Galloping Ghost Walk & Talk - Narc, AVP, Smash TV, Robotron, Area 51, Arcade1up Must Haves!

[@Igetzmon3y22]

YOU FINALLY DID IT! 🙌 LETS GO! really wanted you to see this place in all its glory especially the 1 of 1 cabinets they have but the main reason is I wanted you to play that special N.A.R.C. cab they have. I can smell your excitement through the video. 😂

[@PDX7]

I’m sorry it took me so long to go 👊

[@Igetzmon3y22]

Don't be sorry. I'm glad you got to experience it with some friends and got it all on camera 👊

[@PDX7]

@Igetzmon3y22 👊

[@xoAIDSxo]

bro I don't understand how but I love your videos, I never miss one or a live and am a fan. keep up the good content. and for some reason No homo your voice is soothing watching these vids on the sofa at night after a rough day at work.

[@PDX7]

Thank you so much 👊 I am honored :) I really appreciate it!

[@The_Bad_Guy.]

That has to be one of the best, if not the best arcades that remain in the United States. maybe even the world. I have to check this place out.

[@PDX7]

I can’t wait to go there with you 👊 It’s the absolute best!

[@The_Bad_Guy.]

@@PDX7 we gotta do another live in person run of X-Men! It can be a yearly tradition haha

[@thomaskiser3886]

It’s the biggest arcade in the US! So stoked to be able to go being a Chicagoan!

[@The_Bad_Guy.]

@@thomaskiser3886 that's awesome that you have access to a place like this whenever you want! Very jealous haha.

[@thomaskiser3886]

@@The_Bad_Guy. I should go more if I’m being honest brother! I watched this video and was like “need to go again soon!”

[@tommyv.856]

Great to see your tour of Galloping Ghosts Phil. Man I’m a big fan of PatmanQC. Really cool to see you two battle on KI.

[@PDX7]

Thank you Tommy, it was a really neat experience:)

[@Nojagajsjsnsn]

You seem like a very kind man, glad you have passion for this hobby as I do.

[@PDX7]

Thank you very much :) I love this hobby!

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Galloping Ghost Rocks - great job man.

[@PDX7]

Thank you PDubs 👊 I wish I could’ve been there when you all were there!

[@kevinclauson7613]

Best arcade around. Will meet you guys in October for sure. Yeah I was gonna say X-Men is in the very back, lol.

[@PDX7]

Looking forward to it 👊

[@JamesHatesEverything]

Playing with @PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries!! Love his channel.

[@PDX7]

Once in a lifetime James :)

[@JamesHatesEverything]

@PDX7 He watched my Midwest Gaming Classic video a couple weeks back and dropped me some kind words! Meant a bunch coming from him.

[@PDX7]

@JamesHatesEverything that’s really cool James :)

[@Houston_Amusements]

Awesome!! I’ll try to swing by next time I go to Waukesha, it’s worth the drive!

[@PDX7]

You’ll love it!

[@fourthhorseman04]

This is the greatest video ever! I am loving that place. You gotta bring us back here every now and then for some game play

[@PDX7]

Thank you :) I promise I will 👊

[@dannymeilin]

wow. alot of memories while looking at games i almost forgot about. my Dragons Lair came in on monday. what a beautiful box it came in. im going to try and save it to use as a wall decor. never said that about a box before.

[@PDX7]

The box looked so clean :)

[@skidz436]

It was truly awesome. Even Lauryn was impressed. That’s not easy to do with kids these days. Thanks for the invite. Always great seeing you my friend!

[@PDX7]

Thank you for spending your day with me! Say hi to Lauryn :)

[@GizmoGremlins14]

The gas price is so expensive because the governor signed the fourth highest gas tax a couple years back. People have been leaving Illinois in droves. Keep up the great work .

[@PDX7]

Thank you 👊

[@HungrywolfGarou]

I have to get to Galloping Ghost one day. Every video I see looks amazing!

[@PDX7]

It’s unbelievable:)

[@Rhodes84]

Oh man this brings back the nostalgia, I'm about to turn 48 and remember the arcades back in the 80's and 90's those were the greatest of times, There were actually full of people in them shoulder to shoulder then lol. We also used to have a, Bullwinkles in my town and had my birthdays there, ( Wasn't never a Chucky Cheese person) at the back was an arcade that had pretty much some of the ones shown here but, Rampage was always my jam and Double Dragon.

[@PDX7]

Bullwinkles in Brookfield?

[@The_Garage_Gamer]

Wow nice congrats on getting to go to Chicago for this!

[@PDX7]

Thank you 👊

[@JesterTester]

Awesome video, Phil. That place is surreal. Just a mind-blowing amount of games in there. Thanks so much again for showing the Karate Champ. I love looking at that machine. It's been so long since I stood in front of the actual game. Seeing you with PatmanQC and playing together was great.

[@PDX7]

:) Thank you Jesse, I think of you every time I see Karate Champ 👊

[@JesterTester]

@PDX7 Thanks, buddy. 👊

[@theesoundsmith]

Man I just happened to be there when you were. Wish I would have bumped into you… nice video.

[@PDX7]

Darn it! That would’ve been cool :) next time 👊

[@DaneMarshall56377]

This place is my favourite kind of arcade. When there’s so many games and it’s so cramped that it’s like maze of games. I remember hearing they had one of those Sinistar cockpit games there. Only 200 ever made

[@PDX7]

I don’t know how they get their hands on some of these :)

[@madgeararcade4274]

I flew down from Maine a few months before the pandemic hit to visit the Galloping Ghost and see a concert and holy crap was I blown away from how many games there are! Titles I've never heard of, non-arcade titles/homebrews in an arcade format and even rare titles that never made it over to the states. I needed 2 days just to play everything I wanted to, I wanna go back someday! :)

[@PDX7]

That’s awesome you spent 2 days there!

[@JohnE.Blayze]

PD7, You made it! Scratch that one off your bucket list!

[@PDX7]

👊

[@thequarterdeckarcade]

Awesome video! Haven't been there yet. Loved seeing the variety of games.

[@PDX7]

You’ll love it! I’ll let you know next time I go back. How was your drive home yesterday?

[@thequarterdeckarcade]

@@PDX7 It was good. Temp dropped 26 degrees when we passed Rockford, IL lol. Solid drive though I was very tired.

[@PDX7]

@thequarterdeckarcade always good to be home :)

[@sony4k270]

Awesome arcade, I've never seen a stand-up Disc Of Tron. I've only played the cockpit version.👍

[@PDX7]

I’ve never seen one either, it’s unbelievable what they all had!

[@JayPase]

WOW ! They've changed so much since I was there in November last year. I spent two days at Galloping Ghost and that's when they only had 890 or so cabs and before the expansion. Hope you get a chance to meet Doc Mack - I did and he's one of the most genuine, nicest, coolest dudes ever ! I'm only making this comment with 7min in so I'll probably add to it. My wife and I got to spend a sollid 40-45 min playing 6 player X-MEN there and beating it

[@PDX7]

We beat it too :) Doc Mac is a genuine nice guy, it was an absolute honor to meet him!

[@carlo1132]

Glad to see you having fun Philo, Angel says Hi, shes been bad lately but shes still a sweetheart, hows Loki. Those gas prices are insane.

[@PDX7]

Hi CarlO and Angel 🐈‍⬛ Loki has taken over the house lol she hasn’t been in arcade yet, T2 is kinda in operation mode :) Buystuff loned me a retro shooter though :) Angel and Loki could do some damage together lol I should’ve got gas in WI

[@smokeyarcade]

Great video Phil! I miss arcades like these! Wish there was one still by where I live. Unfortunately no longer the case.

[@PDX7]

Thanks Smokey :) at least we have our home arcades to fall back on!

[@swallowedinthesea11]

Instead of wishing, open one yourself in your area! I see you own Arcade 1Up so it should be easy to get approval from the city.

[@smokeyarcade]

@@swallowedinthesea11 if I owned Arcade1up, I wouldn't be bitching about the lack of arcades in my area LOL.

[@baseball_rocks]

I found an arcade in NJ about wn hour west from where I live. All you can play for $20. Planning on taking my 8 year old with me sometime in May. Great vid Phil!

[@PDX7]

You’ll both love it! Thank you Baseball Rocks 👊

[@sanger2769]

Damn let me know next time you are in town!!

[@PDX7]

I will 👊

[@atranfanatic]

Dude wow just wow! I could feel your excitement and joy while you were strolling around the Galloping Ghost arcade! Looks like literally a piece of heaven man! I would love to go there someday no doubt. It looks so mindblowing and amazing! On another note. I just recently revived my '75 Pontiac Firebird/Trans Am clone to daily drive to work until I get my GTP back. It is so awesome and cool to drive her again! The gas mileage is worse than the Z. But the Z has overheating issues I need to figure out. And he needs a break anyway. Have a good week my friend! Oh another thing I wanted to mention. I had to pay over $5 for premium to fill up the Firebird tonight. It cost me almost $100 to fill her! Yikes!

[@PDX7]

The price of gas is messing with our spending money Atran :) I’m glad you have the Trans Am to use for the meantime. I hope someday we can both go to Galloping Ghost together 👊

[@atranfanatic]

@@PDX7 Yeah and making us crazy too. lol Yeah I've had my Firebird since July of '97 when I bought her at a used car lot. She's gone through a lot of changes. And that would be awesome man! Though I'd have to drive as I'm absolutely terrified of flying. lol

[@PDX7]

@atranfanatic it would be a cool road trip on Route 66

[@atranfanatic]

@@PDX7 Yeah for sure it could be a fun trip. On a bad note. My Firebird blew a hose or worse on the way to work today. Had to tow her home. Cost me a little bit, but roadside covered some of it.

[@PDX7]

@atranfanatic I’m sorry man, these cars are not cooperating

[@Metalbeard13]

Going to galloping ghost next month. Can't wait

[@PDX7]

Awesome!!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That was a really slick video. Once-in-a-lifetime? Hopefully not, I Think at some point in the future we can meet up there again and perhaps do an entire video together.

[@PDX7]

That would be great:) Thank you so much!

[@TheRealJPhillips]

Nice. I've been maybe 4 times. 1st time was back when it was $15 to get in

[@PDX7]

How long ago was that JPhillips?

[@stokjock]

Phil, thanks alot!! now my fomo for getting to Chicago in October is even worse now because of you! lol Really though, thanks for giving us a great glimpse on what we will get to see. I'm almost ready to say...screw the pinball conference and let's just spend 3 days at the Ghost

[@PDX7]

lol me too :) let’s spend the entire time there!

[@tedadamgreen]

I am glad you got to visit I am soooooo jealous!! I had just watched thier video this weekend about thier recent expansion and I wanted to see more and so I was thrilled to see you were there today Looking forward to any other videos from there How far of a drive was it for you to get there? Thanks so much!

[@PDX7]

Hi Ted Adam, it’s about 90 min for me if traffic is moving good :) I’ll have a tour tomorrow or Wednesday, Thank you my friend 👊

[@andys_gameroom]

I'm seeing so many good games there. Firefox, Star Castle, the super wide screen(s) on that X-Men 6 player...... Man, that would be so much fun! Did you play the sit-down Star Wars?

[@PDX7]

Hi Andy, I didn’t get a chance to play SW next time I will :)

[@kirkhilles523]

Wow, awesome place! Can you get LICENSED versions of Operation Wolf/Thunderbolt in an arcade form?

[@PDX7]

Hi Kirk, through Retro Shooter we can get these roms.

[@decadentdave]

That 6-player X-Men is SICK! I’d love to see someone try to mod this cab with the dual monitors somehow. I don’t think 19KFox’s 6-player mod had the dual-screens.

[@PDX7]

We should buy 2 X-men and figure it out lol

[@GoldMineArcade]

$5 a gallon for gas is ridiculous. I sure do miss back in 2016-2020 when gas was below $2 a gallon. Hopefully 2025-2028 it’ll go back down under $2. I went to Galloping Ghost last May. It’s unreal how big that place is. You just can’t comprehend it unless you go there. It was an awesome experience but a lot of games were broken or had worn out controls. I was talking to the guy at the counter and he said they only had 1 tech at the time but looking for more. Great arcade tour 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@PDX7]

I messed up not getting gas before I left :) I was in a hurry to get there before open, it’s a bummer when machines are out but 980 cabs is a lot to work on. I couldn’t believe the size, you’re right it’s hard to even imagine it until you step foot inside. Thank you Gold Mine Arcade 👊

[@anonamatron]

I wonder what was different between 2016-2020 and then 2020-2024.... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. It's kind of like the rudder just fell off the ship or something.

[@PDX7]

@anonamatron that oasis tends to charge more, but I wanted to stop in hopefully gas will drop soon :)

[@Pugyeg]

NARC is dope. Don't think it could be a standalone arcade 1up but would be a good addition to one of the other cabs

[@PDX7]

I’d love to have a replica :)

[@Pugyeg]

@@PDX7 I get it for sure. Doesn’t rare have the license for it now? Would’ve been perfect on the killer instinct cab

[@PDX7]

@Pugyeg great call! Or what if AtGames gave us a ALU 4k Narc!

[@stillMeNZa]

Sweet. I need Narc.

[@PDX7]

What a nostalgic game!

[@robkrasinski6217]

If Arcade1up doesn't make one you can use a softmoddable cab/pcb and put NARC graphics on it from a place like Repro Arcades UK. NARC is on one of the Midway Treasures discs for PS2. I could do a PS2 mod with an X-Arcade joystick on a 1up cab and play PS2 games arcade style. I would have to use cab sides that are flat where the joystick deck would go.

[@PDX7]

@robkrasinski6217 Thanks Rob, we might have to down the road!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Hey, if it's okay I'm going to use footage of your video of us playing killer instinct. I will of course give you credit.

[@PDX7]

That would be great! Thank you Patman :)

[@markmyhowzin]

They have an Off Road there, couldn’t see it in your vid?

[@markmyhowzin]

Actually, think I saw it at 38:04

[@PDX7]

I’ll have more in the tour on Wednesday :)

[@timmy2310]

Man I wish this place was in my city

[@PDX7]

How far away are you?

[@Mark_Thackeray]

What happened to John's Arcade? Did he quit KZbin for good? Years ago he used to take several tours to Galloping Ghost Arcade Alley.

[@PDX7]

I used to watch him all the time!

[@Mark_Thackeray]

@@PDX7 That's just too bad. He's abandoned his fans. I used to get very intrigued of him talking about his arcades and his fixing the broken arcades.

[@PDX7]

@retroconsole_ maybe he’ll come back again, we can only hope :)

[@domeshtan1677]

Star Castle is a win. Havent seen Rip Off in years either. Dont see Cinematronic games much. Think I saw an Atari Fire Fox laser disc game in your video for a sec. Awesome with headphones pluged in. A few its too bad they only had the stand up versions for some. (Power Drift sit down the whole machine would rock around. Maybe a saftey hazard. Continental Circus sit down had 3D glasses that really added depth to the game.) I get that space is an issue. That place has so many games it's amazing they could cram in what they did. Discs of Tron evvironmental stand up cab would have been cooler but again space would be an issue. Saw it only once while on vacation ages ago. Played it in a little tiny add on room at at pizza place. Was like 105 degrees out probably so the little room had no air conditioning... Must have been like 120 degrees. The sweat was just pouring off of me but i kept playing. Had a cool city backdrop effect like the old Space Invaders machine projected on the moon artwork. Any Enduro Racer? Another machine i havent seen in ages. I always wonder if thier Gorf machine is a Program 1 model but even if I ever made it down there I doubt I would be playing it for hours with all of those other machines around. Oh yeah... The Japanese stuff... You didn't see an Armadillo Racing machine, did you? (Would have armadillo heads sticking out of it.) Was some weird video I saw of it way back. Like Namco system 22 hardware running it I think. (Ridge Racer hardware). Yeah, that place looks like it has everything pretty much. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Another one i havent seen in years.

[@PDX7]

You gotta make it down sometime 👊

[@futureskeletons66669]

I was thinking about how much I'd love to make the trip from Ireland to Galloping Ghost and then I realised I have 129 Arcade Archives, both Capcom Arcade Stadiums, 29 ACA NEOGEO on my PS5 and Capcom Arcade Cabinet and Capcom's Dungeons and Dragons games on my Xbox Series and all the Sega Ages on Switch. I think I'd still like to go anyway... I first heard of GG on Jon's Arcade too.

[@PDX7]

It’s one of those places you gotta see just once :)

[@mikewarner5583]

Narc!!!! No one had the balls until now!!!!!

[@PDX7]

lol

[@mikewarner5583]

Shout out to organ piper pizza in greenfield Wisconsin!!!! Ill never forget ninja Gaiden arcade

[@PDX7]

I almost stopped there last weekend!

[@mikewarner5583]

@@PDX7 they are still open. I live 3 clicks away

[@PDX7]

@mikewarner5583 I’ll stop there soon!

[@mikewarner5583]

@@PDX7 let me know when. It would be an honor bro

[@LozGod96]

I’ve been there it’s around my area

[@PDX7]

It’s a very special place :)

[@LozGod96]

It’s a lot a fun I spent time there with family and wish we got there earlier in the day. Cause there was so many games we couldn’t get through it all

[@PDX7]

@LozGod96 we’re planning a trip in October hopefully you can make it!

[@Mark_Thackeray]

How much do you have to pay to try out the SEGA R360? The machine that really gives you the G's...

[@PDX7]

I don’t know, just have to be in the right place at the right time :)

[@DCstar]

Wonder if Doc still hates rhythm games.

[@PDX7]

We will have to ask him next time :)

[@kevinkehlet1543]

996 Arcade games as of 23 July 2024

[@PDX7]

Almost at 1k!

[@kevinkehlet1543]

@PDX7 yep I will be there for that party

[@PDX7]

@kevinkehlet1543 Awesome!