the obvious answer is because there aren't too many arcades around now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Revoltor
the smartass answer is because Chinatown Fair gets smelly and overcrowded.
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the obvious answer is because there aren't too many arcades around now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Revoltor
the smartass answer is because Chinatown Fair gets smelly and overcrowded.
The Port Authority bowling alley has a decent one. I think most of the Broadway crowd went back there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashen Victor
There's a great one in Queens that has an arabic motif around it. It that still around? I think it's in a shopping plaza. Haven't been there in years.
It pains me that they never took my suggestion of tying cans of spray-on deodorant to the DDR, PPP and PIU machines.Quote:
the smartass answer is because Chinatown Fair gets smelly and overcrowded.
i think you're thinking of Smiles. still around, but i haven't been there in well over a year now. last time i remember, it was drawing a crowd of OTB rejects because of this pony racing sim, Derby Racer or some shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Revoltor
and i've only passed by the PA Bowling Alley a few times but never bothered to go in. the arcade looked small and had little kids running around so i assumed it smelled like pee pee.
I think Smiles was shut down. Was this the one in Flushing at the Flushing mall? Because the place has opened and reopened a bunch of times with a different name. That might have been Carom Cafe or something.
no, Smiles is right next to the Whitestone Expressway. i don't know what the one in Flushing Mall was called but i remember there (back when it first opened) being jack shit except for an MvC2 cab, and 50 PIU's. how they got the PIU's in that one room is beyond me. Korean's are crafty bitches. there's also another section of FM that does have a few fighting cabs and it's located behind that stupid stage.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrialSword
Sounds familiar. I'd probably have to ask my uncle. I remember it being pretty big. They had a Punch-out!! machine and Dungeons & Dragons (this was around 97 or so). Really nice selection.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashen Victor
I don't have a car so it'll be a while before I ever try visit again. Thanks anyway.
There's a place called Barcade? I just thought Revoltor made a typo (Barcode).
And everyone knows the only real hardcore arcades left in NYC are in Chinatown. But I'd check this Barcade place out, sounds pretty cool.
Barcade is pretty sweet. Its only about 5 blocks from my apartment, so if anyone is heading there, drop me a PM and we can meet up for some drinks.
Shit, I'm down. Possibly within the next week or two. I'll let you know.
Long Island has a few bastions for arcade players, so normally I wouldn't go into the city to play something. But if you cats wanted to, say, organize a meeting around Barcade then I'd be up for that.