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GekigangerV

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"Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Sun 8 Jun 22:04

I was wondering if anyone here knew of anything cool to do in Washington DC area. Like arcades, comics and anime shops or something around those lines.

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Juke Joint Jezebel

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"Re(1):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Sun 8 Jun 22:37

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I was wondering if anyone here knew of anything cool to do in Washington DC area. Like arcades, comics and anime shops or something around those lines.

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Radish

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"Re(1):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Mon 9 Jun 05:15

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I was wondering if anyone here knew of anything cool to do in Washington DC area. Like arcades, comics and anime shops or something around those lines.

TimeOut is a Namco arcade in Springfield Mall (a little south of DC) and has pretty much all their newer games (like TC2, SC2), DDRMax2, that Drum game I suck at, a bunch of Japanese arcade games like Mr Driller and side scolling shooters.

There's also an Anime store in the same mall, but I can;t vouch for its quality since I never go there.

Starland is also a really great import shop selling a wide range of games, models, Japanese tv shows and other stuff. They also sell Japanese pornography right next to the NeoGeo Pocket Software so I always look like a perv... This place is in Annandale which is also a little south of DC.

whitesword

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"Re(1):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Mon 9 Jun 07:11

You can try this place:
http://www.pandorascube.com/

Daala

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"Re(2):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Mon 9 Jun 09:37

Ah pandora's rip off...LOL!

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You can try this place:
http://www.pandorascube.com/

OYashiroForever

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"Re(1):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Mon 9 Jun 09:39

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I was wondering if anyone here knew of anything cool to do in Washington DC area. Like arcades, comics and anime shops or something around those lines.

Well, unfortunately, you're a little late for arcades. The aforementioned Timeout in Springfield Mall is probably the best arcade in the area simply because it's the ONLY arcade in the area and it honestly isn't very good. It has a couple of Psikyo shooters interestingly enough, but no Capcom or SNK games of note. The legendary Gametime, home to the best players in the area and nearly every game that mattered, closed its doors at the end of last year.

Pandora's Cube and Starland are the two major import gaming/anime shops in the area. However, neither have anything you can't easily find online significantly cheaper. I've been a friend of the owner of Starland for about 10 years now and he's an incredibly nice guy. His store is definitely the better of the two. (better/more product)

ANYWHO... if you need any help finding things or are looking for something to do (outside of museums and monuments), gimme a ring: AIM: Zangulus100Proof. I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have.

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RugalBernstein

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"Re(2):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Mon 9 Jun 10:22

I know of a couple of arcades. Most are... trashy, to say the least, and there are regular drug deals going on in a couple, but there's one in the Greenbelt Mall which is pretty good, actually. The controls are kept in decent repair, they have C vs. S 1 and 2 and Third Strike, a buch of neo cabs (one with SS 4) and best of all, Galaga and Mrs. Pacman!! :D

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whitesword

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"Re(3):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Mon 9 Jun 11:18

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Ah pandora's rip off...LOL!

You can try this place:
http://www.pandorascube.com/

Heh heh, I know, but it's fun to browse there!

Personally, I make only one or two offline purchases a year, the rest is online.

Radish

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"Re(4):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Mon 9 Jun 11:45:

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Ah pandora's rip off...LOL!

You can try this place:
http://www.pandorascube.com/

Heh heh, I know, but it's fun to browse there!

Personally, I make only one or two offline purchases a year, the rest is online.

Starland's about 5 minutes from the Virginia Pandora's Cube. PC is super lame. They sell and rent movies and tv shows they rip off the Internet as well as fansubs. They well pushing SW2 on DVD a few days after it came out.

[this message was edited by Radish on Mon 9 Jun 11:48]

Adon

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"Re(4):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Mon 9 Jun 13:11

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Ah pandora's rip off...LOL!

You can try this place:
http://www.pandorascube.com/

Heh heh, I know, but it's fun to browse there!

Personally, I make only one or two offline purchases a year, the rest is online.

I have gone to their College Park location a few times, all though it has been some years now.

Sklathill
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"Re(5):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Mon 9 Jun 13:39

Starland (Annandale, VA, down the 395 from DC) is slightly better than Pandora's in the anime area...much better in the games side of things. I've gotten some honest to goodness deals there. (New unopened Twinkle Star Sprites for Saturn, 44 bucks) They have a pretty good stock. They sell bootleg anime DVDs and Son May (and their ilk) CDs, which annoys me to no end, but they're worth checking out. And, as someone mentioned before, the owner of Starland is a genuinely nice guy. Strike up a conversation; if he's not busy, he'll appreciate it.

gametime CLOSED? ARGH, that's what I get for being in LA for the last two years...

As arcades go, there's not too much. I remember back in the early-mid 90s, the arcade at Landmark Mall was typically the first to get SNK games. (I played SS3 and SS4 there almost as soon as they were released.) It's gone downhill from there, though.

Go to Pasta Mia. :) 1790 Columbia Road NW. Get there around 6-6:30. (the place opens at 6:30) The food will KICK YOUR ASS. (I'm slightly biased...I've gone their since 96 and the son of the owner is a HUGE gamer, so... ^^) Just make sure you don't get there after 9 and you're willing to wait a while. The place is BUSY and there's only 1 chef in the back. If you've got time to spend for dinner, this is the place.

(Note: Pasta Mia is a place of repeat clients...mainly beause for many people's first times, they are so annoyed at the waiting games that are played there. They don't want to put up with that or the "casual" service. If you can endure the waiting, it's GREAT.)

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Oroch
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"Re(6):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Mon 9 Jun 13:52

theres a tiny tilt in ballston commons(arlington), but the only thing they have worth playing is virtua fighter 4 evo and sc2

but springfield is the only real arcade place left

there should be an arcade in the old convention center(in dc proper)

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Radish

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"Re(6):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Mon 9 Jun 13:59

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As arcades go, there's not too much. I remember back in the early-mid 90s, the arcade at Landmark Mall was typically the first to get SNK games. (I played SS3 and SS4 there almost as soon as they were released.) It's gone downhill from there, though.

Pocket Change sucks. Last time I went (which was admitedly years ago) they had nothing new, were charging double the rate of most arcades and half the machines were broken. However one of the guys converted two player sit down racer into a Capcom vs Xmen setup where each player had a screen which was cool.

Adon

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"Re(7):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Mon 9 Jun 14:23

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As arcades go, there's not too much. I remember back in the early-mid 90s, the arcade at Landmark Mall was typically the first to get SNK games. (I played SS3 and SS4 there almost as soon as they were released.) It's gone downhill from there, though.

Pocket Change sucks. Last time I went (which was admitedly years ago) they had nothing new, were charging double the rate of most arcades and half the machines were broken. However one of the guys converted two player sit down racer into a Capcom vs Xmen setup where each player had a screen which was cool.

Pocket Change did the same thing to an MvC2 at the mall near by me. The converted a driving game. They just recently sold it for 800 bucks, now I really dont have any reason to go into their arcade now

Oroch
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"Re(8):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Mon 9 Jun 14:46

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As arcades go, there's not too much. I remember back in the early-mid 90s, the arcade at Landmark Mall was typically the first to get SNK games. (I played SS3 and SS4 there almost as soon as they were released.) It's gone downhill from there, though.

Pocket Change sucks. Last time I went (which was admitedly years ago) they had nothing new, were charging double the rate of most arcades and half the machines were broken. However one of the guys converted two player sit down racer into a Capcom vs Xmen setup where each player had a screen which was cool.

Pocket Change did the same thing to an MvC2 at the mall near by me. The converted a driving game. They just recently sold it for 800 bucks, now I really dont have any reason to go into their arcade now

i dont think any of the arcades around here will get svc :(

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OYashiroForever

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"Re(6):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Mon 9 Jun 19:11

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gametime CLOSED? ARGH, that's what I get for being in LA for the last two years...

Well, the LA area is the place to be if you're interested in competitive SF, but yes, the loss of GT was a devastating blow to the local scene. Mr. Mike decided to get in to real estate and couldn't find a buyer, so he just closed the place. Sad walking in the last day and there only being like 4 or 5 machines in the entire place.

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As arcades go, there's not too much. I remember back in the early-mid 90s, the arcade at Landmark Mall was typically the first to get SNK games. (I played SS3 and SS4 there almost as soon as they were released.) It's gone downhill from there, though.

Yes, Landmark is a dump.

Wow... seems like there's a lot of peeps from the DC area on this board. Anyone interested in a get-together? Games, ice-cold beverages?

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Adon

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"Re(7):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Mon 9 Jun 20:03

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gametime CLOSED? ARGH, that's what I get for being in LA for the last two years...

Well, the LA area is the place to be if you're interested in competitive SF, but yes, the loss of GT was a devastating blow to the local scene. Mr. Mike decided to get in to real estate and couldn't find a buyer, so he just closed the place. Sad walking in the last day and there only being like 4 or 5 machines in the entire place.

As arcades go, there's not too much. I remember back in the early-mid 90s, the arcade at Landmark Mall was typically the first to get SNK games. (I played SS3 and SS4 there almost as soon as they were released.) It's gone downhill from there, though.

Yes, Landmark is a dump.

Wow... seems like there's a lot of peeps from the DC area on this board. Anyone interested in a get-together? Games, ice-cold beverages?

Hmm I could swing down after my trip perhaps. I live a little out of the DC area southern PA, but its not too far for me.
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RugalBernstein

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"Re(8):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Mon 9 Jun 21:41

Yeah, I said I'd be fine with a get-together. You will all play Samurai Tamashii and Asura Zanmaden!! I'll see to this! >:D

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Mog
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"Re(7):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Mon 9 Jun 22:38

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Wow... seems like there's a lot of peeps from the DC area on this board. Anyone interested in a get-together? Games, ice-cold beverages?

Just a reminder that I'm interested, but wouldn't be able to go before August as I've got got summer classes to attend.

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Radish

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"Re(8):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Tue 10 Jun 05:16

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Wow... seems like there's a lot of peeps from the DC area on this board. Anyone interested in a get-together? Games, ice-cold beverages?

Just a reminder that I'm interested, but wouldn't be able to go before August as I've got got summer classes to attend.

Likewise, although my classes end this month.

Oroch
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"Re(9):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Tue 10 Jun 13:23

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Wow... seems like there's a lot of peeps from the DC area on this board. Anyone interested in a get-together? Games, ice-cold beverages?

Just a reminder that I'm interested, but wouldn't be able to go before August as I've got got summer classes to attend.

Likewise, although my classes end this month.

we've got an arcade at gwu too

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streetfighter 3:2(only half the screen works, and the half that does is blurry)
soul edge/blade
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used to have a proto of 10th degree :(

i wanted to buy that crappy kof2k machine that gt had :(

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Radish

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"Re(10):Peeps in the DC area?" , posted Tue 10 Jun 14:21

quote:

Wow... seems like there's a lot of peeps from the DC area on this board. Anyone interested in a get-together? Games, ice-cold beverages?

Just a reminder that I'm interested, but wouldn't be able to go before August as I've got got summer classes to attend.

Likewise, although my classes end this month.

we've got an arcade at gwu too

resident evil(2players!)
streetfighter 3:2(only half the screen works, and the half that does is blurry)
soul edge/blade
xmenvsstreetfighter

used to have a proto of 10th degree :(

i wanted to buy that crappy kof2k machine that gt had :(

Ha ha. The only good game our arcade had was Metal Slug X. I'm sure my high score is still on there since the arcade machines got very little work out.

OYashiroForever

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"MMCafe DC area get-together?" , posted Tue 10 Jun 20:29

Hmmm... well, after I threw out that little suggestion, I've gotten a couple of IMs and a few bites on here. It looks as though I'll have to give it some serious thought. Allow me to get in contact with a couple of people and brainstorm for a couple of days... I'll post a new thread officially inviting people when I've got the arrangements made.

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Undead Fred

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"Re(1):MMCafe DC area get-together?" , posted Tue 10 Jun 22:20

Man, too bad it's that far away... I'd show up and play games if I were even in the area. Oh well.

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Daala

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"Re(1):MMCafe DC area get-together?" , posted Wed 11 Jun 04:42

If I get some time off my cosplay I'd be happy to join you guys where ever you plan to hook up. ^_^