Grandmother buys old building in Japan, finds 55 classic arcade cabinets
If you wanted to experience arcade games any time over the last forty years then you had to visit the Far East!. The game centers are still there lit up with neon lights all very attractive and Blade Runner like! But you have to go back 20 years to see them at their prime. Now one very lucky arcade fan is experiencing just that right now due to a surprise purchase by his girlfriend’s grandmother.
The grandmother agreed to purchase an old building in Chiba, which is just outside of Tokyo. When they arrived to check out their building they found out that the first two floors used to be a game center in the 1980's!!. Whoever ran the arcade back then left all the cabs behind when it closed, and it is full of classic and now highly sort after games!
In total there are 55 arcade cabinets, most of which are the upright Aero Cities cabs, but it’s the game boards that they contain that’s the most exciting discovery. The list of game includes the following:
- Columns
- Donkey Kong
- Galaxian
- Magical Tetris Challenge
- Metal Slug X
- Pengo
- Raiden 2
- Super Puzzle Fighters 2 X
- Street Fighter 2 Championship Edition
- Street Fighter Alpha 2 (Zero 2)
- Street Fighter EX 2
There’s sure to be more games discovered as not all of the cabinets are in working order, with monitor damage being the main fault but whatever they find, this lucky gamer has just cashed in his extra credit!!
