London weekend

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Sir Arthur ahf
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London weekend

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Hello guys,

I am in London this weekend

Any particular places I should consider? Coin ops or just retro gaming shops?

Ta!
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Coryoon
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Re: London weekend

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Well, firstly I hope you will be going to Wembley Arena to watch the glory that is BABYMETAL. :lol:

With that aside, there isn't much of anything these days in London (game related). For regular tourist stuff you can't beat any of the big museums.

There is a retro shop somewhere that escapes me which is really out of the way.

The Heart of Gaming arcade has shut, although it is hoped to re-open in a new location soon.

Las Vagas arcade in Wardour Street has a few cabs, not sure if there are any shooters there though.

On sunday there is a game market occurring, see below for details;

http://www.londongamingmarket.com
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Re: London weekend

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I was in Town a couple of weeks ago. Inti/masamune told me that Las Vegas sold those shooter cabs.
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Vega (across the street from Angel Station, in the basement of a little casino called Vegas) has

Beatmania IIDX
DDR
Pop'n Music
(all networked)
TGM3 on freeplay (I think they were going to leave it on freeplay until it was replaced and they never got around to it)
Bubble Bobble
Super Street Fighter IV (2 connected cabs)
Tekken Tag 2
Some multicab with Robotron

It's usually got a few people from the Bemani crowd hanging around on weekends. College kids sometimes come down to play pool but are generally cool to the gamers (they often use the IIDX machine to carry their coats, and are quick to collect them when they see me coming down).

EDIT: Apparently due to a coin mech issue IIDX will be on freeplay this weekend.
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