Blackpool Arcade Club - very nice

[gridrunner]

Hello everyone,

I went to the Blackpool Arcade Club in Blackpool on Bloomfield Rd, next to the football ground last Thursday evening. There's some parking on site, but I expect it might get more challenging to park at the venue at weekends.

It was fairly quiet, to be expected on a Thursday, and we had the the run of the place. There's a great line up of retro machines as well as more modern shooters, novelty games and fun stuff for kids including hoop games, guitar hero and dance games. I spent most of the evening in the Star Wars cockpit and they had a nice Outrun Deluxe that made me a bit travel sick

All your favourites are there, so I had Q*Bert to play and some oddities too, so Atari Quantum (switched off) and a Missile Command that was on the fritz. That said, the vast majority of games were working just fine. Pong needed some attention to the TV and the paddles. Also a few modern pins downstairs, including some Sterns - Dr No got my attention. Would love to see a Tron or an EDOT

We had a burger and chips in the cafe area that was tasty and well priced. It was £10 per adult on Thursday Eve which is great value considering all the games you can play and what it would cost in a pay to play arcade. I'll be bringing my kids next time as it's a family friendly venue and not all retro.

Highly recommend a visit!

 

[TheDaddy]

I got Blackpool a fair bit , Sadly the wife has no interest so I have never managed to go ( Although she keeps telling me to go its a bit sad on your own isnt it ? lol ).

I have walked passed it a shed loads of times , Need to go !

Dave.

 

[gridrunner]

I got Blackpool a fair bit , Sadly the wife has no interest so I have never managed to go ( Although she keeps telling me to go its a bit sad on your own isnt it ? lol ).

I have walked passed it a shed loads of times , Need to go !

Dave.

If anybody fancies a northern vac meet there in August, maybe post your interest here

 

[Lurch666]

Been there quite a few times and will be going again at least once this year.

Count me in for a vac visit but don't expect me to talk to anyone. I'm terrible at socialising.

 

[TheDaddy]

Been there quite a few times and will be going again at least once this year.

Count me in for a vac visit but don't expect me to talk to anyone. I'm terrible at socialising.

You were fine we went Manchester !!

I am in depending on health and date. May be better a week day if poss ?? Cheaper and no Stag / Hen dicks everywhere !! I assume Arcade Club gets rammed at weekends.

Dave.

 

[Lurch666]

It wasn't too bad when I went and I've been Friday and Saturday.
I prefer to make a weekend out of it.
Go Friday and return Sunday.
That means I get to hit the rock bar Saturday night as well.🍺

 

[kingtreelo]

the on in Bury gets very very busy of a weekend and no school holidays, i would love it to open up on a daytime in non school holiday times so i didnt have to stand there with kids running amok and not even playing the machines

 

[TheDaddy]

the on in Bury gets very very busy of a weekend and no school holidays, i would love it to open up on a daytime in non school holiday times so i didnt have to stand there with kids running amok and not even playing the machines

Is it just Thursday / Friday / Saturday / Sunday they open then ?

Dave.

 

[kingtreelo]

Is it just Thursday / Friday / Saturday / Sunday they open then ?

Dave.

its just the afternoons on Thursday and Friday outside of term times, i like to be well home by 6PM, so unless i book a hotel close by, its the weekend or school holidays for me

but to answer your question, yes, just those days
i dont mind places being busy with kids, its just most of them think they have been taken to a place they can just run around and be annoying twats in, with parents doing nothing at all about it, not tried to trip and up at all or tell them to get off machines they are playing...nope. not me

 

[gridrunner]

i’d be going Thursday evening again as it gets around all of that and it’s a much more relaxed atmosphere. Friday night is however adults only after 6pm, so it would be kid free.

 

[TheDaddy]

I am same , I dont mind kids its the dick head adults pissed up that annoys me ! lol. I am too old for all that now.

Didnt realise it was just half days. Will it be full days in August as the kids are off then I think ? Prob be better Saturday then I suppose.

Dave.

 

[Lurch666]

Currently sitting having a beer in the blackpool arcade club nursing a sore left hand. Looks like I'm too old to play marble madness like I used to.
Back to xevious it is.
Or maybe vanguard.

 

[Xexex]

I've been a couple times on a family ticket 4 for £40 you can't go wrong..great day out ..

 

[Lurch666]

Learned two new things tonight.
On gorf when the galaxians dive even though they appear to turn over when they are diving they are still wings down. Unless it's an issue with the gorf here.

And on vanguard when you get to the grond the screen is cut off by bars that move horizontal to force the player higher. Well tonight I found out you can get stuck below the bars and unable to hit the grond with your shots.
Been playing both those games for 40+ years and never noticed before.

 

[Jimboi]

Not been to the Blackpool one, but the last time I took my daughter to the Bury one it was advance booking only with no walk ins due to a Tekken comp.
I would always book now at busy times, weekends, school holidays etc.

 

[kingtreelo]

Not been to the Blackpool one, but the last time I took my daughter to the Bury one it was advance booking only with no walk ins due to a Tekken comp.
I would always book now at busy times, weekends, school holidays etc.

this, a few years ago when it was quite new, i went with my lad and couldnt get on one of the floors because of a Tekken tournament, was full of nerds with joysticks