Last Week in Review: August 13th to August 19th

Monday, August 13th:

GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE’S 8 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

• Cliff Hangar (Stern 1983) added to the arcade floor

• Gamshara (Mitchell, 2002) added to the arcade floor

• Announcing Chris Plachy as our newest GAMER OF THE YEAR!

• Peter Gorz set the Aurcade World Record in Cabal: 1,606,490
• Martin Bedard set the Aurcade World Record in Rip Off: 10,830
• Mike McCarthy set the Aurcade High Socre in Three Stooges: 349,740
• Tim Vermeulen set the GGA House High Score in Stratovox: 66,300
• Justin Kvithyll set the Aurcade World Record in Splat!: 4,000,100

Tuesday, August 14th:

• Mases Hagopian set the Aurcade High Score in Cliff Hangar: 725,000
• Bryan Schillo set the Aurcade World Record in Osman: 4,071,980

Wednesday, August 15th:

• Announcing  Kombat Kon 2018!

• Susannah Plaster set the GGA House High Score in Tapper: 1,097,500

Friday, August 17th:

• Gamer of the Year James White streams Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom! With direct feed gameplay!

Watch Buck Rogers gameplay by James White, live from Galloping Ghost Arcade! from GallopingGhostArcade on www.twitch.tv

• Arcade Industry Legends Eugene Jarvis (Robotron, Defender, NARC) and Mark Turmell (Smash TV, NBA Jam) visited the arcade!

• James White set the Aurcade High Score in Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom: 192,278

Saturday, August 18th:

• Pete Hahn set the Aurcade World Record in The Real Ghostbusters: 1,483,750

Last Week in Review: August 6th to August 12th

Monday, August 6th:

• Bio Ship Paladin (1990, American Sammy) added to the arcade floor:

• Jamie Tibbetts set the Aurcade World Record in Dead Connections: 112,750

Tuesday, August 7th:

• Chris Plachy set the Aurcade High Score in Bio-Ship Paladin: 370,900

Thursday, August 9th:

• Cabinet Upgrade: The Cliffhangar Edward Randy has a brand new monitor!

Friday, August 10th:

• T20, the biggest tournament of the year, kicks off! The following games are in the tournament. 14 never on the GGA Floor!:
  •  For the main T20 Tournament, the games are:- B. Rap Boys
    – Chicago 1929
    – Cliff Hanger
    – Colony 7
    – Crazy Climber 2
    – Dark Planet 3D
    – Dark Stalkers
    – Demolition Derby
    – Dragon Breed
    – Faster Harder More Challenging Q*Bert
    – Gamshara
    – Golly! Ghost!
    – Mach Breakers
    – Magical Tetris Challenge featuring Mickey Mouse
    – Mister Viking
    – Polygonet Commanders
    – Space Bomber
    – TH Strikes Back
    – Tranquilizer Gun
    – Up’n Down
  • Data East Side Tournament
    – Boogie Wings
    – Edward Randy The Cliff Hanger
    – Night Slashers
    – Robocop 2
    – Super Burger Time

• Check out the T20 Opening Ceremony

• Steven Lucas set the Aurcade High Score in Super Burger Time: 490,600

Saturday, August 11th:

• Chris Plachy set the Aurcade World Record in Crazy Climber 2: 331,300

Last Week in Review: July 30th to August 5th

Monday, July 30th

• Cabal (Fabtek, 1988) added to the arcade floor. Thanks to Jeremy Fox of Prince Arcades for grabbing it for us! Big thanks to Chris Blucher for bringing pizza for everyone at the reveal!

• Galloping Ghost Arcade had a mention on WGN Radio’s Bill and Wendy! Thanks WGN and thanks to Jimmy Mac McInerney for posting this on our Facebook page!

Tuesday, July 31st

• Doc Mack shows off how we set up arcade cabinets for direct feed recording!

• James White set the Aurcade High Score in Cabal: 1,169,510
• Joel Snavely set the Galloping Ghost House High in Rolling Thunder: 448,120