Token

Optimus Prime wrote: »

hmm, id say its illegal, sure isnt it illegal to have them anyways technically even in your house. Dont you need a gaming license to have arcade\pinball\gambling machines or something? I just remember the cabs i bought in the past all having some sort of license card in them behind plastic! is that still the case?

Edit: must be this thing..

http://www.revenue.ie/en/companies-and-charities/excise-and-licences/excise-licensing/amusement-licences/index.aspx

I was thinking more along the lines of it being illegal (copyright infringement) to have the game without the board (yes, technically it's indeed illegal to even have a MAME collection at home).

And if I recall correctly, I read somewhere that even in case one owned the game board, it's still a license violation to run the same game through any means other than the board itself (e.g. dump the roms and use an emulator).

Yet, I have seen at least one MAME cab available for the public on business premises...

o1s1n wrote: »

On lots of PCBs, there's even a boot screen saying it's only to be used in X regional location and using it outside of said location is against the law. I must be a master criminal so :pac:

Just pay heed to the winners not using drugs one

Andrew76 wrote: »

Jon Jones obviously wasn't much of an arcade gamer then... :pac:

Couldn't actually believe that when I read it this morning, what a screw up

So went with a mate last night. Had a great time.

There are some issues but i didn't let that spoil the night for me.
I think they are making more money on food and beer than the games so maybe that why that area is slipping a bit.
Not justifying it as that's the main reason i went to this "arcade" bar.
I think i will highlight some of the issues on the facebook/twitter page as they seem to be very responsive on there.

Issues i noticed :
Tekken Tag Tournament - Screen very red, monitor issue but people still playing it.
NBA Hangtime (NBA Jam 2) - Slight green issue on the top right corner.
Metal Slug 3 - left joystick wasn't hitting down every time.
Golden Axe - Always a classic, no issues apart from me being crap, difficulty seemed high.
Street Fighter 2 - Enjoyed this, got my ass handed to me by my mate.
Ghosts 'n Goblins - Didn't play it due to earlier criticisms on here.
Sunset Riders - Love this game, one credit to stage 7 of 8, seemed easier than usual. Cab was strange though, LCD was vertical making viewing difficult.
Marvel Vs. Capcom - always a frantic game, no issues
Final Fight - Played it, enjoyed it, LCD
Donkey Kong - some idiot was reaching across us trying to get a beer, death followed. (not for her)
Double Dragon - Didn't see this anywhere
Time Crisis 2 - Didn't see this anywhere

Played Twilight Zone pinball also, they now have a big black curtain to keep the noise down for the tables in the area,
Sweltering hot it is down there. Quickly lost my token. Need to spend a lot of time on them methinks.

All in all it was great, good beers and games with beer holders.
For the purists that will throw up some problems but for the people who like games and beer they will love it.

Also donated some of my tokens (Capcom/Sega/Taito/Barcade/Arcade Otaku)

Ed's 2c

airmax87 wrote: »

^ So they fixed the sticks on the CE cabinet ?

Seemed ok, what was the issue you had?

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Did they ever fix the monitor for the Superman game? The colours were all wonky when I was there last month.

Didn't see a superman game so i guess the swapped it out to fix.

airmax87 wrote: »

couldnt hold down back on the p1 side without using an absurd amount of force

The stick on P1 was iffy alright back at the beginning of the month

Walk ins are fine now

New deal on Monday and Tuesdays is great

Any Main
Any Side
Any Pint
10 Tokens
€19.95

ianob7 wrote: »

Depends on the time and how many is in your party. If it's just just yourself you should have no issues dropping in at any stage

just myself and a mate.
Thanks for the replies , looking forward to it now..

Would a well behaved kid be welcome/tolerated here?

sweetie wrote: »

Would a well behaved kid be welcome/tolerated here?

from their homepage

Token is a restaurant – bar – retro arcade – pinball parlour – event space.
We have over 32 machines, 22 taps, and an extensive menu for all tastes. Our food consists of our take on high-end fast food. Whether it be a wagyu burger, vegan calamari, bacon battered Reese’s Cup, or extremely hot chicken – all of our dishes are cooked to order. We host events, gaming and not gaming-related, ranging from film screenings to board game meet-ups to pinball leagues to eating challenges to beer tastings & more!
We are strictly 18+ at this time.

cheers, that's a shame, would like to introduce her to coin-ops!

I'd love a sambo and an a few games

Yeah I had young kids play my pinballs before for a few minutes.....never again

Inviere wrote: »

Maybe that's why they've borked screens and controls on some of the machines in there, from that pilot test, or something

I don't know these things got a good battering bitd. They are all fairly to robust machines. If the sticks /buttons they are using are breaking that easy I'd have to ask what they are using?? . Let's face it everything else hardware wise is locked away in the cabinets.

I know ,I still don't see what kids would manage to do to a screen that you have no access too that an adult with some drink or other couldnt manage the same ,these cabs /machine were made to take some abuse. The screens is mostly an age thing and nothing more.

I've found adults to be more aggressive than any kids playing on any of my stuff.

They've got a DDR machine in there now apparently.

It looks damn tasty though... Pity i probably won't see this in galway any time soon

DDR was out of service that day I went unfortunately. Also I got on a nice run with Ghouls N Ghosts, which is nice cos I haven't played it once, until I got to the second level, had to climb a ladder and discovered up on the stick isn't working .

In other news there's a Barcade opening in Cork City in the Mardyke complex. Details are patchy so far in terms of what games they've got, they're waiting for a big reveal. Going to be retro consoles and board games also. I know they've Time Crisis, Mario Kart and Donkey Kong anyway. It's in beta test mode so you can just go in and check I haven't been in Cork in the last few weeks otherwise I'd pop in.