Whilst holidaying up North at
Todber Valley ,
Lancashire , we made our second visit to Arcade
Club. Once again we had an awesome time
and it was great seeing some new additions to the arcade.
Here are some of my gaming
highlights.
After Burner DLX
On my last visit the cabinet
movement wasn’t working, but on this occasion it was fully operational. A very cool cab and a great gaming experience,
although it was a little bit of a squeeze getting inside the cockpit!
Chase H.Q. 2
An awesome new addition, this
game is loads of fun. This time I made
it to the fourth stage, pursuing a truck which had the advantage of a huge missile
launcher on its trailer. It was nice to
see the game proving popular with the arcade goers.
Flicky
The first time I’ve seen /
played this fun and addictive Sega game from 1984.
Hot Rod
This was again a firm
favourite, with my daughter still humming the tune weeks later!
S.T.U.N. Runner
Released by Atari in 1989, I
don’t recall seeing this futuristic racer / shooter before. Like Hard Drivin’ released the same year,
Atari was well ahead of its time with polygon graphics. Very cool cab and great fun.
Virtua Fighter
Developed by AM2 and released
in 1993 on Model 1 hardware, Virtua Fighter is important in gaming history as
the first 3-D fighter. Whereas Sega’s
Model 2 games can still be found in arcades, Model 1 games have all but
disappeared. The last Model 1 game I saw
was Virtua Racing at The TonTon Club, Amsterdam
There was an awesome line up
in the Electrocoin cabinets, including Pac-Land, Kung-Fu Master, Golden Axe,
Ghouls’N Ghosts and Final Fight.
A video and some more pics of
Arcade Club. Arcade Club gets pretty
busy, especially on Saturday night, and the video was recorded just before
closing time on Sunday.
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