Arcade locations map

[Sphere]

Hey Guys,

Since early this year I am mapping all the arcades that I can find and with the help of the arcade community all over the world I managed to get 165 arcade locations on the map so far but I am sure there are plenty more to find. With this map I am hoping to get people of their couches and finding those arcades to enjoy some good clean fun together with family and friend. Let's keep this legacy alive.

Feel free to have a look at the map at http://www.arcadeuniverse.net/arcade-map/ .

Do you guys have some suggestions for arcades that I am still missing?

Regards,

Pieter

[bulbousbeard]

Hey Guys,

Since early this year I am mapping all the arcades that I can find and with the help of the arcade community all over the world I managed to get 165 arcade locations on the map so far but I am sure there are plenty more to find. With this map I am hoping to get people of their couches and finding those arcades to enjoy some good clean fun together with family and friend. Let's keep this legacy alive.

Feel free to have a look at the map at http://www.arcadeuniverse.net/arcade-map/ .

Do you guys have some suggestions for arcades that I am still missing?

Regards,

Pieter

Are you not counting locations such as Dave & Busters and Golfland? They have sizable arcades still.

[Sphere]

Hey Guys,

Since early this year I am mapping all the arcades that I can find and with the help of the arcade community all over the world I managed to get 165 arcade locations on the map so far but I am sure there are plenty more to find. With this map I am hoping to get people of their couches and finding those arcades to enjoy some good clean fun together with family and friend. Let's keep this legacy alive.

Feel free to have a look at the map at http://www.arcadeuniverse.net/arcade-map/ .

Do you guys have some suggestions for arcades that I am still missing?

Regards,

Pieter

Are you not counting locations such as Dave & Busters and Golfland? They have sizable arcades still.

Yes I am, Dave & Busters is quite the list so I am saving that for when I have a couple of hours because I do not want to miss one. Golfland, not sure how big the arcade part is and never heard of it before but if they have 10+ cabinets and are publically accessable then yes I will definitely add them. What is their URL?

[antron]

Golfland Sunnyvale for sure. Fighters galore.

Also, almost every Round Table Pizza I've been in has had a few cabinets. Two had Neo Geo's. A couple had galaga cocktails. Not really arcades per say but constant non the less.

Great idea btw

[opt2not]

Do you guys have some suggestions for arcades that I am still missing?

I just sent you some suggestions through the contact page for Arcades around my area. Thanks for putting this site together!

[Sphere]

Thanks opt2not, I have added them all. Great suggestion, epecially for Canada. Great stuff, thank you!

[null1024]

This is pretty neat. Just sent a thing on the contact page about Arcade Odyssey in Miami.

[Sphere]

Ah yes, NullSolaris , thanks for the kind words.

Thanks for the addition. It is the first on the map for Miami and looking at the website it is a good addition as well. Nice amount of cabs. Thanks for the suggestion!

Let's keep them coming guys!

Regards,

Pieter

[gum_drops]

Gameworks in Seattle, WA has a large selection of machines including many newer ones, previously owned by Sega.

Another castle in Edmonds, WA has a nice little retro arcade attached to their main store. They also have a good 10+ pins running.

[giantw3nis]

Pm'ed you some MI arcades.

[Stevens]

In NYC there is a Barcade Chelsea and a Barcade St. Marks.

There is also Two Bits Retro down on Essex St.

And this place:

https://www.google.com/search?q=Modern+ ... 1950233534#

[Sphere]

Thank you for all of your contribution guys, I added them all to the map with the exception of the Modern pinball. It looks great but does not fit my theme to be honest as I am looking for Arcade video machines of 10 or more per location but thank you for the suggestion nevertheless Stevens.

Feel free to keep those locations coming!

[Sphere]

Hey guys, currently I have 183 locations on the map and counting so let's keep them coming.

Am I missing any SHMUP heaven arcade locations by any chance?

[NTSC-J]

You're missing hundreds in Japan, especially the heavy-hitters like HEY and Mikado in Tokyo.

This site lists most of them (and these are just the arcades with shmups), so use google translate and get a pot of coffee going if you feel like adding all of those.

[qmish]

You may add https://www.facebook.com/jplaycafe to Russia, Moscow

It's not "arcade center", sadly, but some kind of anticafe/club. They have several rhythm games cab, two Sega Naomi cabs (one for Initial D and other for Guilty Gear/Street Fighter) + most consoles with arcade-style games.

I personally never visited it because it was more like "place for beatmania geeks", but it might be closest thing that tries to replicate "arcade culture" here =/

[Sphere]

You're missing hundreds in Japan, especially the heavy-hitters like HEY and Mikado in Tokyo.

This site lists most of them (and these are just the arcades with shmups), so use google translate and get a pot of coffee going if you feel like adding all of those.

Great tip, thank you for that. I will make sure I get some gallons of coffee before I start

You may add https://www.facebook.com/jplaycafe to Russia, Moscow

It's not "arcade center", sadly, but some kind of anticafe/club. They have several rhythm games cab, two Sega Naomi cabs (one for Initial D and other for Guilty Gear/Street Fighter) + most consoles with arcade-style games.

I personally never visited it because it was more like "place for beatmania geeks", but it might be closest thing that tries to replicate "arcade culture" here =/

I will look into this one to see if I can add it as well. Thank you for the suggestion

[BrianC]

In Glen Burnie, MD there's a restaurant named Crab Towne USA that has a nice retro arcade, including games like Gyruss, Forgotten Worlds, Atari Tetris, Mario Bros, Popeye, Assault, and Punch Out.

[Sphere]

In Glen Burnie, MD there's a restaurant named Crab Towne USA that has a nice retro arcade, including games like Gyruss, Forgotten Worlds, Atari Tetris, Mario Bros, Popeye, Assault, and Punch Out.

Holy crap, look at that line-up, 71 cabs! Very nice addition, thank you Brian!

[RecklessRave]

http://victorypointe.com/

Victory Pointe in Pittsburgh, PA has Espgaluda II, Twinkle Star Sprites, and others.

Also, you may want to check out zenius-I-vanisher's arcade map at https://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/arcades.php. They mainly cover music games and it is constantly updated by a passionate community, but as you will see from the "Games" drop down list on their arcade search, some members do record other games aside from music games.

[Sphere]

http://victorypointe.com/

Victory Pointe in Pittsburgh, PA has Espgaluda II, Twinkle Star Sprites, and others.

Also, you may want to check out zenius-I-vanisher's arcade map at https://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/arcades.php. They mainly cover music games and it is constantly updated by a passionate community, but as you will see from the "Games" drop down list on their arcade search, some members do record other games aside from music games.

These are great tips RecklessRave, thank you for that. I have added Victory Pointe to the map and I will investigate the Zenuis map. There might be a lot valuable additions there. Great stuff, I appreciate this!

[sikraiken]

http://victorypointe.com/

Victory Pointe in Pittsburgh, PA has Espgaluda II, Twinkle Star Sprites, and others.

Also, you may want to check out zenius-I-vanisher's arcade map at https://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/arcades.php. They mainly cover music games and it is constantly updated by a passionate community, but as you will see from the "Games" drop down list on their arcade search, some members do record other games aside from music games.

zenius-I-vanisher's database is sometimes good, but some areas never get updated by anyone. I would say don't bother looking at Japan on their site. They took most of their listings for Japan from another site at some point in time, so many aren't updated.

http://aurcade.com/locations/ US locations. I don't know how good/updated the database is.

http://www5.atwiki.jp/gesen/ This site lists most game centers in Japan (although some are just UFO catcher only type places). It doesn't have any kind of game list, unfortunately. Game centers that have been closed are left on the list with a remark. Sometimes entries are wrong, like maybe a place has closed and no one has updated it, but most are good.

http://2dera.net/iidx_map/index_map.php This site is updated fairly often by users for Japan. It is only for Beatmania IIDX, but I think it's a good resource. Some listings also list other rhythm games the game center has. The site also has listings for a few other countries, but I'm not sure how often those are updated by other users.

[Sphere]

Thanks sikraiken, looking into those as well. If anyone has additional suggestions please let me know and feel free to have a look here which I am missing: http://www.arcadeuniverse.net/arcade-map/

Any help is highly appreciated.

[GaijinPunch]

Emporium Chicago (wicker Park). They have Yamazaki 12 year whiskey here, and a good game line up. Well, decent.

Logan Arcade Chicago (Logan Square). Haven't been yet, but will go at some point.

There are definitely more in Chicago... they are all bars before they are traditional arcades I would say, but the line ups aren't bad, they take tokens, and they have more than a few machines.

[cj iwakura]

I'm gonna be like a kid in a candy store when I visit Akihabara on the 9th of April, aren't I?

[okerlo]

I'm gonna be like a kid in a candy store when I visit Akihabara on the 9th of April, aren't I?

If you like UFO-Catcher and Taiko no Tatsujin, yes.

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To be honest I don't know, never been there but from what I've read the arcades aren't what they used to be.

[cj iwakura]

I'm gonna be like a kid in a candy store when I visit Akihabara on the 9th of April, aren't I?

If you like UFO-Catcher and Taiko no Tatsujin, yes.

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To be honest I don't know, never been there but from what I've read the arcades aren't what they used to be.

From what I've heard, IIDX and BlazBlue are still very common, and certain arcades are full of old school stuff(like TRY and such).

[Sphere]

Emporium Chicago (wicker Park). They have Yamazaki 12 year whiskey here, and a good game line up. Well, decent.

Logan Arcade Chicago (Logan Square). Haven't been yet, but will go at some point.

There are definitely more in Chicago... they are all bars before they are traditional arcades I would say, but the line ups aren't bad, they take tokens, and they have more than a few machines.

Wow, very nice locations to be honest. And good whisky, that cannot go bad for as far as I am concerned

I have added them to the map GaijinPunch, thanks for the suggestion.

If anyone wants to support my project feel free to leave a like on my facebook account here: https://www.facebook.com/arcadeuniverse/

Thanks!

[drunkninja24]

1984 in Springfield, MO - nice place with a myriad of 80s arcade games

[Sphere]

Thanks for the suggestion. I might visit that location if I am around. My company actually has an office there about 14 mins drive and with 70 cabinets that sounds like a blast!

Currently the map has 258 locations so if you have more feel free to share them. If you like the initiative feel free to like Arcade Universe here -> https://www.facebook.com/arcadeuniverse/ Thanks!

[GaijinPunch]

I have added them to the map GaijinPunch, thanks for the suggestion.

No problem. I actually went to the Emporium last night. It's been a while since I've played the US versions of some of these games but I got the impression they were set on high difficulty. Only got to Stage 3 (and barely) on Super Contra, and did even worse at Double Dragon. Maybe I'm just old. There were tons of people there. With a little work you might be able to get laid after playing some video games. Where was that in our childhood?

Worth noting: Yamazaki 12 year is out of production but they still have it.