Monthly Archives: February 2018

Last Week in Review: February 19th to February 25th

Monday, February 19th:

• Hard Drivin’ (Atari, 1989) added to the arcade floor.

• Shout outs to Kyle Bailey from Geeks Mania Arcade out in Madison, Wisconsin.

• Jamie Tibbetts set the Aurcade World Record in Eco Fighters: 718,700
• Chris Plachy set the Aurcade World Record in The king of Fighters XIII: 5,739,250
• Pete Hahn set the Aurcade World Record in Yie Ar Kung-Fu: 9,999,900

Tuesday, February 20th:

• Justin Kvithyll set the Aurcade World Record in Battle Garegga: 11,713,090
• Justin Kvithyll set the GGA House High Score in Toobin: 2,922,557
• Justin Kvithyll set the Aurcade High Score in Up’n Down: 91,600

Wednesday, February 21st:

• Announcing new hours at Galloping Ghost Arcade: Now open every day from 11am-2am!

• Jeremy Price set the GGA House High Score in Mario Bros: 557,370
• Justin Kvithyll set the Aurcade World Record in Dimahoo: 28,340,410

Thursday, February 22nd:

• Galloping Ghost Arcade featured on Chicago’s WGN News in a piece on the resurgence of the modern arcade!
• GGA Shady won this weeks Ghost Battle Series: Injustice 2

• GBS VOD up soon on our Galloping Ghost Fighters channel!

Saturday, February 24th:

• Cabinet Upgrade: Solar Fox gets a new black light.

• Kyle Tulipano set the GGA House High Score in Bank Panic: 815,850
• Steve Stroz set the Aurcade High Score in Tempest: 491,313

Last Week in Review: February 12th to February 18th

Monday, February 12th:

• Eco Fighters (Capcom, 1994) added to the arcade floor

• GGA Tech Seth Young did a complete repair of the Dig Dug joystick

• Jamie Tibbetts set the Aurcade World Record in Blazing Star: 9,908,410

Tuesday, February 13th:

• Fallen Angels got a region change from Japanese to English.

• This week’s Who’s That? With Tommy Wafflez! Tim Broderick

• Jamie Tibbetts set the Aurcade World Record in Eco Fighters: 558,400
• John Ocampo set the GGA House High Score in Tutankham: 174,000

Wednesday, February 14th:

• Chris Plachy set the GGA House High Score in Crazy Climber: 303,950

Thursday, February 15th:

• Pete Hahn set the Aurcade High Score in Yi Ar Kung-Fu: 3,866,600
• McCutty Mayhem won this weeks Ghost Battle Series: Injustice 2

Saturday, February 17th:

• Tim Broderick set the Aurcade High Score in Crime Fighters: 73
• Chris Plachy set the Aurcade World Record in Metal Slug 5: 1,067,710

Sunday, February 18th: 

• Kyle Tulipano set the GGA House High Score in Bank Panic: 703,450
• Geoff Lucas set the Aurcade High Score in Up’n Down: 84,880

Last Week in Review: February 5th to February 11th

Monday, February 5th:

• Yie Ar Kung-Fu (Konami, 1985) added to the arcade floor

• Pete Hahn set the Aurcade World Record in Carrier Air Wing: 2,009,420
• Jamie Tibbetts set the Aurcade World Record in TNK III: 318,920

Tuesday, February 6th:

• James White set the Aurcade High Score in Yie Ar Kung-Fu: 526,400

Saturday, February 10th:

• Nemesis was repaired via replacing ROM sockets. We are offering a tech demonstration on how to do this at our Swap Meet on February 17th.

• James White set the Aurcade World Record in Ribbit: 1,292

Last Week in Review: January 29th to February 4th

Monday, January 29th:

• Ribbit (Sega, 1991) added to the arcade floor

Tuesday, January 30th:

• Jamie Tibbets set the Aurcade High Score in Victory Road: 127,390
• Sean Quigley set the Aurcade World Record in TNK III: 166,020

Wednesday, January 31st:

• Announcing another GGA Swap Meet!

Thursday, February 1st:

• Ghost Battle Series Injustice 2 Season 4 Round Robin Championship! 
  • 1st: CSB Grawlix
  • 2nd: GGA Jeremiah
  • 3rd: GGA Max

Friday, February 2nd:

• Pete Hahn set the Aurcade World Record in The King of Fighters 2001: 879,200

Sunday, February 4th:

• James White set the Aurcade World Record in Ribbit: 1,231