guigui wrote:Some arcades in France DO have shmups in it.
Arcade Street Paris
first and last time I saw a shmup in an Arcade was at Arcade Street in Paris last month. they have a pretty sweet collection of titles.
Didn't see anyone play them though......
A year or so ago at Virginia beach: they have an arcade there called Flipper Mccoy's, and it's a really nice arcade. Besides the usual redemption games, they had a Marvel vs. Capcom 2 machine, a row of beat em ups from Capcom and data east, ghouls 'n ghosts, an original punch-out! cab, some weird variant on tetris from sega (bloxeed I believe), a Neo Geo (Samurai Shodown 2, Puzzle bobble, Art of fighting, and something else), and some other nice stuff. They only had two shmups, but they were decent ones: Raiden 2 (first time I got to play the game actually) and Aero-Fighter.
edit: oh yeah, and 1942.
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ciox wrote:A better question would be when was the last time you saw anything but driving/gun games.
Not an actual arcade, but there's a bowling alley I've been to that has the standard lightgun games (I think it's HoD and maybe an older Time Crisis or Terminator), plus some driving games (At least Daytona USA, but possibly others), but also Sega Bass Fishing and a Galaga / Ms. Pacman.
Nothing too interesting though, but it's at least slightly more varied than usual. Kind of sad that they clearly have a Naomi though, and will probably never put a shmup in it
To be honest i've never played a Shmup in the arcade. In generally i played only one time on an arcade machine and it wasn't a Shmup. It's sad but true.
Not strictly an arcade, but the last shmup in an arcade machine I saw was at the Roadhouse in Manchester, circa 2004. They had Carrier Airwing on.
In an actual arcade though... I saw a Flying Shark cab in Great Yarmouth in about 2001, but it had a non-shmup game running in it. So the last one was probably Raiden II around 1998-2000 in Bournemouth. Even then shmups were rare, with racing, light gun and fighting games making up most of the stock.
Currently, there's a Dynamo cab running a USA region Raiden II PCB at the local Rico's Pizza joint in Empire, CA...the 19" RGB monitor is very crisp and bright as usual -- no screen burn-in issues to contend with either.
It's great to see a Raiden II cab up & running -- has the usual Fabtek produced Raiden II full-sized marquee that's backlit as well.
Saw a Capcom's 3 Wonders PCB (with the Midnight Wanderers shmup title) up & running at the Oakdale Yogurt Shop based out of Oakdale, CA -- the monitor is just about on the fritz & it's barely playable. A simple monitor re-cap job and it'd be back in business like the good ol' days of the arcades.
Both both cabs listed above take quarters as the gold choice to credit 'em up properly. Of course, those cabs are placed in local businesses on what's known as "a street location route" -- lingo that's very familiar with the amusement/vending distributors, indeed.
Our local shopping center has a combination retro games store and arcade in it. They have a few shmup cabs set up in there that usually contain Ikaruga, Galaga, and Gradius. Sadly I don't get up there too much.
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LordHypnos wrote:Wow, that's actually a pretty decent selection. Where is this?
Brookfield, IL - about 30 minutes west of Chicago.
they don't have any candies (yet), but I think they'll be adding some with Windy Gaming now importing. over 400 titles on the floor http://www.gallopingghostarcade.com/games_list.htm Spoiler
1942
1943
Aero Fighters
Aero Fighters 2
Aero Fighters 3
After Burner II
Air Buster
Alcon
Aliens
Alien Storm
Alien Syndrome
Alien vs Predator
Altered Beast
APB
Aqua Jack
Arch Rivals
Arkanoid
Arkanoid : The Revenge of Doh
Art of Fighting
Art of Fighting 2
Art of Fighting 3
Asteroids
Astro Fighter (Cocktail Table)
Atomic Punk 2
Bad Dudes
Batman
Battle Toads
Battlezone
BeachHead 2000
Bermuda Triangle
Berzerk
Bionic Commando
Black Knight (Pinball)
Black Tiger
Blasteroids
Blood Brothers
Bomb Jack
Bosconian
Breakers Revenge
Bubble Bobble
Buck Rogers : Planet of Zoom
Bucky O'Hare
Bump ' N' Jump
Burger Time
Burning Fight
Cadash
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
Capcom vs SNK
Capcom vs SNK 2
Captain America and the Avengers
Captain Commando
CarnEvil
Centipede
Championship Sprint
Choplifter
Circus
Cobra Command
Combatribes
Commando
Contra
Crackdown
Crazy Climber
Crazy Taxi
Crazy Taxi High Roller
Creature from the Black Lagoon (Pinball)
Crime City
Crime Fighters
Crossed Swords
Cruis'n USA
Cruis'n World
Crystal Castles
Cyberball 2072
Dangar UFO Robo
Dead Or Alive ++
Defender
Devastators
Die Hard Arcade
Discs of Tron
Dig Dug
DJ Boy
Dodonpachi
Dodonpachi II Bee Storm
Dodonpachi Daioujou
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Donkey Kong 3
Donpachi
Double Dragon
Double Dragon (Neo Geo)
Double Dragon II
Double Dragon 3
Dragon Ball Z
Dragon's Lair (PS3 Arcade Cabinet)
Dragon's Lair II : Time Warp (PS3 Arcade Cab)
Dragon Saber
Dragon Spirit
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara
Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom
Dynamite Duke
Elevator Action
Elevator Action II
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters
ESWAT
Extermination
Eyes (Cocktail Table)
F-14 TomCat (Pinball)
Fatal Fury
Fatal Fury 2
Fatal Fury 3
Final Fight
Flash (Pinball)
Flicky
Food Fight
Forgotten Worlds
Frenzy
Frogger
Frontline
Fun House (Pinball)
G-Loc
Gain Ground
Galaga
Galaga 3
Galaga '88
Galaxian
Galloping Ghost Pong
Garou Mark of the Wolves
Gate Of Doom
Gauntlet
Gauntlet Dark Legacy
G-Darius
Ghosts & Goblins
Ghouls & Ghosts
Giga Wing
G.I. Joe
Gladiator
Godzilla
Golden Axe
Golden Axe : Revenge of Death Adder
Gondomania
Gorf
Gorgar (Pinball)
Gradius II
Gravitar
Grid, The (x3)
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core
Gun Smoke
Gyruss
Halley's Comet
Harley Davidson & the LA Riders
Haunted Castle
Heavy Barrel
Heavyweight Champ
House of the Dead
Hydro Thunder
Ikari Warriors
Ikaruga
Injustice : Gods Among Us (PS3)
In The Hunt
Ironman Ivan Stewart's Super Off Road
Jackie Chan The Kung Fu Master
Jackal
Jail Break
Joust
Jr. Pac Man
Judge Dredd
Jungle Hunt
Karate Champ
Karnov
Killer Instinct
Killer Instinct II
Killer Instinct (2013) (XBoxOne Arcade System)
King Of Fighters 1994
King Of Fighters 1995
King Of Fighters 1996
King Of Fighters 1997
King Of Fighters 1998
King Of Fighters 1999
King Of Fighters 2000
King Of Fighters 2001
King Of Fighters 2002
King Of Fighters 2003
King Of Fighters NeoWave
King Of Fighters XI
King of Fighters XII (PS3 Arcade System)
King Of Fighters XIII (PS3 Arcade System)
King of the Monsters
Klax
Knights of the Round
Krull
Kung Fu Master
Last Blade
Last Blade 2
Lethal Enforcers
Life Force
Lucky & Wild
Mad Planets
Magical Drop II
Magician Lord
Magic Sword
Mappy
Mario Bros.
Mars Matrix
Marvel Super Heroes
Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter
Marvel vs Capcom
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Mega Force
Mega Man Power Battle
Mercs
Metal Black
Metal Slug
Metal Slug X
Metal Slug 3
Metal Slug 4
Metal Slug 5
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Midnight Resistance
Millionaire (Pinball)
Millipede
Missile Command
Mission Craft
Monkey Ball
Moon Patrol
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat II
Mortal Kombat 3
Mortal Kombat 4
Mortal Kombat (2011)
Mortal Kombat (2011)
Mouse Trap
Mr. Do!
Ms. Pac Man (TURBO)
Ms. Pac Man (Cocktail Table)
Mutation Nation
NAM 1975
NARC
Nastar
NBA Jam
NBA Jam Tournament Edition
Need For Speed Underground
Nemesis
NFL Blitz '99
Nibbler
Ninja Baseball Batman
Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Warriors
Operation Thunderbolt
Operation Wolf
Outfoxies, The
Outrun
P-47 Phantom Fighter
P.O.W.
Paperboy
Pac Man
Pengo
Phoenix (Cocktail Table)
Pigskin 621 AD
Pinbot (pinball)
Pit Fall II Lost Caverns
Pit Fighter
Pole Position
Pole Position II
Police Trainer
Popeye
Power Instinct
Primal Rage
Punch Out
Puzzle Bobble
Q*Bert
Radiant Silver Gun
Raiden
Raiden Fighters
Raiden Fighters II
Rally X
Rambo III
Rampage
Rampage World Tour
Rampart
Rastan
Ray Storm
Revolution X
Rival Schools : United By Fate
Road Blasters
Robocop
Robotron 2084
Rolling Thunder
Rolling Thunder 2
R-Type
Rush N Attack
Rygar
S.T.U.N. Runner
Salamander 2
Samurai Shodown
Samurai Shodown II
Samurai Shodown III
Samurai Shodown IV
Samurai Shodown V Special
Samurai Shodown VI Tenkanichi Kenkakuden
Sarge
Satan's Hollow
Scramble
Sea Devil
SegaSonic The Hedgehog
Sega Strike Fighter (DLX)
Sengoku
Shadow Dancer
Shinobi
Shock Troopers 2
Silent Scope
Silent Scope II Dark Silhouette
Silk Worm
Simpsons
Simpsons Bowling
Sinistar
Sky Shark
Smash TV
Sol Divide
Soul Calibur III
Soul Edge
Space Invaders
Space Invaders (Pinball)
Spawn
Splatter House
Spiderman
Spy Hunter
Star Castle
Stargate
Star Wars
Star Wars Return of the Jedi
Star Wars Trilogy
Stratovox
Street Fighter
Street Fighter II Turbo Hyper Fighting
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Street Fighter III 3rd Strike
Street Fighter Alpha
Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha
Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper
Strikers 1945 Plus
Strider
Strider II
Strike Force
Sunset Riders
Superman
Super Cobra
Super Contra
Super Hang On
Super Pac Man
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Space Fortress Macross
Super Street Fighter II X Grand Master Challenge
Super Street Fighter IV AE (PS3 Arcade Cabinet)
Super Zaxxon
Survival Arts
SVC Chaos - SNK vs Capcom
Tapper
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Turtles in Time
Tekken
Tekken 2
Tekken 3
Tekken 6 (PS3 Cabinet)
Tekken Tag Tournament
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Tempest
Terminator 2 Judgment Day
Terra Cresta
Tetris
Timber
Time Traveler
Thunder Blade
Thunder Force AC
Tiger Heli
Time Crisis
Time Pilot
Time Pilot '84
Time Soldiers
Total Carnage
Track & Field
Tron
Truxton
Turbo
Tutankham
Twilight Zone (Pinball)
Twin Cobra
Twin Eagle
Twin Eagle II
Ultimate Arctic Thunder
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 (PS3 Arcade Cab)
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
U.N. Squadron
Vampire Savior
Vampire Savior 2
Vindicators
Virtua Fighter 5 (PS3)
Vendetta
Vulgus
VS Castlevania
VS Super Mario Bros.
War Final Assault
Warlords
Wild West Cowboys of Moo Mesa
Winding Heat
Wind Jammers
Wizard of Wor
World Heroes
World Heroes 2
World Rally
Wrestle War
WWF Super Stars
WWF Wrestlefest
WWF Wrestlemania
X-Men
X-Men Children of the Atom
X-Men vs Street Fighter
Xenophobe
Xevious
Xexex
Zaxxon
Zed Blade
Zombie Raid
LordHypnos wrote:Oh interesting. Do you pay at the door or something?
Yup. That "Mission Craft" machine in the picture is also a shmup (and made by one of the owners taboot); don't know how it plays though. Outside of GGA, shmups are kinda rare in Chicago area (b)arcades, outside of Galaga (of course). Logan Arcade on Fullerton and Western has a Playchoice-10 that occasionally has Gradius and 1942 in the rotation though.
