Game Zone Aberdeen Centre - Arcades

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2024-03-07 20:09 1 month ago
by Corythearcadeguy

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07-03-2024 : All games have been removed. Rest in peace, Game Zone.

07-07-2023 : Button checks all good all around. Enjoy fifty cent fights!

As of 2015-10-31: there's no longer a separate arcade at Aberdeen. The remaining machines have been moved to the back of the food court, which occupies a whole end of the mall on the top floor. Note: there's now an annex called 'Aberdeen Square' which is right next to the Skytrain station, it's easy to find yourself in there; look for signs to 'Aberdeen Centre', that's the main mall and where the arcade is. DrumMania is in solid condition, I don't play any of the others.

From 2011: It's incredibly small with only about 10 machines total, half of which are those Japanese photo booths. The manager is VERY nice though. Once we asked him to raise the DDR pads to increase sensitivity, and the next day he brought an engineer in to do exactly that

ALL MACHINES HAVE JOINT PREMIUM. That means it is $0.25 for 4 songs if you play with a friend!

Mall: It's in Richmond, so 99.9% of the people there will be Asian. The food court has a Triple O's and tons of other Chinese restaurants. Food is cheap, but crap most of the time. The mall is clean and average-sized (and features all the Chocoolate / I.T. Hong Kong fashion brands, if you're into that stuff). 2011: The security there won't let you play shirtless though

2015: I'd expect that hasn't changed as the machines are in the *food court* and no-one wants to see that while they're eating. Well, maybe some people with specialized interests...

Address

4151 Hazelbridge Way
Richmond
British Columbia, V6X 0A4

Opening Times

Monday	11:00 - 20:00
Tuesday	11:00 - 20:00
Wednesday	11:00 - 20:00
Thursday	11:00 - 20:00
Friday	11:00 - 20:00
Saturday	11:00 - 20:00
Sunday	11:00 - 20:00

Games

Music Game	Price	Condition
Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME (Japan) Comment: 2023 : Workin' on it. Data might stay disabled.	$1.00 for 3 songs (Joint Premium)	Moderate
DrumManiaV8 (Japan) Comment: Long songs count as 2. Pads are decent, bass is slightly loose, screen is dying so low tom is hard to see. I don't think GF link is working.	0.75 / 3 songs EASY 0.75 / 3 songs STANDARD 0.75 / 4 songs BATTLE	Great
jubeat copious (Japan) Location: x2 cabs	CA$1.00	Great
pop'n music (Japan)	CA$1.00	Great
REFLEC BEAT (Japan)	CA$1.00	Great
太鼓の達人14 (Japan) Comment: 17-05-2023 : Sensitivity Adjusted.	CA$1.00 for 3 songs	Moderate
Action	Price	Condition
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny: Rengou Vs. Z.A.F.T. II (Japan) Comment: Two linked units!	CA$0.50	Perfect
Fighter	Price	Condition
Blazblue: Central Fiction Ver. 2.0 (Japan) Comment: Just Upgraded!	CA$0.50	Moderate
Street Fighter III 3rd Strike (Japan) Comment: Two Linked Cabinets	CA$0.50	Moderate
Tekken 5 Version 5.1 (North America)	CA$0.50 / CA$0.50 to continue	Moderate
The King of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match - Final Edition (Japan) Comment: Just Installed!	CA$0.50 / CA$0.50 to continue	Perfect
Ultra Street Fighter IV (Japan)	CA$0.50 / CA$0.50 to continue	Great
Other	Price	Condition
Photobooth (International) Comment: Lovegety Station	CA$5.00	Great
Racing	Price	Condition
Battle Gear 4 Tuned (Japan) Comment: 10-05-2023 - 2 Cabs linked up for Multiplayer Race. Systems in process of finding better GPUS for HD screen replacement.	CA$1.00	Moderate
Initial D Arcade Stage 8 ∞ (Japan) Comment: Two linked cabs! EXP version?	CA$1.00 / CA$1.00 to continue	Great
Wangan Midnight MAXIMUM TUNE 3 DX PLUS (2P) (International) Comment: 10-05-2023 : Both sides work with card support!	$1.00 / 1 credit $2.00 / For a Data License	Great
Shoot 'em up	Price	Condition
Raiden IV (Japan)	CA$0.50 / CA$0.50 to continue	Moderate
Sports	Price	Condition
Power Smash 2 (Japan) Comment: 10-05-2023 : Does anyone really play arcade tennis? Couldn't we make this a Marvel VS Capcom 2 or something?	CA$0.50	Perfect

Visitors

AdamW (Regular)

alantotz

Corythearcadeguy (Regular)

techdawg667 (Regular)

Pictures

Comments

11 months agoCorythearcadeguy
10-05-2023 : It's baaaaack.

4 years agoichigokurosaki1991
Who says it doesn't exist anymore? Game Zone at Aberdeen Centre is still in business!! Was there 2 months ago!

6 years agoikkd
No more exist. Better to go espot.

8 years agoAdamW
There are still several machines, now in the back of the food court, not in a dedicated arcade space any more. Aside from the games listed there's a couple of Wangan Midnight machines and some fighting games, I'll take more detailed notes next time I go.

8 years agoBLueSS
Is this place still around?

10 years agoPipe
DDR X machine is still in perfect condition, and still on joint premium!

12 years agoniknak
The DDR X machine is still in great condition. The pads are still very sensitive and playing is very affordable. Also, if your having a hard time finding the machine, it's behind the food court on the third floor.

Note: Parking at Aberdeen Centre sucks!! Although its free, the parking lot is really cramped and you have a lot of bad drivers.

13 years agotechdawg667
The DDR X is an upgraded Extreme cabinet. The pads are in near perfect working condition and are raised so the arrows are only about ~0.5 cm depressed. Hyper-sensitive relatively for DDR pads, which is good. The bars are in perfect condition too, which means that they do not move around AT ALL. The machine is fully unlocked by me and my friend. Barely anyone plays there (except me, lol) so the machine is free most of the time.

Combine cheapass plays, perfect pads/bars, MAX unlocked AC, and a mostly available machine and you have the perfect arcade location!

Oh and did I mention that me and my friend convinced the manager to get a brand-spanking-new DDR X2 AC next year? ;)
Although I would prefer ITG...