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Heart of Gaming - London

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  • 14-04-2013 5:53pm
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    o1s1n
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    Master of the Universe


    Did you see this place opened the other day? (photos from Arcade Otaku)

    I wonder are the Jaleco Pony IIs they rescued from the Troc on site here?

    Must drop in next time I'm over in London :)

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    Pyongyang
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    Not a single STG in sight...


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    Andrew76
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    Pyongyang wrote: »
    Not a single STG in sight...

    That was my first thought too.


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    TechnoFreek
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    STG?


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    o1s1n
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    I was hoping there were more cabs around the corner full of shmups! :)

    There are only photos there of the Versus Citys, so who knows, maybe there are more.

    Ah hah! found these on their Facebook page. Not many, but there's a couple of vertical NNCs there

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    o1s1n
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    TechnoFreek wrote: »
    STG?

    'Shooting Game'. An acronym to make the elite shmup fans feel even more elite :D


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    Andrew76
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    o1s1n wrote: »
    'Shooting Game'. An acronym to make the elite shmup fans feel even more elite :D

    Less effort to type. :)

    It's good to see a new arcade open though.


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    johnny_ultimate
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    Far too bright for an arcade. Everyone knows Japanese ones are smoky, dank places, and that's all part of the charm :p

    This place has 'windows', which is against the tried and tested Japanese method of precluding as much sunlight as humanly possible.


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    Retr0gamer
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    TechnoFreek wrote: »
    STG?

    Sexually transmitted gangrene.
    Untitled Image




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    Steve X2
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    Where is this place? I'm in london twice a month usually so would def check this out.


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    CathalDublin
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    10 Cullen Way, London, England.


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    o1s1n
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    Andrew76 wrote: »
    Less effort to type. :)

    Ah I'm just winding you up :p I'd never heard the term until I read Pyong's 'zine. Which I found a bit strange as I've been playing shmups for years.

    It's no Arcade Street in Paris, but it's not a bad start. They have some great cabs which were saved from the Troc and Casino, seem to be a little limited on floor space after moving to London.


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    Steve X2
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    CathalDublin wrote: »
    10 Cullen Way, London, England.

    Damn its a bit out of the way. Why cant the open these places no more than 2 mins walk from Leicester square :D


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    CiDeRmAn
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Sexually transmitted gangrene.

    So, you shag but then your willy turns necrotic and falls off, wow, that's some serious consequences right there!
    So, safe sex for all!


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    Doctor DooM
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    It's primarily a place for FG games, including tournaments- it even has facilities for travellers to sleep on site- but has plenty of others too.

    The guy who owns it has been kinda courting some of over in shoryuken land to come over for a tournament, I'll let ye know in case some of you'd like to come :)


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    unky chop chop
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    Looks nicely set up for SF3 with the vs cabs but what's the crack with SF4 doom?
    Hope they play the tournies on the Viewlixs.
    I can only see one cab in the shot


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    K.O.Kiki
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    unky chop chop wrote: »
    Looks nicely set up for SF3 with the vs cabs but what's the crack with SF4 doom?
    Hope they play the tournies on the Viewlixs.
    I can only see one cab in the shot
    I think they're reserving the cabs for old games & playing SF4 on console for now.



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    Doctor DooM
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    unky chop chop wrote: »
    Looks nicely set up for SF3 with the vs cabs but what's the crack with SF4 doom?
    Hope they play the tournies on the Viewlixs.
    I can only see one cab in the shot

    I seriously doubt any SF4 tournament outside of Japan will ever be played on a cab outside of as a gimmick, too many pad warriors floating around these days.


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