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QuickSciFi
04-03-2010, 12:31 PM
Sega just decided to close almost 50% of its GameWorks locations (that's 7 out of 15, in case you were wondering;))

Click HERE (http://www.vendingtimes.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=EB79A487112B48A296B38C81345C8C7F&nm=Vending+Features&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=23BA377B4E3D41BCA56D388C5774F47E) for the news article.

I had my fair share of fun in the Miami location for almost 10 years. It was the closest to a SEGA theme park I ever had. Oh well, I guess we had to take one for the team. At any rate, I sure hope this move is one that re-allocates funds towards, say, the production of SEGA's NEXT CONSOLE...

...Man, am I an optimist or what? Sometimes I scare myself. :confused:
Iron Lizard
04-03-2010, 12:39 PM
When my Sega Sammy (SGAMY) stock completely tanks I'll let you know.
sega fan
04-03-2010, 12:50 PM
When my Sega Sammy (SGAMY) stock completely tanks I'll let you know.

Hasn't it already bottomed out in value?
Robivy64
04-03-2010, 01:04 PM
Terrible news, I enjoyed the one I visited in Dallas.

They won't build shit like that here. I live in a state where most people don't know what "Sega" is.

Now mullets on the other hand...
Iron Lizard
04-03-2010, 01:20 PM
Hasn't it already bottomed out in value?

Well its worth more than what I payed for it but not like my Ford stock.
gamevet
04-03-2010, 02:07 PM
I've had a Gameworks play card for almost 4 years. I'd bought the card when they had "buy $20 in credits, get another $20 in credit free."

I've been using those same credits since I've bought that card. Hell, it may be older than 4 years, but I still have 200 credits on it.
Robivy64
04-03-2010, 02:18 PM
Come to think of it, I think I still have a card in my wallet with a few credits on it.

I'll have to make my way to Grapevine Mills when i'm out there this summer.
Rusty Venture
04-03-2010, 02:24 PM
Thankfully the one in Chicago is safe (for now). I rather enjoyed myself when I was there.

Afterburner Climax :love:
Jesse813
04-03-2010, 02:45 PM
I was at the one in Chicago recently when my Fiancees younger brother graduated from Navy Boot Camp and it was TOTALLY AWESOME
Rusty Venture
04-03-2010, 03:10 PM
Did you play the big screen bowling game?
Jesse813
04-03-2010, 03:15 PM
yes i did :cool:
Namakubi
04-03-2010, 03:42 PM
Wow, the one in Seattle is staying open. I'm assuming it's because their sports bar does well, and Gameworks does brisk business during PAX.
Karakasa-Obake
04-03-2010, 03:48 PM
I could swear I have been to the one in Chicago when I use to live in Missouri. I really can't remember though. It must have been back in the 90's or something. I dunno, maybe I'm thinking of Dave and Buster's?
Rusty Venture
04-04-2010, 02:24 AM
yes i did :cool:

Did you play After Burner Climax & the big multi-car Outrun?

If you did, you experienced heaven.

Did you also go to the Lego Store?
Chris
04-04-2010, 02:32 AM
What's GameWorks? I've never heard of it. Is it an arcade?
Rusty Venture
04-04-2010, 02:37 AM
Its pretty much a big arcade & restaurant that has (mostly) Sega arcade games.
Chris
04-04-2010, 03:11 AM
Cool, I've never been to Seattle, maybe I'll go check it out sometime.
Namakubi
04-04-2010, 03:21 AM
Really? Never been to Seattle and you live in BC?
Chris
04-06-2010, 01:12 AM
I've never even been to Whistler.
Namakubi
04-06-2010, 01:17 AM
Wow. Yeah dude, take the kids on some trips!
Chris
04-06-2010, 01:30 AM
I'm planning on it. I think I have to get a passport now to cross the border though. There's some kind of new rules.
Namakubi
04-06-2010, 03:59 AM
Yeah, you need a passport now. I brought it with me last time I came up to Vancouver and sure enough, they checked for it at the usually lax-customs. Homeland Security got paranoid about terrorists crossing between the U.S. / Canada border.
gamegenie
04-06-2010, 08:17 AM
nothing is recession proof.
promking
04-06-2010, 08:59 AM
I loved the GameWorks I went to when I visited my sister in Arizona :-/
We have Dave & Busters by me :-/
FoxHound
04-06-2010, 11:12 AM
We go there about twice a year. Too many HOTD4 machines Id take Part 1 over 3 and 4 anyday. (Chicago location)
mrbigreddog
04-06-2010, 11:42 AM
Never heard of these places! WOW! I've totally missed out. There is still one in Ft. Lauderdale.. That's not far from Miami! Next time I visit the mother-in-law in West Palm... The boys and I are taking a little guy trip to Gameworks! I guess it's kinda like a Dave & Busters?? Chuck-E-Cheese for Adults?!
Why-Disciple
04-06-2010, 12:41 PM
Is there one in NYC or Boston? I've never heard of this.
Jesse813
04-06-2010, 12:45 PM
Did you play After Burner Climax & the big multi-car Outrun?
Yes I played those & they were really good :D :cool:

Did you also go to the Lego Store?
Yea I went there too, Pretty Awesome Place :D :cool:
chrisbid
04-06-2010, 01:54 PM
they closed the usually busy columbus location as well. i would guess its a rent issue. commercial real estate owners are responding to the depression by raising rents... you can guess what happens to businesses when that happens
Rusty Venture
04-06-2010, 01:58 PM
Then Jesse, you have been where the gods frolic.


That Lego store was awesome, but then I was just happy there was a Lego people scale model of parts of Chicago. The gf & I also got our picture taken with Lego-bama. :lol:

Schamburg was a blast.
Jesse813
04-06-2010, 03:01 PM
Then Jesse, you have been where the gods frolic
its true it is indeed a awesome place :ok: I'm definitely going there again when its time for my younger cousins graduate from Navy Boot Camp. I was going to enter the Navy but I couldn't pass the Physical because I have Scoliosis, so instead I work as a Farrier.
M4R14NO94
04-06-2010, 03:33 PM
That Lego store was awesome, but then I was just happy there was a Lego people scale model of parts of Chicago. The gf & I also got our picture taken with Lego-bama. :lol:


I demand to see that

Also, I'd SO want to go to a Gameworks or something like that (if, for some reason, there's one in Argentina), so that I can play After Burner Climax, House of the Dead 4 and Initial D Arcade Stage 4! (if they have it, that is)
cj iwakura
04-06-2010, 11:58 PM
I went to GameWorks for two reasons: free Initial D and free Maximum Tune on $10 Thursdays.

Those two games are no longer free play because of the card dispensing system.

So screw GameWorks.


Though the one in Seattle is amazing. They have a Pop'n Music and a fricking Taiko No Tatsujin. Good luck finding that anywhere else in the country.
Rusty Venture
04-07-2010, 02:53 AM
I demand to see that

Obviously not me (or my GF) but here is Lego-Bama. :p

http://i3.photoblog.com/photos4/38445-1240609735-25-l.jpg

The green screen is for your choice of background. We picked the Lego White House


Also, I'd SO want to go to a Gameworks or something like that (if, for some reason, there's one in Argentina), so that I can play After Burner Climax, House of the Dead 4 and Initial D Arcade Stage 4! (if they have it, that is)

To play "After Burner Climax" in the arcade, is the physical manifestation of jawusum.

Running around Gameworks, I honestly felt like a 10yr old in an arcade again. :D