Trip to the Galloping Ghost Arcade

by riostarwind

Once I saw this sign I knew we finally made it to the Galloping Ghost Arcade. It was quite the trip since we had to take a fairly long train ride to get to Chicago. You can see Primal Rage II in this shot. Very few of these boards are still around since they were only made as prototypes. Also Sega Sonic the Hedgehog is the giant blue cabinet. To bad the trackballs weren't really working. All kinds of fighting games. This was mostly the Mortal Kombat Area even if you can't see MK1-3 in this shot. Even though the moves were simple it took a bit to pull off a few special moves on the spot. The Outfoxies was a weird but cool game. The lightguns you see on the side wren't actually light guns. You just pull the trigger to shoot the gun that your 2D character picked up. The environments that the characters fight in were unique and all of them blew up in some nice ways. Unfortunately it wasn't working but this Space Harrier side art is awesome.Heavy Barrel and other top down shooters.Super Monkey Ball has a banana controller...Prepare to Joust!Star Wars side art, also on the side you can see the Star Wars Trilogy machine. It seemed like it was played a lot going by how loose the stick was.A better shot of the Mortal Kombat row.Speed RacerF 14 Tomcat pinball mahcine, it turns out I'm not very good at playing Pinball. Donkey Kong side artMortal Kombat actor signatures Discs of Tron and Outrun side artFunhouse Pinball machineAh yes the classic shooter row. I put a lot of time into Galaga at my local arcade.A row of lightgun games. Now that I think about it I didn't play very many of these while I was there.The rest of the Mortal Kombat actor signaturesSo many arcade machines...Terminator 2 Judgement day. I don't think I ever got past the protect the truck level.Satan's Hollow, had to take a picture for the name alone.Unfortueitly they didn't have Black Knight 2000.Now that I look at this Ms Pac Man side art that ghost is kinda creepyThis game is so dumb but that is why I like it so much. Time TravelerFriday The 13 PinballSilent Scope Interstellar Side ArtWide shot of a few pinball machinesAlien 3 side art?I didn't know Paper Boy had a handlebar controller Creature of the black lagoon pinball machine. I thought I would be good at this one since I played The Pinball Arcade but nope.Q Bert Side ArtTapper and woodcutter side artA assortment of arcade machinesTetris arcade is a thing.Hydro Thunder and Crusin Worldrandom video game postersYou can't really tell but this is a Mappy machineGain Ground a arcade machine run by floppy discI'm sure everyone wants to go to Crime City.TENGAIIkaruga and Radiant SilvergunGoro Statue and other game related stuffTwilight Zone PinballShang Shung's Fight night V happened a week before we went to the GGA.Arm Champs II Turns out my friend is slightly stronger than I am. 91 vs 105Spy Hunter Side ArtIn The Hunt with a custom marquee. Although if that somehow sprung a leak I'm pretty sure the machine would be dead.

Although I tried I couldn't even get close to taking photos of every single arcade machine at the GGA. It was a fun time and anyone that wants to revisit the past by going to a arcade again the Galloping Ghost Arcade should be at the top of your list.