Arcade Club - Europe's largest freeplay arcade !
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ม.ค. 2018
- Happy New Year!!
I just arrived back from the UK today and had to get this video out to you. Located in Bury, England you can find Arcade Club. A two floor gamers paradise. 10 pounds entry for adults or 5 pounds for kids will get you access to hundreds of original arcade games, VR, LAN Partys, consoles and more.
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kudos to whoever is running the arcade , it can't be cheap
Wow this is THE best idea for an arcade ive ever seen. And its packed with classics, thanks for bringing it to more peoples attention. Truly arcade heaven!!!
No worries. I think if everyone can make it to Bury then they must check this place out.
I've heard about this place and can now see its magnificence. Simply top notch curation here. I wish the owners / management / curators every success for the future.
I do too. I think they are doing well since a third floor is planned.
You just found HEAVEN sir ! LoL
OMG!!
Look at all those sexy CRT scan lines :))
Wow, not even MAME can emulate that kind experience of being surrounded by the real machines.
Indeed. MAME is great but being in that place was pure magic. Just like my son I had a stupid big grin on my face while playing the Out Run cabinet.
Wow! This place looks AMAZING. I'm quite speechless. It has a LOT of amazing arcade games such as Marble Madness (MY FAVORITE!), Tempest, Outrun, Super Hang On, After Burner, Space Harrier, etc. and even home console games. Now that's like a party, of I do say so myself. Another great video, Mark. Cheers!
It really is a fantastic place. I'd live to go again on my own and spend the entire day there.
I love this idea. I always thought that this was the best way to bring back the arcades. Pay a flat fee and every game was open to you. I remember when arcade coin ops for a single play started to break that crucial .25 cent cost. Slowly over time, they went to .50 cents, then a dollar, sometimes more. Eventually, they got replaced with game cards like Dave and Busters and then most of the arcades just died off(except in Japan of course).
This is the best way to brink back arcades for sure. Same in the UK regarding game prices. When i was a kid it would cost 10 pence to play a game. Then it went to 20, 30, 50 and then a pound.
I love Arcade club, is a great place. I'm lucky enough to only live 40 mins drive away and so can go quite often. Several of the games are circulated quite often so if go again a month or so later, there will be a few different ones. It is nice seeing it doing well too. A few months ago on a very wet Saturday afternoon, people coming in had to wait for people to leave to get in.
The other floor is more of a grown up vibe. Its got about 20 high-end PCs, several VR systems, a number of modern Japanese games, pinball machines and home consoles. I think they will be taking over most of the building soon. I've heard they have got the 1st floor and are just waiting for people to move out.
It is quite dark, but that's how arcades in the UK used to be lol, and its probably so the games look brighter.
Wow, I can only imagine how many game machine that place must have if they are thinking of taking up another floor. If I go back to the UK again next year I'll be sure to check it out.
I've been meaning to visit Arcade Club since I found out about it in the summer. We live in Stockport, so it's not far from us. Hope you had a good Christmas! :)
You have to get down there, Mikiec71. I traveled there from Liverpool. It only took about an hour if that.
Omg, that's so very awsome, here in the states at least in my state it's rare to even find a arcade anymore, I love retro games and this is like a dream come true
I believe in the states there are one or two places like this but then again the stares is ten times bigger or more than the UK so only a select few can experience such great fun.
Good Lord! I may just have to fly in from Sweden to visit that place!
You should do. Spend a few days in the UK. Visit Manchester and Liverpool while you are there :)
Fantastic! What a place! Good to see it ends with "Nintendo VS SEGA" as well ;)
That's how you know your arcade is class: Third Strike as soon as you walk in the door, lol. ^_^
Also, there's a place a few hours' drive away from me in the American northeast called Funspot. It's located in a small vacation town called Weirs Beach in New Hampshire. The place is PACKED wall to wall with classic arcade games on the 3rd floor, that they call the American Classic Arcade Museum. If anyone is in the northeast, I urge them to check out Funspot.
Fun spot sounds like a sweet place to visit.
They've also had official tournaments there in the past, for pinball and games like Donkey Kong. If you watch the documentary, "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters," some of that was shot on-location at Funspot.
Wow Mark! How lucky you are! Starting the year off right I can see. Nice.
I know. I'm so happy my friend told me about this place.
I cannot believe I did not know this place existed when it is barely 20 miles from me! So glad you shared this, went down today and what an awesome place it was! To clarify the pricing, it is £10 for Adults, £5 for children on the arcade floor, then there is also an adults only floor with Bemani, PCs, VR, a few more arcade cabinets, pinball room a load of sofas etc. which is £5 extra on top of the £10. Will definitely be frequenting here quite a lot now.
So glad you went down there, Michael. It's an awesome place. Also, thanks for clarification on the pricing. When I went I was on holiday so I tend not to care about what things cost which results in me promptly forgetting :)
Fantastic,I always like the dark atmosphere in our european arcades.
In Asia arcades are full of lights
Hey Mark, thats my local my gaff, Its £15 if you want to visit both floors and £10 for one floor. Andy is currently looking into another floor !!!. What night did you go, I might of been there 😀
Cool, I may have been there when you went. I visited on the 27th which was a Wednesday. We were here from 1pm to 6pm. I'm pretty sure I payed 5 for the boy and 10 for me though plus I accessed both floors without anyone asking for proof. Maybe if you want to play on the PCs you need to pay the extra 5 pounds?
So many classics! Arcade games will never die. Amazing location.
Thanks Mark - great stuff! It's good to see the Western arcade still kicking even if it's in curated form. If you're back home again sometime and taking a trip across to Dublin, there's a cool little diner/arcade in Smithfield called 'Token'. Granted, it's not freeplay like the one in your video, but it hosts a number of classic cabs like TMNT and MVC and even some more contemporary ones like MK Arcade GP. The guys that run it also own a local retro gaming and record store in town called The RAGE and it's where I pick up the odd NTSC-J Mega Drive game from time to time - well worth checking out too.
I've never actually been to Ireland which is odd since it's easy to get there from Liverpool. If I do go I'll check out that place. It's good to see people still wanting to run Arcade and game stores.
Retro Core Yes, after years of the high-street shops being the only option for gamers outside of online retailers, it’s great to see an indie success story - especially here in Ireland, which only ever had the likes of GAME and GameStop. What’s been really interesting to see in addition to a burgeoning retro games market is the rise of local tournies. While the scene is mostly Mario Kart, SFII, and GoldenEye so far (I’ve yet to find anyone who’s into SNK fighters for instance) it’s a good start and hopefully a wider gamer community here can grow from it.
Arcade club is Amazing, I go here whenever I can. People who live in Bury don’t know this place exists so it’s a real hidden gem. worth noting the top floor is only for over 18s on Friday nights, think the rest of the time kids can visit that floor. Also you can visit both floors for £15 otherwise each individual floor is priced at £10. Thanks for the video Mark, not enough people know about this place!
I only found out about it from a game developer friend of mine. So glad I had rented a car otherwise i never would have been able to make it there. It was also pretty easy to find. I've never been to Bury before but found it very easily driving from Liverpool.
I go here all the time, it’s absolutely amazing. I went 2 days ago and now I’m thinking...should I go again this afternoon lol.
Matty, you're very lucky. So much great Arcade gaming under one roof.
Did I die and went to heaven for some minutes? man.....that's a dream came true for me!!
Glad you're back! Just got back from Magfest which had a huge free arcade. Too bad it's only once a year........
Well, at least you could attend a good Arcade for a while.
Love the old arcades growing up with them.. only live a hour away and did not even know this place was there... will be visting soon :-)
Yeah, I traveled up from Liverpool where I was over Christmas. It only took about an hour to get there. Arcade Club is deffinety worth a visit.
Liseberg, Gothenburg, Sweden is a pretty sweet arcade with 3 floors of games (both new and old), claws, pinballs. Freeplay on school holidays
Oh man so many memories, there so many nostalgia title make me wonder how they maintain all this old machines !!!!
I'm sure it started off as a passion but thankfully for us it'S turned in to a kind of arcade museum.
I see, but still i really want know how they do it, i think my first destination when visit UK have been decide
You know you're in paradise when the place you're in is full-packed with every single one of your favorite arcade cabinets. The only thing I didn't like about your video is that it's very similar to your ninja videos back in Japan, but I understand that the circumstances don't allow you to film any better. Anyway, glad to see you back in action, Mark. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, Carlos Oyuela.
I'd love to just set up a real camera and film properly but it's not ideal to be honest.
This place looks great. We just spent Friday night at a similar arcade here in AZ, Starfighter's Arcade
Two words... PARADISE CITY.
Nice.
Great video as always Mark
Hope you had a great time back in the UK mate!
I did, it was great to be home. Thanks for asking.
:) Glad you went! Amazing place! But they don't have drunken Jenga do they!???? ;) Great to see you again.. Thanks for my mini parcel :) ... Hopefully see you again soon.
And thank you for bringing the Arcade Club to my attention. So glad you told me about the place.
Just a shame there's no drunken jenga :p
Thanks for sharing Mark 👍
No worries, Warren. I hope you can visit this place. It really was cool. My son also loved it.
I should live in there...
Nice find Mark, happy new year.
Thanks. If you ever find yourself in that part of the world you do need to check it out.
I love arcade club, its great for me as I live in Liverpool and its around 2 hour train ride for me (i dont drive) - Such an amazing place!
Yeah, I traveled from Liverpool. By car I remember it taking about an hour. I had I idea where I was going so I just followed the satnav which took me straight to the place.
Its a great place, i visited before the 2nd floor expansion and it was good back then. Its great to hear the place is doing well and i hope it continues to prosper and is a better permanent alternative to the play expo events.
A few people have mentioned that the place may be expanding to a third floor soon!
Great stuff i need to get back to arcade club
Wow that place is amazing! 😱
Happy New Year to you as well Mark
Nice video arcade club it is . Thank you for sharing this on the Neo-Geo thread on Atariage.com. Hope you enjoyed yourself back in merry ol 'England. That UK version Neo-Geo MVS unit once the highlight for me bro. Plus the Neo-Geo sign in the beginning. 8^)
Thank you as always Mark. Keep up the great work.
Anthony..
Did you once own a UK Neo Geo cabinet?
Sadly no Mark. I only seen pictures and videos of them. Hopefully one day I'll acquire one sometime in my life. 8^)
Anthony..
impressive in every way
Oh man this a TRUE HEAVEN!
Wish here in Mexico something equally magic could happen (_ _ ) I really wish to play on a real Groove Coaster machine (Love that game, my only excuse to say Android games can be good).
Also, Silent Scope EX is there! I have a machine of "Sogeki" near in the city (Will try to buy it) and I will say that game is really awesome and shows how Konami was a very magical company, alongside the Gradius games... And yeah, I can probably just play them on MAME, but trying to broke actual records, the sensation at the "wow" impression of people watching you doing something great is something I really wish I can do again... (I'm not even that old, just 18 years, but that sensation is always awesome).
Great video just as always mate! Wish the best for you and your family! Hopefully your EU trip was great too, regards! :)
Thanks for watching, MSd Radiant Alpinia.
Back in the 80s and up late 90s Konami were fantastic. Then they hit in to the whole music game and card game rubbish and the in to fitness gyms and it all went to hell from that point forward.
Must visit !!
Used to frequent amusement arcades back then, had a few ones in my nearest town and even in my own village, there was a cafe with a Final Figth cab, thinking of it, I was very lucky! But regarding your video, if I had access to something similar back then, where I only had to pay entrance for unlimited play, damn, that would have been both amazing but also maybe too much as I would have stayed there all day long like a frigging addict! But oh wait, that's what I was already doing :P
If you ever get the chance to see a place like this you should check it out. I'm now 42 but man, I loved being at Arcade Club. If I still lived in the UK I'd be taking the 1 hour drive up there at least once a month.
I will add this to my "places to visit" list. I hope this will last, sometimes there are such things which suddenly open due to a certain hype but it doesn't necessarily last which is sad. These days things are so different though, only in Japan I can conceive that arcade games still get the attention that they deserve though I still see arcade cabs here and there in some places where I live, mostly in bowling alleys.
So many obscure games. Who knew that a working Konami Le Mans cab still existed. Most bizarre thing only one collector in US has a fully restored galaxy force 2 dx cab. Shame no one has attempted to make arrangements to tour the thing.
Ah, I'd love to play on the full DX version of Galaxy Force 2 again. I hope some day in the future this place will get that along with the DX versions of Space harrier, Power Drift, After Burner II and Thunder Blade.
This place looks fantastic! Exactly like the aracdes of my youth back in the 80s. I left the UK a few years ago but I definitely feel a visit coming on.
**EDIT** My god, among the MANY classics they have deluxe "OutRun" and "Super Hang-On" cabs! I have GOT to get to this place!
That Out Run will have you grinning like a small baby! I loved playing that,
I don't think I've been on a deluxe OutRun that had properly working hydraulics in like 25 years.
I haven't been on a deluxe OutRun since 1987! THIS MUST CHANGE.
Did for me today :D (at Arcade Club) Retro Core's not wrong when he says you are grinning. Was also grinning at nailing the hairpin on Three 7s Speedway on the Daytona cab next to it. Today was just an amazing day and can't wait to go back. Which I suspect will be in the next few weeks lol.
Bigger than the new arcade near me but that chain returned into the local mall in the former Old Navy space
These days any arcade is good to see :)
Arcades
Your son was playing on Wii U? What a disapointment for Mark 😆
Great video!
Haha, that's because I'd never let him buy one. I said from day one that the Wii - U was a waste of space and dead before it was released. 3 years later and no one cared less about it :)
My son does have a Switch though and 6 games.
yo mark, happy new year! (holy sh*t, 2020 is already so near.., did you use a timecheat?) all the best to you, keep the retrolove alive. you are a truely passionated gamer & collector.
No time cheat, just a machine :)
Oh my god !the noises bring back a lot of memories! Definatley going to visit ! Thank you for making it known! I don't know if I missed it on the video , but was hard drivin' there ?
Oh yes, there is a hard drivin'. It's between outrun and super hang on in the corner. You can actually hear it when I show footage of Outrun and Super Hang On :)
Retro Core oh god ! Already organising a trip Up with some mates, thank you so much !
No problem. You'll have a good time at Arcade Club.
We have one like this called 1UP in Brisbane, Australia. All free play and similarly priced. I hope it succeeds? Same for this one. I worked in an arcade 10 years ago and really the only takers were Daytona, Point Blank and several dance machines
I hope 1UP does well. As long as they can get the word out I'm sure gamers will flock to the place.
I love Arcade Club! I've been a few times this past year now. Did you go on the other more modern gaming floor too? :)
Yep, it's where they have the PCs, VR and that big projection screen isn't it?
Great video..shame that they didn't seem to have Tron or the last starfighter lol,,
They atlas had the tron disc game :)
Hehe, Last Star fighter. I was watching that on Blue Ray the other week. Such a cheesey 80s movie.
I wanted to take my son there but we were ill over Christmas and now we are back in Wales. We made do with the Namco station in the Trafford centre. We aree definitely going in February.
Funny you should mention the Namco Station. My son saw that as we went to eat at the burger place on the 2nd floor. I told him we were not going to visit there as we were going to somewhere much better the following day.
Retro Core The gourmet burger kitchen? They are pretty good there. We used to go often when we lived in Warrington a few years back.
They have the giant LED versions of Pac man and space invaders in the Namco station. And they have the new Daytona too.
My ultimate dream to open similar arcade video games parlour in my city.
Good luck! Places like this are definitely the way to brink arcades back to popularity.
@7:53 the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Hehe. I was happy to see him playing Space Harrier. Took me right back to when I was a kid. I was the same age as him when I first saw Space Harrier in Alton Towers theme park i the UK back in 1985.
That was like a whos who of arcade games from the 80's and 90's!!!!. Thanks for posting the video Mark
No worries. I reckon this place has something for everyone.
Although it's great that you pay an entry fee to play all the old arcade games for free which helps keep the place running, I do miss the old arcade machines being coin operated as that was part of the magic of going to the arcades. Do you feel that way too?
Not really because most of the cabinets require you to press a button next to the coin slot to enter a credit. So it's kind of like putting in a coin.
>Insert rainbow sherbet puking unicorn. gif here :D
Thats such an excellent idea, one ive been pondering myself. I wonder if i started something like this would it be profitable here in the states? South FLA to be exact...
As long as you charge a reasonable entry fee and have a large selection I do t see why not.
I would imagine it would be hard to make a decent living doing this, especially to begin with, a lot of these machines are old, some very old and they've had a hard life. A lot of these classics would be expensive to buy in the 1st place due to rarity, then you will have the added cost of restoration, CRT tubes whilst bullet proof do not last forever and any spares wold be dead stock so a finite supply, same with the dedicated control systems for certain cabinets. The PCB's would require attention too, I imagine a full recap as leaking capacitors or battery back ups could ruin a board that maybe virtually impossible to replace. You would need a in house dedicated engineering team to keep on top of these babies.
The you have your other costs on top, I imagine a large space to stock your machines would be expensive from a rental perspective and these machines gobble electricity like Pacman munching its way around a maze.
But I do dip my hat to the owner/s of this place, this looks like a passion and important museum dedicated to the early days of electronic entertainment , will have to get there at some point and re-live my misspent youth from the early 80's in arcades. Amazing venue indeed.
10:18 TRUXTON!!!!!!!
Oh yes! :)
Heavennnnnnn
Hey Mark~
BTW there's an arcade here in the States that's similar to the one you showed us, but the games actually require credits, with the only thing being that here, you didn't have to bring any quarters with you, but rather you paid for your coins.
It was also significantly smaller, in favor of better games (in my opinion better)
That's what makes Arcade Club so good. One entry fee and everything is free to play.
It is quite neat, but over in the one I just mentioned, there are a few titles that are more "hidden gem" than anything else.
Retro Core, There's plenty of Arcades in the US that have entry fees and free play games. Two examples would be the Daytona Arcade Museum and the Silverball Museum. (both of which are in my home state of Florida) Of course they're nowhere near the size of the one shown in the video, but they're still amazing though.
Tom L Are there any near or in Miami?
That's good to hear. Ithink this is the future of arcades now days. Pay once to enter then play for free. Makes sense since most of these games are old now.
18:27
That’s the arcade version of Rhythm Tengoku, correct?
Yep, that's right.
This is so cool. I wonder if someone hogs up a machine, how is that handled? Are machines timed per person?
Machines are not timed but I'm sure I saw a sign saying to be aware of other users.
Actually, looking at the awesome selection of games... It would be pretty difficult to just sit in one. It looks like the best arcade I've ever seen. Even better than the ones in Japan.
For pure selection this is the best arcade I've ever been to but I do feel its a little too dark in there.
It's fantastic isn't it? I'm still trying to convince Andy to get Project Diva Arcade for the 2nd floor. ;)
I wonder if I met Andy? He doesn't have long 80's metal like hair does he?
Yeah, going grey in a ponytail, with a beard.
I may have seen him there. I can't remember too well but I do remember that the staff were very helpful and nice go talk with.
Which games did you spend the most time on?
Probably Out Run. My son and I did finish the Simpsons Arcade game though. That took a while.
Then again, it's easier just to download the ROMs for use with MAME or Final Burn in my opinion.
yeah but where's the fun in that? I'd rather go to this place then spend the day playing roms.
True...
Your footage of the japanese arcardes looks more interesting. No offense, they just seem higher quality.
That's because they are brighter and easier to film in :)
Still a good video man,looks like you had a good time.
This reminds me of Spaceplex from the early nineties th-cam.com/video/0qYz5lwi77g/w-d-xo.html . They had an actual galaxy force full sit in machine
The Galaxy Force DX cabinet is pure class. I haven't seen a real one in almost 25 years now.
Retro Core Yes it was , this th-cam.com/video/BfRgBP-dxMc/w-d-xo.html is what I remember planning there.
I'm dreaming
Who here can please tell me which game this is th-cam.com/video/Ujgi3oMYP68/w-d-xo.htmlm20s