Galloping Ghost Arcade: A tad unimpressed

As scheduled, I hung out with my Pixelated Radio co-host and his better half at the Galloping Ghost Arcade earlier today and if I'm being honest, I left a little unimpressed. The concept is wonderful—an arcade full of classic to current machines, with a one-time fee for the day—but its execution was subpar. While the arcade claims to have two hundred and thirty-five working machines, they never specify if the machines work at one-hundred percent.

From my experience, many machines had an unresponsive button or a control pad that didn't want to move in a specific direction—apparently Marge Simpson is only interested in going left, right, and down (that's what she said). Other issues included flickering screens that never returned to their correct orientation and the awesome Silent Scope without a working scope. It's not all bad; however, as the arcade contains many fighters—including Mortal Kombat on a custom rig with a beautiful display—and most of them are in pretty good condition.

I wanted to fall in love with the arcade, but I gladly settled on staying in (bro)love with my fellow co-host. If you live in the area—even if you have other options—I would still recommend going at least once, but remember to retard your expectations. it is a perfect place for a parent to introduce their child to the gaming of yesteryear and I saw quite a few example today. I want to leave you with one final statement: Karate Champ sucks, but I love it for its existence in Bloodsport and the fact a winner was me in the co-host battle.