Arcade Club Blackpool - FULL Tour and Gaming!
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- During my recent trip to Blackpool myself OGDuffy and Mrs OG had a night out in Arcade Club in Blackpool. Arcade Club has several branches including Bury, Leeds and the one that features in this video... Arcade Club in Blackpool.
Arcade Club features something for everyone including all the retro arcade classics from Atari, Taitio, Sega and Capcom to name but a few... And modern arcade games from Japan and with designated gaming areas for Xbox, Playstation and PC this is one amazing arcade venue.
A restaurant and a nicely stocked bar makes Blackpool Arcade Club the ultimate retro gaming venue. So if classic arcade games are your thing then this full tour and review of Arcade Club, Blackpool is a must.
Not just the arcade classic video games of yesteryear feature here but also some great pinball machines including The Mandalorian and Guns and Roses Pinball amongst other great pinball titles.
And all these retro gaming arcade classics for one price and all machines set to free play is an absolute must visit... And did I mention there is a well stocked bar?
Grab a beer get comfortable and let myself and MrsOG show you the sights and sounds of Arcade Club Blackpool with arcade gaming and classic retro gaming plus a good few beers...
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I’m 48 now and have had a lifelong love affair with outrun ever since playing it in the arcades in Blackpool in the 80s.
I also had the soundtrack on cassette that came free with an early issue of CVG.
In my opinion it’s the only perfect game that exists. It’s just hypnotic, the gameplay, the graphics, the blue sky and the greatest music ever - even now it evokes so many memories every time I play it.
It’s a game that takes you back to that time, back to the 80s. It’s so bittersweet to play it.
I completely understand the points you make matey… Honestly just so much fun replaying it… I would go as far to say that the Outrun soundtrack is one of the best video game soundtracks too….
Another game that has a similar effect for me is Double Dragon…. Awesome game and soundtrack too 😉
Totally agree about Double Dragon too, another seminal game. I think you had to be there back then to fully understand. That huge disparity we had between gaming at home and the arcades is hard to fathom nowadays which I think was what made the arcades so special.
@@samcushing3790 True the arcades in the 80s were light years ahead of home computer/consoles. Things flipped in the mid 90s though and sadly killed off the arcades.
Same here mate. Brings me right back to Southport in 88. Could only ever complete it on the stand up machine, never the full sit down one. Superb memories 😊
@samcushing3790 100% agree with you! One of the most perfect games ever made !
Outrun still stands out for me,I can remember a crowd of people gathered around it watching and waiting to play.what a great arcade that is in Blackpool
OutRun still stands out today as an amazing game !!!! And the Soundtrack !!!!!! 😎
I have Outrun 2 on my Xbox,great game
A long,long,long time ago i played all 32 stages of 1942,with one plane.11???million points.
@@OGDuffySome 30 years ago a played all 32 stages of 1942.End screen *We gave up*
Damn …. That my friend is skill 😀😉
Wow that place is a who's-who of arcade classics, amazing.
It’s amazing matey so many classic 😉
Brilliant video mate, this Is the golden age of gaming. Nothing comes close today.
I couldn’t agree more 😉🍺
OMG❤❤, nostalgia overload, reminds me of saving my pocket money when I was a kid to go on holiday to the coast just so I could spend all day in the arcades, have to visit this place.
I know exactly what you mean matey !!!! They were happy days matey 😀
Thank you for this! I never knew this place existed!
It’s amazing matey and you are more than welcome 😉🍺
Ghosts and Goblins, what an all time classic
A classic but a very hard game, still keeps us coming back for more though 😉
Every arcade i ever went to you could always hear Robocops attract mode above everything else. DROP IT!
Awesome game matey… Tough but great 😉
Watching this was like reliving my youth ❤ so many gems, absolutely fantastic 👏
I know matey... I am itching to return 😎🍺
Looking at all those arcade games, takes me back, I would be in my element playing these arcade games.
I know matey so many classics 😉
My fav arcade game was the sit down version of space harrier which I actually completed while on holiday in The Isle Of Wight when I was about 14 years old nearly 40 years ago 😁
Wow matey very impressive achievement buddy 😉
Wow. Such nostalgia. Final Fight, Turtles, Daytona, Time Crisis, such great memories, those cabinets were stunning, that place must be worth an absolute packet. Some very rare stuff in there. Love the Taito games, they have so many classics. 2 of my favourite machines I didn't see was Total Carnage and WWF Superstars. But wow. Incidentally enough OG, I won an auction on eBay the other day for a mint Nemesis on Gameboy. Love it 😃 Glad Mrs OG had a good one 🤙
Yep some amazing classics in there and the Bury branch is even bigger matey !!!! Well done on the nemesis pick up... Nice one buddy 😎
Went there last week awesome place and well worth 16 quid 11am till 9.30 pm, great food and coffee too. We are going again in Sept 😊
Great just wished it was nearer to me 😉
Double dragon and golden axe are my all time favourite arcade games. Great video OG, your channel is the best
Agreed with your choices of games there matey !!!! 2 Superb titles 😎 Thanks for the kind comment, appreciated 😉
@@B.G.Jeikki nice one matey 😀
Wow this video has seriously inspired me to suggest going there for a day out with a mate, it's only about half hour train ride for me (!) I would be like a kid in heaven 😂
You gotta do it matey especially as only half hour away…. It would be rude not too 😀
Too many games, not enough time.
Lots of this brought back memories.
Loved Popeye back in the day 👍
I know matey... I would love to live local to this place would be in there weekly 😉
Great tour and your love of the games really comes through. We have an Arcade club in Bury too
No matey… Been to the Bury branch too it’s quality !!! 😉🍺
We drove down from glasgow yesterday to go here was good to see the classics yesterday we were in for 4 hours and it felt like 10 mins the cafe is reasonably priced to we couldve stayed all day if we didnt have a 4 hour drive back home but we will defo be back
Matey that my friend is commitment ! Well done and so pleased to hear you had a great time matey 😉🍺
@@OGDuffy yeah wasnt to bad once on the motorway pretty much a straight road had to refuel twice tho but was worth it
Went here a couple of weeks back. Absolutely superb. Only small gripe I had was that the Track and Field video game didn't keep the records and hi-scores, so everything was EEE, FFF and GGG on the world records. I fancied a crack at some of them but it wasn't to be...
Glad you had a good time matey I love it there…. As you say shame about the high scores not storing 😔
Its so nice to see you and Mrs OG doing stuff like this together :)
Cheers matey, she prefers the Pinball but for all those hours of play... £16 is cheap as chips !!!!!
The sounds bring back so many memories.. great video!!
I know matey so many great games 😉
Quality content OG, So many fantastic arcade games in one place, what a trip down memory lane.
Its an amazing setup... Not as big as Bury site but think I prefer the layout etc here 😉
This place is brilliant! I’ve never seen a collection of that many great games all in one place before. May need a trip overseas to see it. 😅
Well worth a trip and if you’re coming from abroad then check out the Bury branch near Manchester…. It’s huge 😉🙃
@@OGDuffy I will add this to my travel list. Thanks!
Bomb Jack was one of my favourites
A great game and one that converted well to the home computers of the time too 😉😀
Think I've just found a new mate!!! - hitting the bar as a priority, going straight in for the premium strength ale, sorting the missus out with a soft drink, then checking out the retro games of a "certain" generation. Also, a southern man trying to survive in the North West (just like myself). Very well done sir. Very well done indeed. Cheers!.
Hi matey….. glad your principles are like mine 😉😎🍺
Love a pint and retro gaming so all good 😉
i mind playing offroad what a game that was , my fav arcades back in the day , sega rally , time crisis mortal kombat ,probally more that cant think of at the min lol
All classics matey and so many amazing games from that era 😎
Spent loads of time in this one. Great vlog as per mate
Cheers matey, appreciate you commenting… As we know these old arcade games are still amazing today especially on this original hardware 😀 OutRun is still magical 😎
I bet Andy (arcade club owner) acquired that Luigis Mansion from Coral Island. Thats where u played it about 5 years ago. Great video OG, wanted to go to the Blackpool Arcade Club, but not been yet, so enjoyed this 😀
Its a lovely venue and with it being adults only on a Friday night meant it was nice and quiet too 😉
It was from Sega. Same with the one on our other sites.
@@lewiswaddo5045 thanks for info
I was getting so excited when you were showing us these amazing game .In my 50s now and remember standing in awe looking at defender in 82 I was 11 then .So many great memories and thanks for the video ❤
We are a similar age matey I know exactly the point you make 😉🍺
The OG Starwars cab, wow the memories from Hunstanton arcade, I love my arcade 1up, but nothing compares to this
Its a thing of beauty for sure matey 😉🍺
I had no idea they had a branch in blackpool and as it happens I'll be staying not too far from here next week.
What a result matey… Enjoy… I know I did 😉🍺
What a great place! Had no idea it would be so full of cabs. Like an arcade museum albeit playable! Chase Hq 😮. Thought the Taito mechanical game with the metal ball you both played was really cool.
And some nice 🍺’s on tap too mate 🍺😊
That Ice Cold Taito machine was great and a machine I have been looking to play for a while.... Read and heard so much about it over the years that is was great to actually see one !!!!
Sold! Think ill be heading down the M55 to try the place over the summer. Every classic was there
Do it matey... You will not regret it 😉
Robotron! Amazing what you can do with single-channel sound. I still play this today on recommended difficulty, high score 3.7Mill.
Wow I’m no good at it but do love it ! Especially the sound 😉🍺
Oh wow! That place looks amazing, I would love to visit there
@@TheFlushentity it’s such great value too 😉
I remember telling you before about the Arcade History Museum in Krakow, and my favourite new discovery there -- along with a rhythm title called Groove Coaster -- was Ice Cold Beer! It made me look into buying the machine, although after seeing the prices I decided to stick with the version I have on my phone for now 😆
Its a great game matey and one I really enjoyed! Had heard and read about them so many times so was great to see and play the real deal 😎🍺
Love this arcade it’s brilliant ❤❤❤
I know matey, a great way to spend an evening...
Such an amazing arcade and though a hard choice to pick out one stand out game however I gonna go with Denfender cheers Mr. N Mrs.
Defender !!!! Loved the sounds from that machine but just cant seem to do very well on it !!!!
The force is with you , Rob.
Cheers buddy 😉🍺
Looks like heaven, spent vast amounts of my childhood in arcades.. Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands, Star Wars (the one with the wire frame polygon graphics), Wonder Boy, Gauntlet, 1942/43, Outrun, Ghosts & Goblins, Hyper Games… and still gaming now at 49 years old. Love it..❤❤❤
All classics you mention there matey 😉 The golden age of gaming 😎🍺
Just found this video, never new this place existed. To say I've gotta get to Blackpool ASAP is an understatement 😃
Trust me it’s amazing matey 😀😉
Taito ice cold beer machine is absolute 🔥
Trust me such a great game !
The only thing missing is the buzz of a busy arcade.
I know it was a real quiet night but I loved it 😉🍺
Man this place looks amazing! Wow! I'd love to visit there one day!
It is amazing matey 😉🍺
Great watch ,we did the one in bury,got absolutely packed
I’ve been to Bury before and as you say a lot busier.
I loved your reactions and enthusiasm. I had the same thing happen when I first went to FunSpot in New Hampshire. Thank you for sharing sir.
Cheers matey so good revisiting the classic in an arcade space… Especially with a decent bar too 😉 I have heard of Funspot.. Is it worth a holiday there ?
@@OGDuffy I certainly has a lot of stuff. The only downside to fun spot is that you pay as you play. There's a great place in Girard Ohio called Pasttimes. It's mostly pinball but they have an incredible collection and it's pay one price to get in. They give you a wristband so you can go grab lunch or dinner and come back.
@@tait316 sounds awesome heard of Galloping Ghosts too 😀
Wow, those 8-Bit character, framed artworks dotted around the bar area, completely caught my eye, aside from EVERYTHING ELSE that is here. I guess the weather outside was raining but who wants to be outside? Not me, given the choice? I will look this place up, and how to plan a visit.
Great video, thanks.
Your welcome Mark and defo plan a visit matey... Such a great place and I am sure you'll love it too..... So many great games 😉
Holy crap! 12:40, an original star wars sit down cab, thats like the holy grail!
I never thought I'd see one of those again, trip to blackpool it is!
Yes matey it’s a thing of beauty for sure 😉🍺
As a celebration of 1942s 40th Birthday in November, I'm going to all 3 Arcade Clubs in 1 day and 1cc,ing 1942 at each venue
Wow that sounds the nuts matey... Good luck and an awesome achievement !!!!!!!
I know the family who brought all this together. Plenty of memories playing football on the field but they really care what people want. They spend alot to bring these to the customers. They not emulated either. They supplied the new movie ghostbuster movie & ready player one movie their arcades. The bury one has a clay pigeon shooting setup. They brilliant. Just needs a dedicated pooltable rooms to bring even more to the clubs but they awesome.
I’ve been to the Bury branch before was awesome.
Would love to have something like this near where I live… Would be in there all the time 😉🍺
3 Player Off Road must be awesome.
😎🍺
Great video pal ... im off the arcade club Bury in September....cant wait for that 😊
Been there before it’s amazing matey 😉🍺
Planning a visit with a few other RUclips guys.. Just attended the last NERG which is a shame so off to Blackpool and this looks dope! Thanks for sharing this 🎉
No problem matey it’s an ideal location for a meet up for sure…. Have a great time I know I did 😉🍺
Did they have Splatter house , loved that game 👌🏻
Don’t recall seeing it but probably in their other branch their main one is in Bury😉
Glad to see places like this here in England.
I know matey so
Much fun !
When I saw 'Joust' that was it, I'm going!
Yes matey a nice row of Williams in there 😉🍺
Loved seeing this! I've been debating whether to make my way to Blackoool this year, and your tour of the Arcade Club might've been the decider :)
Do it matey you will love it 😀
Fantastic, thanks for showing us around 👍
Your most welcome matey 😉🍺
I’m so jealous, that place looks amazing. Didn’t see a Spy Hunter cab there, that’s my favourite arcade game. I want to go to Blackpool now just to check out that place.
Do check but they might have SpyHunter in one of their other locations... Probably Bury as that even bigger matey 😎
I love to vist thier...I miss Arcades...
I have got a pandoras box Iove Arcades.
Its awesome matey... 😉😎🍺
Me too and a bartop arcade alongside... Arcade games are great for a quick game fix 😉
I went a little while back and now they seem to have loads more games. It was an amazing day out and the food was very, very reasonable.
Didn’t eat on this occasion as they closed restaurant early. But still amazing value 😉🍺
Love this video mate, had to subscribe to your channel as I love your passion for arcade games. I’m 45 so remember all these. I need to get to Blackpool asap play until my fingers fall off lol. Brilliant channel.
Thanks matey and welcome to the community... We have a great crowd here and so glad you appreciate the old classic arcades buddy 😉
Sheppey arcades...the Outrun music. Simpler times. Life was good
I can remember playing Double Dragon in Ks Casino in Sheppey back in the day 😀
Looks a great setup, hope it gets more support as it looks a little quiet! 👍
Adult only night on Friday so maybe why 😉
I live in Blackpool and never knew this was here. lol I'm gonna have a few coronas tonight and play a bit of the ole Raiden Fighters on the ole xbox360
Your a lucky fella to have this on your doorstop buddy 😉🍺
@@OGDuffy
Thanks mate. Great channel btw
Wow what an amazing place i will have to visit!!Brought good back memories there for me space harrier for me i used to play it in the arcades on the isle of wight when i was a nipper in the housed machine and it would move around when you played it an absolute blast i still play on my emulator arcade stick its a fast game gives the eyes a good work out so many good games there i have played i do aswell remember playing chase hq with a joystick taking turns with my brother such good memories could chat for ever about all the games you showed played most of them,I think it would be a cool idea if you was to get a nice big long shed for your garden and fit a few arcade machines in there be rude not to,Great work and videos as always Rob keep up the good work.
Love the arcade days... If I ever win the lottery would certainly collect a good few original arcade machines for sure.
Replaying Chase HQ with the wheel etc was great again !!!! 😉
Retro is cool, i played outrun 2 at skegness last year loved it, monacco gp is amazing, and i played turbo in blackpool 1982 loved it.
Awesome gotta love a good arcade racer 😀
@@OGDuffy thanks
I had no idea this place existed. That's my next few weekends sorted.
Enjoy matey... I know I did 😎🍺
No Battlezone or Sinistar, and of course the legendary video disk machine 'Dragons Lair'? (with Dirk the Daring) They were 3 of my favs. I remember playing Battlezone one night, put my 10p in the machine at 6pm and was still playing the same credit at 10pm when the place closed lol, so had to leave the game with countless extra tanks. It was never done again, talk about Grand Champion ;-) I also played Dragons Lair in reverse with my back to the screen (hands behind my back) controlling the game , and completed it, to the applause of a group of foreign tourists (and my mates of course). Never to be equalled, in my town anyway. Great memories. Awesome vlog bud, brought back so many memories of mis-spent, but enjoyable, youth. All the best to you and your missus.
Cheers matey these were truly the golden age of gaming we were lucky to be there at the time 😉
So many classics from that era… 😉🍺
Just found your channel, did not know there was such an arcade in Blackpool. Awesome video!
Cheers matey and welcome to the community matey… Its an amazing place for sure buddy 😉🍺
looks brilliant. my little girls love the arcades, think we might need to do a blackpool trip!
I would matey!!! Its an amazing setup he has branches in Bury and Leeds too 😉
That Arcade looks so good i hv just booked an Airbnb for me and my mate! Also never been Blackpool. Cant wait!
Well done matey... I know you will have an awesome time!!!! You gotta visit Coral Island too..... 😎🍺
@OGDuffy yes it's on the list! Lol
Thanks for the shout out on Star Wars, im 'DUG' & thats my 10mil top score, been on there probably getting on for well over a year now, not that im one to gloat or owt 😂
Enjoyed your vid 👍
Well done on that score matey !!!!! That's an amazing score buddy... I'm pleased if I get over a million 😎
That place looks amazing
It’s awesome matey
Loved the cold beer game 🔥🔥🔥
It was such a good game 😉
I played the star wars cab at the dockyard gaming fair and I did my best not good at old school arcade games but really enjoyed it done it 2 times now
Missed the Dockyard event as was in Blackpool that weekend... Is it worth attending?
you should do promo for Arcade Club as youve absolutely sold this place to me :D
Cheers matey a lot of people have said they want to visit on the back of my video matey 😉
Great video mate. brought back some memories as a teen.
56 now and still love playing them. you mentioned defender,
i herd somewhere it's impossible to finish no idea if it's true.
or not . i think my one of my favourite games is Kungfu master.
but yep like i said though great video 👍👍
Love Kung Fu Master and still play it regularly myself 😉🍺
@@OGDuffy Nice one an arcade attendant once kicked me off Kung Fu Master. and said i had bee n on it to long. with only putting one credit in. i completed it about 3 times 😂
I did about half hour on Outrun and Op Wolf and about 2 hour on the Mando pin when i was there ,,,, Love these Arcade Club venue's ,,,,,Cool vid mate
Cheers matey so many classic games and I can see why you spent your time on those machines matey... Classics !!!!
thats so impressive - you see these mame 100 in 1 machines and they just dont do what those machines do - they are the real machines , what a great place
I know exactly what you’re saying matey… I have a Mame Bartop which I love but the sounds and controls and the whole feel of the originals is amazing 😀🍺
@@OGDuffy that arcade looks like a real arcade ... those mame machines just dont have that feel of an old machine - I enjoy playing retro arcade games on my macbook pro but its not the same.
I always tell my daughter that if i win the lottery i would create an 80s arcade very similar to this one but with fruit machines like line up and rat race etc
🤣 I say exactly the same thing to my wife 😀😉🍺
Rat Race was class £1.50 Jackpot crazy how I was able to get Jackpots I was only 8or 9 hahaha
Cheers mate.. Been looking for moon cresta since 80's
Your welcome 😉🍺
Best channel for retro gaming in UK
BAR NONE!
WOW thanks matey... Really do appreciate such a kind and positive comment 😎
Seen a guy in doncaster on a Defender game had loads of extra ships you get them with score, the trick is the buttons the original had thrust and fire next to each other and you tap fir/thrust at the same time, some cabs changed the button lay out
Ok matey never heard of that thanks for the info 😀
Looks quality
Cheers matey… trust me it’s great 😉🍺
I might have to take a day trip to Blackpool.
I would matey 😉😀
Loved that duffy buddy ❤👊🕹 great to see you both having fun on the games bud. Good score on 1942. You should of had a go on outzone bud that's a great game 😃
Too many games... Not enough time ! 😎😉🍺
Absolutely brilliant Video, great place definitely going to visit soon. Only complaint you need to do some practice on Chase HQ level one 😮lol subscribed and thumbs up.
I know matey I think I was just overwhelmed by all the machines 😂
That’s my excuse 😉
Cheers for the sub… drop vids every Tuesday and Friday at 6pm 😉
There's something about the pixel art and the SOUND of a Final Fight arcade as you go by... it was in the background but my ears heard it loud and clear 👌
The sign of a true arcade classic matey😉
Could your Mrs be more disinterested 😂😂
@@TravelHonestly she loves it 😀
Defender's audio was booming, it always stood over all the others. But yeah I agree, Defender is NAILS to play.
Oh yes you know it matey 😉
The Leeds one is good too OG
Thats next on my hit list 😉
Fantastic video OG, ive told my mates to check your channel out. ❤
Thanks matey... Appreciate you doing that for me 😉🍺
There's some great machines there - I wish they had a branch down south, nearer to Herts.
A branch in my home town would be most welcomed 😉🍺
That looks like a great place! I wish we had something similar here i Sweden.
He has three branches all in the north of England though... So a trek for me 😟
Why don't you try open one up in Sweden you can thank me later when you become millionaire 😂
@@EVERYDAYGames00 Good idea but the amount of money that would be required to start up something similar here in Sweden is insane.
@@SwedishCandyPirate I know such a shame 😐
Holy moly blackpool has aliens 😮😊 I'm definitely going there
It would be rude not too 😉
I used to love the sit down After Burner.
That place was never ending!❤
Its an amazing setup and the Bury branch is even bigger!
1:44 wow miss Mortal Kombat!!! Childhood memories
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If i lived near this place i would have to be dragged out because I'd never leave 😱
Same for me matey 😉
4:32 oh yes OutRun 😮
A grail arcade game right there 😉😎