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cools wrote:March/April time would be good for me. I reckon we should do Cardiff next, although there's a distinct lack of arcade stuff it's not like much gets played :awe:
But Barry Island's not far out from there :P
Devil Soundwave wrote:Trafford Centre?! **** that, if we do Manchester, me and Chi know a little pub with a hot barmaid and a mame machine set on freeplay... ;)
Aye :D There's also another pub (quite geeky, also sells ok beer) with a bunch of cabs (mainly tabletops), but not on freeplay.
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Chi wrote:
cools wrote:March/April time would be good for me. I reckon we should do Cardiff next, although there's a distinct lack of arcade stuff it's not like much gets played :awe:
But Barry Island's not far out from there :P
Devil Soundwave wrote:Trafford Centre?! **** that, if we do Manchester, me and Chi know a little pub with a hot barmaid and a mame machine set on freeplay... ;)
Aye :D There's also another pub (quite geeky, also sells ok beer) with a bunch of cabs (mainly tabletops), but not on freeplay.
Is Barry Island still there? I went there a long time ago with friends on a bank holiday and was refused admission as we looked like trouble makers..... We were 4 teenage country bumpkins from Bath, God knows what they thought we were going to do.
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thegreathopper wrote:We were 4 teenage country bumpkins from Bath, God knows what they thought we were going to do.
Drink cider and smoke weed?

We got refused entry to Ross's local on Saturday. Some old guy got the fear that we were going to kick off. :lol:
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Chi wrote:
cools wrote:March/April time would be good for me. I reckon we should do Cardiff next, although there's a distinct lack of arcade stuff it's not like much gets played :awe:
But Barry Island's not far out from there :P
Devil Soundwave wrote:Trafford Centre?! **** that, if we do Manchester, me and Chi know a little pub with a hot barmaid and a mame machine set on freeplay... ;)
Aye :D There's also another pub (quite geeky, also sells ok beer) with a bunch of cabs (mainly tabletops), but not on freeplay.
The owner of the latter posts on J+, if it's the one I'm thinking of (Lass O Gowrie).

I suppose beer would make MAMEs lag slightly tolerable.
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thegreathopper wrote:We were 4 teenage country bumpkins from Bath, God knows what they thought we were going to do.
Drink cider and smoke weed?

We got refused entry to Ross's local on Saturday. Some old guy got the fear that we were going to kick off. :lol:
"No football fans or large groups". Yeah, because we're both of that. I reckon my jacket just messed his head up.
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I'd be happy to go to one of these, if I can afford to go wherever it will be :D

Hmm oh I remember some pub having some cabs around here, I just always forget about it.. the Trafford Centre can be fun for a few minutes :mrgreen: I wish they had a better game selection too...
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cools wrote: "No football fans or large groups". Yeah, because we're both of that. I reckon my jacket just messed his head up.
8face plam* so thats what? 99% of the UK who actually go to pubs and bars. I guess next time you need to go in one by one with a space of about a min and a half in-between? :lol:
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markedkiller78 wrote:Edinburgh has also been suggested. No arcades, but they they have the best strip clubs in the UK*

*correct at time of writing :awe:
The best and also the worst, with nowt inbetween.
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cools wrote:
Chi wrote:Aye :D There's also another pub (quite geeky, also sells ok beer) with a bunch of cabs (mainly tabletops), but not on freeplay.
The owner of the latter posts on J+, if it's the one I'm thinking of (Lass O Gowrie).
That's a pretty good pub; very geek/gamer friendly. We held the 2008 Sega8bit meet-up there and the owner was great (all pre-arranged, naturally - he supplied us with a bunch of TVs). They had another retro event there the week after IC09 (I was too busy with my new cab to care :awe:) and have monthly (?) retro computer nights.
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Seems like you guys had fun, surprised the vs city corner was not packed on a Saturday.
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Whole place was a bit dead tbh.
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Pete wrote:Whole place was a bit dead tbh.
Sad that, the Arcade scene is truly dead :cry:
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arcades are not dead,what is dead is the old classic 2 player cab games
dedicated machines still do well,the troc had plenty of peeps playing the dedicated stuff
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Troc, most of them looked **** though, complete with some strange button layouts :?
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yosai wrote:
thegreathopper wrote:We were 4 teenage country bumpkins from Bath, God knows what they thought we were going to do.
Drink cider and smoke weed?
Sort of.
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Pete wrote:Troc, most of them looked **** though, complete with some strange button layouts :?
badly maintened-dirty,bad pics,poor coin accept,unresponsive joysticks,never update games
what do these arcade owners expect
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grantspain wrote:
Pete wrote:Troc, most of them looked **** though, complete with some strange button layouts :?
badly maintened-dirty,bad pics,poor coin accept,unresponsive joysticks,never update games
what do these arcade owners expect
it aint 92 anymore guys! but hey try telling them that :lol:
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Yeah the cabs were quite beat up last time I went down there. I think one of the vs city cabs with Super Turbo in it still has a dented control panel :crazy:
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Yeah, I meant the Lass O'Gowrie. The pub with an Atari ST, Amiga 500 and ZX Spectrum nailed to the wall! :P
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