Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: gyruss on August 07, 2013, 08:31:16 PM
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A few weeks ago, i watched a tv program about gaming on a local television station: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRbX3fmDywU
It mentioned an arcade in the City of Utrecht, about 15 minutes from my place. This got me pretty exited and the images from the tv show looked promising.. So on a very hot Saturday i decided to take a look. Utrecht is quite a nice little historic city, kinda like a smaller Amsterdam with less annoying inhabitants. ;)
Here are some pictures i stole from the net. ;D
(http://www.bezoek-utrecht.nl/sites/default/files/ckfinder/images/Utrecht.bmp)
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I heard a story about this place before, it's called Bison Bowling and is supposed to offer a mixture of Pool, Bowling and Games.
So far so good.. :)
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But the inside was a big disappointment! The pool and bowling stuff were okay, but the game selection and state of the machines sucked big time! Also it was way too hot inside, but i guess you can blame the weather for that. Even worse they decided to ask 1 Euro for every game, even for a generic Royal Video 60in1 with all games on very hard! >:(
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Don't know the name of this cheap looking game, but it also sucks!
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I guess this is the holy grail of the place, the rumble function of the steering wheel was broken. I owned the Dreamcast version but imo this game isn't really suited for the arcade, it's just to hard for my taste. But i can see the appeal of having one in your game room and taking the time to master it.
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The House of the Dead 4, not really into zombie shooters but i guess it's an okay title. But...... one of the pistols wasn't working, so no 2 player fun.. :(
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Time Crisis 3, i love that game, especially part 2! :D Too bad this cabinet was also broken, the complete player 2 monitor was missing. ???
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Sonic basketball game, i guess it's alright..
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They also had 6 Sega Rally cabinets, so that's was nice. The airhocky tables were cool, but overall the place is over the hill.
If they maintained the games a lot better, added a few (generic) classics and some 90's games, it could work, but for now stay away from this place..
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When I see the terrible maintenance of such a place my fingers itch to take it over and run it properly.....and make a great mix of old and new(er) games....
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Would be great if we could start our own. Unfortunately I lack the time and funds to do so.
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Looks indeed disappointing. :-\
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There is one in Tilburg too
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When I see the terrible maintenance of such a place my fingers itch to take it over and run it properly.....and make a great mix of old and new(er) games....
Agreed, lower the price, get the broken games fixed, add some 80's & 90's classics and maybe some candy's with newer fighting games/ bullet hell shooters and you got a great spot. Utrecht is full with (game envelopment) students, hipsters and other people who would love a place like that.
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There is one in Tilburg too
That one is very new and afaik run properly by an enthusiastic owner.
There are still good one's in Zeeland as well, Vlissingen and Renesse at least have some decently maintained arcades that still have a reasonable number of new(er) games.
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Even though some of the games are not working, I must say that I envy you. If I had such a place close to my home I would go there at least once a week. :)
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I would love to run an arcade!!! I haven't got the guts though, plus it would probably lose money Ghost
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There is one in Tilburg too
That one is very new and afaik run properly by an enthusiastic owner.
There are still good one's in Zeeland as well, Vlissingen and Renesse at least have some decently maintained arcades that still have a reasonable number of new(er) games.
Taurus here in Venlo is also still going strong. They're adding a cinema apparently in the future.
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Hah, 360 still doing its rounds....
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Taurus here in Venlo is also still going strong. They're adding a cinema apparently in the future.
You sure, where are the clients :?