Soviet Arcade Machines

[DotCommunist]

Soviet Arcade Machines


*books flight to russia*

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Excellent, thanks for posting that.

 

[DotCommunist]

Note that Cmrd Khruskev and the glorious Soviet Union produced Silent Scope long before the capitalists

Snaiper:

Silent Scope (amazing at the arcade, shit on Dreamcast with a gamepad):

 

[Citizen66]

Do we have anywhere like this with the old school stuff? Modern arcades are shit.

 

[DotCommunist]

Do we have anywhere like this with the old school stuff? Modern arcades are shit.

I know an old snooker hall and pub in northampton that still keeps late 90's early 2000 machines in the 'kids' area with the pool tables. They've still got Time Crisis

 

[Citizen66]

I more meant 70s / 80s

 

[Citizen66]

Might have to play some MAME tonight.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Do we have anywhere like this with the old school stuff? Modern arcades are shit.

This is near Blackburn, been meaning to go for a few months now...
Arcade Club - Access the largest classic video arcade in the UK

 

[WWWeed]

If I ever go to Russia I'm checking this place out!

Do we have anywhere like this with the old school stuff? Modern arcades are shit.

Admittedly there are not many left but there not gone yet!

There's the heart of gaming in Acton for instance (pay once for unlimited plays):

and the four quarters in Peckham (machines take US quarters you get from the bar hence the name):

 

[WWWeed]

On the subject of soviet arcade machines I had a play on this when I was in Berlin a few months back:

Ever wanted to know how the commie bastards spent their youth? Well, unlike you western Coca-Cola drinking, mcdonalds burger munching bastards, they didn't spend their times in the arcades... because arcades weren't allowed... and hence so was arcade equipment.

However, in one sector of the communist territory, there was a mild blip, where coin operated videogames had a small market.. and thus was born, the only coin-operated communist party approved video game.. With styling 30 years out of date, and technology perhaps 10 years aout of date, the Poly Play came into being!

The previous owner of this machine in East Germany knows of only one more machine still in Germany. There is a page listed in the links section that shows a picture of another machine, but it differs from my machine. I was told that because the machines were hand built, and things were not always readily available, they used anything they could lay their hands on, and so the machines did differ from one to another. If approximately 1000 machines were built, all but 40 were collectively dismantled. And as such, today, there only appears to be 2, possibly 3 machines left... a wonderful example of communist oppression and/or style!!
Poly Play Information

 

[Citizen66]

If I ever go to Russia I'm checking this place out!

Admittedly there are not many left but there not gone yet!

There's the heart of gaming in Acton for instance (pay once for unlimited plays):

and the four quarters in Peckham (machines take US quarters you get from the bar hence the name):

Omg! Many many thanks!

 

[Throbbing Angel]

This is near Blackburn, been meaning to go for a few months now...
Arcade Club - Access the largest classic video arcade in the UK

Me and the boy went to Arcade Club on Sunday it was great!

 

[DotCommunist]

Me and the boy went to Arcade Club on Sunday it was great!

do they still need big 50p's and other large coinage no longer in circulation?