Is there any Arcade-Shmups in Germany?

[KAG]

As a foreginer I firstly think of Casino, I visited there randomly several times and find nothing, they were just Casinos...

Then I remembered @Plasmo has told me that there is no Aracde-STGs that can be found in Germany.
Is that right?

Of cause with a Xbox we can play Arcade-STGs, but it doesn't help to experience the "feeling", I think.

[Bradbury]

Take a look at For Amusement Only in Seligenstadt. It's a kind of arcade museum with a lot of classic arcade cabs and pinballs on free play. They have Xevius, Parodius, Galaga, Blazing Star, Asteroids, DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou,Vanguard.

[Plasmo]

Europe is the worst place to be for Arcades and especially if you're looking for STGs. Britain has 1 Arcade, France something like 2-3. There's one in Sweden and in Germany there's not a single one. Same for most of the other countries in Europe.

On the birght side, a new Arcade in Berlin is going to open in 2013 and it will have a single shmup: Darius Burst.

[eatfrog]

There's one in Sweden

Where? Tell me more.

[Obiwanshinobi]

Of cause

Do I believe you are real.

[Edge]

On the birght side, a new Arcade in Berlin is going to open in 2013 and it will have a single shmup: Darius Burst.

Well at least it's a start.
Do you know a website or some more info like the name ?

[spadgy]

Bradbury's post only went public after I approved it just this second, so some other posts have appeared in this thread since he posted. I just wanted to highlight it, as it sounds amazing!

Take a look at For Amusement Only in Seligenstadt. It's a kind of arcade museum with a lot of classic arcade cabs and pinballs on free play. They have Xevius, Parodius, Galaga, Blazing Star, Asteroids, DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou,Vanguard.

No arcades in Germany? It sounds like there's one!

And welcome to the forum Bradbury! Also, I posted your duplicate post. I presumed that was an accident?

[Bradbury]

Bradbury's post only went public after I approved it just this second, so some other posts have appeared in this thread since he posted. I just wanted to highlight it, as it sounds amazing!

No arcades in Germany? It sounds like there's one!

And welcome to the forum Bradbury! Also, I posted your duplicate post. I presumed that was an accident?

Thank you! The double post was a mistake.
The Arcade situation in Germany is not so bad. There is another non profit arcade in Karlsruhe called Retro Games e. V. They have some nice golden age shmups like Space Invaders, Galaxian, Defender, Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe, Scramble, Astro Blaster beside a lot of other arcade stuff.

[spadgy]

^ Great to hear!

And, hopefully obviously, I meant 'I deleted your duplicate post'. Idiot mod!

[Plasmo]

I stand corrected at least for the oldschool part.

If you're into anything post-1995 you're still pretty much fucked here.

However, I didn't know about that museum in Seligenstadt. Will definitely check that out in the future!

[KAG]

Of cause

Do I believe you are real.

I'm not sure what you are meaning..sorry...

And thank you for all the replies:)

Btw, I'm living in Konstanz, which is far away from Berlin

[Bradbury]

Btw, I'm living in Konstanz, which is far away from Berlin

Unfortunately it's not Darmstadt like in your profile anymore. Than it would be only a short hop to the Seligenstadt arcade.

[DMC]

There's one in Sweden

Where? Tell me more.

Sweden has had a few in Gothenburg and Stockholm, with pretty good lineups of modern STGs, but they have been very short-lived. Now in southern Sweden, Malmö, there is newly opened arcade cafe called pixel kafe. Looking at the webpage , it seems to be more focused on 70-80s games, not only shooters, but the list includes zaxxon, space invaders, 1940-series among others.

[ikaruga007]

There's one in Sweden

Where? Tell me more.

Sweden has had a few in Gothenburg and Stockholm, with pretty good lineups of modern STGs, but they have been very short-lived. Now in southern Sweden, Malmö, there is newly opened arcade cafe called pixel kafe. Looking at the webpage , it seems to be more focused on 70-80s games, not only shooters, but the list includes zaxxon, space invaders, 1940-series among others.

There's also an arcade with a quite big selection of games at Heron City, Stockholm. No STG's unfortunately. There are also a few nice places for pinball, but that's probably for another forum

[MintyTheCat]

As it happens I am moving to Brandenburg - any further details on the Arcade in Berlin? There isn't a lot of anything wrong Konstanz.

[Plasmo]

As it happens I am moving to Brandenburg - any further details on the Arcade in Berlin? There isn't a lot of anything wrong Konstanz.

Here's their website: http://gameonberlin.com/

[DocHauser]

Take a look at For Amusement Only in Seligenstadt. It's a kind of arcade museum with a lot of classic arcade cabs and pinballs on free play. They have Xevius, Parodius, Galaga, Blazing Star, Asteroids, DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou,Vanguard.

Sweet, not too far from me! I'll have to check this place out some time...

[MintyTheCat]

As it happens I am moving to Brandenburg - any further details on the Arcade in Berlin? There isn't a lot of anything wrong Konstanz.

Here's their website: http://gameonberlin.com/

Vielen Dank, ich werde das Arcade besuchen! Aber wo ist der Ort?

[Edge]

Vielen Dank, ich werde das Arcade besuchen! Aber wo ist der Ort?

From their website:
"[13.09.13] Vier Gründer der GameOn Media GmbH & Co. KG vollzogen am 10. September 2013 mit der Eröffnung ihres Projektoffice mit Showroom in Berlin-Charlottenburg in der Haubachstrasse 17 den ersten Schritt in die Öffentlichkeit. Die Neueröffnung, bei der interessierte Gäste und Unterstützer des Projekts anwesend waren, kennzeichnet den offiziellen Startschuss für eine neue Dimension des Game-Entertainments, dem im nächsten Jahr die GameOn-Lounge und ab 2015 das GameOn Entertainment Centre Berlin folgen soll. Dabei handelt es sich um eine auf 10000 qm konzipierte multimediale Erlebniswelt auf sechs Etagen mit einem neuartigen Rundum-Unterhaltungskonzept, das die Vorzüge eines Freizeitparks mit den grenzenlosen Möglichkeiten virtueller Spielewelten kombiniert. "


So, it seems like it still under construction. Or can you already play the arcade games at that 'Projektoffice'?

Anyway, I hope they succeed with their ambitious project. I'd be very happy if we had a place like that here.

[MintyTheCat]

Vielen Dank, ich werde das Arcade besuchen! Aber wo ist der Ort?

From their website:
"[13.09.13] Vier Gründer der GameOn Media GmbH & Co. KG vollzogen am 10. September 2013 mit der Eröffnung ihres Projektoffice mit Showroom in Berlin-Charlottenburg in der Haubachstrasse 17 den ersten Schritt in die Öffentlichkeit. Die Neueröffnung, bei der interessierte Gäste und Unterstützer des Projekts anwesend waren, kennzeichnet den offiziellen Startschuss für eine neue Dimension des Game-Entertainments, dem im nächsten Jahr die GameOn-Lounge und ab 2015 das GameOn Entertainment Centre Berlin folgen soll. Dabei handelt es sich um eine auf 10000 qm konzipierte multimediale Erlebniswelt auf sechs Etagen mit einem neuartigen Rundum-Unterhaltungskonzept, das die Vorzüge eines Freizeitparks mit den grenzenlosen Möglichkeiten virtueller Spielewelten kombiniert. "


So, it seems like it still under construction. Or can you already play the arcade games at that 'Projektoffice'?

Anyway, I hope they succeed with their ambitious project. I'd be very happy if we had a place like that here.

Danke, ich hatte das nicht gelesen. Ja, ich denke, das es ist nicht geöffnet, sie haben nur ein Showroom aber sie werden ein Arcade und Lounger in der Zukunft haben - ich hoffe!