And there’s many, many more games to chose from. And of course the ubiquitous Street Fighter series video games. And let’s not forget the room dedicated to network connected PvP games with rumble seats where fans of Call of Duty can congregate to show off their skills. Then there’s the Terminator pinball machines which are a lot of fun to play. You have the first person shoot’em ups like House of the Dead killing zombies and the like. You have the classic arcade games for those that grew up playing games like Pacman, Robotron, Burgertime and Joust, and there’s the rider simulation games like the Sega Wave Runner, Nascar Car Racing and Tsumo Ball which I call the “Red Dome Battleship” artillery game. Now, there’s a little bit of something for everyone. This is a place that will appeal to everyone from video game purists to little kids to big kids to parents with kids and even those that are just a kid at heart. So I really missed the “True” Video Arcade experience and Arcade Odyssey does not disappoint. And places like Boomers… Well, they shut down one building with video games and the other one is full of games with only half of them working. Then Dave & Busters and Game Works attempted to create a video arcade experience but they really left much to be desired. When I was growing up in Miami there were video arcades all over the place in the late 70’s, 80’s and into the early 90’s from stand alone locations to places in the mall to Pizza Parlors and Laundromats. This is the one and only “True” Video Arcade that I know of in South Florida. I paid my first visit to Arcade Odyssey last week and WOW! was I pleasantly surprised. Like everyone else getting their start, we wish them the best of luck in business and if you are in the vicinity of any of these new arcades we’ve been bringing up this past week, give them your support by making a visit! Here’s an old review I made of it for those of you who missed this gem from 2007. So now if you’re in Miami you can experience a very unique game, among the many others he has. Interesting to note that he has The Act – that is a very rare game and until now I was the only public access arcade I knew of that had one. There is also a console room that features modern console gaming to play. It should fit the tastes of many a hardcore gamer including: Spawn, X-Men (6 player), The Act: An Interactive Comedy, Planet Harriers, Star Wars Trilogy Arcade, Ikaruga, Trouble Witches, Metal Slug 6, Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition (Japanese ver), House of the Dead 2, 3 & 4, Artic Thunder, Crazy Taxi, Mushihimesama Futari Black Label, Dance Maniax 2nd Mix Jap Append, Melty Blood Actress Again, Terminator pinball (both 2 & 3), Virtua On, Pump It Up NX, Hydro Thunder, King of Fighters XIII and more. The collection of games available to play is quite impressive and features several rarities. The thread is quite good and I would recommend it to anyone doing research in the field of opening their own arcade as he covers the trails faced in such an endeavor, many of which I know first hand. Check out this post on the AtariAge forums showing his substantial game collection that spans not only arcades but consoles as well, and how that transformed from personal gameroom collection to public arcade. The owner, Rick Medina is quite the video game collector in fact, Arcade Odyssey was originally going to start off as dual purpose museum for both arcades and consoles but due to economic restraints just the arcade is opening for now. This newest one is called Arcade Odyssey and is now open in Miami, FL. I can’t recall a time where we’ve had this many stories on new locations opening up in such a short period of time, although I am sure that there are many out there that we don’t hear about until well after the fact. As we get ready to sign off on 2011, what better way to compliment the ending of the old year and the beginning of a new one with yet another story on a new arcade location opening it’s doors.
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