In this thread, post about your local arcade. Simplistic right? I make this post in the hopes that people who may think they don’t have an arcade near them are proven wrong… Or are proven right and have their hopes and dreams dashed until one opens near them.
My contribution to this thread is directed to those of us who live in Arizona (AKA the state right by CA with no FGC heartbeat… yet). I found this place yesterday and decided to share it with you.
The name of the arcade I found is called “The Gaming Zone”. Here is the website to it. Mind you, they’re only 10 months old, so they’re still working out the kinks of it all. I went onto their gaming floor and it was actually really nice. Nothing super fancy, but you can tell that they put work into it all, putting up all the systems, televisions, sales floor, and whatnot. It seems to me to have a really chill atmosphere, whether you’re there to browse their games or to actually play. I’ll be paying a visit tomorrow as I wish to contribute to the cause with a few more posters to display.
I personally give The Gaming Zone a 7/10 simply due to the fact that I wasn’t able to really access the gaming floor for actual use today, but their prices are fair and the shopkeeps are really polite and know what they’re talking about when it comes to general gaming. I currently don’t know how well versed they are in the art of fighting… games, but they provide a slew of them (and multiple other genres) to play. I even spotted that they provide a well kept 2-slot Neo Geo arcade machine to play (and sell if you give them a good enough price, but you didn’t hear that from me).
Arizonans who read this who didn’t already know of this locale, I’ll be seeing you soon right? I’m sure I will.
If you want a match and your there, feel free to bug me for a match. Can’t promise i’m too easy to play against in anything but Tekken, SF, and Guilty Gear, but I’ll try. I have the Asura’s Wrath custom stick. You can’t miss it unless you don’t know the series.
