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

Monday, March 19th:

• Mach Breakers – Numan Athletics 2 (Namco, 1994) added to the arcade floor!

Tuesday, March 20th:

• Steve Stroz set the GGA House High Score in Star Wars (Atari): 2,131,844
• Mases Hagopian set the GGA House High Score in The End: 43,280

Wednesday, March 21st:

• Pete Hahn set the Aurcade World Record in Heavy Barrel: 1,504,500

Thursday, March 22nd:

• GGA Regular and Galaga World Champion Contender Mark Schult featured in an article in The La Porte County Herald-Argus
• Congrats to GAMA Shady for winning this weeks Ghost Battle Series: Injustice 2

Friday, March 23rd:

• Tatsunoko vs Capcom (Capcom, 2008) added to the arcade floor.
  • Special thanks to Troy Smith, Paradise Arcade Shop, Seth Young, and Brandon Diaz for helping bring this rare game to GGA’s floor!

Saturday, March 24th:

• Congrats to Norbert for winning the GGA Tatsunoko vs Capcom Arcade Tournament!

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

Monday, March 12th:

• Hopping Mappy (Namco, 1986), added to the arcade floor

• Joust 2 is now back up and running, thanks to Doug Fox. He’s available for arcade and pinball service and repair and now takes Ghost Coins

• Chris Plachy set the Aurcade World Record in Crazy Climber 2: 306,100
• Mases Hagopian set the Aurcade High Score in Turtles: 35,390
• Jamie Tibbetts set the Aurcade High Score in Victory Road: 138,460

Tuesday, March 13th:

• Cabinet Upgrade: Saturday Night Slam Masters gets a new big size marquee! Big thanks to Jeremy Fox of Prince Arcades!

Wednesday, March 14th:

• Arcade Developer Legends Scott Pikulski (CarnEvil, Pigskin Football) and Jack E. Haeger (Joust 2, CarnEvil, NARC, Strike Force and more) visited the arcade.
  • Jack brought an original painting of Sinistar he did back when he created the character!
  • Jack E. Haegar is now on our wall of industry celebrities that have visited the arcade!

Thursday, March 15th:

• Joust world record holder Lonnie McDonald visited the arcade! We streamed him playing Joust as he gave live commentary tips and tricks

• Decay won this weeks Ghost Battle Series: Injustice 2

• GBS VOD up on our Galloping Ghost Fighters channel!

Friday, March 16th:

• John Holton set the Aurcade World Record in Vs. Castlevania: 3,230,340

Saturday, March 17th:

• Who’s That?! With Tommy Wafflez: Phil Fenton and Cheri Henkelman

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

Monday, March 5th: 

• Crazy Climber 2 (Nichibutsu, 1988) added to the arcade floor

Tuesday, March 6th:

• Chris Plachy set the Aurcade World Record in Crazy Climber 2: 223,750

Wednesday, March 7th:

• Pete Hahn set the Aurcade World Record in Solar Warrior (Xain’d Sleena): 1,275,070

Thursday, March 8th:

• Phil Fenton set the Aurcade High Score in Guantlet: 528,550

• GGA Jeremiah won this weeks Ghost Battle Series: Injustice 2

• GBS VOD up on our Galloping Ghost Fighters channel!

Friday, March 9th:

• Galloping Ghost Live Podcast with special guest Scott Lambert

Saturday, March 10th:

• Special Hardcore Belt Event – Austin Creed aka Xavier Woods from the WWE came out to the arcade and we had a special Hardcore Belt event where he held the belt for 10 games in a row! Only losing it to Sam Hoffmaster!

Last Week in Review: February 26th to March 4th

Monday, February 26th:

• Ninja Spirit (1988, Irem) added to the arcade floor

• Pete Hahn set the Aurcade World Record in Last Blade: 1,153,000
• Jamie Tibbetts set the Aurcade High Score in Up’n Down: 92,950
• Jamie Tibbetts set the Aurcade High Score in Victory Road: 135,690

Tuesday, February 27th:

• Chris Plachy set the Aurcade World Record in Mission Craft: 618,740

Wednesday, February 28th:

• Cabinet Upgrade: Solar Fox now has original style joystick

• This week’s Who’s That?! With Tommy Wafflez! Zerst Kvit

Thursday, March 1st:

• GGA Shady won this weeks Ghost Battle Series: Injustice 2

• GBS VOD up soon on our Galloping Ghost Fighters channel!
• Chris Plachy set the Aurcade High Score in Carn-Evil: 1,273,890

Friday, March 2nd:

• Mases Hagopian set the Aurcade World Record in Ninja Spirit: 507,100

Saturday, March 3rd:

• Congrats to Scott Lambert and the Underground Retrocade for being featured in the Chicago Tribune

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

Last Week in Review: January 22nd to January 28th

Monday, January 22nd:

• Boogie Wings (Data East, 1992), added to the arcade floor

• Jamie Tibbetts set the GGA House High in Motorrace USA: 144,800
• Jamie Tibbetts set the Aurcade High Score in Up’n Down: 76,440
• Jamie Tibbetts set the Aurcade World Record in Super Burger Time: 472,400

Tuesday, January 23rd:

• Jamie Tibbetts set the Aurcade World Record in Boogie Wings: The Great Ragtime Show: 430,240

Thursday, January 25th:

• Congrats to Masonthemoocow for winning this week’s Ghost Battle Series Injustice 2 Tournament!

Saturday, January 27th: 

• James White set the Aurcade High Score in Tazz Mania: 251,660

Sunday, January 28th:

• Tim Vermeulen set the GGA House High in Frenzy: 1,150,665

Last Week in Review: January 15th to January 21st

Monday, January 15th:

• Super Burger Time (1990, Data East) added to the arcade floor

• Mondays at 7pm at the Galloping Ghost GAMA (Gym and Martial Arts), you can learn Tae Kwon Do with Dr. Phillip Ahn, aka, Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat II! Learn from one of the legends of Mortal Kombat!

• Mases Hagopian set the Aurcade World Record in Terra Cresta: 261,300
• Jamie Tibbetts set the GGA House High Score in Super Spacefortress Macross: 4,499,900

Tuesday, January 16th:

• James White set the GGA House High Score in Motorace USA: 126,100
• Peter Gorz set the Aurcade World Record in Super Burger Time: 421,000

Thursday, January 18th:

• Congrats to Limbo for winning this week’s Ghost Battle Series Injustice 2 Tournament!

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

Friday, January 19th:

• Legendary Game Developer Larry DeMar (Defender, Robotron, Blaster), is fund raising for Lurie’s Childrens Hospital with the 21st Annual Step Up for Kids event! GGA is pledgeing it’s support and anything you can give helps!

• Cabinet Upgrade: Area 51 gets an original dedicated cabinet!

• Geoff Lucas set the Aurcade High Score in Up’n Down: 73,350
• Tom Nieter set the GGA House High in Lunar Rescue: 24,900

Saturday, January 20th:

• Aaron Auzins set the Aurcade World Record in Warzard: 715,600
• Michael Fischer set the GGA House High in Qix: 139,958

Sunday, January 21st: 

• Peter Gorz set the Aurcade World Record in Spy Hunter II: 309,100