One of the things we seem to get MOST jealous about is a huge influx of Arcade come Bars opening up all over the world – Arcade Punk are not haters and wish every owner every success, we so desperately want to do this ourselves – and more than likely will.
After 30+ years, they tend to come a little beaten up, so a lot of work goes into restoring them. Luckily, we know how to get them back in great shape. We hope everyone enjoys them as much as we do!
We present you COBRA ARCADE BAR, a fantastic all out barcade. The owners seem to actually know something about arcade machines, including repairing and restoring them, infact looking through their Facebook page they have restored some of the machines themselves.
“There are a lot of different people involved with running this place,” Bracamonte says. “I’m handling the games and all the art while they’re taking care of the bar.”
Both the bar and the arcade at Cobra got a trial run on during a soft opening Tuesday night attended by “friends and family” as well as anyone in the know. And despite being on the down-low, the turnout for the event was substantial and — by all accounts — a smashing success.
The bar currently boosts 40 playable arcade games which they hope to rotate on a frequent basis, the current games are :-
1943
720°
Altered Beast
Asteroids Deluxe
Battletoads
Bubble Bobble
Centipede
Contra
Crystal Castles
Donkey Kong
Double Dragon
Final Fight
Frogger
Galaga
Gauntlet
Ivan “Ironman” Stewart’s Super Off Road
Killer Instinct
Mortal Kombat II
Ms. Pac-Man
NBA Jam
Popeye
Punch-Out
Q-Bert
Rampage
The Simpsons
Simpsons Bowling
Smash T.V.
SNK Collection
Spy Hunter
Star Wars
Street Fighter II: Champion Edition
Street Fighter III: Third Strike
Strider
Sunset Riders
Tapper
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
Tempest
Track ‘n’ Field
Tron
X-Men
We wish them all the best with this fantastic looking place!
official website here
Facebook page here
