![]() I don't want to deal with menus, error messages, or any other stuff that crops up. When I want to play an arcade game, I don't want to use a computer. Even though Mame looks like it's still stuck in the era Windows 98. If there's an error, then you deal with a lot Mame elitists who insult you and claim your an idiot. I don't know why they haven't figured out a better way. Plus you need to download roms, setup mame, fiddle with settings (which can take hours or days), test everything, tweak the controls to your likeing, and install a front-end (the pretty menu that you scroll through when choosing a game).Īnd worst of all, everytime Mame updates you need to re-download all your Roms again because the roms aren't compatible with the new version. You walk up to a Mame machine and you can spend 10 minutes just scrolling through menus. With Mame, people put thousands of games on their MAME machines. No wait times or scrolling through tons of menus. And it played instantly when you dropped a quarter it in. But it's time consuming and the experience isn't the same as it was back in the 90s.Īrcade cabs usually had 1 game (unless it was a Neo Geo). You may have thought that the arcade age of gaming was beyond done, but as Jenna says, “Some stuff will always come back around.”įor more information, find Flashback Arcade on Facebook.It's not hard to make a Mame machine. Just two months after opening, Flashback Arcade has begun to carve out its own niche as the ideal gaming spot for local parents, children, gamers and community organizations. ![]() “It reminds me of when I was a kid,” said first-time visitor Mike Moeller. College-aged and older gamers stop by Flashback to not only have fun, but also to relive some of their fondest childhood memories. While it is primarily kids who take over the business’ joysticks on weekends, the typical weekday crowd is made up of an older audience: lifelong gamers. “He likes to see smiling, happy faces.”īut local kids aren’t the only customers at Flashback. “ likes kids to have fun and be happy,” Ashley said. After all, arcades are prime spots for kids to fall in love with gaming or just have a fun weekend afternoon. Their River Rock Road location, which also houses Ashley’s craft business, Gypsy, is a prime choice for this need, and is also a safe environment that parents can feel comfortable taking their children to. ![]() “We’ve got over 25 pinball and over 100 arcade (machines).”Īfter amassing their boisterous collection of games that includes everything from NBA Jam to Q*bert, they set out to find a space with enough room for the machines. “We have been all around the country getting games for over two years now,” said Jenna Ashley, who helps run the arcade. After visiting Game Galaxy, a neighboring Middle Tennessee arcade located in Antioch, Wood decided to put together a business that would bring the same game-loving atmosphere to the ’Boro. It’s like a buffet, but instead of helping yourself to mounds of General Tso’s chicken or lime green Jell-O, you get as many rounds of Pac-Man, Donkey Kong or Street Fighter as you can muster.įlashback is the brain-child of owner Brian Wood. It migrates away from the typical token-and-ticket strategy employed by most arcade chains and instead opts for a flat $10 all-you-can-play fee. Murfreesboro’s own Flashback Arcade is the latest outlet to join the arcade revival movement. Small, independently owned arcades have been popping up in cities and suburbs around the country and holding their own against the Dave & Buster’s and Chuck E. However, over the last decade, there has been a slow trend of growth in the arcade business. While those public gaming avenues are still around, they’ve never really captured the magic a true gaming arcade can have on a child. Cheese’s, the local bowling alley or the occasional CiCi’s Pizza game room. Sadly, that arcade shut down when I was in elementary school and the only places even remotely close to matching its distinct sense of fun were Chuck E. My mom would give me a few bucks and let me play Galaga, Cruis’n World, Whac-a-Mole and skee-ball to my heart’s content (at least until I ran out of quarters). Growing up, I frequented an arcade at the Old Hickory Mall in Jackson, Tenn., just a short drive from my hometown.
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