Weird places to find good arcade games?

[Arkhan]

duhhhh?

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[Ninja Spirit]

In my neighboring city of Hopewell, Virginia, there's a Strider hanging out in the lobby of Roses' dept store.

[geise]

That is the best shit ever Ninja!    The Roses next to my house has Marvel Vs Capcom 2 sitting up by the checkout lines.  I would gladly rather play Strider though.

[Arkhan]

And here I thought Roses was worthless and should be burnt down.

See if you can buy it.  Those gimps probably don't need it.

[geise]

They probably don't know what it's worth and would want a shit ton.  Haha or maybe they'll  be like $200 and it's yours.  Hmm...or it's rented from a company and you're shit out of luck. 

[Arkhan]

i doubt Roses in VA knows what a Strider is worth.

if theyre anything like the Roses in North Carolina, its a bunch of overweight sisterbangers that shouldn't be allowed outside, lol.

[SignOfZeta]

They probably don't know what it's worth and would want a shit ton.  Haha or maybe they'll  be like $200 and it's yours.  Hmm...or it's rented from a company and you're shit out of luck. 

Even the leasing operators will sell often these days. And it is someone else's machine, btw. That foil sticker in the upper right identifies them.

They'd probably take $350 for it.

[Mishran]

For all anyone knows, the owner may have forgotten or abandoned it.

[Arkhan]

Sometimes they're not leased and were just picked up with the sticker still on it. :-/

But, most leasing operators don't feel like dicking off with cabinets from that era, so they hock them so they can buy more DDR.

End result: More games for us real gamers to shove in our homes! \o/

[Ninja Spirit]

They probably don't know what it's worth and would want a shit ton.  Haha or maybe they'll  be like $200 and it's yours.  Hmm...or it's rented from a company and you're shit out of luck. 

It was rented. A sticker and a phone number on it right?

[futureman2000]

I used to play Rastan at an Olga's restaurant in East Lansing, MI

[Ninja Spirit]

During the mid 90's though, that particular Roses location was going alot harder on their arcade selection than now.

back then I've seen games come and go such as Legendary Wings, Final Fight, Gang Wars, Operation Thunderbolt, Jackal, and the DEVASTATORS!

[csgx1]

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.

A few year ago I was driving by a residential neighborhood where a house had a Street Fighter II Turbo arcade right in the front porch.  The cab was kind of weathered and in rough condition.  I thought that was really odd, so I stopped and inquired about it. The guy said his son didn't play it anymore and he didn't have any room for it inside the house.  I'm glad I inquired about it since he was getting rid of it and gave it to me for free.  But I gave his son $20 as a kind gesture anyway. 

Also bought a Neogeo 1-slot with Shodown 2 at the fleamarket of all places.  Wasn't looking for an arcade at the time but it was a deal that was too hard to pass up. 

Somewhat recently I saw a laundry mat that had a Neogeo with KOF 95.  It was getting a lot of play time too.

[bartre]

oddly enough, the restaurant my GF works at has a couple arcade machines, golden tee, some deer hunting game, but the highlight is definitely Hydro Thunder!
many times i've gone to pick her up early just so i could play a few rounds of that one...

[SignOfZeta]

Yeah, Golden Tee and Big Buck f*cker were major money makers on the late 90s/early 2000s.