Weird places to find good arcade games?

[Arkhan]

Yeah that's not so weird. 

I still think seeing MS5 at a Chuck E. Cheese is pretty weird.

[Tatsujin]

damn we had rastan saga and gunsmoke in our public bath back in 1988. that was hilarious.

[Necromancer]

The Chuck E. Cheese here has Metal Slug 6.  Lot's of young boys love the run 'n' guns, so it's not too surprising.

[Arkhan]

I think they're really just there to distract parents that want to leave, lol.

[SignOfZeta]

Yeah that's not so weird. 

I still think seeing MS5 at a Chuck E. Cheese is pretty weird.

SNK USA actually had special smaller MVS cabinets made for, AFAIK, exclusively Check E Cheese and Showbiz Pizza. When I was a kid Chuck E Cheese was the only place to find Dragon's Lair, a game so high end it cost $.50.

Finding games at Check E Cheese is not weird. That's what they are for. While the ball pit and tickets thing is more important, they have always been a place for video games.

[TheClash603]

The local flea market by me has Street Fighter 2 Championship Edition, Street Fighter, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Off Road, NBA Jam, and Hang-On, just to name a few.

[chany60126]

I've been to various indoor flea markets across the country and almost always see arcades there. The one closest to me has Marvel Super Heroes, Street Fighter 3, and Lethal Enforcers.

[SMF]

The local theater has a few arcades, Not to weird you say but I say THE SIMPSONS ARCADE GAME IS THERE....... Barts stick won't go down and Homers won't attack lol. I say sell me the machine and ill love it like my kid.      

[Arkhan]

Finding games at Check E Cheese is not weird. That's what they are for. While the ball pit and tickets thing is more important, they have always been a place for video games.

I should add that there are only 3 games at the Chuck E. Cheese.....

MS5, a KOF game (both are in strange sega cabinets that have nice joysticks), and Lets Go Jungle, another Sega game.

So, I guess it is kind of weird in that regard since they're surrounded by games for little midgets.


Also, ball pits were pretty much outlawed years ago.  Broken glass and diseases inside.

[esteban]

When I was a kid, I expected to find arcade cabs all over the place (the candy store at the corner, deli, bowling alley, ice rink, diner, laundromat, mall, etc.), but I never expected to find one at the car wash! It was outside, in direct sunlight.

Actually, I never saw a cab at the car wash. Total fabrication.

But I was pleasantly surprised when my uncle refurbished a pinball machine in his basement. It was an awesome 70's model with great artwork (sexy cyber cowgirl on a cyber horse).

[Arkhan]

When I was a kid, I expected to find arcade cabs all over the place (the candy store at the corner, deli, bowling alley, ice rink, diner, laundromat, mall, etc.), but I never expected to find one at the car wash! It was outside, in direct sunlight.

Actually, I never saw a cab at the car wash. Total fabrication.

But I was pleasantly surprised when my uncle refurbished a pinball machine in his basement. It was an awesome 70's model with great artwork (sexy cyber cowgirl on a cyber horse).

pics!

[Necromancer]

The local theater has a few arcades, Not to weird you say but I say THE SIMPSONS ARCADE GAME IS THERE....... Barts stick won't go down and Homers won't attack lol. I say sell me the machine and ill love it like my kid.      

Ha!  That theater must be run by relatives of a local pizza joint, which also has a Simpsons Arcade game with jacked up buttons.

[SignOfZeta]

When I was a kid, I expected to find arcade cabs all over the place (the candy store at the corner, deli, bowling alley, ice rink, diner, laundromat, mall, etc.), but I never expected to find one at the car wash! It was outside, in direct sunlight.

I knew a guy who lived in a place where the previous owner had built a Tempest machine into the outside wall of the house. That's weird, IMO.

[Arkhan]

OUTSIDE of the house?

Yeah that's jacked up lol

[Father5&JoshUnion]

I found an atomiswave at a local Holiday Inn Express hotel.  O_O

want pics?