I have recently joined this forum, I have been playing fighting games for quite a few years now with my laptop + stick, hooked up to my telle. I used to live in hong kong as i was born there and went to the arcades alot back then. I havnt really bothered to look for arcades in and around london. I have been to the trocodero a few times and noticed an arcade in china town/leicster square but havnt been In. The trocadero seems a little limited for fighters. Could any of you kind people list me some of the arcades that are tailored for fighting genre games? Thats if there is any of course. I have tried using the search, it didnt really bring up alot of detailed info for this topic, however it might me my bad searching. I have been thinking for a while now about trying to get myself into some tournaments to see how good I really am.
Casino arcade in Goodge Street (next to Goodge Street Station, Northern Line), a few mins from Tottenham Court Road in central London.
Games - Vampire Savior, MvC2, Alpha 2 and 3, KoF 98, KOF 2K2, Hyper SF2, CVS2, 3rd Strike. Its a bit rundown but great for fighhting game fans
2: Trocadero arcade in Picadilly Circus, in the shopping/cinema mall on Shaftsbury Avenue (nearest train station, Picadilly Circus). The arcade is on the first floor, same floor as the cinema.
Games - Tekken 6, 3rd Strike, SVC Chaos, Super Turbo, NeoGeo Battle Coliseum and i couple random games i forget.
These are the only arcades that matter in London:wgrin:
Whenever I venture to the trocodero i normally play third strike and some various lightgun games depending on my mood. I always hope to see some good players dancing there hearts out on the rythm games. I need to check out Casino. I hope to go sometime within the next few weeks. Speaking of rythm games, the guys that where at ECTS last year where amazing.
I didn’t even know they still did the ects, where is it held these days? last time i went must have been about 2004, well when they had rumble fish 2 there, the only time i think uk heads ever got to play it, i remember winning alot and going home with a terrible headache, i think it was the same year they had shitloads of tekken5 there
how they can charge a pound a game for t6 is a joke, in fact i cannot stand they place, everything is constantly broken.
I remember the 3s machine at play2win at oxford street set to 3 or 5 rounds on the lowest damage setting
Casino at Goodge Street has fair prices and i can often be foudn there, playing Alpha 2 or marvel. Neo Empire often organise sessions so you should try that site.
Has anyone been to the Namco one near the London Eye? I went there a couple of years ago, not sure if its still open, but I remember that had Alpha 3 and Tekken 5.
I went to Goodge Street Casino once when I visited London in 06, I played Neo Battle Coliseum (and Mushihimesama). Too bad I didn’t know that was a popular spot for fighters until after I left UK.