Page 1 of 2

Indianapolis or Carmel Extreme machines?

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 2:00 pm
by Cbav
(Hello again everyone!) :D

Anyone know of the best machines in Indy? I'm in Carmel now and have a wild itch to play Extreme again.

Also, I have a hard time believing this list is up to date:
http://www.ddrfreak.com/locations/locat ... stateID=16

Re: Indianapolis or Carmel Extreme machines?

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 2:28 pm
by Ho
Without looking, I wouldn't expect DDR Freak's locations to be up-to-date either. I think you're much better off checking the Zenius-I-Vanisher directory at http://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/arcades.php

If you're looking for Extreme specifically, I don't think you're going to find it anywhere in Indianapolis or the immediate vicinity (e.g. Carmel, Noblesville, Greenwood, etc.) at any public facility. You might find some SuperNOVA 1 or 2 or DDR X, but that's probably all you're gonna get in the way of DDR.

Re: Indianapolis or Carmel Extreme machines?

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 11:20 pm
by Diamondback1996
For the record, Tilt (formerly Gameworks) currently only has an X and a PIU NX. The SN2 has been broken for months.

Re: Indianapolis or Carmel Extreme machines?

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 8:55 am
by Amp Divorax
I work downtown and can confirm that the gameworks X cabinet is for all intents and purposes unplayable (In other words, a typical X cabinet sadly) due to poor sensors and an arcade tech that Ho can tell you a horror story or two about. Offhand the only Extreme I've played on in Indiana in a public setting since 2013 is a bootleg Extreme Plus in the Mishawaka area. I have considered buying a cabinet for DDR like I did for Pump, but if I did it would have to be after I have my house finalized.

Re: Indianapolis or Carmel Extreme machines?

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:14 am
by Merk
You know, this brings up a good point, is there even a standard run-of-the-mill Extreme cabinet in an arcade *anywhere* in Indiana?

I think Lazerlite in Bloomington might legitimately be the only Extreme left. Fort Wayne doesn't have one, Indy doesn't have one that I'm aware of, and I know basically nothing about Evansville and New Albany.

Re: Indianapolis or Carmel Extreme machines?

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:22 am
by Fluffyumpkins
ZIV says there are two. One is in a Wal-Mart. Roll back AAAs.

Re: Indianapolis or Carmel Extreme machines?

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:27 am
by Merk
Oh shit, is it the Martinsville Wal-Mart?

Man, playing DDR in a Wal-Mart is basically like that scene in Die Hard where Bruce Willis had to walk around the hood carrying that sign - you know the scene I'm talking about. What I'm saying is that you're asking for trouble.

Re: Indianapolis or Carmel Extreme machines?

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:36 am
by Amp Divorax
It's times like this where I have debated doing pump gatherings at my place if I can ever get some of the weirder issues fixed on my cabinet. I don't know if such an idea would be feasible or practical though.

Re: Indianapolis or Carmel Extreme machines?

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:57 am
by Fluffyumpkins
Merk wrote:Oh shit, is it the Martinsville Wal-Mart?

Man, playing DDR in a Wal-Mart is basically like that scene in Die Hard where Bruce Willis had to walk around the hood carrying that sign - you know the scene I'm talking about. What I'm saying is that you're asking for trouble.
Image

Well well lookie what we got here. It's one of them big city ho-mo-sexuals I heard want to take away my constitution.

Re: Indianapolis or Carmel Extreme machines?

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 3:56 pm
by Merk
I think there is actually an Extreme at the Glenbrook mall in Fort Wayne. I remember seeing it there maybe 3 years ago, I wonder if it is still there!

Re: Indianapolis or Carmel Extreme machines?

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 8:47 pm
by yindesu
I stopped by the Martinsville Walmart today on a Bloomington trip and there is not a DDR machine in that little arcade by the entrance.

Re: Indianapolis or Carmel Extreme machines?

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 12:35 am
by Diamondback1996
yindesu wrote:I stopped by the Martinsville Walmart today on a Bloomington trip and there is not a DDR machine in that little arcade by the entrance.
Updated on ZIv.

I also added a few arcades I know exist but don't necessarily have any rhythm games. They probably don't, but ZIv is technically a general arcade database now.

It's weird to think how EXTREME is virtually eliminated from the entire state at this point. It used to be everywhere.

Re: Indianapolis or Carmel Extreme machines?

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 1:07 am
by MonMotha
Diamondback1996 wrote:It's weird to think how EXTREME is virtually eliminated from the entire state at this point. It used to be everywhere.
It's also 12 years old. I know; that's difficult to believe. I think the reason is mostly that DDR is essentially gone from the area. The few that are left are mostly running something newer. Even Supernova is almost a decade old, at this point, after all.

Re: Indianapolis or Carmel Extreme machines?

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 6:13 pm
by Diamondback1996
X2 will be turning 5 in July (even though the US got it in December of 2010). We don't even have one of those.

Re: Indianapolis or Carmel Extreme machines?

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 6:52 pm
by MonMotha
I thought Tilt upgraded to X2? Regardless, they had X-something at last check, and it was up and running unlike many of their other games.

Whether you want to play it is another matter.