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We also have (I believe) the largest arcade in North America, at Galloping Ghost, which includes a bunch of pinball tables and also that terrible hologram time travel game from the early 1990s.

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Galloping Ghost is a treasure! They have TONS of games that are the only exemplar in existence (The world's only genuine Beavis & Butthead prototype arcade cabinet, for instance) and the owners are true gameplay connoisseurs- There is almost no game in history with decent gameplay that cannot be found at Galloping Ghost... they are true completists for everything that is actually fun to play (the main things they're missing are the expensive early collector games from the Pong era, but those were mostly uninteresting from a gameplay perspective)

Correct. And it has _both_ terrible holographic Sega games. Galloping Ghost Pinball just opened up the other week down the block a bit.

Can't wait to see the new Stern tables at the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee this weekend.

There was apparently a home version of that hologram game. It has a dubious honor.

  The DVD version of the game was the only title to receive a 0/10 score from Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine.

And here I was, beginning to think I had imagined that (incredibly cool looking) thing into which I sank far too many tokens trying to understand what the hell I was supposed to even do.

If you ever find yourself near McLean IL stopping at Arcadia is a must. Old bank full of pinball machines.

Logan Arcade has become a mecca for pinball/arcade enthusiasts as well.

I always maintain it is the best bar in Chicago, and EASILY the best arcade bar.

edit: arcade/video games instead of pinball/arcade.

Plus, Killer Queen!

I was at my local arcade and I was lucky enough to come across a group of friends that met up every week to play Killer Queen. They had the full 10 people and someone asked me if I wanted to sub in while they went for a beer. One of the most exciting arcade experiences I’ve had in a long time. You get 10 people hunched over that game and it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen or done before.

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