Sugoi (Game Center in Helsinki)

[LEGENOARYNINLIA]

UP TO DATE VERSION:

So, Sugoi has been open for over a year now. The current highlights there are:

Dariusburst Another Chronicle EX
Groove Coaster 2: Heavenly Festival
Pac-Man Battle Royale
Taiko no Tatsujin 14

There are also over 15 candy cabs with games like:

Ketsui
Windjammers
Radiant Silvergun
Battletoads
Border Down
Tetris The Grand Master
Raiden DX
Super Street Fighter II X: Grand Master Challenge
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (with a bi-weekly club)

Etc etc a full list of current games can be found here http://www.sugoi.fi/?page_id=11

The entrance fee prices are 7 Euros for weekdays and 9 Euros for Saturdays and Sundays. The place is closed on Mondays.


ORIGINAL POST:
A new Japanese style game center has opened in Helsinki!

There’s only an entrance fee to get in and the games are all set on freeplay. Until the end of the year the entrance fee is 5 Euros. The arcade doesn’t have the bustling crowds and chaotic noise yet, but it does have over 15 candy cabs, 5 Lindbergh cabs, some Riverservice HD cabs, Beatmania IIDX 17: Sirius and Pop’n Music The Movie, 2 linked F-Zero AX cabs and more! You can even rest your sore buttocks on authentic Taito VERY NICE stools while you play.

Here’s their website where you can check out their list of currently installed games and how to get there: http://www.sugoi.fi

So, a good selection of shmups and action games, a combination of popular and not-so-common fighting games, awesome racing games and games everyone will love like Hyper Bishi Bashi and Super Monkey Ball etc.

Time for a proper Finnish AO meetup perhaps?

[LEGENOARYNINLIA]

I'll be there practising on The Rumble Fish 2 today and Wednesday from 5PM to 9PM.

[geotrig]

oh excellent stuff lucky git

[monouchi]

Awesome. Will go there on my next helsinki trip.

[Olisan]

Great project!
Do they have a Facebook page to follow ?

[LEGENOARYNINLIA]

Great project!
Do they have a Facebook page to follow ?

I don't think so. I don't use FB, but I'm sure it will be linked on the site if they have one.

[NGAES]

[pubjoe]

Time for a proper Finnish AO meetup perhaps?

I'd be up for that.

[KmanSweden]

Swedish members could take the ferry over from Stockholm.

[crunchywasp]

Time for a proper Finnish AO meetup perhaps?

Can I stay at yours?

You can even rest your sore buttocks on authentic Taito stools while you play.

Have they been confirmed authentic?

Most importantly, can you guarantee that my bum will be sore?

[KmanSweden]

Theredknight, what's the best way to get there from Olympiaterminaali? Is there a Ratikka-line there from the city center?

[LEGENOARYNINLIA]

Theredknight, what's the best way to get there from Olympiaterminaali? Is there a Ratikka-line there from the city center?

Unfortunately there's no ratikka-line going all the way there. The easiest route from Olympiaterminaali is to take ratikka 3 to the train station and then take a train from there to Malmi. I can give more detailed directions by PM if you wish, or I can just show you the way in person.

[LEGENOARYNINLIA]

Added some photos from the place.

[KmanSweden]

Theredknight, what's the best way to get there from Olympiaterminaali? Is there a Ratikka-line there from the city center?

Unfortunately there's no ratikka-line going all the way there. The easiest route from Olympiaterminaali is to take ratikka 3 to the train station and then take a train from there to Malmi. I can give more detailed directions by PM if you wish, or I can just show you the way in person.

That would be awesome. But sadly on a 40h cruise the playtime will only be 2 hours before we'd need to head back to the ferry due to the opening hours.

[geotrig]

Added some photos from the place.

looks ace and empty

[crunchywasp]

That does look ace. Their cabs look in excellent shape too.

[nem]

That would be awesome. But sadly on a 40h cruise the playtime will only be 2 hours before we'd need to head back to the ferry due to the opening hours.

The owner is fairly reasonable, so I'm sure he would agree to open up early for you guys

[TMallu]

Congrats and thanks to nem! We are lucky to have this place in this day and age.

[kazuo]

Looks fantastic, thanks for sharing!

[LEGENOARYNINLIA]

So, when are you Euro-hating 'mongers coming over to play some games?