Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Meetings, Exhibition, Events... => Topic started by: DarthNuno on December 27, 2009, 04:07:13 PM
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Barcade is a bar in Brooklyn / New York featuring more than 25 vintage arcade games from the 1980s and draft beer from local and regional microbreweries.... The bar was opened in 2004 in a former metal shop and won immediate acclaim for its unique combination of vintage arcade games and rare American craft beers. Sounds good isn't it?
Well, I'm in New York... I love bar ... I love arcade...so impossible to miss the BARCADE visit... head on to Brooklyn, very easy... thanks to the New York City Subway 8)
Here we are :arrow:
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Yeah! I'm ready to enter 8) :arrow:
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Just in case... no drinks outside... no problem, I'm here for the games :P
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It's a bar... very dark... good for the ambiance 8)
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I'm choosing a table... right in the middle of the room... so I can have an eye on all the games ;D :arrow:
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Of course, I'm trying the special beer here :P :arrow:
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...and I'm ready for trying the games here :P I just need quarters... follow me :arrow:
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I'm here for the fun... but ... I would like to score on my favorite games... for example this Galaga :-* :arrow:
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Imagine the name of this game ::)? :arrow:
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G'N'G ...Guns N' Roses? ... Nope... Ghosts'n'Goblins :-* :-* :-* :arrow:
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Any Berzerk fans around? ::) ;D :arrow:
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... there's not a lot of people right now... because it's very early I would say...
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This is clearly not the kind of place for Darth Nunette : Rock music ... loud volume... beers ... LOL ;D ... but she's alright ... :-* :arrow:
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OK, from this point I decide to get some fun... Because I want to play the game, I give to my wife the mission to take pictures of the cabinets... she's a real pro for that now :-* So, here's what you can play here :
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SlyFox? :arrow:
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Tapper of course ;D :arrow:
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A lot of Williams game here :-*
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Moon Patrol :-* :-* :arrow:
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Ouch... some impressive record done here :o :arrow:
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What a place :-* :
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Some Canadian guys (I presume because of the t-shirt) playing Gauntlet :
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I love the ambiance of this place! When rock & arcade unites 8)
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I still have an eye on Darth Nunette... or maybe she has an eye on me ... ::) ;D :arrow:
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Back on the two games I really enjoyed to play here ... no surprise... :P ::) ;D :arrow:
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I really enjoy to see people still having fun on these old games :-*
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TAPPER ... the perfect location for this cabinet ;D :arrow:
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The toilets... arghh... I didn't have a pen for writing something like : "Nuno was here" ::) ;D :arrow:
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OK, it's time to go back to Manhattan... a last picture... did you recognize some characters? ;)
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This one is easy :P :arrow:
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It was a nice ArcadeLifeStyle moment here :-* If you are in New York, you MUST go there 8)
Oh..and as usual... a *free* video tour 8)
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[click on the picture for the video]
Bye bye Barcade... 'til the next time ::) 8)
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Video tour now available ;)
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Now THAT is an arcade lifestyle vacation :-*: Funspot, Funworld, Barcade. Those 3 locations are definitely on my list when I'm visiting NY in the future ;D.
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wow! i like the "rough" atmosphere!
A little of topic, but...:
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Where do i find the blueprints for this cab????? (the GnG one - allready have the Berzerk... ;D)
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Nice bar, rock and games , could not be better if you ask me
(except for funspot ofcourse)
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Great tour Bruno !!! :-* :-* :-*
Thanks for the pics and the video :spaceace:
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Nice bar, there must be a good atmosphere when it is a bit more crowded. Does anyone know of such a place in Europe, I mean with classic arcade games?
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great story. Someone should open up a bar like this in the Netherlands
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Imagine the name of this game ::)? :arrow:
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This must Gyruss?
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hehe, look who have the SW highscore...!!!
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Imagine the name of this game ::)? :arrow:
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This must Gyruss?
Nope... Gyruss is not a black & white game 8)
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Asteroids ?
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Asteroids ?
Well done! :spaceace:
...but it was too easy :P
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I went there when I was in NY last February... I'm not 21 yet, but I got "smuggled" in by Ben Falls (ex-Moon Patrol wr holder, D2K wr holder, official 4th place on DK) and Hank Chien (current DK wr holder), who frequently go there. I didn't dare to order anything, in fear of being thrown out, but I don't like or drink beer anyway so that wasn't too much of an issue. Played some DK, Moon Patrol, Crystal Castles, Marble Madness, Tetris, Centipede ... before I had to leave early because I was flying back home the next morning. Had a great time though, really fun place and had the opportunity to hang out with a couple of fun people. :)