RMD - Arcades in Blackpool

[Portland]

Blackpool is dead - official.

[OochyKoochy]

Skegness had some pretty decent arcade machines last time I was there in the summer. All 50p a go, this machine (http://letsgojungle.sega.jp/) let me have 6 credits for the 1! Automatic shooter on rails arcade game, very thailand inspired. Shame to hear Blackpool has limited it's arcades, that market just is not what it once was.

[Portland]

Coral island is weak, tried a couple of others and they were pants. Blackpool overall is now beyond amusingly tacky - avoid.

[Arcadian]

We snapped just about every Video-based arcade machine on Blackpool prom earlier this year:
www.cgeu.info/gallery/index.php/Arcades/UnitedKingdom/England/Blackpool

As others have already commented, it's almost exclusively light-gun games and sit-down drivers now.

Blackpool is dead - official.

Except on 6/7 November of course ... lots of classic cabs expected at the R3PLAY Arcade/Retro/Video Gaming event ...

Do come along!

[toxibunny]

last time I was at scarbrough, me and a young lady I was with had the most fun on pac man ball, sorry. It's awesome. 'that other site' apparently thinks so too... http://www.wayoftherodent.com/columns/p ... 20ball.htm

[Portland]

We snapped just about every Video-based arcade machine on Blackpool prom earlier this year:
www.cgeu.info/gallery/index.php/Arcades/UnitedKingdom/England/Blackpool

As others have already commented, it's almost exclusively light-gun games and sit-down drivers now.

Blackpool is dead - official.

Except on 6/7 November of course ... lots of classic cabs expected at the R3PLAY Arcade/Retro/Video Gaming event ...

Do come along!

Now that's what I was after... I note an ad for a certain gent's cab models there too

BTW, Mel and I discovered Pac Man Ball in an arcade in Llandudno a few Christmases back and have battered it whenever we've seen it on 2p play since. The only time it's no fun is when the lip is set too steeply on the bottom waterfall (meaning more coins drain rather than paying.) We played for over half an hour for a quid in the tower this year. There's just something compelling about it, and you can get some stupid chains that dump dozens of coins. Some machines have the settings adjusted to cap the drops at 50, 75 or 100 but we got a 250 drop in Llandudno a few years back and it was hilarious. Obviously you'll never make a fortune, but if you pay attention to the backglass and get a couple of decent hits, you can keep a quid or two going for ages.