OregonPacman
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Last week, while in Omaha, NE, I visited the Omaha Family Fun Center. For those not familiar, it has indoor minigolf, laser tag, pizza and a large arcade. Back in the day (about 10 years ago) I went there a few times. At the time, they had a room called Memory Lane that had a pretty good number of classics in it. They also had a ton of JAMMA games and a lot of drivers. I also remember that they had 3 or 4 MK3 Ultimates and were hosting tournaments. There was a pinball wall with somewhere between 6 and 10 pins. It was a real blast back then.
Unfortunately, its not the same as it was. Memory Lane has now been replaced by at least a dozen pool tables. There are a tonload of redemption games. The bulk of the videos are driving and gun games. There are a number of dance games and fighters. They also have pay to play X-box and the like. The minigolf takes up a large part of the upstairs arcade area. Spread out in that area are a handful of games. The area itslef is painted with blacklight reactive paint (much like a laser tag arena). Some of the holes have been set up with classic arcade themes (Pac-man and Space Invaders, ect). Near one of them was a Pac-man that had been painted (badly) with glow colors to match the original paint and artwork of the cabinet. It was one of the ugliest things I have ever seen. It had a Multi-Pac marquee and did not work. In fact, there were 6 classics, most of which did not work either. Pac-man, Missile Command, Q*bert, Tempest, Joust and Donkey Kong. Upon approaching Q*bert, I noticed that it was stuck in test mode. I unplugged it and plugged it back in and the damn thing booted up like a computer. Ahhhhhh!!!! The Missile Command worked and played fine but it was apparent that it had an LCD TV instead of a monitor. Probably gutted and computered as well. My guess is that all the other classics were the same way but none of them were turned on (except Joust which didn't come up). Just from looking around there were probably 125 to 150 games including redemption and about 20 of them didn't work (or at least correctly). Oh yeah, there was only one pin, Star Wars EP-1
Yeah, it was pretty awful. I played some games, but not as much as if the classics had been working. The best game I played was Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo. I went in expecting to see the awesome place I remembered but all I got was a big let down.
(Dislcaimer: For those who like MAME, it is fine. I just don't like playing it in a classic cabinet. I would rather have a working classic and play the ones I don't have on my computer.)
Unfortunately, its not the same as it was. Memory Lane has now been replaced by at least a dozen pool tables. There are a tonload of redemption games. The bulk of the videos are driving and gun games. There are a number of dance games and fighters. They also have pay to play X-box and the like. The minigolf takes up a large part of the upstairs arcade area. Spread out in that area are a handful of games. The area itslef is painted with blacklight reactive paint (much like a laser tag arena). Some of the holes have been set up with classic arcade themes (Pac-man and Space Invaders, ect). Near one of them was a Pac-man that had been painted (badly) with glow colors to match the original paint and artwork of the cabinet. It was one of the ugliest things I have ever seen. It had a Multi-Pac marquee and did not work. In fact, there were 6 classics, most of which did not work either. Pac-man, Missile Command, Q*bert, Tempest, Joust and Donkey Kong. Upon approaching Q*bert, I noticed that it was stuck in test mode. I unplugged it and plugged it back in and the damn thing booted up like a computer. Ahhhhhh!!!! The Missile Command worked and played fine but it was apparent that it had an LCD TV instead of a monitor. Probably gutted and computered as well. My guess is that all the other classics were the same way but none of them were turned on (except Joust which didn't come up). Just from looking around there were probably 125 to 150 games including redemption and about 20 of them didn't work (or at least correctly). Oh yeah, there was only one pin, Star Wars EP-1
Yeah, it was pretty awful. I played some games, but not as much as if the classics had been working. The best game I played was Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo. I went in expecting to see the awesome place I remembered but all I got was a big let down.
(Dislcaimer: For those who like MAME, it is fine. I just don't like playing it in a classic cabinet. I would rather have a working classic and play the ones I don't have on my computer.)
