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DDublin ARCadesN Dog McCree (a full motion video gun
fighting type game), Revelations (a
multimedia quiz game) and one of
This is a review of various arcades those pneumatic flight simulators
around the centre of Dublin. The main where they show a video of a roller
ones are: The Pierrot Club, Dr coaster or something (well I went on
Quirkey's good time emporium, and it once, it was a video of the rapids
Amusement city.There are a few others and the cabin would move as if you
which I will cover here as well. were in a boat on the water.....shite
really....but an OKish simulator of a
The Pierrot Club: This was the trendy boat on the rapids..- Polaris) inside
arcade a few months ago. However,most a moving cabinet. As well as loads of
of the good games are gone. The main traditional video games (played on
games are:Thunder Cross II,3 wonders, quite large screens) and a set of
Soccer brawl, (only the latest stuff) dodgems upstairs, there are also some
and loads of others which I can't crappy crackajack type "throwing
think of. A good few NEO GEO games. balls into bins" type games.There are
The pool tables are average. a lot of NEO GEO and super NES games
lurking around. Downstairs there are
Dr Quirkey's: This is the newest some really cool new pool tables,some
arcade in Dublin,and it shows. It has more video games, and a jukebox with
some cool games like G-Loc R360 (The some decent music! (when I say decent
one with the pneumatic cabinet which I mean Metallica, G'n'R's, etc. as
can turn 360 degrees on any axis),Mad well as some rave which I don't have
a bog about....) There is also a full ningly disgused as a pub, which has
eating area. recently been done up, but doesn't
Of course, it is too good to be true. compare to Dr Quirkey's.
Nearly all the games are at least 30p
a credit, and G-Loc R360 is #2.50 a Fun Land: Crap.
credit, ( I think it's also extremely
hard).But that aside, if you have the Broadway: Small, but has some good
money, this is probably the best games like the King of Dragons and
arcade around. Space Gun. It also sells some quite
nice donuts outside.
Amusement city: This was THE trendy
arcade about a year ago, now nobody Amusements:Not great,but has a couple
goes there, except some tourists and of good games. (I think).
Tetris players. The reason was
probably that the games are often There are probably a few others
30p, and they are suspiciously around the place, but I don't think
difficult compared to different these are really any good.
machines of the same game in other
arcades. Both the pool tables are DARCN
pretty crap. They have about 2 feet
between the wall and the table, and
it's extremely hard to play on them.
Ned Kelly's: This is an arcade cun-