TGM Public Western Location Thread

I think it's time we had one.

When adding a location, please include the following:

• The name of the arcade.
• Which installment(s) of TGM.
• The address of the arcade.
• The cost to play (tokens or other proprietary arcade credit formats OK, but please also specify the equivalent in real-world currency.)
• What kind of cabinet(s) (i.e. stand-up or candycab)
• What sticks and buttons the cabinet(s) use
• Any problems with the machine(s) that have persisted
• A link to its thread here on TC, if such a thread exists

Any advice on running a locations thread is also appreciated.

USA

California

Arcade Infinity
- Versions: TGM3
- Address: 1380 Fullerton Rd, Rowland Heights, CA 91748 (Map)
- Cost: 0.25 USD
- Cabinet type: Candy
- Controls: Sanwa
- TC thread: http://tetrisconcept.net/forum/showthread.html?t=126

San Jose State University Student Union
- Versions: TGM1
-- VS enabled: Yes
- Address: 1 Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192 (aka: bounded by 4th, San Fernando, 10th, and San Salvador Streets) [Map/Directions]
- Cost: 0.25 USD
- Cabinet type: Upright
- Controls: Happ buttons and sticks, with 4-way clover gates on sticks
- TC thread: http://tetrisconcept.net/forum/showthread.html?t=1590

Texas

Arcade UFO
- Versions: TGM1
-- VS enabled: Yes
- Address: 3101 Speedway, Austin, TX (Map)
- Cost: 0.50 USD
- Cabinet type: Candy
- Controls: Sanwa

Planet Zero
- Versions: TGM2+, TGM1?
-- VS enabled (TGM1): ???
- Address: 11920 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX (Map)
- Cost: ???
- Cabinet type: Candy
- Controls: Sanwa

 

California

Arcade Infinity
- Versions: TGM3
- Address: 1380 Fullerton Rd, Rowland Heights, CA 91748 (Map)
- Cost: 0.25c
- Cabinet type: Candy
- Controls: Sanwa
- TC thread: http://tetrisconcept.net/forum/showthread.html?t=126

Texas

Arcade UFO
- Versions: TGM1
-- VS enabled: Yes
- Address: 3101 Speedway, Austin, TX (Map)
- Cost: 0.50 USD
- Cabinet type: Candy
- Controls: Sanwa

Planet Zero
- Versions: TGM2+, TGM1? (DanAdamKOF told me about their TGM2+, and has talked about it as recently as September of this year. muf posted a picture of TGM1 there back in August. It'd be nice if someone could give us an update on the current line-up.)
-- VS enabled (TGM1): ???
- Address: 11920 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX (Map)
- Cost: ???
- Cabinet type: Candy
- Controls: Sanwa (DanAdamKOF told me they have JLFs on the TGM2+, but... set to 8-way. I'm not sure if they've since corrected this issue. muf's picture of TGM1 also pictures only two buttons per side as opposed to the standard three.)

 

Unless they recently reduced the price, aUFO's price has been 50 cents.

 

TGMSF (TGM Sans Frontiere)
- Versions: TGM1, TGM2, TGM3
- STRASBOURG
- Cost: FREE PLAY
- Cabinet type: SUPERGUN
- Controls: Sanwa

 

Can we update Arcade UFO's information? They have TGM3 now.

 

France

Paris
- Versions: TAP
- Address: 10 Rue des immeubles Industriels, 75011 Paris
- Cost: ?
- Cabinet type: ?
- Controls: Sanwa/Seimitsu
- TC thread : http://tetrisconcept.net/threads/mini-tetrisconcept-meetup-in-arcade-street.2586/

 

Oh wow can't believe I haven't posted VP in here yet.

Pennsylvania

Victory Pointe

Version: TAP
Address: 1113 East Carson St, Pittsburgh PA 15203 (Map)
Cost: $10.00 unlimited play pass. $5.00/hour, half off on Thursday
Cabinet type: Candy (Blast City)
Controls: Sanwa (4 way JLF)
Only real issue is a potential bit of glare from the lighting that hits about 2/3rds of the way up the screen. Staff is more than willing to dim the lights upon request.
Also worth noting that they have a playable copy of Ninja Baseball Batman and a free play DDR Supernova 2 machine.

They also had a TGM board before they got TAP and they're selling it to a local person who is looking to start a travelling arcade so there might be a floating copy in the area soon as well.

 

Astro City in Southend-on-Sea (England) did have a TGM3, but it's not listed in the games list anymore. I'll go dig around for info regarding that.
I hope that isn't gone, because that would leave the UK with no public TGM cabinets (to my knowledge).

Edit: Management and owner seem to have been arguing again and all loaned cabinets (beatmaniaIIDX, pop'n music, DDR, SF IV AE and TGM3) have been returned to their owners.
rip fun

 

Any idea or info on who was loaning it? There are a few places in London that might pick it up - Heart of Gaming, Casino Leisure (Tottenham Court Rd) and Las Vagas arcade in Soho. If someone is OK loaning it to Southend then maybe they'd be OK with it being in London given it's not that far.

I think there also used to be a TGM1 cab in Blackpool somewhere too, but it's been years since I last went to Blackpool so fuck knows if that's still there or not.

 

I'm not sure who loaned it; the post I found (here) only describes them as being "belonging to members of [Astro City's] community". I'll drop them a Tweet.

 

England (London)

VEGA London

Version: TGM3
Address: 9 Islington High Street, London N1 9LQ (map)
Cost:

Cabinet type: bad LCD chinese thing
Controls: not very good but at least they're 4-way; Qlex said they feel like Seimitsus. They lost the cab keys so can't fix them too lol

It's a fairly new arcade, only opening on the 29th September. The TGM3 board is most likely the same one that was retired from Astro City, considering the times that Astro City got rid of theirs and the time this opened. Could be a coincidence, however, which could mean there are two TGM3 boards floating around the South East. On the other hand, a lot of the other games were also ones retired from Astro City (SF IV AE, IIDX 20 tricoro, pop'n music 20 fantasia, DDR X3 VS 2nd Mix) so for now it's safe to assume it's the same board.

 

Guess I've got a new pilgrimage to make whenever I'm in London then. Used to be Leisure Casino on Tottenham Court Rd but TGM3 trumps Cave shooters any day. Pretty close to Kings X too.

 

Qlex went to VEGA yesterday and gave me some info on Twitter. Updated post accordingly.

 

Do shitty multicade copies of T.A. (not TAP) count?

 

Does that mean it's a MAME cabinet? If so I'd say it doesn't count.

 

If it's good equipment, I'm interested.

 

It's not. Everything about that arcade, from the equipment to the city it was in, is awful.

 

If you feel like going any time soon, then I guess you should go now

 

I'll probably be at VEGA in London on the 16th April for most of the afternoon if any other people want to make a bit of a thing of it. Ages away I know but I've got other plans that put me in London for the evening so figure I might as well make a day of it.

 

That sounds great! I would be down for that too. We just need the stick set to 4 way and get hype

 

Stick was set to 4 way long ago lol, they actually replied but it got lost somehow
Me and @inkdweller were talking to them on Twitter, getting things sorted and that