Great Yarmouth Arcade Heaven - Part 2

I’ve found a few more pictures of seafront arcades from the late eighties and early nineties.  Here is another one of the Flamingo. 

From left to right, the following games can be seen.

1. Galaxy Force DLX, Sega, 1988

2. After Burner DLX, Sega AM2, 1987

3. OutRun DLX, Sega AM2, 1986

4. Power Drift DLX, Sega AM2, 1988

5. Winning Run DLX, Namco, 1988 (I suspect, I’m not 100% sure on this).

Next up we have the Golden Nugget. 

I’m really happy to find a pic of a very special cab, the Taito Bubble Car as I’m going to call it! This cab type was used for both Full Throttle and one of my favourite games of all time, Chase H.Q. It's possible the red Chase H.Q. DLX machines were Full Throttle conversions. My memory is hazy, but I remember playing Chase H.Q. DLX down the seafront back in the day and seem to recall the cab being black. These cabs are incredibly rare now. It would be awesome if one turned up in a Raid!

WEC Le Mans 24 DLX can be seen in the arcade door, Circus Circus.

From left to right, the following games can be seen in the Golden Nugget.

1. After Burner DLX, Sega AM2, 1987

2. Winning Run DLX, Namco, 1988

3. Four Trax, Namco, 1989 (Behind the Whack-a-Mole type game).

4. Full Throttle DLX or possibly Chase H.Q. DLX, Electrocoin / Taito, 1987 / 1988

5. Limited Edition Hang-On DLX, Sega AM2, 1991.  I suspect this is the LE as the bike appears to be blue.

6. Metal Hawk, Namco, 1988

7. Pole Position Cockpit, Namco, 1982 (On the far right, just behind a fruit machine and next to a 2p pusher).

Below is a pic of the Silver Slipper. 

From left to right, the following games can be seen.

1. Metal Hawk, Namco, 1988 (Next to the white helicopter kiddies ride).

2. Hard Drivin’ DLX, Atari Games, 1989 (Next to Metal Hawk, just behind the Whack-a-Mole type game).

3. G-LOC: Air Battle DLX, Sega, 1990 (Next to the crane machine).

New Arrival – Electrocoin Goliath

My latest arcade purchase came as a bit of a surprise.  I remember the rows of Goliaths down the seafront back in the day.  A truly iconic machine indelibly seared deep into my arcade memories.

It was actually my parents who spotted it for sale in a local antique shop.  Their description wasn’t the most helpful, basically saying it was all the colours of the rainbow and a grubby old thing!  I sent the wife to investigate as I was working away from home.  Apparently the machine was working, but the shop owner couldn’t find a power lead.

The antique shop has some really interesting bits, and I always enjoy having a look round.  The great thing is you never really know what you’re going to find.  A couple of years ago they had a nice looking ‘Winner’ cab, a Pong clone and apparently the first cabinet by Bally, dated 1973.  The cab was bought by a fellow arcade collector.

Here are some more pics of the antique shop.

Moon Flight, a pinball table released by Zaccaria in 1976.  This was already sold.

A nice looking Bang & Olufsen CRT on a motorised stand.

A bear, a horse and a Dalek walk into a bar.

Now this was a blast from the past!  I remember these down the arcades, they were always a bit of a giggle.  It’s been years since I’ve seen one, in fact I had forgotten all about them!

They also had some console games, including relatively modern titles as well as a couple of random Japanese Sega Megadrive games amongst some camera lenses.

The wife managed to get the Goliath for a cracking price.  I didn’t get to see it until it turned up, and I was pleasantly surprised with its condition.  In fact it’s the mintiest mint Goliath I’ve ever seen.  The monitor glass was included, I just had to go back and pick it up.  I tried to find out a bit more about the history of the cab when I returned for the glass.  It turns out the person the shop owner bought it from is a big collector of seventies and eighties items.  He’s had the machine in his home for the last twenty years and is currently having a bit of a clear out.  The cab does have a PCB inside, most likely Olympic Soccer ’92, but so far I’ve only gave the machine a quick look over and haven’t tested it yet.