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Meetings, Exhibition, Events... / Re: Arcade locations
« on: February 27, 2016, 11:46:36 AM »
Guys, currently I have 183 locations on the maps. Am I missing any really cool retro 80's machine locations?
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There is this list from ArcadeBelgium but not many have more than 10 cabs: http://www.arcadebelgium.be/ab.php?l=en&r=loc&p=list
There is also this cool website by liquidx but it's only about pinballs: http://findapinball.com
Cool Site, Pieter.
When I visited prague, there were a arcade in the middle of the town, I made some pictures from outside. My mistake was when I passed it the first time with my colleagues, I didnt go in because I had the plan to visit it next morning - and guess what, they had closed .
So I cant tell anything about the amount of cabs.
But on the other side, I will do some pictures from the arcade in our cinema. They rebuilt the cinema so I didnt visit the arcade and dont know if its that big as before.
Netherlands:
http://www.funhousevlissingen.nl
http://funhouserenesse.nl
Those still have videogames last time I checked. Actually the one in Renesse had REMOVED all the money gambling machines and was videogames and ticket games ONLY !!! But that was about a year ago....
I was in Valkenburg around Christmas last year but the last one with videogames there ( Copacabana ) is now gambling only.
By the looks of the website Hommerson Scheveningen is now gambling only too
http://www.hommerson.nl/
For some real fun go to:
http://www.dutchpinballmuseum.com
Looks like Hall of Game didn't make it: http://www.faillissementsdossier.nl/nl/faillissement/1045404/hall-of-game-b-v.aspx
Hmmm looks like Hommerson still has their "Funland" ......as close to an arcade as you can get those days:
http://www.hommerson.nl/filialen/funland-scheveningen
This will be a very nice project, I love the side art.
It's difficult to establish a suitable size from a piece of paper, maybe you could try to make a 3D model in some CAD program? Or you know someone who could do that for you? Then you can get a good idea about model and sizes.
CRT or TFT? I never heard of the latter! LOL Please go the CRT route, you could use a secondhand CRT TV, which are very cheap nowadays.
Regarding Mame, which build are you planning to use? I can recommend Groovymame. And horizontal or vertikal? Or rotatable?
Please keep posting lots of pictures, we love them.