​Hey Guys,

For my website Hard--Candy.com​ I am looking for pictures and manuals of all Japanese Arcade Cabinets available. Right now I am focussing on the Namco Consolette. Do you own a Consolette and would you like to share the pictures / manual with me please let me know so I can update the database accordingly.

Feel free to have a look around on the website. The website has been created so everyone can add pictures, manuals, flyers etc themselves. But if you prefer me doing so please feel free to reach out to me directly.

Regards,

Pieter

Hey Guys, with the latest update we now have 424 arcade locations on the map. If you have more suggestions please feel free to let me know here or submit the location through the website.

Alright, time for a quick update and request for help. Currently the map has 350+ locations however I only have 6 in Canada. It seems that in the east of Canada there are no (b)arcades on the map yet. If anyone knows of any (b)arcades in that area please feel free to let me know. Thanks!

Thanks for the input guys. This helped me a lot to get some inspiration on new games to collect. Throughout the web I received a lot of suggestions next to yours. Below you will find the short list as I had to prune the list substantially to make it manageable. I watched the longplays of the games and selected the following games to be on the list:

Hammerin Harry
Guardians / Denjin Makai 2
Deamon Bride
Metamorphic Force
In The Hunt
Punisher
Radiant Silvergun
Soukyugurentai / Terra Diver
Elevator Action Returns
Deathsmiles
Dodonpachi Daioujou
Mushihimesama
Double Dragon
Xain'd Sleena
Spy Hunter
Sunset Riders
Shark Attack
3
Strider
Breakers Revenge
Air Buster / Aeroblasters
Buta San
Final Star Force
Bubble Bobble
Rainbow Islands
Sprint 2
Parodius Da!
Gokujyou Parodius!
Sexy Parodius
Violent Storm
Bucky O'hare
All Points Bulletin
Time Soldiers
Crackdown
Black Tiger
Black Dragon
Robocop
Smash TV
Shadow Dancer
Shadow Warriors
Point Blank
X-Men vs Street Fighter
Twinkle Star Sprites

And yes this is the short list...  ... if you would like to see the whole list just let me know

Are there any games that we still miss?

​Hey Guys,

I am looking to expand my collection of arcade games and in the meantime I think I have a nice understanding of what the best and greatest games are. I am however interested in understanding what your second most favorite games are. In other words which games are still the hidden gems of arcade games?

Looking forward to your suggestions and it would be great to understand the reasons behind your choice as well.

Regards,

Pieter

Alright guys, latest update: Currently there are 324 locations on the map and counting. If you have any additional arcades please let me know here or through the website. Either way is great! Thanks so far for all the suggestions.

Right now I managed to get 257 locations on the map. Any tips or suggestions are highly appreciated as I know there are still plenty of (b)arcades out there that are till not in the map. 

If you like the initiative please feel free to like the Facebook page here -> https://www.facebook.com/arcadeuniverse/

If you have locations in other parts of the world let me know as well.

Hey Guys, I am still looking for some additional arcades to add to the map. Feel free to have a look here: http://www.arcadeuniverse.net/arcade-map/

Are there any seriously good arcades I missed? Or maybe some barcades that are worth mentioning? Please let me know, any help is highly appreciated.

200 and counting, only 300 left to hit the goal. If you have any arcade locations you wish to add to the map please let me know.

Hey Guys,

I am looking to sell the following stuff.

MVS cart:

Pop 'n Bounce US original (442) EUR 50,-
Pop 'n Bounce US bootleg EUR 25,-
Puzzle Bobble, bootleg EUR 10,-
Samurai Shodown, original, EUR 30,-​

Items can be picked up in Zoetermeer (The Netherlands) or can be shipping (for a quote please contact me, EU Shipping up to 2 kg is 13 euro).

If you have any questions feel free to let me know.

Regards,

Pieter

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Well in the meantime I managed to add 183 locations to the map and counting.

If you have any additional suggestions please feel free to let me know by adding the locations here or through the site.

I connected them all to 1 extension cord that has its own switch so all are turned on at the same time together. I am working on rewiring the cabs so the all have the on/off button either under the control panel which easily reachable so they don't turn all at the same time.

Hope this helps.

Hey Terry,

Thank you for the support . And I love doing it too to be honest. For my work I travel a bit now and again and that my interest to find arcades as in The Netherlands we do not have so much of them especially not with real interesting stuff. And to be completely honest, I would be against a roadtrip now and again to visit some arcades

So if anyone has any suggestions just let me know here or submit it on the website. Either way would be great.

Regards,

Pieter

Hey Guys,

I just wanted to say hello! My name is Pieter and I am a Arcade enthusiast from The Netherlands. About 3,5 years ago I started the hobby within a Dutch community and in the meantime I have collected 4 cabs. I have a NAC, Sega Naomi rebuild/MAME, Woody with 2 slot MVS and recently bought a racing cab resto project to build a Outrun 2 setup.

Recently I started to look for arcades to visit and noticed that information is scattered around the internet. Therefore I decided to start a project to create a map with all arcade locations worldwide on my website arcadeuniverse.net . Currently I already found 138 locations and I have set myself the goal to have 500 arcades on the map before the 1st of July.

Next to an Arcade enthusiast I am also a husband and father of 2 sons, oldest being 5.5 years and the youngest being 1 year old. Both of them share the passion of blinking lights and loud speaker so I am sure the guys will follow in their fathers footsteps

As said just wanted to say hi and love to hang out here to learn and read more about arcade gaming and sharing my knowledge with you guys as well.

Regards,

Pieter