I'm going to be hitting San Francisco in a little while,

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Go to the Musee Mecanique. It's a game museum that has everything from pre-WWII mechanical games to pinball and video games.

>>3853369
There are a few arcades by pier 39 I think. One has some really early coin op machines.

You won't find any retro stores or anything like that in city.

>>3853369
nah, it's pretty shit here. the last good arcade closed about 5 years ago.
>>3853531
the novelty of this place has worn off for me, but at least they have a Death Race cabinet

>>3853532
>You won't find any retro stores or anything like that in city.
the fixlaptop on taraval had a bunch of space dedicated to /vr/shit, but it was mostly garbage and i guess they're gone now.

>>3853536
>the last good arcade closed
Which one?

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>>3853546
southtown

>>3853369
nothing just musee mecanique. there are no retro shops or anything like that in SF, rent is way too high

>>3853369
SF has gotten a lot worse in the last 5+ years. All the arcades closed see >>3853548

Arino from GCCX went to >>3853548
& Musee Mecanique for his USA visit. You see SF is astronomically expensive so no retro game stores can survive. Japantown has some anime shops with gundam models and 1 very small arcade that has very few machines. Really there is nothing in SF retro related anymore unless I missed something new pop up. There might be a few places around the greater bay area but mostly everything closed in the past 5 years. Metreon used to have a big arcade but thats been replaced with Target. There was an arcade in San Mateo that closed as well. Also all Play n Trade stores closed because Gamestop sells retro games now. But I havent been to a Gamestop in 5+ years.

>>3853590
http://iplaywinner.com/news/2013/8/5/san-mateos-gamecenter-arcade-closing-down-last-opening-day-o.html

>>3853369
I completely forgot about this place. Go here OP

https://themade.org/
This is a retro video game museum in Oakland. They have a large retro game collection.
https://themade.org/posts/1805

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>>3853613
>look at the schedule
>it's just programming classes & smash bros. tournaments

there's a tiny arcade in hayward, and a bigger one down in San jose called Capcom's nickel city

>>3853628
better than nothing I guess. I think you can play whatever consoles/arcades they have hooked up.