Tour of The Galloping Ghost, the largest arcade in the world!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 มิ.ย. 2022
- One take walkthrough of the Galloping Ghost in Chicago, IL. Wonderful place to visit! This is, and maybe always will be, the greatest collection of arcade cabinets ever assembled. Recorded on Sunday, June 26th 2022.
Check out my tour video of Funspot in Laconia, NH! Then go debate which is the true Largest Arcade in the World:
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I know you could download all the roms of these games in about 10 mins and play them at home but it’s just not the same, it doesn’t have the feel of the arcade. Nothing compares to the sights and the sounds of being in an actual arcade, playing on original cabinets.
Truth! I love both, but there are quite a few arcade games that either do not work well through emulation, or not the same playable experience at all. Ironically, emulation is what ignited the retro craze.
Unfortunately for me, there are no arcades like this where I live so emulation is my only option. I agree though. It is not the same as the real thing. I wish there were arcades like this where I live.
Since you have been to the Galloping Ghost they have knocked down walls and expanded the smaller room to be fully open and are still working towards opening the expansion in the building behind the Mortal Kombat row. The Galloping Ghost currently has 885 games in the arcade (they count multiple cabinets with the same title as one). They add a new game to the arcade every Monday and stream it on Twitch.
😎 nice
The expansion is pretty nice. He brought back sum old titles that were shelved for a while. I wish they woulda brought back the old red tent they had with excitebike tho. Sounds like the other expansion is taking longer than they anticipated.
My dream arcade would be about three levels, each dedicated to the decades of arcade gaming: 70s, 80s, and 90s.
funspot?
I’m travelling from the UK in October to visit, the trip has been moved three times! Can’t wait.
I enjoyed my trip, I just I was with another video game fan when I went.
Very nicely put together video and very entertaining as well. Thanks for posting this.
It’s better than Bowlero and Dave and busters in 2022!!! Thanks for uploading it.
I wish my country had a place like this. I would never leave!
Discs of Tron and TRON was my childhood ( Tweens) when I Lived in Connecticut! Then my teens in San Diego and Bremerton Washington! 🤩
Whoa! Totally missed this upload. Saw your funspot video and left a comment. If you think its packed, you should stop by on Saturday. I usually stop by on Mondays where its a little quieter. Plan to visit funspot next year. Great video👍
Wish I could have stopped here when I was in Chicago recently, thanks for the tour!
This is like a place you see in your strange dreams. I love it
It's amazing to see many old games from 80s-2000s but the room is sure cramp in there.
Nice to see your appreciation for wrestle fest. I too believe it's one of the greatest ever arcade games.
I have majority of these games on my emulation devices but seeing this arcade and all the arcade cabinets made my inner child too happy especially when you walked past Space Gun & Bad Dudes 😂🤣👍.
emulation is not the same
it runs at the incorrect speed
making shmups unplayable
Actually it's in Brookfield Il.
Nice spot and great video man
Loved the Funspot walkthrough. This is another cool arcade! I know it’s not feasible but I wish you could hold longer on the attract screens.
Love these arcade tour videos. This and the Funspot ones were great. Also… AEW rules!
You’re from Rhode Island! Automatic subscription from me! I used to hang out at DG’s and Star Castle,along with Saturn’s Rings in Providence back in the day. Looking forward to watching your videos and thanks for posting this one.
PS - if you’re still living in RI, Freeplay downtown has a Discs of Tron stand in cabinet
This arcade is insane! I've never seen anything like it. I can only imagine how hot that arcade must get.
Miss the old days of going to the arcade. There is nothing like it. I have an arcade with 15,000 games on it. I still love going to an arcade to play games. Thank you for this video.
If I win the lottery I want to create an arcade museum and try to get every single arcade game ever made into one building. The place would be freakin' HUGE and have multiple floors.
That place is phenomenal! There are a lot of world records for those games being set in there from travelers as well!
great video
-StarAssassin64
I visited here last year when I came to Chicago for All Out. Traveling back for All Out in a few weeks and I’ll be going back here for sure
I had the honor of visiting the Galloping Ghost arcade in Brookfield, IL and I loved every minute of it! Hopefully soon I will not just revisit it, but play some of the games I missed in my first visit. 🤓
They must be BUSY keeping up with maintaining a lot of these games! Capacitors, resisters, monitors, controls and power supplies. A true labor of Love!
Agreed. I can't believe they have so many laser disc games running. They were known to be temperamental and that was over 30 years ago.
Awesome video.
This is how the arcades were in the 80's. Cramped, not a lot of room to maneuver around, sticky floors and possibly smelly and humid.
The good ole days
You forgot very Smokey
They weren't THIS cramped!
Nice day out, thanks for the video, bought back some memories. I live in PA, any recommendations of big arcades, guys? P. S wish the place was darker!
Former FBI director William "Winners Don't Do Drugs" Sessions died in June 2020.
RIP an arcade gaming legend :(
This place has that energy where you can literally feel someone’s frustration trying to break a record 😂 like a disturbance in the force , this place would be awesome if the organized the cabinets in a circle ⭕️ formation or something still very great either way but it’s definitely not the fun spot 🤣👍🏼 great video btw man thanks
I was at Dynamite this last week, and Full Gear last November. I haven't been to Chicago for a few years, but this place is on my list.
Thanks for pointing me to this vid, coincidently the other vid showed up on my feed before this one. So this arcade has that cramped, sweaty old school vibe. So as i said in the other, I think I might like it because there is so much more to do. Now with GGA, they are open til 2am and all you can play as you mentioned. I am upset that alot of games were down while you were there. They are usually quick to repair them and bring them back up. Also, they introduce a new game every Monday. Did you happen to catch one of the only cabs in the world for Primal Rage 2? Glad you enjoyed our local arcade and that Claudio/ZSJ match was the best.
You just walked by Wreck-It Ralph
I hope to visit there one day
Wow, Less then 5 minutes i to this and I see a Rare Quake Arcade Cab. NICE...
Great place!
Amazing collection of games! You can tell they prioritize adding cabinets over renovations or lot expansion, but hey still cool! The only problem I see is how can they move any cabinets or maintenance them without playing shifting puzzles? Lol
that's not an arcade, that's a hoarding obsession!
U should get a body cam so we can watch u play the games, that would be a cool video. Thank you bro
I need to visit there
When you initially said Discs of Tron, I was hoping t would be an “environmental cabinet” version….still very cool find.
im thirteen mins in and the guy doing this tour reminds me of Alan from the Hangover
I've been to both Funspot and Galloping Ghost. I agree that Funspot is the largest venue in terms of square footage. Galloping Ghost is the largest venue in terms of sheer game density. GG has the greatest collection in the world including several one of a kind game cabinets and ultra rare games. I live in SE Wisconsin and GG is about an hour away from me.
Yeah, this place is awesome. Wish I lived closer . . . I'm just glad they survived the covid downturn because not all the retro arcades did.
those hologram sega cabinets at 1:00 are rare as fuck
Man that looks awesome!!!!
Is there a current game list? I went to their website but it says the account is suspended...
to all the geniuses who come here and say they can play all these games on their "smart phones" true arcade fans don't settle for Romz on a smartphone. How can you appreciate a historic arcade game when you're missing its cabinets beauty and glory?? A retro game is not at its best if its not played within its original form!
$20 to $25 to play all day is a GREAT deal. Wow! $30 for arcade and pinball all day?? Even better!
I always thought FunSpot was the largest?
It is.
rip Bob Lawton that dude ruled
That xmen was 6 player not 4. Two screens and that one looked very nicely aligned.
A lot of those cabs look a bit rough, especially the plain control panels. I suppose there isn't a lot of room for more cabs, so the plain ones probably swap boards/marquees for some variety. 7:41 looks like I found my corner--big midway/atari driving cabs, especially 2049--odd that it's not Special Editon.
Dude it's Galloping Ghost it's on the shit side of Chicago of course it's going to be raggedy.
He doesn't swap boards. Has a building he keeps extra cabinets in. Swaps cabs out from time to time. Just expanded about a month ago and brought back a bunch of old titles.
There was an expansion about 2 months ago visit again lot more room now
Y didn't you showcase that amazing capcom line?
I admit that this okay does have a good selection, but I think I like the fun spot arcade better. It has a way better selection of games.
Also, I could be wrong, but I believe that there's an episode of mysteries at the Museum that talks about this arcade.
Galloping Ghost needs a bigger building.
The collection is impressive. What I take away is how cramp the place is. They are gonna need to move to a bigger place. The closest experience I have around here is monster arcade but it pales in comparison.
If aew fan here. I hav have been collecting the figures I think they’re a pretty cool idea and have some pretty nice figures that have come out and are coming out. Wondering when they’ll be in AEW video game and when they kind of mini if they actually build a cabinet game as a throwback.
Does it have gauntlet
wow... Holosseum !! I had the chance to play once to this game.
Not the best brawler in the world, but the graphical projection is really amazing.
SubRoc-3D !! oh my .... and the strange big non functional arcade machine ... Silent Hill the arcade ???
Impressive place ! 😲
Well, from THIS video, that is NOT an arcade, it's a warehouse of arcade machines.
I can't see how this business would ever pass the compulsory fire code check ? The wiring would have to be NASA grade ! 885 x 150 watts = 132,750 watts !! My God !
Also the machines are positioned so close together that their side vents would be blocked, shortening the life of the electronics.
this is what i would do if i had the time, Ren, when you go back to austin, say hi to asmongold and the rest of OTK
One of the greatest arcades on Earth is Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum in Michigan. If you ever go there for sure stop in. If its still open by then. Its world famous.
Who would wanna go in the crowded ass place
Nice video, but This feels super claustrophobic.
Fun spot in Laconia New Hampshire is the largest arcade in the world. It's in the Guiness book of world records. Look it up before making false statements!!
And you visited literally a couple weeks before the expansion opened...
I thought Funspot in NH was the largest arcade
Fun spot open ?
Any Pinballs?
😱
I didn't see Baby pacman. The place is not big enouth for all the games they have. I wish they were closer to me.
I wonder what their electric bill is each month??
Looks like a fire hazard to me. Shoud be illegal to have very narrow isles. Sure hope the fire marshal doesn't go there
It's Chicagoland; they can be bought...
I thought funspot was the largest?
that place must be good if your on acid or mescaline
FUN SPOT is bigger and better and not located in shithole Chicago. It's in beautiful New Hampshire. I'd advise people to go there instead.
Another disappointing place. I didn't even see Popeye or Peter Pack Rat for the love of god i did not even see Toki. Where are all the good games at! Was i the only one to play Polybius.
The machine that wasn’t working at roughly 2:08 of your video was Castlevania Arcade. I am a diehard AEW fan and I also attended Forbidden Door 🤘🏻
It’s better than Bowlero and Dave and busters in 2022!!! Thanks for uploading it.