When you see arcade game news out there on a site that allows comments, often I read about how people consider arcades being dead as they don’t know of any near them. Of course we have pointed out websites whose sole purpose is to help players find an arcade near them but there are some areas where there isn’t much to speak of. If you live in or near Brookfield, IL however, then you have a new arcade to look forward to called G3 Arcade.
One interesting thing about this place is that it will be run in part by Galloping Ghost Productions and G-Rox Inc. That first name might sound familiar as they are the guys who are working hard on a new fighter that we have covered several times before known as Dark Presence. Here is a rundown of the new facility by Doc Mack of Galloping Ghost :
“Its 6,000 sq feet, and currently have 120 unique games which we aim to have closer to 175 by the time we open. We will offer many unique features at the arcade and will even be letting gamers see our games development up close and hands on! We are making sure to have all the classics as well as all the great games from the 80s and 90s and of course a large amount of fighting games! We are going to stay away from the games you see everywhere like DDR style games, the bigger racing games and we will be very selective with our light gun games (we’ll have T2 and Operation Wolf as opposed to House of the Dead).
They are planning on running it like an old-school arcade, i.e. no redemption games and the game roster they sent me which you can read after the break. As always we wish the best of luck to G3 Arcade in their efforts and if you are in the area, be sure to give them your support! Who knows, you might be one of the first to check out Dark Presence as well.
current games list for G3 Arcade, subject to some changes(edit: I have added the list that RJAY did in the comments, thanks!):
1942
1943
Aero Fighter
Ajax
Alcon
Aliens
Altered Beast
APB All Points Bulletin
Arkanoid
Asteroids
B-Pap Boys
Bad Dudes
Bermuda Triangle
Black Tiger
Blood Brothers
Blood Storm
Bomb Jack
Buster Brothers
Cabal
Cabal
Cadash
Capcom Bowling
Championship Sprint
Chase HQ
Choplifter
Cobra Command
Column
Commando
Crime City
Crime Fighter
Cruisin USA
Dangar
Demolist Fist
Devastators
Double Axle
Double Dragon III
Double Dribble
Empire City
Empire City
Enduro Racers
Final Assault
Final Fight
Final Fight
Flicky
Golden Axe
Golden Axe
Great 1000 Mile Rally
Gunfight
Gyruss
Halley’s Comet
Hang On
Harrier
Heavy Barrel
Jo Jo’s Venture
Judge Dredd
King of Fighter 98
Lethal Enforcer
LSA Land Sea and Air Squad
Magic Sword
Martial Masters
Marvel Super Heroes
Mat Mania
Metal Slug X
Monaco GP
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat 2
Mortal Kombat 3
Motorace USA
Ms Pac Man
Mutant Fighter
MVP
Narc
Narc
Neo-Geo
Neo-Geo 4 (King Of Monsters, Nam 1975, Magician Lord)
Nibbler
Ninja Gaiden
NunChuckin
Off Road (with 2 steering wheels)
Operation Wolf
Outrun
P-47
P.O.W.
Pit Fighter
Play Choice 10
Play Choice 10
Pole Position
POW
Power Drift
Power Instinct
Puzzle Fighter 2
R-Type
Rampage
Rastan
Revenge of Doh
Ring King
Roadblaster
Robo Cop
Ry-Gar
Ry-Gar
S.P.Y
Shinobi
Silk Worm
Sky Shark
Snow Brothers
Sol Divide
Soul Edge
Spy Hunter
Spy Hunter
Street Fighter Alpha II
Strider
Super Contra
Super Contra
Super Dodgeball
Super Off Road
Super Street Fighter II
Survival Arts
SVC Chaos:SNK Vs Capcom
Tech Romancer
Tekken
Tekken 2
Tekken 3
Tekken 4
Tera Cresta
Tiger Heli
Time Soldier
Tosinden 2
Total Vice
Twin Cobra
Twin Eagle
Two Crude
Under Fire
Vampire Savior
Vindicators
Vulgas
World Rally
World Series
WWF Superstars
Zero Point
Nice selection, although I should point out Cabal
Final Fight, Golden Axe, Narc, Playchoice 10, Ry-Gar
Spy Hunter & Super Contra have been listed twice. I’ve put the list in alphabetical order (via a spreadsheet)…..
1942
1943
Aero Fighter
Ajax
Alcon
Aliens
Altered Beast
APB All Points Bulletin
Arkanoid
Asteroids
B-Pap Boys
Bad Dudes
Bermuda Triangle
Black Tiger
Blood Brothers
Blood Storm
Bomb Jack
Buster Brothers
Cabal
Cabal
Cadash
Capcom Bowling
Championship Sprint
Chase HQ
Choplifter
Cobra Command
Column
Commando
Crime City
Crime Fighter
Cruisin USA
Dangar
Demolist Fist
Devastators
Double Axle
Double Dragon III
Double Dribble
Empire City
Empire City
Enduro Racers
Final Assault
Final Fight
Final Fight
Flicky
Golden Axe
Golden Axe
Great 1000 Mile Rally
Gunfight
Gyruss
Halley’s Comet
Hang On
Harrier
Heavy Barrel
Jo Jo’s Venture
Judge Dredd
King of Fighter 98
Lethal Enforcer
LSA Land Sea and Air Squad
Magic Sword
Martial Masters
Marvel Super Heroes
Mat Mania
Metal Slug X
Monaco GP
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat 2
Mortal Kombat 3
Motorace USA
Ms Pac Man
Mutant Fighter
MVP
Narc
Narc
Neo-Geo
Neo-Geo 4 (King Of Monsters, Nam 1975, Magician Lord)
Nibbler
Ninja Gaiden
NunChuckin
Off Road (with 2 steering wheels)
Operation Wolf
Outrun
P-47
P.O.W.
Pit Fighter
Play Choice 10
Play Choice 10
Pole Position
POW
Power Drift
Power Instinct
Puzzle Fighter 2
R-Type
Rampage
Rastan
Revenge of Doh
Ring King
Roadblaster
Robo Cop
Ry-Gar
Ry-Gar
S.P.Y
Shinobi
Silk Worm
Sky Shark
Snow Brothers
Sol Divide
Soul Edge
Spy Hunter
Spy Hunter
Street Fighter Alpha II
Strider
Super Contra
Super Contra
Super Dodgeball
Super Off Road
Super Street Fighter II
Survival Arts
SVC Chaos:SNK Vs Capcom
Tech Romancer
Tekken
Tekken 2
Tekken 3
Tekken 4
Tera Cresta
Tiger Heli
Time Soldier
Tosinden 2
Total Vice
Twin Cobra
Twin Eagle
Two Crude
Under Fire
Vampire Savior
Vindicators
Vulgas
World Rally
World Series
WWF Superstars
Zero Point
Can’t wait to check it out. I’m interested in seeing how they will fit that many games into one location.
That’s more than enough room. Star Worlds Arcade in DeKalb, IL has close to 40 games in about 1,000 square feet, including some pinball games. We’re going to need to move a few games for Dark Presence when it comes around on tour, http://www.gallopingghostproductions.com/tour.html, but you would be surprised how many game cabinets you can fit in to a small space.
Nice game lineup! If I lived in the area I would be there all the time.
I hope by MK3 you mean Ultimate MK3 😀
The original MK3 is obsolete, and in essense, UMK3 is MK3 Rv3.2
Hang-On? Pshhh. Needs Super Hang-On.
What no Killer Instinct bah
But this is close to home so I will def make a trip over there to check it out.
Unfortunately where I am at an Arcade like this would not survive so I have to go redemption (among other things) to fund the arcade I want to start up.
Thanks everyone…We really hope to make it a great arcade. The list of games are the ones we currently have, and we are adding even more (some may be removed too if we find the arcade boards have problems). Having worked on the Dark Presence game I’m obivously a huge fighting game fanatic, so by the time we open, the Mortal Kombat 3 will be an Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and we be getting Killer Instinct and Killer Instinct II, so please don’t worry on that. We also have Samurai Shodown 1, 2, 3, Last Blade, Dead Or Alive ++ currently on order and will be getting Street Fighter III, several KOF games and MANY more very soon.
Good to see a new arcade opening. People are calling this an old guy’s arcade judging from the games that will be there.
I see why they wouldn’t want DDR or any other music/rhythm based game but the truth is that they are huge money makers, people travel from all around the country to play these games. Perhaps this may change in the future, who knows.
I WANT STREET FIGHTER II, STREET FIGHTER II CE, AND STREET II HYPER FIGHTING.
When are you opening in Brookfield, Illinois
They said that August 14th is the target date.