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1-2 months ago when I was at D&B, those PIU foot panels were too slippery to play on, so it wasn't even worth playing out the rest of somebody's abandoned credit.

That's not specific to D&B. It happens all the time but during winter season especially. It's the result of low humidity and dust accumulation on people's shoes. Salt residue is especially bad.

I just bring along a couple junky old microfiber towels. Wet one down in the bathroom with a little hand soap, wipe the stage down, then dry with the other. It can help to do the same to your shoes since they are usually carrying some dust, too.

It doesn't help that most of these establishments basically never really clean their carpets.

Stopped by yesterday and confirmed that Pump It Up is indeed gone for good. I will mention that the main reason why I bought my own cabinet was because they started talking about getting rid of it in June of last year. Aside from Latitude 360 (I don't count Tilt anymore) where else do we have to go?

Did you actually talk to someone? If so, did they happen to give a reason for its departure and/or reveal what became of it?

I was in there about a month ago and made about 3 laps around the game room looking for it without success, but I didn't bother asking anyone for confirmation.

Ho wrote:Did you actually talk to someone? If so, did they happen to give a reason for its departure and/or reveal what became of it?

I was in there about a month ago and made about 3 laps around the game room looking for it without success, but I didn't bother asking anyone for confirmation.

Didn't talk to anybody, but typically for D&B I know that they send their machines back to corporate. (I found out about this policy when I inquired about purchasing the cabinet last year when they mentioned the possibly of getting rid of it.)

I only ask if you asked someone on the possibility that maybe they took the machine to the "back room" to work on it or something like that. I understand that, if it has left, it has gone to that great Dave & Busters in the sky. I just wanted to get confirmation that it has indeed left.

But the truth is that when I was there a month ago, it had been so long since I had played it and I had so little desire to play it, that I didn't bother taking this next follow up step. I was just curious if you had.

But I'd say that if it wasn't on the game room floor a month ago and still wasn't when you were there yesterday, I think it is likely gone for good.

Amp Divorax wrote:Stopped by yesterday and confirmed that Pump It Up is indeed gone for good. I will mention that the main reason why I bought my own cabinet was because they started talking about getting rid of it in June of last year. Aside from Latitude 360 (I don't count Tilt anymore) where else do we have to go?

Ironically, we have a lot more (relatively at least) Pump now than DDR, according to ZIv. Wouldn't be surprised if Latitude 360 was the only place with a good machine.

Talked to D&B about the machine. It is indeed gone for good and it was a corporate decision apparently.

Between that and the current games they do have I don't see much reason to go now, but that's just me.

FWIW, I enjoyed the Star Wars Battle Pod game. It was expensive, but I would play it again. But I doubt I'd play it again as much as I would a dance game--even Pro 2.

I read on SRK that Dave and Busters banned fighting games, is that true? Kinda funny.

D&B is purely a ticket redemption, racer, and air hockey arcade and you would be God damned if you saw any Barmani or Fightmans there. If you want to go to an arcade and play real ass games then your options are to go to a barcade somewhere, move out to California / Nippon, or wait for Tappers to open.

The emphasis is definitely on redemption. But there are a few gems in game room. It just depends on your taste. I like Pac-Man Battle Royale, too!

Yeah Pac-Man Battle Royale is pretty good!

That game was made for doling out tickets and I'm surprised it doesn't, you know?

Merk wrote:Yeah Pac-Man Battle Royale is pretty good!

That game was made for doling out tickets and I'm surprised it doesn't, you know?

I'm not sure if I'm missing a joke here. How would you award tickets for Pac-Man Battle Royale? It's you vs. your friends (or enemies or complete strangers) and most redemption games seem to be you vs. the machine. (Yes, I know PMBR has a single player mode, but it's pretty dull and I'd rather play regular Pac-Man if I have no friends who want to play with me).

Well, the more rounds you win or more points you score, the more tickets you get!