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Skyline Mall
Springfield Mall Upstairs and Downstairs
Ballston Mall Lower Level Food Cort
Tysons Corner Center Food Court (Upstairs I think)
Crystal City Underground Shops
Landmark Mall Upper Level Food Court
I used to go to all of those places in the 90s and play Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat and Nba Jam etc...
Are any of those arcades are still open?
When did they close?
There also used to be a small video game arcade near the Van Dorn metro station as well as a nice selection of video games at the movie theater on RT 1.
Were there any others you can think of?
I have heard the Chuck E Cheese in Alexandria and in Fairfax had a nice selection back in the day but that was before my time. Those games probably sucked anyway.
I own all of the latest video game systems along with an HD projector which can project up to a 25 FT HD image but I will always miss the video game arcades I went to while I was growing up.
I remember calling up Pentagon City once and I demanded that they open a video game arcade there.
The lady on the phone told me "No because it will attract too many teenagers and there will be problems and we dont want that here."
The lower level arcade at Springfield Mall had Run and Gun in it.
Kick ass basketball game.
I am not even that big of a fan of basketball.
But that game was awesome.
Oh my how I miss the 90s
I miss the sound of 50+ arcade cabinets all running and playing at the same time.
For a small tast of what I am talking about, press play on all of the Youtube videos I posted above simultaneously.
I miss those days.
You cant get the same feeling now playing a next generation console at home.
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Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
FAIRFAX COUNTYS MASTER OF METAL
()
Date: December 29, 2009 02:17PM
Skyline Mall
Springfield Mall Upstairs and Downstairs
Ballston Mall Lower Level Food Cort
Tysons Corner Center Food Court (Upstairs I think)
Crystal City Underground Shops
Landmark Mall Upper Level Food Court
I used to go to all of those places in the 90s and play Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat and Nba Jam etc...
Are any of those arcades are still open?
When did they close?
There also used to be a small video game arcade near the Van Dorn metro station as well as a nice selection of video games at the movie theater on RT 1.
Were there any others you can think of?
I have heard the Chuck E Cheese in Alexandria and in Fairfax had a nice selection back in the day but that was before my time. Those games probably sucked anyway.
I own all of the latest video game systems along with an HD projector which can project up to a 25 FT HD image but I will always miss the video game arcades I went to while I was growing up.
I remember calling up Pentagon City once and I demanded that they open a video game arcade there.
The lady on the phone told me "No because it will attract too many teenagers and there will be problems and we dont want that here."
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
Warhawk
()
Date: December 29, 2009 02:28PM
There was a "Time Out", I believe, in downtown Fairfax City. It's an eyeglass place now I think - right next to the power station.
There used to be one WAAAAY back when in the Vienna Magruder's shopping center - like 1983. I played Joust, PacMan and Defender there.
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There used to be one WAAAAY back when in the Vienna Magruder's shopping center - like 1983. I played Joust, PacMan and Defender there.
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That's not a ladybug, that's a cannapiller.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
TheMeeper
()
Date: December 29, 2009 02:29PM
The one in Ballston Commons is still open, I think it's on the upper level though.
Also, the food court at Tysons (before the annex was built) is on the lower level. I've lived near there for thirteen years and don't ever remember an arcade, so it must have closed long ago.
Also, the food court at Tysons (before the annex was built) is on the lower level. I've lived near there for thirteen years and don't ever remember an arcade, so it must have closed long ago.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
FAIRFAX COUNTYS MASTER OF METAL
()
Date: December 29, 2009 02:43PM
TheMeeper Wrote:
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> The one in Ballston Commons is still open, I think
> it's on the upper level though.
>
> Also, the food court at Tysons (before the annex
> was built) is on the lower level. I've lived near
> there for thirteen years and don't ever remember
> an arcade, so it must have closed long ago.
I do remember an arcade being there very recently.
Lots of ravers would hang out there.
I called the mall to ask what happened to it and the lady who answered the phone said in a sarcastic voice "Its not there anymore go somewhere else"
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> The one in Ballston Commons is still open, I think
> it's on the upper level though.
>
> Also, the food court at Tysons (before the annex
> was built) is on the lower level. I've lived near
> there for thirteen years and don't ever remember
> an arcade, so it must have closed long ago.
I do remember an arcade being there very recently.
Lots of ravers would hang out there.
I called the mall to ask what happened to it and the lady who answered the phone said in a sarcastic voice "Its not there anymore go somewhere else"
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
MrMephisto
()
Date: December 29, 2009 02:46PM
TheMeeper Wrote:
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> The one in Ballston Commons is still open, I think
> it's on the upper level though.
That place is a fucking gold mine. They still have a "Marvel vs. Capcom 2" machine. When I saw it, all I could think was, "they should have sent a poet."
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> The one in Ballston Commons is still open, I think
> it's on the upper level though.
That place is a fucking gold mine. They still have a "Marvel vs. Capcom 2" machine. When I saw it, all I could think was, "they should have sent a poet."
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Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
JDouble09
()
Date: December 29, 2009 02:51PM
TheMeeper Wrote:
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> The one in Ballston Commons is still open, I think
> it's on the upper level though.
>
> Also, the food court at Tysons (before the annex
> was built) is on the lower level. I've lived near
> there for thirteen years and don't ever remember
> an arcade, so it must have closed long ago.
Tilt was the arcacde u were talking about and that place had some major water issuse
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> The one in Ballston Commons is still open, I think
> it's on the upper level though.
>
> Also, the food court at Tysons (before the annex
> was built) is on the lower level. I've lived near
> there for thirteen years and don't ever remember
> an arcade, so it must have closed long ago.
Tilt was the arcacde u were talking about and that place had some major water issuse
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
FAIRFAX COUNTYS MASTER OF METAL
()
Date: December 29, 2009 02:52PM
Warhawk Wrote:
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> There was a "Time Out", I believe, in downtown
> Fairfax City. It's an eyeglass place now I think
> - right next to the power station.
>
> There used to be one WAAAAY back when in the
> Vienna Magruder's shopping center - like 1983. I
> played Joust, PacMan and Defender there.
I still play Pac Man. I think Pac Man even had his own cartoon program back in the day.
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> There was a "Time Out", I believe, in downtown
> Fairfax City. It's an eyeglass place now I think
> - right next to the power station.
>
> There used to be one WAAAAY back when in the
> Vienna Magruder's shopping center - like 1983. I
> played Joust, PacMan and Defender there.
I still play Pac Man. I think Pac Man even had his own cartoon program back in the day.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
eCMC
()
Date: December 29, 2009 02:57PM
Its a bit of a drive and not even in Virginia but Dave & Busters up in Bethesda is the ultimate in video arcade fun nowadays.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
FAIRFAX COUNTYS MASTER OF METAL
()
Date: December 29, 2009 02:58PM
The one at Ballston Mall used to be on the bottom food court level because I remember a bunch of skaters skateboarding near the elevator doors while they were waiting for the elevator to pick them up.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
Gravis
()
Date: December 29, 2009 05:45PM
FAIRFAX COUNTYS MASTER OF METAL Wrote:
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> I own all of the latest video game systems along
> with an HD projector which can project up to a 25
> FT HD image but I will always miss the video game
> arcades I went to while I was growing up.
use a few emulators.
General Emulators:
MAME - arcade games
MESS - tons of consoles (some are poorly emulated)
Specialty emulators:
snes9x - SNES
DGen - Sega Genesis
Yabause - Sega Saturn
mednafen - Atari Lynx, GameBoy (Color), GameBoy Advance, NES, PC Engine(TurboGrafx 16), SuperGrafx, Neo Geo Pocket (Color), PC-FX, and WonderSwan (Color)
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
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> I own all of the latest video game systems along
> with an HD projector which can project up to a 25
> FT HD image but I will always miss the video game
> arcades I went to while I was growing up.
use a few emulators.
General Emulators:
MAME - arcade games
MESS - tons of consoles (some are poorly emulated)
Specialty emulators:
snes9x - SNES
DGen - Sega Genesis
Yabause - Sega Saturn
mednafen - Atari Lynx, GameBoy (Color), GameBoy Advance, NES, PC Engine(TurboGrafx 16), SuperGrafx, Neo Geo Pocket (Color), PC-FX, and WonderSwan (Color)
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
MrMephisto
()
Date: December 29, 2009 05:59PM
Emulators are fun and all, but there's nothing like the experience of dropping a quarter in and playing the machine at the arcade.
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Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
TheMeeper
()
Date: December 29, 2009 06:13PM
MrMephisto Wrote:
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>
> there's nothing like the experience of dropping a quarter in and playing the machine at the arcade.
A friend of mine bought a fully functioning stand-up arcade game that has about 30 different old-school video games loaded on it. The original game versions, and yes, the machine requires quarters. It's like the fucking coolest thing in the world. Sometimes I'll just hang out there and play Centipede, Dig Dug, and Zaxxon for an hour.
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>
> there's nothing like the experience of dropping a quarter in and playing the machine at the arcade.
A friend of mine bought a fully functioning stand-up arcade game that has about 30 different old-school video games loaded on it. The original game versions, and yes, the machine requires quarters. It's like the fucking coolest thing in the world. Sometimes I'll just hang out there and play Centipede, Dig Dug, and Zaxxon for an hour.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
hartman
()
Date: December 29, 2009 06:15PM
MAME is a great way to play all the old video games. MAME uses the exact same ROM program from the original machine. You can find arcade machines that use MAME and are loaded with over 1000 original arcade games. Or just download MAME and the ROMS and play on you PC.
I also remember 2 arcades at Springfield Mall. One was called SPACEWAY RACEWAY and was much better than TIME OUT.
I also remember 2 arcades at Springfield Mall. One was called SPACEWAY RACEWAY and was much better than TIME OUT.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
games
()
Date: December 29, 2009 06:32PM
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
tomahawk
()
Date: December 29, 2009 10:46PM
It was while playing a coin-op game back in the day when I almost got my ass kicked in a race riot when my idiot friend started throwing the N-word around. I was too deep into my Space Duel game (the game on the front of the Who album) to just stop playing and run, and I almost paid the price for it. Fortunately the brawlers didn't make the connection between me and my buddy and the fight spilled outside so I was able to finish a level. Too bad for my friend, but he asked for it.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
Snapple
()
Date: December 29, 2009 10:52PM
The only arcade as such that I went to around here was the one at Tysons, in the 90's. I remember they had a helicopter game that was fairly realistic in its controls. Does anyone remember the name of that one? There was also G-LOC, a flying game with a seat that tilted back and forth.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
FAIRFAX COUNTYS MASTER OF METAL
()
Date: December 29, 2009 11:51PM
The lower level arcade at Springfield Mall had Run and Gun in it.
Kick ass basketball game.
I am not even that big of a fan of basketball.
But that game was awesome.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
FAIRFAX COUNTYS MASTER OF METAL
()
Date: December 30, 2009 12:45AM
Snapple Wrote:
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> The only arcade as such that I went to around here
> was the one at Tysons, in the 90's. I remember
> they had a helicopter game that was fairly
> realistic in its controls. Does anyone remember
> the name of that one? There was also G-LOC, a
> flying game with a seat that tilted back and
> forth.
So when did they close it?
Why did they close it?
Too many people looking like this hanging out in there made the mall management uncomfortable?
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> The only arcade as such that I went to around here
> was the one at Tysons, in the 90's. I remember
> they had a helicopter game that was fairly
> realistic in its controls. Does anyone remember
> the name of that one? There was also G-LOC, a
> flying game with a seat that tilted back and
> forth.
So when did they close it?
Why did they close it?
Too many people looking like this hanging out in there made the mall management uncomfortable?
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
Eastsider
()
Date: December 30, 2009 06:15AM
Ballston and Tysons both had Tilts. The Ballston one was at the far end of the basement's food court and the one at Tysons was directly across from Slade's Restaurant on the upper level. Ballston still has an arcade, on the third level, but it is a mere shadow of what Tilt once was.
The 90s were awesome for coin-ops. Titles like NBA JAM, Mortal Kombat, TMNT, Lethal Enforcers, and Street Fighter were cash cows. Good times. I had birthday parties where my friends and I went to the mall and my Mom kept us primed with quarters.
I always thought it was funny how Tilt always put price tags on their machines around the holidays. They were usually a couple thousand each. I think there would have been hell to pay if someone bought the NBA JAM. I must have pumped $300+ into NBA JAM and NBA JAM TE. Daytona got a lot of my money too.
Aside from those, bowling alleys and the laser tag place in Springfield Mall had arcades. Chuck E Cheeses in Annandale and Fairfax also had a great selection. I was a sucker for the USA vs. USSR hockey game.
The 90s were awesome for coin-ops. Titles like NBA JAM, Mortal Kombat, TMNT, Lethal Enforcers, and Street Fighter were cash cows. Good times. I had birthday parties where my friends and I went to the mall and my Mom kept us primed with quarters.
I always thought it was funny how Tilt always put price tags on their machines around the holidays. They were usually a couple thousand each. I think there would have been hell to pay if someone bought the NBA JAM. I must have pumped $300+ into NBA JAM and NBA JAM TE. Daytona got a lot of my money too.
Aside from those, bowling alleys and the laser tag place in Springfield Mall had arcades. Chuck E Cheeses in Annandale and Fairfax also had a great selection. I was a sucker for the USA vs. USSR hockey game.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
Warhawk
()
Date: December 30, 2009 06:19AM
FAIRFAX COUNTYS MASTER OF METAL Wrote:
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>
> I still play Pac Man. I think Pac Man even had his
> own cartoon program back in the day.
Shit. Pac-Man had everything...a Saturday morning cartoon, clothing, lunchboxes, even a cereal:
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>
> I still play Pac Man. I think Pac Man even had his
> own cartoon program back in the day.
Shit. Pac-Man had everything...a Saturday morning cartoon, clothing, lunchboxes, even a cereal:
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That's not a ladybug, that's a cannapiller.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
TheMeeper
()
Date: December 30, 2009 06:57AM
Warhawk Wrote:
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>
> Shit. Pac-Man had everything...a Saturday morning
> cartoon, clothing, lunchboxes, even a cereal
There was even a Top 40 song called "Pac Man Fever".
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>
> Shit. Pac-Man had everything...a Saturday morning
> cartoon, clothing, lunchboxes, even a cereal
There was even a Top 40 song called "Pac Man Fever".
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
mgnut
()
Date: December 30, 2009 08:34AM
hartman Wrote:
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> I also remember 2 arcades at Springfield Mall. One
> was called SPACEWAY RACEWAY and was much better
> than TIME OUT.
I believe Spaceway raceway eventually was turned into Time Out #2 (lower level)
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> I also remember 2 arcades at Springfield Mall. One
> was called SPACEWAY RACEWAY and was much better
> than TIME OUT.
I believe Spaceway raceway eventually was turned into Time Out #2 (lower level)
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
Jackie the Jokeman
()
Date: December 30, 2009 08:49AM
Falls Church had the Playtime arcade.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
Adam
()
Date: December 30, 2009 10:56AM
TheMeeper Wrote:
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> The one in Ballston Commons is still open, I think
> it's on the upper level though.
>
> Also, the food court at Tysons (before the annex
> was built) is on the lower level. I've lived near
> there for thirteen years and don't ever remember
> an arcade, so it must have closed long ago.
Tilt was upstairs in the same hallway as the "old food court" Near the exit/entrance doors of that hallway.
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> The one in Ballston Commons is still open, I think
> it's on the upper level though.
>
> Also, the food court at Tysons (before the annex
> was built) is on the lower level. I've lived near
> there for thirteen years and don't ever remember
> an arcade, so it must have closed long ago.
Tilt was upstairs in the same hallway as the "old food court" Near the exit/entrance doors of that hallway.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
Adam
()
Date: December 30, 2009 10:59AM
Eastsider Wrote:
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> I always thought it was funny how Tilt always put
> price tags on their machines around the holidays.
> They were usually a couple thousand each. I think
> there would have been hell to pay if someone
> bought the NBA JAM. I must have pumped $300+ into
> NBA JAM and NBA JAM TE. Daytona got a lot of my
> money too.
Ahh I remember the price tags!! Being a kid you can't even imagine how you would get that much money.
Killer Instinct was my fav game at the Tysons tilt.
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> I always thought it was funny how Tilt always put
> price tags on their machines around the holidays.
> They were usually a couple thousand each. I think
> there would have been hell to pay if someone
> bought the NBA JAM. I must have pumped $300+ into
> NBA JAM and NBA JAM TE. Daytona got a lot of my
> money too.
Ahh I remember the price tags!! Being a kid you can't even imagine how you would get that much money.
Killer Instinct was my fav game at the Tysons tilt.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
Eastsider
()
Date: December 30, 2009 01:50PM
I enjoyed the value that you got out of "The Main Event" at Tysons. It was a wrestling game that only cost a quarter, and you could easily last 10-15 minutes if you were good. Contrast that with NBA JAM, which was $2 for ~10 minutes and any booger-eater in the joint could join in at any time and ruin your game vs. the CPU.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/30/2009 01:50PM by Eastsider.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/30/2009 01:50PM by Eastsider.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
wtfno
()
Date: December 30, 2009 09:31PM
Adam Wrote:
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> TheMeeper Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The one in Ballston Commons is still open, I
> think
> > it's on the upper level though.
> >
> > Also, the food court at Tysons (before the
> annex
> > was built) is on the lower level. I've lived
> near
> > there for thirteen years and don't ever
> remember
> > an arcade, so it must have closed long ago.
>
> Tilt was upstairs in the same hallway as the "old
> food court" Near the exit/entrance doors of that
> hallway.
Yep. I never got the full story, but I heard that the arcade had a lot of gang and drug issues. I was told there was a few drug busts there and eventually just got shut down.
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> TheMeeper Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The one in Ballston Commons is still open, I
> think
> > it's on the upper level though.
> >
> > Also, the food court at Tysons (before the
> annex
> > was built) is on the lower level. I've lived
> near
> > there for thirteen years and don't ever
> remember
> > an arcade, so it must have closed long ago.
>
> Tilt was upstairs in the same hallway as the "old
> food court" Near the exit/entrance doors of that
> hallway.
Yep. I never got the full story, but I heard that the arcade had a lot of gang and drug issues. I was told there was a few drug busts there and eventually just got shut down.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
FAIRFAX COUNTYS MASTER OF METAL
()
Date: December 31, 2009 12:53AM
wtfno Wrote:
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> Adam Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > TheMeeper Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > The one in Ballston Commons is still open, I
> > think
> > > it's on the upper level though.
> > >
> > > Also, the food court at Tysons (before the
> > annex
> > > was built) is on the lower level. I've lived
> > near
> > > there for thirteen years and don't ever
> > remember
> > > an arcade, so it must have closed long ago.
> >
> > Tilt was upstairs in the same hallway as the
> "old
> > food court" Near the exit/entrance doors of
> that
> > hallway.
>
>
> Yep. I never got the full story, but I heard that
> the arcade had a lot of gang and drug issues. I
> was told there was a few drug busts there and
> eventually just got shut down.
All the times I was in there I never saw any gang members.
There were always a bunch of ravers in there.
Nobody in there had any issues with anybody else.
We were all too busy gaming.
I dont have anything against electronic music.
I just prefer my music to be made by humans instead of computers.
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> Adam Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > TheMeeper Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > The one in Ballston Commons is still open, I
> > think
> > > it's on the upper level though.
> > >
> > > Also, the food court at Tysons (before the
> > annex
> > > was built) is on the lower level. I've lived
> > near
> > > there for thirteen years and don't ever
> > remember
> > > an arcade, so it must have closed long ago.
> >
> > Tilt was upstairs in the same hallway as the
> "old
> > food court" Near the exit/entrance doors of
> that
> > hallway.
>
>
> Yep. I never got the full story, but I heard that
> the arcade had a lot of gang and drug issues. I
> was told there was a few drug busts there and
> eventually just got shut down.
All the times I was in there I never saw any gang members.
There were always a bunch of ravers in there.
Nobody in there had any issues with anybody else.
We were all too busy gaming.
I dont have anything against electronic music.
I just prefer my music to be made by humans instead of computers.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
JDouble09
()
Date: December 31, 2009 12:13PM
FAIRFAX COUNTYS MASTER OF METAL Wrote:
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> http://www.klov.com/images/11/1181242157147.jpg
>
> http://www.klov.com/images/10/1051021621.gif
>
>
> http://www.klov.com/images/10/1060341778.jpg
>
>
> The lower level arcade at Springfield Mall had Run
> and Gun in it.
> Kick ass basketball game.
> I am not even that big of a fan of basketball.
> But that game was awesome.
What about this?
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10496
and this one
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9156
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> http://www.klov.com/images/11/1181242157147.jpg
>
> http://www.klov.com/images/10/1051021621.gif
>
>
> http://www.klov.com/images/10/1060341778.jpg
>
>
> The lower level arcade at Springfield Mall had Run
> and Gun in it.
> Kick ass basketball game.
> I am not even that big of a fan of basketball.
> But that game was awesome.
What about this?
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10496
and this one
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9156
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
Mumbo
()
Date: January 01, 2010 07:44PM
Used to hit the one on Pickett road by Van dorn all the time and Springfield Mall of course.
Crystal City might still have that place in the underground right by 23rd St.? Was mostly pinball machines back in the day though.
Crystal City might still have that place in the underground right by 23rd St.? Was mostly pinball machines back in the day though.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
©
()
Date: January 01, 2010 09:28PM
Chuck e' cheese had an awesome motorcycle shooter game back in the day
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
MrMephisto
()
Date: January 01, 2010 10:40PM
Anyone else ever play the shooting games by putting double the money in and playing with both guns?
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Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
tomahawk
()
Date: January 01, 2010 10:55PM
MrMephisto Wrote:
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> Anyone else ever play the shooting games by
> putting double the money in and playing with both
> guns?
Hmm, never thought of that. Will have to try it sometime.
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> Anyone else ever play the shooting games by
> putting double the money in and playing with both
> guns?
Hmm, never thought of that. Will have to try it sometime.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
MrMephisto
()
Date: January 01, 2010 11:08PM
tomahawk Wrote:
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> MrMephisto Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Anyone else ever play the shooting games by
> > putting double the money in and playing with
> both
> > guns?
>
>
> Hmm, never thought of that. Will have to try it
> sometime.
I was BEAST at Area 51 doing this.
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> MrMephisto Wrote:
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> -----
> > Anyone else ever play the shooting games by
> > putting double the money in and playing with
> both
> > guns?
>
>
> Hmm, never thought of that. Will have to try it
> sometime.
I was BEAST at Area 51 doing this.
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Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
tomahawk
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Date: January 02, 2010 03:10AM
How good was your gun foo? Like Matrix good? Or maybe Equilibrium?
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
MrMephisto
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Date: January 02, 2010 12:17PM
I think it was "Equilibrium" good. I made it to the final spacecraft in one play using two guns. I'd gathered a sizable crowd by that point.
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Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
Johnny Holmes
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Date: January 02, 2010 11:28PM
MrMephisto Wrote:
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> I think it was "Equilibrium" good. I made it to
> the final spacecraft in one play using two guns.
> I'd gathered a sizable crowd by that point.
Any hot chicks in that crowd?
Back in the day I met several of my girlfriends at the arcade.
Good times. :)
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> I think it was "Equilibrium" good. I made it to
> the final spacecraft in one play using two guns.
> I'd gathered a sizable crowd by that point.
Any hot chicks in that crowd?
Back in the day I met several of my girlfriends at the arcade.
Good times. :)
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
mark
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Date: December 11, 2010 09:00PM
i own a g loc sit down game. and a small chain of mall arcades in va.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
Run and Gunner
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Date: December 12, 2010 12:23AM
Oh my how I miss the 90s
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
JDouble09
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Date: December 12, 2010 01:31PM
Warhawk Wrote:
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> There was a "Time Out", I believe, in downtown
> Fairfax City. It's an eyeglass place now I think
> - right next to the power station.
>
> There used to be one WAAAAY back when in the
> Vienna Magruder's shopping center - like 1983. I
> played Joust, PacMan and Defender there.
It wasn't Time Out, I think it was called Wizards
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> There was a "Time Out", I believe, in downtown
> Fairfax City. It's an eyeglass place now I think
> - right next to the power station.
>
> There used to be one WAAAAY back when in the
> Vienna Magruder's shopping center - like 1983. I
> played Joust, PacMan and Defender there.
It wasn't Time Out, I think it was called Wizards
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
JDouble09
()
Date: December 12, 2010 01:31PM
Run and Gunner Wrote:
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> >
> Oh my how I miss the 90s
My favorite basketball vg
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> >
> Oh my how I miss the 90s
My favorite basketball vg
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
hifolks
()
Date: December 12, 2010 04:01PM
Just some friendly emulator recommendations:
I recommend Kega Fusion over DGen.
Dgen is very, very dated and the guy who develops Kega Fusion (Steve Snake) actually made the Sega 32X version of NBA Jam TE And Mortal Kombat 2 - ironic since pictures of the cabinets where shown in this thread, thought I'd let you all know. Don't recommend the latest version due to some glitches (latest version is 3.64) but the previous version is better (3.63) and he is still involved with making video games today.
Very solid Genesis, 32X and Sega CD emulation btw.
SSF is better than Yabuse from what I gather - only used SSF, but Saturn emulation requires a pretty good computer. But if you like it, I love it.
SNES9x and ZSNES...hmm. I prefer ZSNES, but if you have a nice computer and want very accurate emulation, BSNES is pretty good, but oh how I wish it had a fast forward feature.
I recommend Kega Fusion over DGen.
Dgen is very, very dated and the guy who develops Kega Fusion (Steve Snake) actually made the Sega 32X version of NBA Jam TE And Mortal Kombat 2 - ironic since pictures of the cabinets where shown in this thread, thought I'd let you all know. Don't recommend the latest version due to some glitches (latest version is 3.64) but the previous version is better (3.63) and he is still involved with making video games today.
Very solid Genesis, 32X and Sega CD emulation btw.
SSF is better than Yabuse from what I gather - only used SSF, but Saturn emulation requires a pretty good computer. But if you like it, I love it.
SNES9x and ZSNES...hmm. I prefer ZSNES, but if you have a nice computer and want very accurate emulation, BSNES is pretty good, but oh how I wish it had a fast forward feature.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
1990s arcade gamer
()
Date: December 12, 2010 07:14PM
I miss the sound of 50+ arcade cabinets all running and playing at the same time.
For a small tast of what I am talking about, press play on all of the Youtube videos I posted above simultaneously.
I miss those days.
You cant get the same feeling now playing a next generation console at home.
Going Away on Vacation TODAY.. What I Want When I RETURN..
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WingNut
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Date: December 13, 2010 07:44AM
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Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
Warhawk
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Date: December 13, 2010 08:00AM
I played this game non-stop in the late 80's, but by then Nintendo was making video arcade places a second tier activity. I remember once sitting behind this adult who was just kicking ass - it was like watching Rambo in action. I don't think he died the entire game. At the end my fried said "How did you do that???" His answer - "Vietnam". I doubt it was true, but when you're 14 it sounds believable.
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Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
Blank Reg
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Date: December 13, 2010 10:36AM
I used to go to Tilt every Friday after school between 1993 - 1995. I had a boyfriend that played MK and MK II a lot, he always wore a backwards "Friends Dont Let Friends Drive Fords" hat. Those Auntie Annie's Pretzels guys were the shit at Mortal Kombat, there was always a crowd. They'd saunter in, school fifteen guys in a row for half an hour, then casually stroll out sipping on a soda from their work.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
Nintendo Power Subscriber
()
Date: December 13, 2010 03:52PM
Blank Reg Wrote:
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> I used to go to Tilt every Friday after school
> between 1993 - 1995. I had a boyfriend that played
> MK and MK II a lot, he always wore a backwards
> "Friends Dont Let Friends Drive Fords" hat. Those
> Auntie Annie's Pretzels guys were the shit at
> Mortal Kombat, there was always a crowd. They'd
> saunter in, school fifteen guys in a row for half
> an hour, then casually stroll out sipping on a
> soda from their work.
There were plenty of kids in there during school hours. Thats one of the reasons why I think the mall management shut that place down.
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> I used to go to Tilt every Friday after school
> between 1993 - 1995. I had a boyfriend that played
> MK and MK II a lot, he always wore a backwards
> "Friends Dont Let Friends Drive Fords" hat. Those
> Auntie Annie's Pretzels guys were the shit at
> Mortal Kombat, there was always a crowd. They'd
> saunter in, school fifteen guys in a row for half
> an hour, then casually stroll out sipping on a
> soda from their work.
There were plenty of kids in there during school hours. Thats one of the reasons why I think the mall management shut that place down.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
Nintendo Power Subscriber
()
Date: December 13, 2010 03:55PM
Warhawk Wrote:
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> I played this game non-stop in the late 80's, but
> by then Nintendo was making video arcade places a
> second tier activity. I remember once sitting
> behind this adult who was just kicking ass - it
> was like watching Rambo in action. I don't think
> he died the entire game. At the end my fried said
> "How did you do that???" His answer - "Vietnam".
> I doubt it was true, but when you're 14 it sounds
> believable.
If removed from the arcade cabinet the gun from that game could easily be mistakened for a real one especially at night.
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> I played this game non-stop in the late 80's, but
> by then Nintendo was making video arcade places a
> second tier activity. I remember once sitting
> behind this adult who was just kicking ass - it
> was like watching Rambo in action. I don't think
> he died the entire game. At the end my fried said
> "How did you do that???" His answer - "Vietnam".
> I doubt it was true, but when you're 14 it sounds
> believable.
If removed from the arcade cabinet the gun from that game could easily be mistakened for a real one especially at night.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
Warhawk
()
Date: December 13, 2010 08:06PM
LOL at the username "Nintendo Power Subscriber". I had a subscription to. As well as a subscription to the Nintendo Fun Club magazine that came out quarterly before it became Nintendo Power. I think I have the very first Nintendo Power mag laying around somewhere. It sounds lame now, but it wasn't in 1988.
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Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
I loved Playtime in Falls Church
()
Date: December 13, 2010 08:11PM
Then my parents caught on to where I was all the time and I got the boot.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
Doc
()
Date: December 13, 2010 09:58PM
Join the Nintendo Fun Club today, Mac!
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
Blank Reg
()
Date: December 14, 2010 10:14AM
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
FAIRFAX_COUNTYS_MASTER_OF_METAL
()
Date: December 14, 2010 12:25PM
Damn fucking ravers fuck up everything.
Re: Northern Virginia Video Game Arcades
Posted by:
HowlerMonkey
()
Date: April 20, 2011 12:01AM
Necropost.
I played all the arcades in the DC area but Playtime had the cutest skinny little hotties in 1983.
If you ever saw MAR or MCJ as the high score of a game, that was me.
My buddy was COB.
Never got into robotron or galaga but ruled tron, zoo keeper, crazy climber, turbo, pole position, and, more importantly, the pinball games like black hole.
I just got done kicking the crap out of "theater of magic" pinball machine not 10 minutes ago.
Yeah...I'm still a hardcore gamer and am available to deliver airframe pepperidge to any dweebs in Aces High or Warbirds Freehost combat flight simulator.
I played all the arcades in the DC area but Playtime had the cutest skinny little hotties in 1983.
If you ever saw MAR or MCJ as the high score of a game, that was me.
My buddy was COB.
Never got into robotron or galaga but ruled tron, zoo keeper, crazy climber, turbo, pole position, and, more importantly, the pinball games like black hole.
I just got done kicking the crap out of "theater of magic" pinball machine not 10 minutes ago.
Yeah...I'm still a hardcore gamer and am available to deliver airframe pepperidge to any dweebs in Aces High or Warbirds Freehost combat flight simulator.