Shooters, Videogames and Arcades in Korea

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:38 pm

I'll be in South Korea next week, first in Busan on business, then I'm taking a few days off in Seoul.

If anybody could recommend some arcades, game stores or PCB shops that would be really cool!

Anything else you might wanna recommend would be appreciated too.

Thanks!

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:39 pm

I thought most of the gaming scene in Korea took place in the gaming cafes where they´re playing Starcraft and the likes all day.

I remember reading there was virtually no Arcade scene there (well compared to Japan anyway). The PCB´s available would probably be mostly bootlegs anyway (someone correct me if I am wrong here though.)

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:56 pm

Yeah, the PC-bang (Internet Cafes) with online games are really popular there. But Neo Geo is (was?) really big there too, so they must have some arcades left no?

KBZ · Post by **KBZ** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:34 am

they probably play mame at the pc-bang rocking the wasd on kailllera

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:31 am

Super Laydock wrote:I thought most of the gaming scene in Korea took place in the gaming cafes where they´re playing Starcraft and the likes all day.

You're damn right :D Korean mainly play Starcraft. It's a blessing for us Starcraft gamers, because they are a huge community having professional players and TV matches (2 TV channels dedicated to Starcraft -_-), and they help motivate players around the world and stimulate other communities.
<3 South Korea <3

I have no idea about arcades though.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:18 am

I went to Seoul, there are no arcades there.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Tue May 01, 2007 8:05 am

Ken wrote:I went to Seoul, there are no arcades there.

Well, you are wrong.

I'm in Korea now, and I found an arcade in Busan and two in Seoul. They mainly just had fighting games (KoF, Tekken, SC) though, I didn't see any shooters. They were more run down than those in Japan and were mainly using the old Neo Geo cabs (which I thought was quite cool though). Generally though, there isn't really the kind of arcade culture here as in Japan.

As for game shopping, it"s good for PS2 and PC games, etc, but I didn't really find any old games. Didn't look too hard though. I wish I knew some Korean, it would be easier to ask around for stuff.

KBZ · Post by **KBZ** » Wed May 02, 2007 1:40 am

didn't korea beat Japan in a game of KOFXI at Super Battle Opera?