on each) so out they went.

For those of you who are all-home-use and don't operate your games at all, I want to highlight what this gentleman just said. This is the reality of it. There are a lot of games that look great and draw cred from the hardcores but not a damned person ever plays them. These are ideal for your rumpus room or garage. Fighting games, for all they are disparaged (at times) here, earn well. Arcade classics in some cases have enough universal appeal that they still earn.

Using off-the-cuff numbers, here is every game we have operated at Desert Sky Games in Gilbert, AZ since we opened in August (all at 25c/play):

Vertical 60-1 - picking it up tomorrow, we'll see
Street Fighter II Turbo - earns well
Marvel vs Capcom 2 - earns very well
Rampage World Tour - earns very well
Neo Geo MVS - earns well
Super Puzzle Fighter II - earns moderate
TRON - earns moderate
Star Wars - not much
Mortal Kombat II - earns moderate (sold)
Mortal Kombat 4 - earns moderate (sold)
SVC Chaos - earns moderate (sold)
Black Tiger - not much (sold) - a big disappointment for me because I love this game
X-Men vs Street Fighter - earns moderate (converted out)
Relief Pitcher - not much (converted out)
Stadium Hero - not much (converted out)
Yie-Ar Kung Fu - not much (kept PCB + marquee; searching for original cab to restore)
Street Fighter Alpha 2 - N/A (keeping PCB for a Capcom Big Blue cab if we can snag one)

That's how it goes...