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| - Barcades aren't too common in OC. In fact, the only thing we really have that remotely resembles a barcade is good ol' tacky Dave and Busters and Round 1 which doesn't offer liquor. I'd have to drive to LA to find an authentic barcade.
Anyway, I love games and I love booze. It was an automatic win in my book, so on my first night in Phoenix, my girlfriend and I walked over to Cobra to check it out.
There was a line at about 9ish, but it moved fairly quickly. We got in and walked straight to the bar by the entrance.
My girlfriend and I were SHOCKED by how cheap the drinks were. Are the drinks in Arizona this cheap everywhere? It was $15 for two Tito's and cranberries. At home this would have easily been $30 before tip, maybe more depending where you're at.
After getting our drinks, we scoped out the arcade and what games it had to offer. It had basically all the classics like House of the Dead 2, Area 51, Street Fighter, etc. The best part??? DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION EXTREME. Probably the best version of DDR in my opinion. DDR Max 2 is the 2nd best, but I digress.
The games are only a token to play! As if the cheap drinks weren't enough, cheap games were icing on the cake. The only downside to cheap games is that people tend to take advantage of it and toss tokens in whenever they'd lose. Actually, the other downside is that people like to slam their token on the cabinet and make it VERY known that they had next. To the guy who did that while I was playing Rampage with my girl, yes, dude. I know what the token means. You don't need to announce it and you definitely don't need to jump in while my girlfriend was playing still.
Aside from that, the place was fun. The staff was really cool. They were actually willing to talk rather than brushing us off.
Also, we asked someone about a local convenience store on our way to Cobra. The dude offered the rest of his pack of cigs to my girlfriend when she just wanted to bum one and the rest of his tokens he had in his pocket. If you ever read this, thanks bro!
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