The Grid Retrocade

Games

Music Game	Price	Condition
beatmania complete MIX 2 (Japan) Comment: Installed on the 6th Mix cab.	Free Play	Great
beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour (Japan) Comment: E-amusement supported.	Free Play	Not Working
Guitar Hero Arcade (International) Comment: Previously owned by Pete's Party Castle	Free Play	Great
jubeat festo (Asia) Comment: E-amusement supported. [EDIT 2/27/24: Similar to the Sound Voltex cabinet, it will not boot past the initial check up screen due to a network error.]	Free Play	Not Working
pop'n music 解明リドルズ (Japan) Comment: Installed in a CRT cab with the gameplay squeeze to 4:3 format. Online	Free Play	Great
Pump It Up PRO (International) Comment: Missing brackets that hold the 2 platforms together. Right platform is okay but the left one can slide easily (still on its wheels?). I (a customer) made shims out of cardboard and wedged them between the wall and the left mat which makes doubles play feasible, though it's still a bit wobbly and needs to be fixed.	Free Play	Moderate
SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN (Asia) Comment: The cabinet volume is a bit low which makes it hard to hear. The headphone jack works and I highly recommend making use of it. Also E-amusement supported. [EDIT 2/27/24: Game will not boot past initial check up screen. An error code appears that says there’s a network error.]	Free Play	Not Working
StepMania Converted Cabinet (International) Comment: Converted into the DDR Extreme Cab. Has everything up to DDR A3.	Free Play	Great
Action	Price	Condition
Crazy Taxi (International)	Free Play	Great
Fighter	Price	Condition
Killer Instinct (International)	Free Play	Great
Killer Instinct 2 (International)	Free Play	Great
Mortal Kombat (North America)	Free Play	Great
Mortal Kombat 3 (North America)	Free Play	Great
Mortal Kombat 4 (North America)	Free Play	Great
Mortal Kombat II (North America)	Free Play	Great
Tekken 2 (North America) Comment: Tekken 2 vB installed in a delux Tekken 1 cab	Free Play	Great
Tekken Tag Tournament (International)	Free Play	Great
Multi-directional Shooters	Price	Condition
Smash TV (International)	Free Play	Great
Other	Price	Condition
Centipede/Missile Command/Millipede (North America)	Free Play	Great
Racing	Price	Condition
Initial D Arcade Stage 3 (International)	Free Play	Great
Initial D Arcade Stage 6 AA (2P) (Asia) Comment: Not synced but separated to both positions.	Free Play	Great
Mario Kart Arcade GP (International) Comment: Previously owned by Pete's Party Castle	Free Play	Great
Shoot 'em up	Price	Condition
Galaga (International) Comment: 5 lives per play	Free Play	Great

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Log in to add your own comments! 7 months agoxenon756
Was last in there maybe a month or so ago. Half the games were off. Not sure why the owners opted to keep the Pump cab running Pro instead of updating to Phoenix. You have to get a wrist band to use the arcade,but no one is back in the arcade to enforce this as far as I'm aware.
There's a better arcade with rhythm games in the area. Don't bother 2 years agozeioIIDX
Woah, WTF? I saw this on their Facebook but they only ever show Beatmania...I had zero idea other rhythm games were here, now I'm definitely gonna have to make a trip! 2 years agozeioIIDX
Woah, WTF? I saw this on their Facebook but they only ever show Beatmania...I had zero idea other rhythm games were here, now I'm definitely gonna have to make a trip! 3 years agoxenon756
Very surprised to find Jubeat and SDVX on the Gulf Coast! I'm visiting from Salt Lake and we have a Round 1 there so I'm a bit spoiled by that admittedly. It was still nice to stop in while I was down visiting family. 4 years agojc476
Sept. 6th 2021

The DDR cab was on today and the panel was unlocked and wide open. I know I shouldn't be messing with stuff but I went ahead and lowered the volume to a reasonable level. Left arrow P2 side still busted. Machine still isn't set to free play but if it's on and you really want to play (and maybe break the rules), press the white button on the panel inside the cab to add credits (assuming its unlocked). 4 years agojc476
One of the best arcades Mobile has ever had, especially if you like rhythm games. You only pay $10 to get in and then all the machines are set to free play. This was posted on Sept. 5th of 2021 but I hope that improvements are still being made to machines that have issues.

The arcade has a little over 40 machines in total. 5 rhythm games, 5 racing games, 6 pinball machines, and great classics such as Pacman, Galaga, Smash TV, and a 3 in one cabinet of Centipede, Millipede, and Missile Command that use a track ball. The rest are shooting/gun games and fighters. There was also a 2 in one cab with Puzzle Bobble and something else but it either wasn't working or wasn't set to free play when I tried to use it. Some of the gun games, particularly the ones that use a mounted gun with some kind of analog(?) aiming system rather than the typical pickup NES Zapper style, aren't fully functional. Also, sorry to Time Crisis fans, but they don't have any as of now. They do have House of the Dead 2 which I think is a fairly popular one. Most of the games are fairly old with a few exceptions.

I will now provide you my autistic dissertation of all the rhythm games below.

Pump It Up Pro is almost in perfect working order except that the P1 platform can slide around a bit. Playing singles is fine but doubles is a different story. I cut out pieces of cardboard and shimmed them between the wall and the platform to reduce pad movement. This makes doubles playable, but still a little sketchy since the left platform can still barely shift to the side and then snap back in place due to the elasticity of the cardboard. I think the issue is that the left pad is still on its caster wheels so maybe the feet need to be lowered a bit more. An easier fix might be to just install the brackets that are supposed to keep the two pads together.

Another note is that the bar wobbles a bit on P1 side, so if you're playing alone and want to play singles with bar use, just use P2 side. If you're a serious PIU player, you should also know that these pads are the older style that has metal brackets on the corners of the panels. For me, this makes it harder to hit bracket notes (pressing 3 or more buttons at once with only your feet) but they're still doable.

There are a few other quirks to this machine. It's set to 2 songs per play which isn't a big deal, but it's a little weird to me. What really bothers me about PIU Pro is that the notes default to the "rhythm" skin instead of classic. This means that all downbeats are blue, upbeats are red, and etc. If you prefer the normal skin where up arrows are red, down arrows are blue, and center notes are yellow, then you need to hit the options button and change your skin to "classic."

The DDR machine is usually out of order, but it was on one day and was working okay but the panels take a bit of force to press and are recessed much more than I'd like, but I guess that's how it is with old DDR machines. The left arrow was also out on P2 side so single player only and no doubles mode (assuming the machine is even on). It's also WAYYY too loud compared to the other rhythm games.

Beatmania is in great condition and is at a fairly loud volume (good if you're the one playing it, but can drown out the sound of Jubeat and Sound Voltex since those machines are nearby).

Jubeat works flawlessly but the volume is a bit low. If you plan on going hard on Jubeat then you'll probably want to shop online for a Konami e-amusement pass, which is used to keep track of your scores and unlockables for various games (including Sound Voltex). The reason you'll want this pass is that the game forces you to play the tutorial if you don't log in with one. So without the pass, you have to sit through a boring-ass tutorial before playing your 3 songs.

Sound Voltex works flawlessly but also has the volume down too low. Thankfully this machine has a headphone jack so if you plan on playing it, I HIGHLY recommend bringing your own headphones. On the off chance that DDR is actually on, headphones are basically required to hear Sound Voltex. Volume level for headphones can be changed by using the 1 and 7 buttons on the keypad at the song selection screen.

If you actually read this whole comment, thank you for caring as much as I do about rhythm games ;-) 6 years agomrg06
Is this place worth checking out for DDR?