Arcade '84 is Dave Dries attempt at recreating the atmosphere of the classic arcades. It's a 3-minute+ trip through an imaginary arcade circa 1984 entirely rendered in 3D computer graphics. The arcade is filled with more than 30 unique games presented in their original cabinets and decorated with their original artwork and animated game graphics. Video games, laser disc games, pinball games, crane games and even change machines are all included. A video wall in the rear of the room displays actual clips of music videos from Van Halen, Michael Jackson, Blondie, Devo and more. Actual game sound effects can be heard from all corners of the room while Journey's "Stone in Love" is playing on the radio over the arcade's audio system. Across the hall from the arcade is a record store displaying popular album covers in the window and a movie theater is showing "The Empire Strikes Back" and the first popular movie to feature computer graphics, "Tron."
fantastic work man!
faustronaut 11 months ago
I like how the cabinets all look exactly like their real counterparts, great work.
xyanide1986 1 year ago
I recognized Sinistar just from the back of the cabinet :)
gleaming999 1 year ago
And I don't even have a picture of this place. It exists now... only in my memory.
stopputtingLoL 1 year ago
how do you get there?
blix1ms0ns 1 year ago
great !
XQ00789 1 year ago
this is what it was like folks.. I am 41, I grew up in the heyday of the video game arcade... that goddamn Wizard of War atteact voice was always SUPER loud too in every arcade !! LOL I was a Tempest master as well... over 900,000pts... that an Robotron 2084. Excellent job on capturing what it was really like.
ProfessorIgor 2 years ago 2
well.. your kinda lucky because your not a thirty something.. But ya.. these arcades were like heaven to me. I remember yelling at my dad to stop the car cuz we passed up an arcade.
Tron, Karate Champ, and much later.. Street Fighter II were my games of choice.
I would have loved to play Dragon's Lair, but I couldn't afford it.. 50 cents per play and you lose within seconds >)
sirlordwhitman 2 years ago
WHY! WHY!
(i hate being born in the late 90's)
friken0frank 2 years ago
Oh I see Q-bert! cool.
fredpcdotcom 2 years ago