UK ARCADE ADVENTURE - PART 1 - Play Expo Manchester 2017 Retro Games Party Tour
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- Опубликовано: 4 фев 2018
- In this video we are going to Manchester UK to visit Play Expo. We will take a detailed tour of the event checking out all of the retro arcade games and pinball machines.
Arcade video games were provided by www.retrogamesparty.co.uk
Harry's music: www.harrybolt.com/
Alex's RUclips channel: / @thearcadearchive
Music in the video by my band: / manchester
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Surreal seeing you walk about Manchester. Like watching Mario having lunch with Doctor Eggman.
Brilliant! Finally got it up. Going to be a good watch later when I get home !
Awesome trip and great coverage! Cool to see Alex there too.
Great vid John, the perfect warm up to part two - Arcade Club & Sky Skipper UK reveal.
Bloody hell the UK video!! Looking forward to part 2 BOOM! 🇬🇧
BRILLIANT I TOOK MY SON THEIR IN 2018 WAS AMAZING ITS GOT BIT OF EVERYTHING IM FROM MANCHESTER SO WAS CLOSE THANKS JOHN AND HARRY GREAT TOUR
Your welcome! 👍🏻😀
Great episode of John's Arcade, can't wait for part 2!
RetroGamesParty is a great channel, I discovered it last week and I'm not sure how I missed it. It's cool that you met James Brindle at the show.
Two things amaze me about this video:
1) There are some real classic arcade games that John hasn't even heard of! "Buggy Boy" in this and, even more amazingly, "Shadow Dancer" in the Galloping Ghost video.
2) I say this as a Brit; do not, under _any_ circumstances, listen to John's "British" accent, it makes Dick Van Dyke's sound totally legit.
+Jamie Williamson Buggy Boy was apparently called Speed Buggy in the US. I really don't know Shadow Dancer. I never came across it.
Ahh..., so you guys never got to see the original three-screen "Buggy Boy"? It was one hell of a cabinet, John, you'd have loved it. Not one for the basement though; too damn big!
*John does not represent American knowledge of the UK culture. hehe
great stuff , that continental circus cab was mine , great to see it :)
John!
Now I can see why you weren't at Grinkers last year.
What an awesome trip you had to the UK!
Thanks for all the great videos!
Keep it up man!
Epic traveling arcade wow, cool to see Alex; i dig his vids as well. The pins were nuts too. Thanks for the vid.
Great job and your trip videos are always great!!!
great video John. Been waiting for the uk stuff since the skyskipper release. Nice to bump into you too. Looking forward to part 2! Glad you enjoyed the scotch egg! Hahaha.
Awesome stuff John, the interview with James was very interesting, yeah the Play expo's are a great time, looking forward to the next vid!
The play expo's _whats_ are a great time? Which possession of an expo did you mean?
John with all your experience Fixing arcades. Drill a hole down through the plastic hinge and put a metal pin in it. lol Fix the damn popcorn machine !!! Love you John keep the videos coming.
If I had a choice of one pinball game - it would be DEMOLITION MAN. Best play-ability ever and perfectly stream-lined lanes and lights. Game was made to perfection. Great sounds. Never saw the movie lol
I've been waiting for this video for a while. I was there the night you was at Arcade Club.
This was a great video, I loved the Puck Man and of course the Power Drift, Rad Mobile, After Burner and Out run.
Nice to see you in my neck of the woods John. Love your videos, for some reason youtube stopped telling me you released new stuff so I ended up searching manually!
kool video man dedicated on your channel with ARCADES I LOVED THEM DAYS
Saw a clip on Alex’s fb and had to watch the full video
It’s great getting a Different perceptive on the British retro gaming scene
So glad you got to see play expo it’s grown so much since I went 4 years ago, gutted I didn’t go this year would of love to meet you
Awesome!!! Like the James Brindle interview there and your walk around all the cabs and tables. Not sure why you picked bag pipe music for landing - assumed you landed in Scotland :o)
Well, that was the street performance I had from the trip. :)
That Terminator 2 was dope man, dude tons of classic good games. Damn that hard boiled egg looked bomb. Looks like it was a good trip dude.
The On The Road videos make this channel something really special. I also like seeing you guys go to all the fast food places.
Check out his past twitch videos where we get lost at 2am looking for McDonald’s lol :/
Holy Moly! This looks like a good one!
When did someone name their kid "Moly"?
Great quality man
so much appreciation here, and almost every arcade is giving attention. wow! nothing like that here in california.
. forgot this was the UK where everyone is bloody kind
Great video
This is an awesome show John! Hope you get a chance to check out the Portland Retro gaming Expo someday as well.
Damn these pinball machines are EFFIN AWESOME!
Awesome vid, I think its the closest ill ever come to being on your channel... my pinballs being looked at by you :) Glad you enjoyed the show. keep up the awesome work
Great to see you in the UK and Play - Retro Revivals is in May if you want to come back :P
I just went to a smaller version of something like this called Retro City Festival in Pomona, California. So much fun!
My two favorite youtubers in one video!
Pop corn door falls off john falls over reveling he's just been a cardboard cutout the whole time I knew it
Great video dude. Funny, I was chatting to Harry on the phone and he said he was on route to pick you up. Couldn't make Play Manchester sadly but looks a great event
Ha oh yeah I Member! 👍🏻
Sweet! This is gonna be good.
The terminator pinball machine was gorgeous
Chip shop! haha, I want that bubble bobble cabinet!!!!!!!
Great video John.
I noticed a comment at 26:05 saying that Rad Mobile was released after the Sonic game, "obviously", but that is in fact not the case.
The first Sonic The Hedgehog game was first released on June 23, 1991 on the Megadrive in Japan, but Rad Mobile was actually released months before, in January 1991.
This means that Sonic's first appearance in a game was as the mirror ornament in Rad Mobile.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rad_Mobile#Cameos
Take a drink every time John uses his bad English accent. 😅
Or when the other chap says he digs something.
Ha oops your right! Never noticed that before, I do love a lot of stuff! 😆
Harry Bolt 😂
I know Brits absolutely LOVE it when you mock their accent. :)
Harry, his _what_ is right? Which one of his possessions did you mean?
Fantastic video John,I’ll try and find you the recipe for scotch eggs 😎👍
Miss you buddy
It's a shame the trocadero closed, you would have loved that place at it's peak.
That place is heaven on earth.
Ha...Rad Mobile! Encino Man flashback there.
going to this place would be a dream come true for me.
Freaking hanging out with Tom Hardy in the UK... That is SO John! ;)
That Mr. Do! is in a Deco cab. These had the mini cassette loaded games. Great little cabinets.
Never managed to make the Manchester show, looks way better than Blackpool. Going to go to the next one. Thanks for the great vlog
Glad you got the ET game for your Atari. I didn't know if you already had it or not. I found it at the same thrift store where I got the Firefox DVD. I hope you enjoy it!
thank you ..that damn popcorn machine.. great video John ..i do hope someone took you to a chippie
I was at play expo Manchester and played a lot of what was featured in this video - it's a shame I didn't get a chance to say hi! Still I had a great time and even ended up getting drunk with a load of mancity fans afterwards...
John, the moment you put a new video on RUclips is the moment you get a thumps up from me, MAN!! Great!
As a uk viewer thanks for the trip to the UK
And scotch eggs rule. Bet you would like gala pie as well
GREAT VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for reminding me how much bagpipes suck. I'd forgotten. 😋
Top job, John. Despite the ropey English accent. Great coverage.
"Oh...oh...oh..." *chuckles*
Several nights ago, I was walking through Wal-Mart and saw a very similar model of your broken pop-corn maker. Thought to myself that John might be very interested in knowing about those. (Logic following that if one branch has these, surely they all must.) One difference was this one had a matching stand that allowed for storage of supplies. Could also free up that limited table space...and deal with that wobbly table issue. I suppose that $99 is a good price for one of those. I can't seem to find it on their web site, though. Even though they have a ton of similar models for all kinds of prices.
Then, I just totally forgot to pop in and post about them. Until I started up this video and went...well...the first sentence of this posting. ;P
Many years ago, a local arcade had that StarBlade cabinet. Really awesome game. But, they've got to be rare. Such huge machines that aren't as friendly in the square footage as most. The atmosphere and FX really complete it. As there is a PlayStation port. (Kind of rare.) It just feels a bit hollow without the extras of the arcade counterpart.
'Chip shop'. That's rather catchy, actually.
Damn that was crazy, bro.
the Transformer Pin looks awesome.. MENTAL😂😂😂
Nice video!
Me and Phil from Maximum Powerup at 30:23 playing Bosconian 😀
Most countries in europe had a few cabinet manufacturers. Like electrocoin in the UK, in Germany you had Hellomat etc etc. Here in Spain there where I think 4,5 manufacturers. They just installed the jamma or original boards. Shipping only the boards and making the cabs here was much cheaper than importing the whole cabinet from the USA or Japan. Some operators had the original cab, but they are very rare.
THIS is how an Arcade Expo should be done
i know. it is cool isn't it. manchester does a really good video game expo
the ZAXXON beside the PuckMan... my Game.. love it
New John's Kitchen: John cooks Scotch Eggs for the first time from scratch.
I like that, chip shop cabinet! Wonder if there is a Laundromat cabinet!
FYI, the rarest Capcom pinball isn't Big Bang Bar, even before the repro run. There were roughly 13 BBB before the repro. Capcom's Kingpin is currently the rarest at around only 4 in existence. I belive that Chicago Coin is planning also remaking this game as well. There is usually one at Califronia Extreme every year.
Everyone always walks past Ballys Centaur with no comment, its a great pinball machine, 1981, fast play, 5 ball multiball, great ruleset, wicked speech and atmosphere.
There are pubs in the US that serve Scotch eggs. I've seen a lot of brewpubs (especially those that have a British theme) serve them on their appetizer menu.
Spyhunter sitdown is an awesome game. The first game I played that was two quarters. And I loved it.
No way is the game too bloody hard. It has a learning curve no doubt, and getting used to the amount of controls. If the controls are working properly, you can develop gameplay to last for quite awhile. And the music gets better the longer you play on one credit.
I saw this guy at the Hangar when I was getting Scotch Eggs ;-)
Loved seeing SEGA games, especially Space Harrier. Missing Turbo Out Run/OutRunners...
Adrian yeah typically because out run is considered the better game.
When are you going to put the vinyl John's arcade decal on the top of the table it sure would make it look better. love your videos man always waiting for the next one
I want to do that as soon as possible!
Hey. Rerember me =D 31:47
No Manchester band covers by The Kill Screens? (Joy Division, New order, Smith’s, Stone Roses, JAMES, Happy Monday’s, Oasis, etc) ....j/k thanks for video John!
Ah, I knew there had to be some awesome bands from Manchester! I love all of those bands.
As far as I am aware Rad Mobile came out 3-6 months before Sonic and this is in fact the very first time Sonic was in a Video Game.
As if you were round the corner from me. Hope you enjoyed dude.
I have the sears Atari in the original box that we found on the side of the road when I was a kid about 20ish years ago. Have the E.T. game also. I think it's terrible though!
I need my Johns Arcade fix!
Glad I watched through... I was about to ask if you got some gas station eggs.
That T2 pinball machine at 49:16 is unreal. Is it purely custom, or was it built from mods and addons from various websites?
I’m lucky enough to own it. It’s a restored original modded to perfection. A real labour of love by the restorer
The decals and translite were made by Retro Refurbs in the UK but the restorer did a fantastic job of the whole machine. Truly is stunning.
You guys must've been somewhere inbetween Manchester and London as you caught a South Western train to Waterloo - Alex's place...? I'm guessing the station you get on at was Alex's local one and though I don't recognise it I'm guessing it's in / he lives in one of the Home Counties...?
ah yes, The Flintstones with the backglass of Wilma and Betty blowing Fred and Barney. 39m15s note their legs sticking out the side of the car.
You hoping to come back to Play Expo this year possibly? Would be awesome to say hello =D
I just picked up a Rolling Thunder yesterday at 18:48.
You showed the Silent Hill shooter on your Galloping Ghost video
LOL I have a Quake arcade Dedicated cab. 100% working Love it, LOVE it.
KILLERANDERSON001 Holy Moly! Dude contact me,
would love to see this 👍🏻 -bolth@hotmail.co.uk
I can do that. It will be later tonight or tomorrow though, I have much running to do today. :)
Email Sent
KILLERANDERSON001 thanks!
But I havn’t received anything yet? :/ I checked all my inboxes including junk lol 😂 what’s your email?
Well, I think you may have something now. there was a - in your email and I bet it got lost.
John, when are we going to see the Popcorn machine fix episode?
UK represent!!!
a lot of chippies say Fish Bar on their signs but no one actually calls them that haha :)
Those are not just scotch eggs. Those are M&S scotch eggs :-P
Can you pop-rivet or replace the screws in the top hinge of the popcorn machine?
John did you pop in a "Chippy" for some food? haha great video m8
Regarding the mega tech machine. It's essentially a modified mark 1 megadrive that uses the external din connector (not the ext edge connector) for timer control for arcade operations.
There's 8 cartridge ports which you can install various selection of megadrive and master system games. The hardware was tweaked to disallow cheaper retail Mega Drive games to be played on the system, and likewise, Mega-Tech games will not run properly on a home Mega Drive console. Also uses Japanese mould for the cartridge.
There is however a adapter you can buy to use retail carts on the arcade hardware.
Sionyn Jones
I still have a faulty Mega Tech board in the wardrobe.
I tried to repair it a few years ago, by replacing practically every logic IC, but it refused to live.
From the start, I suspected that one of the Sega custom ICs was faulty, which is on the Mega Drive side.
Only problem is - that custom chip is only used on the earlier model Japanese Mega Drive or Genesis, so I bought a US one, but it had a newer revision motherboard inside which didn't have that chip. sigh
So, I gave up on spending any more money on trying to repair the MT, and the original cabinet got converted to use Hyperspin.
(but luckily keeping both of the original CRT monitors, using some VGA to CGA converters.)
To answer Alex and John's question (and second what you said), the Mega Tech carts use a different pinout to the MD / Genny carts, but the same physical connector.
The carts contain both an 8-bit and 16-bit ROM (for the SMS and MD sides), so you need an adapter to play standard MD / Gen carts.
IIRC, there is a standard ROM image that people use for the SMS ROM on the adapter boards.
That allows the SMS to boot, which in turn allows the MD / Gen cart to boot.
Sionyn Jones
So yep, the Mega Tech is essentially a standard (but early) MD and SMS on one board, where the SMS displays the instructions for each game, and I believe can also control which of the 8 cart slots to boot from.
(as well as just having a countdown timer option which auto-switches cart slots.)
Quite an interesting system really.
I might still keep an eye out for another early MD / Gen, but it would help if the sellers weren't so hesitant to lift the lid so I can confirm that it has the appropriate chip before buying.
(To be fair though, the metal EMI shielding in the Mega Drive is razor sharp. I found out just how sharp when I went to wipe some dust off of the cart connector once. lol)
I know where there is a Silent Hill arcade machine. Horsham, West Sussex. It was in the bowling alley, it was always down, but if it's still there I'm sure they would sell it for the right price..haha. however I remember it being a huge unit.
Fraser Lloyd I live near Horsham where do you mean ?
steve ridley it was the bowling alley and laser place. Just above cue's nightclub
Fraser Lloyd Hey mate, this is Harry from the vid, could you give me a shout about this, super appreciate that! :D
Bolth@hotmail.co.uk
Id love to go to Man Chester.
TO OUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE POND:
ENJOY/BE GRATEFUL FOR THE STRONG GAMING/ARCADE CULTURE YOU GUYS STILL HAVE. ARCADES AND EXPOS LIKE THIS ARE DISAPPEARING IN THE U.S.
You remember Thomas. Wow... he did some SERIOUS damage to some of the european collectors before he disapeared.
im going to listen though...
Hey john are you gonna do any update videos on the hanger?