First Look: Two Bit’s Retro Arcade on Essex

I’ve rocked Galaga — finished the game — at Playland in Times Square, after spending my allowance and 36+ hrs straight there. Good times, good times.

It’d be nice if Two Bit also had Galaxian, Joust, Asteroids, and Space Invaders. Good times, good times, nonetheless…

P.S. and related:

Which do you prefer, the old Times Square or the new Times Square?
The Old Times Square, because they had Playland. A 24-hour video arcade. They had ten Pac-Man machines next to each other, which were next to five Galaxian machines stacked up against seven Defender machines. And tons more. And all the games were a quarter. Come on, man, you can’t beat that. And there was pressure, because if you didn’t play well, the people watching would think you were a pussy — and they would let you know that you were a pussy by either expressing it to you verbally or physically, or both. And you couldn’t just play the same game over and over all day. Because the other people waiting to play would put their quarter on the arcade game, either by its marquee, or next to the screen. And that quarter meant that they had reserved the next game. Sometimes there’d be seven quarters stacked up there. So if you had a shitty game, you’d have to wait for seven other people to play first before you could play again. And you had to be careful you didn’t get your wallet stolen while you were playing the game. It was a very intense situation.. Good times, good times.

definitely need skeeball, mortal kombat, darkstalkers, marvel vs. capcom, cruisin usa,

I’d love to see some more multiplayer cabs in there; Rampage, NBA Jam, XMen.

Double Dragon would be nice. Contra as well B-)