I have every bit of confidence that Eight on the Break will get Street Fighter IV when it is released.

Eight on the Break, for the unaware, is an arcade in Dunellen, NJ and is home of the original East Coast Championships - a tournament series that started in '97 and helped to ignite the fighting game tournament scene.

www.thebreak.net

zeruel

There's a fair amount of arcades around where I live in the Chicago area. But most of them are large family fun center complexes that include ticket redemption games, a restaurant, bowling, some variation of team laser tag and other stuff to draw people in rather than the old style standalone arcades which had all video games, a couple pinball machines and maybe a skee ball set up.

I know of around a dozen of them, but again they aren't arcades in the traditional sense.

DragonmasterDan

@Ramstein: There's at least 3-4 big arcades in the LA area, and several smaller. Family Fun Arcade in Granada Hills is the most popular, complete with their 5+ 3rd Strike machines. There's others though, too, like Arcade Infinity, Super Arcade, Regency Fun Center, etc. A good place to see which arcades still have a scene is on the Shoryuken forums:
[forums.shoryuken.com]

darthmole12

Why don't they just tack on a ticket feature to all arcade games? That'll satisfy those dumb-ass arcade owners...

Fitz Rhapsody

SVGL (Sunnyvale Golfland) was and still is a hot bed of fighting game competition. Some of the greatest Street Fighter 2 champs practice there.

You can bet they'll get a unit since Capcom USA is just down the road...

vitrium

Sweet, now all I need to find is an arcade within 6 hours of my house.

Darkest Daze

Family Fun Arcade is still alive and well in So. Cal.

on Balboa and Devonshire in northridge....

SF4, WOOT!!!

JoshReflek

@NoBullet: There are? In SoCal? Lol lies.

Ramstein

@Yeux de nouilles:

You doofus :p they're still around at places that are dedicated to being an arcade/bar thing/maybe some sort or restaurant bar thing, they're just not nearly as common as they were in say, in the 80s - mid 90s (maybe since the 60's?), where you almost literally had an arcade machine around every corner damn near anyywhere. Hell, I grew up in a pretty ghetto town through the 90's, and practically every pizza parlor, and some other random places all had at least 1 cabinet, and guess what, nearly every one was a Capcom machine, even ain any nearby arcades. How awesome was that? Having a good slice of pizza and a Capcom fighter nearby was quite simply, fucking sublime, you don't need those damned "rose-tinted glassed" to see how awesome that was and still is.

There are still arcades scattered across the u.s., and OH HO HO to this news. This should be no secret, but the casinos in Vegas usually have a dedicated arcade area or 2, and there are a few places that are pretty much dedicated arcades, and some bar/grill type places, so we get a nice littel bunch of arcades to pick from over here, so MUAHUAHAHAHAHA! Ahhh hahaha, AHHH HA HA HA HAAA!

Bando

@smitty1123: And how! And also when they jacked the price per play up to $1-$2 from 25 cents! Might as well buy a console at that price! The last real arcade here in London, Ontario was that Wizard's Castle place, where you had to trade your quarters for their funny tokens. MMMMM, X-men four player side scrolling memories.

GOLD5

We have arcades?

Project Thanatos

My college will probably get this. Our game room has SFIII: Third Strike, MvC2, GGXX^Core, KoF XI, the list goes on... primarily fighting games and puzzles/shmups :)

shrewd

Well,there are some arcades here in Mexico,the most popular games are the dancing ones and the fighting games too (King of fighters games are very popular here)so I'll bet that some of this SFIV arcades,will come for sure to Mexico,at least to the biggest cities(México city,Guadalajara and Monterrey) to the luxury arcades,placed in some trade places.

OT79

chinatown fair, nyc plz

Cucco

About the only place you'll find one of these is "Dave & Buster's."

dirkxxdiggler

"The big hang-up, it seems, is that nowadays most U.S. arcade distributors deal almost only with redemption ticket games."

Well, that's easy enough to solve. Just throw a ticket spooler into the machine. You get a ticket each time you win a round. Hmm... time to write up a patent.

jrleek

What are these "US arcades" you speak of?

Seriously though, there is only a dive bar arcade left in my town. All the rest went out of business. Which sucks because I grew up in my local arcades.

fulgore66

Fuck the redemption ticket games exchange those for Street Fighter IV games! iam sure that SF4 will bring more people into the arcade than a freaking Skeeball game.

MURDERFACE

There's a nice arcade in Houston, Texas, that will almost certainly get this. Planet Zero is home to almost solely fighting games with tons of imports like Arcana Heart and many others. PZ also hosts regional tournaments.

StupidDufus

Man... I have to drive out of state to find a decent arcade D:

ParadoxControl

Luckily, there are a ton of arcades in So Cal. Cant wait to play it.

NoBullet

@jeffx:

Yeah, we should act as cool as people from Toronto or Van; jerks who are constantly jealous of Montreal's gorgeous women.

theswitcher

Hmm, I have an arcade near me with a Ten Dollar Tuesday deal. For ten dollars you can play all Tuesday night. If they get Street Fighter IV I may have to stop by one night.

EightBit

There is a little arcade by my house that has a SFIII: Third Strike machine. It is always getting quarters pumped into it.

Hopefully they invest in SFIV.

*crossesfingers*

Figcoinc

Can't they just use Betson? they distribute DDR arcades in USA among others

djricekcn

now I actually have a reason to visit a dave & busters. lol

Fallback

I'm appalled by this claim that arcades still exist in the US, and more so if this claim is true!

Oh, but I can and shall dream that is is.

Yeux de nouilles

Yes there are still arcades you just gotta know where to find em...

And I do hope they find a decent distributor (just hope betson doesn't get it, or say goodbye to any online features... We're still waiting for the rest of DDRSN2 to get here, guys.)

DarkTetsuya

Shocking how in '94 you couldn't find a hangout spot that didn't have at least five arcade cabinets. Now, you'd be lucky enough to find a cabinet at all...anywhere (At least in the states that is).

That said, I'll be fully expecting this joint in Chinatown to be importing quite a few SFIV cabinets when they come out in Japan. My friends aren't going to pass up this opportunity when it arrives, localized or not.

KeroseneClimax

I live in OKC and there are 8 arcades in a 30 mile radius. W00t

tme2nsb

Arcades?

They still exist?

Right now?

Really???

*GASP*

*SHOCKED*

HobbaHobba

@moo422: oh yeah! I had forgotten about Playdium lol

Sandbox_Emperor

It's probably a given, but Game Works Seattle BETTER get this. Hell, they even have VF5

y2kenjination

Arcades lost most of their fun when they started kicking out the smokers...

smitty1123

Montreal still has quite a few arcades on Ste. Catherines...Not as many as they used to, and most also double as peep shows...but they're there.

Inhocmark

One word: SWEET

y2kenjination

We have a Gameworks, Dave and Busters and a place called Lucky's here in Metro Detroit. I can only hope one of those places picks it up -- although given the fact that trips to those places are just more and more nostalgia for me rather than new games I'm not getting my hopes up.

matth1jd

This means we have to go to Chuckie Cheese's?

I'm getting my hopes up for Dave and Busters.

Dekabreak

In Canada, this probably means Toronto and _maybe_ Vancouver. Montreal can't handle the realness, too many pompous hipsters and fake artists.

jeffx

two that I know of in toronto: downtown at Yonge & Dundas across from the HMV, and uptown at Pacific Mall 2nd floor.

that's in addition to whatever selection they may have at Dave & Buster's, Chuck e Cheese, or Vinnies (D&B knockoff).

oh, and a lot of movie theatres have arcade machines installed -- typically a DDR machine or two, a fighting game or two, gun game or two, and a driving game or two.

sega playdium might also be around in the west end, haven't been there in years.

moo422

I guess we still do. Geez, I haven't played an arcade game since SegaSonic.

Xaltmas

There are arcades in America?

Mr.Waffleton

is it ok to assume that Canada will get SFIV cabinets too?

Sandbox_Emperor

I miss arcades - there should be some sort of national chain; combine them with bars/restaurants or game retailers to get traffic/revenue.

Sigh, I'd even settle for a mega-arcade in NY/LA; I'd make the pilgrimage.

There may be a few arcades left, but a truly *good* arcade seems to be a thing of the past.

awesomerobot

So wait, now you're telling me I may actually have a reason to empty that water jug filled with miscellaneous change in the closet that's been collecting dust for the past 5 years???

acez2087

the board alone will be a couple of grand. I'm still not convinced this will come to the US. There really is no market for it.

DaveB

Arcades? whats that? *sniff :(

Irenicus-the one and only

@magic_envelope: $1000? not quite, i'd be surprised, shocked even, if it retails under $7000 here in america, unless capcom partners with an american arcade company to put out a new cabinet and maybe shave another couple thousand off...but that's about all the savings you'd get.

phrenetik

@Xaltmas: [www.google.com] sure do!

JerrD74: hopes his license issues get fixed soon

Tears we will never get them where i live *sob*:(

anime10121

I still wish it was stylized similar to the opening in the first trailer...

EU_dig

I do not know of any arcades near my house. I would probably have to go about 2 hours just to find one. I miss living in Arizona where they have gameworks. That was the best arcade I have ever seen. 2 floors of gaming heaven.

JustJake

everyone in NY/NJ, there is a place called 8 on the break and they've had the east coast SF championships and such. if this place doesn't get it i will be so mindblown.

this game is gonna be so amazing.

SF V should be like third strike though.

SteveCic

Sweeeeet.

I just hope that the cabinet doesn't end up being so pricy that arcades end up charging more than 50 cents. I can't say I'd really play more than a few times if it did.

sonofnone

Wait, what? We still have arcades?

Woot, Street Fighter at Chuck E Cheese.

Xaltmas

*has an awesome arcade right across the street*

I'm gonna have to call them to see if they're gonna be getting this..

JerrD74: hopes his license issues get fixed soon

There is one smallish arcade in the local mall, unfortunetly all the games suck so most people only play air hockey while waiting for their movie show times to come up.

I however know of a spectacular arcade in Calgary Alberta.

Morberis

how much will it cost?

i mean :) it's basically a 360 in a box with a tv and a counter that registers tickets :)

so 1,000$ per arcade?

magic_envelope

Yep, no arcades in the US unless you count Dave and Busters or Gattilands. :( Home consoles killed that industry here.

Tepoz

Is there a site like [www.gamedevmap.com] but for arcades? that would be cool.

Anicode

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

yashichi8bit

Actually playing Street Fighter at Dave and Busters for tickets would rule!

xpnet

thre are still arcades?

niall077

Heres hoping it comes to an arcade in NYC...

CyN1caL

There's no arcades within 45 minutes of my home....

SHOCK.

RAGE.

Destrudo

Oh sweet

NeverSage

Well, this is interesting news, although I doubt we'll see many of these pop up.

Console release date, Capcom! That's all we need!

Archaotic

I'd go to the arcade if there were more than just ticket redemption games.

ezcheezbandit

This is one kick ass trailer: [www.gametrailers.com]

I love the way Chun-Li smiles just before she's about to break Viper's spine.

Lancehead

There are no Arcades in America!

logicaldefense

What a sad state of affairs.

Guild_Navigator

Yeah, all 3 of them left in the US.

Sad actually, so many great arcade memories.

mva5580

Should that read "Arcade"? I mean, is there still more than one left in America?

MasonTemplar

can't wait to play this...

MagnusGman

dave and busters never have good arcade games, most just shooters (house of the dead and the like), ticket machines and racing games. the only place to go is gameworks for some good ol fighting games.

slappyMCslappy

Thank goodness for Planet Zero! Here in Houston there's a Japanese arcade that caters to fighting fans. The arcade is full of Japanese sit down cabinets and various other games. It's even got a drink bar and a sit down area to relax in. If your in the area check it out. Google planet zero arcade to see what I'm talking about.

ese_incoherent

Hey, I didn't know arcades had dies in the US. Here in NZ there's still arcades everywhere, I work in one occasionally and it's pretty damn busy.
I hope we get this, the only other street fighter game is Marvel VS Streetfighter, with the most annoying commentator ever!

The Lizard King

@darthmole12: See the problem with that is that I live in the Hollywood Los Angeles area and there is nothing anywhere near here. I've heard Dave & Busters is in Anaheim, but thats Anaheim. I'd like something within 5m, seeing as how I cant be found traveling more than that for an arcade game. :P I guess if nothing pops up nearby I will have to wait for the home port. Achievements and all! :)

Ramstein

YAY now i can kick my buddy ass at home and at the arcade.

MXs219

@Ramstein: Eh, there's TONS of arcades in SoCal.

jkdChaos

There's still the Portal in the Metreon. But then again, it is Sony's HQ so don't expect it to get past Tekken.

I do remember one in Pier 39 as well.

Frank

Arcade = movie theater right?

Warik

Let's see, Adventure Landing near my house and Dave and Busters....I wonder...

KM91

Will there be a delay in console release?
If so for how long?!

Q80

Kick ass! We need some more arcades, it doesn't seem like there is much new these days.

gcZanmato

Seriously, does nobody go to the movies anmore? I can't think of a theater that I've been to in the last...okay ever that doesn't have some brand new overpriced arcade cabinet. AMC, Regal/Edwards, Cinemark/Tinseltown (almost wrote Cinemax - Frued would've been proud), do people not have movie theaters anymore?

sonofnone

lol @ itsatrap.jpg

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

Hey there fellas I live in the Washington, DC Metro area (VA, DC, MD) and I want to know where can I find if any if there are any arcades in the DC Metro? Any help would be great because paying thousands of dollars for the SFIV PCB and 5k for a cabinet is a bit much on my part.

nycplayboy78