Arcade Monsters San Diego - The Ultimate Arcade Tour!

[@cooltoy]

What is the first game you would play once you walked in? Let me know in the comments below.

[@eldenringer6466]

all of them..all at once..not sure how but it be fun trying!

[@Cert_Study]

Street fighter 3s

[@HitnRunTony]

Turtles Arcade

[@Pogyouwack]

Batman 66

[@MrDetroit71]

Tron. I haven't played that game in ages!!!

[@HitnRunTony]

Nothing beats a classic arcade, but this place takes it up a notch

[@AccessDEANied]

i'll definitely have to support this place. finally a place in sd that's more than just crane and ticket games.

[@cooltoy]

@@AccessDEANied “redemption arcades” are the worst, I hate that they are even called arcades

[@gwildor8543]

The art on the walls are absolutely beautiful. I’d love to deck out my arcade with that caliber of art. That Batman former cabinet is awesome. I don’t think I’ve ever run into one in the wild.

[@cooltoy]

I was surprised to see Batman Forever as well, it's very rare to come across that one in the wild for sure.

[@kjhoskins]

Awesome-looking place. I love all the artwork and little details. And the game selection is amazing. Thanks for the video!

[@cooltoy]

@@kjhoskins happy I could share this awesome place with arcade fans

[@anotherperson1386]

Oh wow, they have an ONGEKI cab? Im definitely going on Friday

[@pizzaslice1702]

This plus maimai?!?!? I Def need to go as well😊

[@RyanShyffer]

Oh, finally open. I remember them advertising last year at ComicCon. Glad to see they finally opened.

[@cooltoy]

@@RyanShyffer yep, apparently they finally got the go ahead to open from the city on Friday.

[@Jiterdomer]

This is heaven.

[@moonjellykevin]

I appreciate you sharing this. I'll have to go when I'm not sick. Kinda shocked to see Vampire Hunter 2 and not Vampire Savior, but I'd go straight to that.

[@cooltoy]

@@moonjellykevin my pleasure to share for fellow arcade fans, hope you feel better soon!

[@torreypines77]

I’m sick too! I wanna go to this so bad! Covid sucks but will be better soon

[@ocean2zx]

Now this is an arcade wow it has all the game I would play.

[@ferdoggferland4207]

Owner must’ve grown up in the 80’s. All the art is the cartoons I used to watch as a kid. I vividly remember watching UP all night with Elvira. These machines were EVERYWHERE in the 80’s. Gas stations, laundromat’s, convenience stores and every restaurant had at least a couple tucked in a dark corner somewhere. Awesome stroll down memory lane

[@Cert_Study]

Gonna check it out this evening. Hopefully there are some fighting game players there

[@cooltoy]

have fun!

[@TiltingT]

Wow, what an amazing looking place! Whoever did all the art is super talented! Allot of odd and rare games and it looked like they were going with Premium and LE pins! I need one of those t-shirts too! Thanks fir sharing Doug that looks like a destination arcade to add to the bucket list for sure!

[@cooltoy]

@@TiltingT yeah they definitely weren’t stingy with putting out the good stuff! Machines could have used some better leveling and adjustments but considering they opened kinda last minute with short notice from the city I can understand them still having some rough edges on opening day.

[@TiltingT]

@cooltoy I can understand that..hopefully they have a good tech to take care of the games

[@ProneIsBlocked]

Awesome place to go to kill time in downtown! Only $25 for unlimited play. I was stuck playing Black Emperor for an hour trying to get the high score!!! 😂

[@Buttafingaz]

Wow, this place looks like so much fun! I’d first play any of the pinball games.

[@cooltoy]

They had a very impressive selection. Almost all of the Stern spike 2 games available to play. Even several LE machines!

[@The_Garage_Gamer]

You really need to come up to Oregon and check out Next Level. I think you’ll be blown away.

[@cooltoy]

@@The_Garage_Gamer it’s on my list of places to visit, I’ve seen lots of videos of the place and I’ve always been amazed. I’ve never been to the northwest either so it would give me a good excuse to travel that way 👍

[@koolarooo]

next level is so good. crazy how good that place is

[@Mechulus]

Very respectable collection. All the same pinball machines we have in Santa Maria. I'll definitely pop in around September and have a pint at The Field. Looking forward to it!

[@cooltoy]

@@Mechulus enjoy!

[@MrSamiam08]

Really nice Arcade Monster location, I have been to Lido, Oviedo and I Drive and all of them are great! This one looks just as great!

[@cooltoy]

@@MrSamiam08 I was blown away with the custom artwork that was top to bottom covering the place. So much great art on display of just about every pop culture icon one could think of!

[@MrSamiam08]

@@cooltoy Yeah! I also really loved the art in the I drive location

[@720erik2]

Amazing place like how they painted all the ductwork neon

[@cooltoy]

@@720erik2 tonnnnns of work went into I’m sure but it looks awesome, from top to bottom!

[@eldenringer6466]

ZOLTAR!!!! Wow they have everything...I wonder if there is music playing in house or just arcade sounds. Either way i love the CARPET!💜🕹🎮🕹💚

[@cooltoy]

@@eldenringer6466 there was music blaring throughout the venue. I just had to mute it for copyright reasons for KZbin

[@RetroStylz]

Wow! This is so cool!

[@cooltoy]

@@RetroStylz the place was Rad!

[@RetroStylz]

@cooltoy I bet, man! Very reminiscent of the 90s arcades, but updated

[@MSMMr1982]

Wow what is a amazing place everyone need to go and check it out right cool toy your awesome and keep up the good work and you rock🎸cool toy I had a birthday recently on Tuesday and enjoy your evening😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃

[@cooltoy]

@@MSMMr1982 happy belated birthday!

[@Curryking32000]

Wow!!! that place is amazing!!!! Wish we had that in the UK. But I didn't see one vertical shooter though 😞

[@cooltoy]

Yeah I noticed that was lacking as well. Besides vertical schmups, they seemed to have all their bases covered!

[@TheShaneyTugs]

Oh woooow, AM has a San Diego location! 😮 I had no idea! I'm from Orlando area, I used to go to their original Oviedo location pretty regularly but we now have such a complete home arcade (and also the owner was kind of a Dick Grayson) that we just sort of stopped going right before lockdown

[@cooltoy]

@@TheShaneyTugs yep this location just got the go ahead from the city to open last night!

[@TheShaneyTugs]

@@cooltoy oh holy cow, that is newer than new! Nice dude, fitting that you got to go check it out!

[@cooltoy]

@@TheShaneyTugs dumb luck was on my side being in the right place at the right time, but I’ll happily take it 👍

[@jimboswamps5602]

Omg I have to go!!!

[@cooltoy]

yes you do!

[@Rob.Coleman]

Probably the Halo lightgun game, never heard of it before and no idea what it is so I'd have to have a go 👍. 2nd machine I'd go for would have to be Zoltar, we just don't see them in the UK ☹️.

[@cooltoy]

@@Rob.Coleman I also had never seen the Halo game in person, played it, fun game. Zoltar was a must for me too, grabbed a fortune ticket on my way out the door

[@Rob.Coleman]

@@cooltoy hope the fortune is kind to you 🤞. Enjoy the rest of your stay 👍.

[@cooltoy]

@@Rob.Coleman thanks Rob!

[@adamkalb1412]

❤HEAVEN🏁

[@marceloyyh]

nice place

[@cooltoy]

@@marceloyyh it was!

[@Cert_Study]

Need more 3rd strike setups !

[@kmastamine]

All of them

[@cooltoy]

It was overwhelming first walking in! So many awesome choices to pick.

[@kmastamine]

@@cooltoy Just in candy cabs and classics alone. I like how the arcade is kind of like a maze with different sections instead of being wide open.

[@cooltoy]

@@kmastamine it was totally a maze, it was really cool discovering new machines and artwork around each new corner I passed

[@kmastamine]

@cooltoy yeah man they put some serious thought and $$ into every aspect. One of the most unique I've seen. I could get lost in there for hours.

[@cooltoy]

@@kmastamine indeed, and the all day pricing was more than fair for allowing you ample time to game and explore

[@eldenringer6466]

wow

[@cooltoy]

@@eldenringer6466 my jaw dropped when I first walked in!

[@eldenringer6466]

Google the name and "art work murals". Theres a really good article on the graffiti artists and their work and how it all came about at the different locations. And I found some videos of them spraying etc. I'd love to have a bench like that too. So much goodness.

[@Roesnail]

Lmao I walked into the place to check it out. saw the first floor that you need to up stairs to get to and thought that was it. walked out because I saw the custom arcades of sailor moon and sf4 and thought that was gonna be it. Never saw the viewlix's and astros

[@eldenringer6466]

Do not let Nintendo see that smash bros set up lol we had a retro cafe in our town and big n sent a real strong case and desist. They had to stop doing gaming nights and remove all playable Nintendo options. Real sad as we use to meet for drinks food and smash bros / Mario kart. Apparently they did the same In Japan too killing the retro bar movement :?

[@cooltoy]

@@eldenringer6466 yeah Nintendo doesn’t mess around. I remember seeing the news of them shutting down several fight game tournaments over issues they had with Smash Bros. Quite sad

[@SoheiJayce]

Is WMMT 6RR in English or Japanese when playing?

[@slowmentally]

eng

[@johnmcclane2139]

Horrible vibes location being downtown San Diego. I hate going downtown and having to deal with driving around there and parking. But from a standpoint of foot traffic I understand having it there. But I prefer a much more chill atmosphere so I tend to stay away from downtown locations. San Diego actually doesn’t have a lot of good pinball locations and the ones with a lot of machines are in crowded places like in downtown.

[@crashthevacuum]

Decently close to the Gaslamp trolley station but yeah, I'd rather it be in say, the Mission Bay/Sea World area or something. Or perhaps Liberty Station

[@pawkyyy]

uhhh, why do they have tekken 8 on a tekken 7 cabinet? lol