Tri-County Flea Market
Last Updated: 10/3/24 | Author: TOSTRSo this is the Tri-County Flea Market (also called the Tri-County Bazaar) and its "arcade". There's a bunch of random arcade machines located in the basement near the bathrooms. There's quite a few cabs, including some fun non-rhythm game ones like The Fast and the Furious and Big Buck Hunter. I will only be talking about the rhythm game ones here as that's what I play.
Rhythm Games List (as of 8/31/24):
- beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS
Sometimes it's running, sometimes it's not. The cab is running SINOBUZ despite the SIRIUS marquee. It looks to be in pretty good physical condition, except for the keyboard. I think the story is someone spilled a smoothie on it?
- DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX
I haven't really played on this cab that much. I believe it's a red cab, which is interesting. None of the lights work, and the pads aren't that great. It's great if you're really in the mood to play some X3 VS 2ndMIX.
- Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME
A genuine EXTREME cab. I believe this was added to Tri-County sometime in early 2024? Probably my new favorite cab there. It has side pops, the lights work, the sound is great, and it feels nice to play on.
- pop'n music UniLab
It's pop'n music. The marquee says THE MOVIE, but it's actually running UniLab. I'm not really the biggest pop'n music fan, but the cab seems like it's in pretty good shape. Appears to be offline.
- StepMania Simply Love Cabinet
This is a J-cab? running Simply Love with an In The Groove 2 marquee. It's in pretty good condition, the pads aren't the worst, and it sounds good. The pads are also pretty level which feels great. As with the other X3 VS 2ndMIX cab, none of the lights work. This is the cab I play on the most because it has a TON of songs on it.
- StepManiaX Cabinet
This is the newest game added to the Tri-County arcade. I believe it was added sometime in mid-January of 2022. This thing is awesome. It's so fun to play on and it has such a great selection of songs. I thought it was going to be tricky to get the hang of 5-panel gameplay coming from DDR, but I picked up super quick. I love playing the Dancemania songs from DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX like Sunshine and Bumble Bee as well as some Pump It Up classics like Beethoven Virus and Summer (Speedy Mix). Also the cab and pads just look super cool. I love the pad's color-changing lights.
