Monthly Archives: October 2017

Last Week in Review: October 23rd to October 29th

Monday, October 23rd:

• Chiller added to the arcade floor

• Galloping Ghost Coins are now available!

• Sold at the front counter in convenient 5x coin holders
  • The coins are good at Galloping Ghost Arcade as well as various arcade locations such as Underground Retrocade, Pixel Blast Arcade, and Chicago Street Pinball Arcade, can be used towards  admission, snacks, or merchandise
  • Also accepted at arcade vendors like Prince Arcades, Troy Smith & Paradise Arcade Shop towards purchasing merchandise and full arcade cabinets!
  • We will be offering exclusive items and experiences ONLY to those with coins.
  • Will also be accepted at all upcoming Galloping Ghost Productions affiliates, including Galloping Ghost Gama and Galloping Ghost Reproductions.
  • In classic arcade tradition, you can always use them to say you have “next” on an arcade machine!
• The 4th American Horror Scoring Arcade Tournament starts!

• Mases Hagopian set the Aurcade High Score in Escape from The Planet of the Robot Monsters: 253,600
• Matt Walters set the Aurcade World Record in Giga Wing: 10,382,612,319,150

Tuesday, October 24th:

• James White set the Aurcade World Record in Alien Storm: 844
• Matt Walters set the Aurcade High Score in Turtles: 28,930
• Chris Plachy set the Aurcade World Record in The King of Fighters XIII: 4,051,800

Thursday, October 26th:

• Thanks to Alex Ross and Kenn Kooi for providing us this incredibly rare original cabinet side panel art for the unreleased prototype Judge Dredd game!
  

  

  
  
• This happened at the Galloping Ghost Productions office! Fortunately no one was hurt and no arcade machines were damaged!

Saturday, October 28th:

• Despite some unseen issues literally crashing our venue, the GGA Swap Meet was still on!

• The GGA Swap Meet featured a special guest and special event! Arcade Legend Brian Colin presents a fully playable cabinet of the unreleased FMV game: Spectre Files: Deathstalker!

• Josh Herout set the Aurcade High Score in Magical Drop II: 216,636

Last Week in Review: October 16th to October 22nd

Monday, October 16th:

• The First Funky Fighter added to the arcade floor

Tuesday, October 17th:

• Matt Walters set the Aurcade World Record in Ray Storm: 3,848,350

Friday, October 20th:

• GGA sends out a huge thanks to everyone who came out to the Galloping Ghost Arcade Discussion Panel at the Pinball Expo in Chicago. Big thanks to Robert Berk for the invitiation!

• Big thanks to Yoshihiko Sato! Who helped us get the First Funky Fighter cabinet here from Japan.

• We got 25x K7000 monitor cap kits, and our Master Tech Seth Young is putting them to good use! Captain America and the Avengers, Samurai Showdown VI, Dungeons and Dragons – Tower of Doom/Shadows Over Mystara, Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper, and Aero Fighter/Aero Fighters Special have all been upgraded and look great!

•  Big thanks to Bryan MacLeod Armitage of Paradise Arcade Shop, Troy Smith, and Andrew L. Cox, for their generosity and effort in donating this Steel Gunner cabinet to the arcade!

• Chris Plachy set the Aurcade World Record in First Funky Fighters: 40,640

Sunday, October 22nd:

• James White set the Aurcade World Record in Dynamite Duke: 432,860
• Matt Walters set the Aurcade World Record in Giga Wing: 10,382,612,319,150

Last Week in Review: October 9th to October 15th

Monday, October 9th:

• Amidar added to the arcade floor

• Tim Vermeulen set the Galloping Ghost House High Score in Stratovox: 52,550

Tuesday, October 10th:

• We now stock Sprecher cherry cola and cream soda at the front counter

• Pete Hahn set the Aurcade World Record in Robocop: 742,800

Wednesday, October 11th:

• Chris Plachy set the Aurcade World Record in The King of Fighters XIII: 3,356,275

Thursday, October 12th:

• Doc Mack’s post Kombat Kon write up is on our Facebook page along with dozens of pictures from the event and the afterparty. Check it out!

• Chris Plachy set the Aurcade World Record in Golden Axe: 336.5

Friday, October 13th:

• Big thanks to Scott Lambert, our friend from Underground Retrocade for stopping by to cheer on Kelly Tharp during his Mouse Trap Marathon! We also presented him the commemorative plaque for being a part of the Quad-cade!

• Doc Mack was at Pinball Expo talking about how the Galloping Ghost Arcade opened and how to open arcades in today’s market.
• Kelly Tharp set the Aurcade High Score in Mouse Trap: 52,526,880

Saturday, October 14th:

• Matt Walters set the Galloping Ghost House High Score on Amidar: 140,780
• Kevin Williamson set the Aurcade World Record in Mace: The Dark Age: 7,525
• Tim Vermeulen set the Aurcade High Score in Venture: 210,268

Sunday, October 15th:

• Bruce Widmer set the Galloping Ghost House High Score on Commando: 999,500
• Chris Plachy set the Galloping Ghost House High Score in Star Trek (Arcade): 249,400

Last Week in Review: October 2nd to October 8th

Monday, October 2nd:

• Steel Gunner 2 added to the arcade floor

• James White set the GGA House High Score in Star Trek Arcade: 230,575
• Pete Hahn set the Aurcade World Record in Virtua Fighter: 2:56:97

Wednesday, October 4th:

• Galloping Ghost Arcade mentioned in the Brookfield Connected booklet

• Mentioned in the 2017 Riverside-Brookfield Landmark Answer Book

• Made the front page of Landmark last week with a 3 page write up.

Thursday, October 5th:

• Liz Malecki, (Sonya Blade in the original Mortal Kombat) was at the arcade signing posters to be given away to people who donate to her running for Team World Vision at the Chicago Marathon

• Bryan Schillo set the Aurcade World Record in NARC: 4,059,150

Friday, October 6th:

• Cabinet Upgrade: Devastators moved from a 2 in 1 to it’s own original dedicated cabinet

Last Week in Review: September 25th to October 1st

Monday, September 25th:

• SAR Search and Rescue added to the arcade floor.

• Victor Garrido set the Aurcade World Record in Mortal Kombat II: 7:33
• Victor Garrido set the Aurcade World Record in Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper: 2,853,400

Tuesday, September 26th:

• Big thanks to photographer Ronald Ladao for his photos of Kombat Kon 2017! Check out his galleries of the event!

Wednesday, September 27th:

• Big thanks to A.P. Laurenson for putting up this mini-documentary of his experience at Kombat Kon 2017

• Scott Snitchler set the Aurcade World Record in The Punisher: 7,773,200
• Chris Plachy set the GGA House High Score in Star Trek: 228,550
• Jorge Henriquez set the Aurcade World Record in Super Street Fighter II X: Grand Master Challenge: 1,814,000

Thursday, September 29th:

• Announcing another GGA Swap Meet!