The worst arcade ever awards

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:58 pm

i used to work there, but not for the bubbles

thecannonball89 · Post by **thecannonball89** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:10 pm

When it was owned by the britania pier?

thecannonball89 · Post by **thecannonball89** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:16 pm

Andys arcade in hunstanton, Stinks of shit. I got bared for hitting roll up roll up to the 99 nudges on roler coaster.
The big one in rhyl what didnt have a carpet and still had a £15 jp flash int he casha area.
Haistings pier.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:39 pm

yeah, slipper used to be owned by the threadwells, as did about 11 or twelve others . they had a penchant for piers at one stage, with felixstowe , south pier lowie, britannia, and 1 or two others. also had arcades in southend and margate.

my worst vote goes to the orwell leisure lounge in ipswich.

was first turned into an arcade by none other than arcade supermeister david manning and flourished for a bit from the mid to late 80's, however , the couple he had in charge were always punting tokens and sharking people and so was their beady eyed son lol. over the course of a few years it went disasterously downhill and all the proper punters got frightened off by the large gangs of negro wasters that used to hang around in there reaching for coins in the trays,fencing stolen sundries and serving up outrageously light deals of twiggy weed cut with oregano, basil and thyme.

Drpepper · Post by **Drpepper** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:42 pm

Spanish City in whitley bay going back many years i remember being fucking dismal... im pretty sure there was an arcade in it, it shut down years ago.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:05 pm

thecannonball89 wrote:Andys arcade in hunstanton, Stinks of shit. I GOT BARED for hitting roll up roll up to the 99 nudges on roler coaster.
The big one in rhyl what didnt have a carpet and still had a £15 jp flash int he casha area.
Haistings pier.

they stripped you naked for hitting an 11????

that's quite harsh!

it's a good job you didn't hit the 6 onto nemesis , god know's what they'd have done!!!

logopolis · Post by **logopolis** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:36 pm

They were alright when they had Italian Job 2 and they used to have an unchipped Psycho Cash Beast.

Captain.Tattybojangles · Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:03 am

Worthing Pier is run by Gandalf the downright fucking miserable, and machine choice aqnd percentages getting worse and worse constantly...

Quicksilver in Newland Ave in Hull is just generally poor for machine choice, I like my hitechs and there aren't any. First Quickys I've been in that's no hitechs

Gamegrid in Gatwick Airport used to be the pits for bad bulbs, and stank of shit

Arcadia in Ryde aint great by any means. Shit percentages, looks run down inside and generally not comfortable feeling.

Circus Circus in Southend, cos they got the hump when their machines broke on me and never refunded shit all, rude owner

Caesars Palace in Barry for having machines not pay out all the time, bad bulbs and feeling dicked off at every move

Brighton Pier for being Shark central, and having increasingly poor machines on horrible percentages

Leisureland in Hull for bad percentages and a rigged raffle, miserable staff.

Truth be told I haven't received any barrings or fire in arcades really, it's mostly sharks and rock bottom %s with poor machine choice and bad maintenence that do it for me. Some places like Jackpot in Shanklin aren't great for %s but the machine choice was OK and the retro section is nice...Plus, pinball!

eastangliapro · Post by **eastangliapro** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:13 am

the best arcade however used to be liskeard in cornwall........ive never seen so many good games in 1 arcade

thecannonball89 · Post by **thecannonball89** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:25 pm

The red arcade in scratby great yarmouth had a hole in the roof and even in the summer was so cold. Some players on this site may remember it for having a slam

thecannonball89 · Post by **thecannonball89** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:26 pm

There was a few secret agents