2015 at Galloping Ghost Arcade
Doc Mack –
Looking back, 2015 was definitely a great year, but we already have lots of big plans for 2016. Thank you to everyone for making it so amazing and all your support! Wait until you see what we have coming up! First a look back though at some of the notable high lights of 2015:
-54 Games added to the arcade floor
-119 unique World Records
-3,532 scores entered in on Aurcade
-Countless Streams
-18 Podcasts recorded
-Smash Tournament
-Cary Chaney & Joel West visit
-Ghost Winter Hats arrive
-TEAM GGA compete at KIT
-PacLand
-Splatterhouse WR
-Ghost Stickers
-Fred DeHart 3000 Tokens
-Killer Instinct cab restore
-Wacko
-Rtype WR
-James House of Gaming
-Space Duel
-Aurail
-Galaxian Bezel
-GGA Frosty Faustings
-GGP Weekly Stream
-GGA website redone
-New GGA shirts
-John Hruza hired
-Mike McCarty Hired
-Eddie Perez Hired
-Track & Field Restore
-Uchuu Daisakusen Chocovader Contactee
-Bad Dudes WR
-Dirty Pigskin Tournament w/ George Petro & Scott Pikulski
-Street Fighter the Movie
-Achievement Book Spring
-Giant 30ft Sonic the Hedgehog
-Wacko Restore
-Time Killers
-Shang Tsung Fight Night Scrolls
-Wizard World Fan Fest Show
-Spawn On Me Podcast #52
-Dragons Lair II
-Space Ace
-Zoo Keeper
-Super Monaco GP
-Jeff Lee Mad Planets Poster
-TG Card Display
-Chicago Video Game Law Summit
-Less Than 30 filming
-King Of Fighter XII upgrade
-Developers Day – Chris Tang, Brian Colin, Jeff Lee, Sam Russo
-Q*BERT Art
-3D Printed Aliens 3 Trigger
-Nightmare in the Dark
-Midwest Gaming Classic (Jeff Lee, Sam Russo & Kan Yabumoto
-Primal Rage II “The Incident”
-Mortal Kombat X custom Cabinet
-Ghost Battle Series MKX
-GGA in Retro Magazine
-Shang Tsungs Fight Night V w/ Daniel Pesina, Carlos Pesina, Rich Divizio, John Parrish, Kerri Hoskins, Phillip Ahn, Lia Montelongo, Sal Divita, Brian Glynn, Katalin Zamir
-MKX Scroll Tournament with Komadogu prize
-Interview w/ Jeremy of Prince Arcades
-Space Harrier
-Kozmik Kroozr Stickers
-Double Dragon WR
-TEAM GGA Smash at University of Illinois
-TEAM GGA at Nortwest Majors
-Ryan Bush Fundraiser Stream
-Lunar Lander
-Congo Bongo
-X Multiply
-720
-Blood Storm
-Pigskin 621AD restore
-TEAM GGA at E2C
-Mace the Dark Age
-Circus Charlie
-Phoenix
-The Pit
-Power Drift
-Road Runner
-Darius Burst Model
-3x Grids
-Gamerhead Radio LIVE
-Documentary filming
-GGA at Columbia College Manifest
-TEAM GGA at Toryuken
-Assault
-Todd Allen donates Grid Development kits
-TEAM GGA at Combobreaker
-Fallen Angels
-Toru Iwatani visits GGA
-GGA donates Chocovader PCB to Game Grid
-Anteater
-BioFreaks Prototype
-T20 tournament
-Walter Day & Billy Mitchell count most games for Guiness
-Kick
-Monster Bash
-Jeff Lee & Brian Colin visit
-T20 Walter Day Card Event
-GGA Smash Team
-Blasted
-Bubbles
-Solar Fox
-Daniel Pesina visits
-Omega Race
-Seth Young hired
-Recycling at GGA
-New Stream equipment
-Level 257 visit
-Viewpoint
-F Zero Cards
-Mad Planets Artwork
-Gradius IV
-GGA Podcasts
-Tokens & Tankards
-TEAM GGA at E2C 15
-Little Player
-Donanted Tim Foley Contactee PCB
-GGA & John Parrish Bolingbrook Piyesta Pinoy Festival
-10,000 Likes on Facebook
-Arch Rivals Bezel
-Shmups Tournament
-TEAM GGA at CEO
-Flicky WR
-Us vs Them (with Jeff Lee)
-Punisher
-Ghost & Goblins Dedicated
-Killer Instinct CP restore
-Godzilla at GFest
-Darius Mini Ships
-Strider Bezel
-Primal Rage II cab restore
-Mississippi warehouse raid with Prince Arcades
-GGA at Hollywood Blvd for Pixels premiere
-Doc goes to help Super Arcade in CA
-Rampage Marquee upgrade
-TEAM GGA at EVO
-Free Coffee Day
-Arch Rivals cab upgrade
-Brian Colin artwork
-Rampage World Tour upgraded to Dedicated cab from Brian Colin
-Donkey Kong 3 control Panel upgrade
-City Council meeting to help arcade
-Nate Lost Glitch
-Swap Meet (with Brian Colin)
-Klax cab upgrade to dedicated
-Martial Masters
-WWF Wrestlemania upgrade to dedicated cab
-Donkey Kong JR Cab upgrade to dedicated
-TEAM GGA at ELG
-Insert Coin documentary announced the NEW GALLOPING GHOST -ARCADE PRO PLAYER tie
-Anniversary Week
-Freeze
-Atari Week
-Interstellar
-Dragons Lair
-AMA Doc Mack
-Phillip Ahn visits
-GGA at Icon 2015 in Iowa
-Richie Knuckles visits
-George Petro visits
-Brian Colin art Work!
-Free Pizza Day
-Anniversary Podcast
-Us vs Them Developers Day w/ Jeff Lee, Warren Davis, Howie Ruben, Richard Tracy & Sam Russo / Daniel Pesina
Wizard World w Brian Colin, Jeff Nauman, Jeff Lee, Tom Malinowski, Daniel Pesina, Phillip Ahn, John Parrish, Rich Divizio, Carlos Pesina
-International Team Laser
-RC Squared
-Mappy Card
-Popular Mechanics article
-Assault sideart
-Trog Prototype
-Gamer of the Year Pete Hahn
-Daniel Pesina & Carlos Pesina donate MKX statue
-Q*bert Painted donated by Jeff Lee
-Midway Rampage Card
-GOTY Ghost Statues
-Total Carnage restore
-Jeff Nauman donates Rampage Code Book
-TEAM GGA at Mashfest
-TEAM GGA at First Attack 2015
-Quest for the glove Air Busters
-Crater Raider
-Qix marquee
-Zombie Raid Gun upgrades
-Pie Factory Podcast
-Side art for Donkey Kong 3
-Side art for Mario Bros
-Assault new sticks
-Creature Pinball Hologram
-Gradius III
-John Podlasek AMA & Industry Book
-Judge Dredd
-Arcade Heroes Prototype article
-TEAM GGA at Big House 5
-Walter Day bust arrives – David Bishop
-Podcasts now on Itunes
-Troll Bowl 2 with Brian Colin
-TEAM GGA at SoCal Regionals
-American Horror Scoring 2
-New Stream equipment
-TEAM GGA Indiana Fall Circuit
-TEAM GGA MLG
-Venture
-Kozmik Kroozr
-Night Slashers
-TEAM GGA Haunted House of Paign IV
-TEAM GGA Youmacon 2015
-First Donkey Kong Kill Screen
-John Hruza 32+ hour Marathon plays all games
-Walk through Video
-Midnight Resistance Bezel
-GGA at the Adlier Planetarium
-TEAM GGA King of the North
-Dragon Spirit Cab upgrade
-Power line explodes
-Initial D
-Alien Syndrome Cab upgrade
-Pengo cab upgrade
-Free Donuts
-Rally X cabinet upgrade
-Logans Arcades visits
-Achievement Book Winter 2015
-Frogger Side Art
-Tapper Taps stickers
-Jeff Lee visits
-Q*Bert Side Art restore
-New Jersey Gamer con
Narc Developers Day (Eugene Jarvis, George Petro, Larry Demar, Mark Loffredo, Warren Davis, Todd Allen, Mike Vinikour, Steve Beran, Josh Tsui, Brian Colin, Jeff Lee,
-Larry Demar upgrades Robotron Tye Die Roms
-Narc Mr Big painting & art Brandon Diaz
-Predator side art from George Petro
-Mark Loffredo & Mr. Big sculpt from Fill Pops and staff
-NARC unreleased level from George Petro
-Xenophobe marquee upgrade
-Monday Mystery Game events added
-Missing In Action MIA
-Warren Davis Us vs Them Poster art
-Galaxian Kick Plat Art
-James White as Santa Claus
-Operation Thunderbolt Marquee Upgrade
-Golden Axe Marquee Upgrade
-Sky Curser Development team visits
-Virtvic visits the arcade for an interview
-Shin Akuma Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha Challenge
-Star Trek Strategic operations Simulator
-Warehouse Raid
-Dragon Blaze
-Alien Syndrome Cabinet Upgrade Side art and CPO