Ground Kontrol classic gaming
Posted: January 31st, 2008 | Author: Daniel | Filed under: Uncategorized |Into classic gaming? Beer? Arcades? I suspected so much so here’s a neat tip if you’re ever in the Portland, Oregon area. Go check out Ground Kontrol; it’s a bar-slash-arcade filled to the brim with classic arcade machines. They also have a pinball section upstairs if you’re into that.
I played my first ever game of Missile Command and loved it to bits. It just goes to show that fancy graphics and cinematographic story-lines don’t make games great. Among the gems found at Ground Kontrol are such classics as Asteroids, Star Wars (1983 Atari Version), Pac Man, Ms. Pac Man, TMNT, Track & Field, Gauntlet II, Ghouls & Ghosts, Tron, Discs of Tron, Frogger, Battlezone, Mario Bros., 720 skateboarding and of course Missile Command. Here’s a list of all their arcades. By the way, Tuesday is Rock Band night, which could be quite interesting too…
Ground Kontrol is one of those hidden gems that makes PDX so popular with the creative community. Nothing like playing Double Dragon while drinking PBR (another Portland favorite)! Glad you found it.
wow this looks like a really cool arcade !