12/18/2014

- We hope everyone has been enjoying all the new additions to the arcade!
We are currently up to 443 games!  With our last double expansion,
Pinball is now on the main floor all the time!
 

- GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE KICKSTARTER!
We really want to make this place even better.  300+ MORE Arcade games 30+ Pinball machines.  Please donate to help make this a true gaming utopia:
KICKSTARTER

- GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE - FUNDRAISER for EXPANSION!
We are looking to grow the arcade and add the middle building between our main arcade floor and pinball area,
as well as add 300+ more arcade and pinball machines!  We are looking to grow our console gaming section, add
a PC gaming section, increase the streaming capabilities of the arcade and launch a 24 hour streaming channel
called GHOST TV!  We want to improve upon all areas of the arcade and make it a true gaming utopia!  To do this we
need your help.  We are launching a fund raiser, followed by a Kick Starter.  All donations will go to improving
the arcade and making it bigger and better.
Please check out our donations page for more details - CLICK HERE
 

01/07/2014

- Join us on Saturday 01/18/2014 for an awesome MORTAL KOMBAT packed day!  We will be running tournaments in
MORTAL KOMBAT
MORTAL KOMBAT II
ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT 3
MORTAL KOMBAT (2011)
We will be joined by several guest celebrities as the original actors from the Mortal Kombat games
will be here signing autographs and taking pictures with their fans!




01/01/2014


- Join us on Saturday 01/04/2014 at 8PM for tournaments in the original KILLER INSTINCT as
well as KILLER INSTINCT (2013) on our new custom XBox One Cabinet!  Prizes to the winners.
 

12/10/2013
- NEW GAMES ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR:

Alien Syndrome
Dodonpachi
Raiden Fighters II
Raiden Fighters
Creature From the Black Lagoon (Pinball)
Aero Fighter 3
Klax
Millipede (upright cabinet)

07/02/2013
- NEW GAMES ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR:
- SARGE
- SIMPSONS BOWLING
- KING OF FIGHTERS NEOWAVE
- TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 (PS3 CAC ARCADE)
EXTERMINATION

06/11/2013
Come join us Saturday night 06/15/2013 for tournaments in BOTH
KILLER INSTINCT and KILLER INSTINCT II!
Double elimination.  Prizes to the winners!
LIVE STREAM!
It should be a lot of fun, and we hope to see you there!
KILLER INSTINCT TOURNAMENT
Also get ready for our 2nd
GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE SWAP MEET on Saturday 06/22/2013
CHECK IT OUT HERE


06/10/2013
- NEW GAMES ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR:
Captain Commando
Jail Break
Aqua Jack

05/30/2013
- NEW GAMES ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR:
THE GRID (x3)
G- DARIUS
STARGATE
RAY STORM
FRENZY

04/20/2013
- NEW GAMES ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR:
INJUSTICE : GODS AMONG US
ELEVATOR ACTION II

Come join us for Injustice & Mortal Kombat (2011) tournaments tonight!

04/15/2013
Check out our NEW CUSTOM
INJUSTICE : GODS AMONG US Arcade Cabinet!
Thanks to NetherRealm Studio for getting us some Hi-Res base art,
we designed but new sideart and control panel artwork.  Running with a
great HD Asus monitor, and IL Sticks, I think the cabinet turned out pretty good!
Click here to see all the FACEBOOK Images:




03/07/2013
- NEW GAME ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR
GAUNTLET

02/14/2013
- NEW GAME ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR
XEXEX

02/14/2013
- NEW GAMES ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR
BLASTEROIDS

SATURDAY
02/13/2013

SATURDAY - FEB 16, 2013 SHANG TSUNG's FIGHT NIGHT 3!
24 HOUR MORTAL KOMBAT EVENT!
CHECK OUT ALL THE DETAILS HERE


- NEW GAMES ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR
G-Loc

According to AURCADE.com we are now the LARGEST ARCADE IN THE US &
possibly the WORLD!

 

01/30/2013

- NEW GAMES ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR:
Berzerk
Hydro Thunder
Cruis'N World
Radiant Silver Gun
Donkey Kong 3
Bucky O'Hare

Don't forget about the video game swap meet this Saturday!

12/11/2012

- NEW GAMES ADDED TO THE FLOOR
METAL BLACK

12/07/2012

- TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Don't miss out on 12/15/2012 we will be hosting TOURNAMENTS in
BLITZ '99 (TEAMS)
KILLER INSTINCT
THE OUTFOXIES
Starts at 7PM. Prizes to the Winners!!

- NEW GAMES ADDED TO THE FLOOR
METAL SLUG 3
STRIKERS 1945 PLUS
 

Starting Saturday 12/08/2012, we are running a HIGH SCORE EVENT until 12/22/2012. 
We are joined with 2 great arcade, the UNDERGROUND RETROCADE & THE GAME GRID ARCADE
for a three arcade, four game, friendly competition. 
- GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE vs GAME GRID ARCADE in PITFALL II LOST CAVERNS
- GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE vs UNDERGROUND RETROCADE in SUPER SPACEFORTRESS MACROSS
- GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE vs  GAME GRID ARCADE vs UNDERGROUND RETROCADE in X-MEN
All scores will be tracked by AURCADE.com
High scorers will win prizes
Expect a lot of streaming for the event!




12/05/2012

- NEW GAME ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR:
VS SUPER MARIO BROS.

12/02/2012

- NEW GAME ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR:
PITFALL II: THE LOST CAVERNS

11/28/2012

- NEW GAME ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR:
SUPER SPACEFORTRESS MACROSS

SATURDAY - FEB 16, 2013 SHANG TSUNG's FIGHT NIGHT 3!
24 HOUR MORTAL KOMBAT EVENT!
CHECK OUT ALL THE DETAILS HERE

11/26/2012

- CHECK OUT ANTHONY PAPARO's WORLD RECORD HIGH SCORE RUN IN SPLATTERHOUSE!
CLICK HERE

11/20/2012

- NEW GAME ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR:
STREET FIGHTER ZERO 3 UPPER
METAL SLUG 4
METAL SLUG 5

11/19/2012

- Come join us on Thanksgiving at the arcade as we will be open regular business hours:
Thursday: 1pm - 2am
Friday: 1pm - 2am
Saturday: 11am - 2am

11/17/2012

- NEW GAME ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR:
DISCS OF TRON

11/14/2012

-NEW GAME ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR:
SegaSonic the Hedgehog
 
- Thanks to everyone who came to the PINBALL TOURNAMENT!  Congrats to the winners; Rob Kokot (Pro Division) & Joe Duider (Casual Division)!

11/05/2012

To keep up on the daily news with the GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE & GALLOPING GHOST PRODUCTIONS
please sign up for our FACEBOOK GROUP, CLICK HERE and please LIKE our FAN PAGE, CLICK HERE!

Don't forget 11/10/2012 is our 3rd PINBALL tournament! It will be a one and done tournament for scores in 6 games:
TWILIGHT ZONE
FUNHOUSE
SPACE INVADERS
GORGAR
PINBOT
BLACK KNIGHT
There will be casual and pro divisions!  Play time starts at 7PM and goes until everyone as played all games.  There will be no
playing the machines before the tournament starts.  After the tournament, pinball will be open for the rest of the night until 2AM.
Prizes to the winners!  Don't miss it, its sure to be a lot of fun.   High scores will be tracked on Aurcade.com as well!
Join our event on FACEBOOK by CLICKING HERE.


TEAM GGA was out in Dallas, TX this weekend to compete in MORTAL KOMBAT (2011)!  Dizzy, 16-Bit, Han & Moe30W all
did an excellent job and ranked very well!  As always we are honored to have them representing us!

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10/24/2012
WE WILL BE CLOSED ON WEDNESDAY 10/31/2012 for a private party.  However
we will open the main arcade floor from  11am - 1pm and then the pinball/secondary gaming room will be open from
1pm - 8pm for only $5.

Don't miss out BIG HALLOWEEN EVENT!!

FRIGHT FIGHT 10/27/2012!
We invite you for another night of tournaments and more at the GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE.
We will be running tournaments in the arcade cabinets as well as on consoles in the private gaming rooms. 

ARCADE FLOOR TOURNAMENTS (run by GGA)
Mortal Kombat (2011)
Super Street Fighters IV AE 2012
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Street Fighter III 3rd Strike

For more info check out the facebook group event: CLICK HERE

  10/22/2012
NEW GAME ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR:
TURBO
PENGO
VENDETTA
CRIME FIGHTERS

Check out the new PODCASTS on YOUTUBE:
GGA PODCAST # 6 PINBALL CLICK HERE
GGA PODCAST #7 HARDCORE GAMERS CLICK HERE

WORLD RECORD FOR MOST PEOPLE PLAYING ARCADE GAMES AT ONE TIME CLICK HERE

 

10/04/2012
Many congratulations to TEAM GGA for doing an amazing job in Ohio for Seasons Beatings!
Dizzy, 16-Bit, Wafflez, Han, Moe30W, Soonk & Jeremiah all played incredibly in the tournament and
in the VS Battle against CoCo.  Dizzy came in 1st place

09/25/2012
NEW GAME ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR:
Revolution X

Watch the stream as TEAM GGA (CLASSIC) takes on the
Underground Retrocade in a 3v3 7game tournament
CLICK HERE

09/13/2012
Lots of new media videos added:
Podcast #3 - 2 Year Anniversary - CLICK HERE
Podcast #4 - 09/04/2012 - with Scott Lambert of the Underground Retrocade CLICK HERE
Podcast #5 - CLICK HERE
Dodonpachi Daioujou High Score - Matt Walters - CLICK HERE
Life Force - WORLD RECORD by Martin Bedard CLICK HERE
Mission Craft  CLICK HERE
Gamer of the Year 2012 - James White CLICK HERE
Matt Rocco Gamer of the Year - CLICK HERE

09/03/2012
Yes!  We are open regular hours on Labor Day - 1PM - 2AM!

09/01/2012
NEW GAME ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR:
Mission Craft
G.I. Joe
Spawn
Rambo III
Dynamite Duke

We are up to 357 games now!!

07/24/2012
NEW GAME ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR:
GATE of DOOM

Check out our 2nd year anniversary event!
CLICK HERE

07/22/2012
NEW GAME ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR:
WWF WRESTLEMANIA

07/20/2012
Phillip Ahn - Shang Tsung of MORTAL KOMBAT II now has a FaceBook Fan page!!
Make sure visit the page and click "LIKE"
CLICK HERE for the SHANG TSUNG FAN PAGE

07/18/2012
NEW GAME ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR:
GALAGA 3

07/16/2012
We will be opening at 5PM today instead of the usual 1PM.  Sorry for any inconvenience
this may cause.  This is for this Monday only.

07/14/2012
Pinball will now be open regularly on Wednesday & Thursday from 6pm - 11pm! 
We will still have it open on Saturdays & Sundays as well (staffing permitting)
For other pinball times always please call for availability. 

07/13/2012
TEAM GGA did great out in VEGAS for the EVO tournament in MORTAL KOMBAT (2011).
I'll be posting pictures from the trip very soon!   Awesome job TEAM GGA!!

07/10/2012
NEW GAME ADDED TO THE ARCADE FLOOR:
TRACK & FIELD

06/21/2012
THIS SATURDAY 11AM - 2AM
SHANG TSUNG's FIGHT NIGHT II!
Tournaments in 20 2-D fighting games!  Prizes in all games to the winners!
Special MORTAL KOMBAT GUEST STARS!!


We will be streaming the event too!!

Watch our events streams here:
http://www.twitch.tv/gallopingghostarcade

05/28/12

- Congrats to TEAM GGA for their performance at the UFGT8 tournament!
Hahn 17th
Moe 17th
Phill 13th
Jeremiah 9th
16 Bit 7th
Soonk 7th
Dizzy 3rd

Awesome job guys.  

05/22/12

- NEW GAMES ADDED - 
Thunder Force AC
Gradius II

05/20/12
Congrats to the winners of our tournaments 
- Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 - Frankie G.
Mortal Kombat (2011) - GGA Pete H.
Super Street Fighter IV AE 2012 - Nitish

05/15/12

- NEW GAMES ADDED - 
ROLLING THUNDER
DRAGON SABER
BEACHHEAD 2000
DOUBLE DRAGON (NEO GEO)
BURNING FIGHT
SHOCK TROOPERS 2nd SQUAD

05/10/12

We are honored to have the BEST KITANA player, 
16-BIT
join TEAM GGA in MORTAL KOMBAT (2011)! 

05/09/12

- NEW ACHIEVEMENT BOOKS for SPRING 2012 are here!
Check us out in ECHO Magazine! CLICK HERE

05/04/2012

Join us on 05/19/2012 for ranked tournaments in
MORTAL KOMBAT (2011)
 SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV AE
ULTIMATE MARVEL vs CAPCOM 3

Double Elimination!  Prizes to the winners!  Should be a very fun night!

- NEW GAMES ADDED - 

PAPERBOY

05/02/12

- NEW GAMES ADDED - 

OUT RUN
AFTER BURNER II
SPACE INVADERS (PINBALL)
BATTLEZONE

04/02/12

- NEW GAMES ADDED - 
APB
IN THE HUNT

03/27/12

- NEW GAMES ADDED - 
CONTRA

- Great job and many thanks to TEAM GGA who went to MLG to fight in Mortal Kombat (2011)
in Ohio, over the weekend!  You all did great!  

- Thank you to everyone who visited us at the Midwest Gaming Classic over
the weekend! Big thanks goes to the guys of Retroids for inviting us!
 It was a lot of fun and we hope to be back next year!  
Thanks also to the World Record holders of the Galloping Ghost Arcade that made
the trip out - Matt Rocco, Matt Walters & James White.  
Thanks to Pete Hahn & Fill Pops Diaz of Team GGA for killing off everyone in Mortal Kombat (2011)
Also last but not least thanks to Tiffany Nickel, Chris Dellutri, and Brandon Diaz who were there
working hard!

03/17/12

- Join us at the MIDWEST GAMING CLASSIC in Brookfield, WI on 03/24 & 03/25
We will be bringing several games from the arcade,
- Showing arcade cabinet wiring demonstrations,
- Come fight against members of TEAM GGA in Mortal Kombat (2011)
- Come meet several of our world record holders!
- Dark Presence presentaion!
- Tournaments and more!
If going to the arcade on that weekend please be aware that some game may not be there as
they will be at the show.  We hope this is not an inconvenience

- NEW PINBALL section added to the webpage!

02/24/12

- NEW GAMES ADDED
SUPER PAC MAN
CRAZY CLIMBER

- Don't forget to join us this Saturday 02/25/2012 for more Ranked Tournaments!
- MORTAL KOMBAT (2011) Tag Team
- SOUL CALIBUR V
- NFL BLITZ '99 (Teams)
- OUTFOXIES

As always, prizes to the winners!

Check out our new series of Arcade videos on YouTube.  Click the links below or search for Ghostlord000
- Gain Ground (Gain Ground level one play through)
- Godzilla (Godzilla up to 4th boss - Megalon)

02/23/12

- Pinball Tournament Results:
Check out all the scores on AURCADE.com! CLICK HERE

Congrats to our winners:

Pro Division:
1st: Vincent Giovannone
2nd: Josh Henderson
3rd: Mark Henderson

Casual Division:
1st:David Khan
2nd: Hans Kollinger
3rd: John Payson

02/17/12

- Pinball Tournament Saturday 02/18/2012
Come join us for our 2nd Pinball Tournament!  Players will compete in 5 of our pinball games for the highest score.  Players
will be separated into Casual & Pro divisions.  Prizes for the top player in each division.  No additional entry fee, just the
regular $15 at the door.  Pinballs will NOT be open before (sorry no practice games) they will be open until
close after the tournament!

02/09/12

- NEW GAME ADDED
JACKAL

- This Saturday 

01/19/12

- NEW GAME ADDED
MAPPY

01/18/12

- Don't forget to join us this Saturday at 7:30PM for our RANKED TOURNAMENTS in
MORTAL KOMBAT (2011)
ULTIMATE MARVEL vs CAPCOM 3
SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV ARCADE EDITION 2012
Prizes to the winners!!

- NEW GAMES ADDED
Street Fighter Alpha
Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha
Gladiator

01/13/12

- NEW GAME ADDED
- Gain Ground

01/12/12

- NEW GAME ADDED
- Dragon Spirit

Congrats to James White for winning our 2nd Arcade Trivia contest on Monday!

01/09/12

- Join us at 7:30PM today for Arcade Trivia!  Prizes to the winner!
- After we will be having another class in Arcade Cabinet Repair!  This time we will be looking at 
wiring an entire cabinet from scratch!

12/26/11

- Yes, we will be open on NEW YEAR EVE & NEW YEARS DAY!
- NEW GAMES ADDED
Jackie Chan The Kung Fu Master
Knights of the Round
Ninja Baseball Batman
Cadillacs & Dinosaurs

12/15/11

- NEW GAMES ADDED
DODONPACHI DAIOUJOU
MIDNIGHT RESISTANCE

12/01/11

- NEW GAMES ADDED
CRACK DOWN
GUN SMOKE

- Thanks to everyone who showed up for our Pinball Tournament!  Congrats to the winners:

CASUAL:
Mike Davis
William Vorhees
Allan Zarach

PRO:
Yancy Blaylock
Al Kupster
Rob Kokot

We will be having more tournaments soon!

11/22/11

- Don't forget we will be open on THANKSGIVING from 1pm - 2am!
- We just got our 300th game up and running!  BOSCONIAN!
- New Games added!
- Bosconian
- Combatribes

11/14/11

- TEAM GALLOPING GHOST -
Congrats to the whole team for doing great at the Game Pazzo Mortal Kombat Tournament
Big congratulations to our own Aaron Davis for winning the whole thing!

Events page has been updated!  
MORTAL KOMBAT (2011) & Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Tournaments on 11/19/2011
Pinball Tournament n 11/26/2011!
 Click here for more info

- New Games added!
- Pinbot (Pinball)
- Crazy Taxi
 
11/10/11

- TEAM GALLOPING GHOST gets a new member!
We would like to thank Dan Medina for joining our team!  

- NEW EVENTS for NOVEMBER POSTED!
- New games added to the arcade floor
Mega Force
Godzilla
Wizard of Wor
Satan's Hollow

New World Records Set in:
Mega Force
Godzilla
Shinobi
Art of Fighting 2
Batman
Double Dragon
Breakers Revenge

10/11/11
The- Check out our updated events page!
October 14th & 15th - RETROIDS
October 14th, 15th & 16th - SEASONS BEATINGS
October 29th, 30th & 31st - HALLOWEEN

We did a recent count of how many WORLD RECORDS have been set or broken here in just over the
last year, and its an amazing 80+! Most impressive! 

We have our NEW HIGH SCORE BOARD screen set up!  Power by AURCADE.COM this is a great addition to
the arcade!  Go register today at AURCADE.COM and then come on in a set scores on any and
all the games in the arcade!  You can see how your score matches up against
gamers all over!

10/10/11

- GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE SPONSORS GAMERS TO SEASONS BEATINGS TOURNAMENT

The SEASONS BEATINGS tournament is this weekend in Ohio! 
GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE will be sponsoring 6 of our best fighters
 to go compete in MORTAL KOMBAT! Our team of fighters consists of:
Peter Hahn, Aaron Davis, Fill Pops Diaz, Mohammad Mansour, Tom Nieter & Jeremiah Smith.
Brandon Diaz will be going too as Event manager! They have all performed great in
Mortal Kombat in our tournaments and are amongst our highest fighters in our ranked fighting system.
We look to add other fighting games and attend other tournaments in the future! You can be
assured we will be streaming the tournament at the arcade all weekend long
 So please give you support to TEAM GALLOPING GHOST!

-  NEW GAMES:
Alcon
Twin Cobra
Mutation Nation
Kung Fu Master (NEW DEDICATED CABINET!)

09/21/11

- CAPTAIN AMERICA & the AVENGERS is up and running!
-SPIDERMAN is up and running!
- High Score list has been updated

09/14/11

- Be here on SATURDAY 09/17/11 at 8PM for another RANKED TOURNAMENT NIGHT! 
MORTAL KOMBAT (2011)
OUTFOXIES
BLITZ (2 on 2 teams!)
Cash prizes to the winners!
Sign ups start at 7:30PM

Congratulations to Lonnie McDonald for being the frst person to flip the score on JOUST!
Good luck with doing on ALL the Joust machines listed on AURCADE.com!   
- Huge thanks to Keith Apicary for an awesome show last night!

- ART OF FIGHTING 3 is now up and running!

09/13/11

- KEITH APICARY will be here WEDNESDAY from 8PM - 10PM as part of his APICARNAGE TOUR!

- AIR BUSTER is up and running 
- WINDJAMMERS is up and running
- BREAKERS REVENGE is up and running
- TIME PILOT '84 is up and running
- OUTFOXIES is up and running
- To all our fighting fans make sure not to miss being here on Thursday for our weekly SRK Fighting Night!



08/19/11

- After Burner II is up and running!

08/16/11

Thank you to everyone who showed up for our big one year anniversary event!  It was incredibly fun
for us and we look forward to doing it again next year and for many years to come! 
We had tournaments in Killer Instinct & Marvel vs Capcom 3 and there were lots of high scores set in
MANY games!  Plus many people got to see our new expansion and got to play some pinball too!

- A big congratulations goes out to MATT ROCCO who was our first GAMER OF THE YEAR!
We gave Matt the award on 08/13/2011 for all his great achievements over the past year!

- The high scores list & games list have been updated.

- Forgotten Worlds has been added to the game floor!

- Dont forget this Wednesday.  SRK fight night will be going on!  Lots of great fighting game
players will be there in the console rooms for only $5!  (Regular arcade fees apply to use the arcade floor)

08/04/11

Come join us for our 1 year anniversary on 08/13/2011!!
We want to thank very one for all the support we received in the last year by
having a party! Starting SATURDAY at 11AM, we will be open around the clock
until 2AM on MONDAY (39 hour event!)! We will have free food,
several tournaments, high score runs, contests and more!
$15 gets you in for the WHOLE weekend!
PINBALL will be open from 3PM - 11PM on Saturday!!

-High Scores page has been updated!
- DRAGON BALL Z is now up and running!
- MEGA MAN POWER BATTLE is now up and running!
- DJ BOY is now up and running!

07/22/11

- Our games list has been updated!  We are up to 250 games in the arcade!  
- NBA Jam Tournament Edition is up and running!
- Sol Divide is up and running!  
- Devastators is up and running!
- Gyruss has had a CRT monitor put in instead of the LCD it had.
- Metal Slug 2 is up and running!
Vulgus has been fixed and received a new monitor!
- Time Pilot is up and running!

- Rain has been added to both Mortal Kombat (2011) cabinets!

07/16/2011
- Thanks to everyone who fought in our tournaments! 
KING OF FIGHTERS XIII had 12 competitors with Dan Jones winning it!
MORTAL KOMBAT (2011) had 18 fighters with Aaron Davis winning it!
MORTAL KOMBAT (2011) TAG TEAM had 7 teams with Pete Hahn & Aaron Davis winning it!
MORTAL KOMBAT (2011) Singles Tag Team had 8 fighters with Aaron Davis winning it!

07/12/11

- Don't miss out this Saturday 07/16/2011, its another RANKED TOURNAMENT NIGHT!
Starting at 6PM.
Tournaments will be in Mortal Kombat (2011), King Of Fighters XIII, and Mortal Kombat (2011) Tag Team! All on our custom arcade cabinets (sorry no button remapping or pads).
Cash & prizes to the winners!

- XENOPHOBE is now up and running!!
- FOOD FIGHT is now up and running

- We are back from another great GLASS CITY CON in Ohio!  Pictures coming soon!

07/04/11

- We are open regular business hours (1PM - 2AM) for the 4th!! 
Happy 4th everyone!

- Check out our new Dragon's Lair & Dragon's Lair II Time Warp cabinet!  
- War: Final Assault is up and running!

06/20/11

- Make sure to check our events page to see all our upcoming tournaments & other events:
This Saturday 06/25/11 we will be holding another RANKED TOURNAMENT NIGHT!  BIG MONEY - BIG PRIZES!
Mortal Kombat (2011), Marvel vs Capcom 3 & Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition! Tournaments start at 6PM!
First place takes home $125 in each game.  
We will try to include tournaments in Street Fighter III 3rd Strike and possibly one other
game Tekken 6 or King of Fighters XIII (depending on time / prizes are yet to be announced)

- LaGrangePatch.com did an article on us!  Check it out! CLICK HERE

06/11/11

- DON'T MISS OUT ON OUR TOURNAMENTS TONIGHT!!  Sign ups start at 7:30PM.  
KING OF FIGHTERS XIII, SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV AE & MORTAL KOMBAT.
We will most likely run tournaments until 2AM!!

- We just got our Time Pilot board!  Hopefully we will get it in a cabinet soon!

06/08/11

- Super Street Fighter IV has been updated to SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV ARCADE EDITION!
Yun, Yang, Evil Ryu & Oni are now playable!!
- The Classic costume & Fatalities packs have been added to BOTH our MORTAL KOMBAT (2011) cabinets!
- BLAZBLUE CONTINUMM SHIFT has had the Hellsing, Trinity, Mu, & Makoto characters added!
- Shadow Battle Packs 3 - 8 have been added to MARVEL VS CAPCOM 3!


06/06/11
- MORE GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE and GALLOPING GHOST PRODUCTIONS in the NEWS!
Check us out in all these great places:
RETROIDS - CLICK HERE
CHICAGO PARENT - ONLINE: CLICK HERE - Magazine version: CLICK HERE

06/05/11
- We have our new SPRING ACHIEVEMENTS BOOK!

- DON'T MISS out on our next big tournament night on 06/11/11.  
MORTAL KOMBAT (2011), SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV AE, & our first KING OF FIGHTERS XIII tournament!
Each tournament will be best 2 out of 3 matches after the first round of elimination.
Matches will be seeded with our ranking system.  Prizes to 1st place winners and with the
tournaments have 25+ competitors prizes for 2nd & 3rd.

- Thunderblade is back up and running!  HUGE thank you to SR. for fabricating us a
new flight joystick!  Its playing great now!

- Millipede is up and running!
- Gravitar is up and running!

- MORE GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE and GALLOPING GHOST PRODUCTIONS in the NEWS!
Check us out in all these great places:
Suburban Life June 1, 2011: CLICK HERE
FOX NEWS: CLICK HERE
WCIU "The U" aired 05/24/2011 CLICK HERE

-Check out our new Key chains & Bead Art merchandise!

05/26/11
- YES!!  We are OPEN ON MEMORIAL DAY!  1PM - 2AM!

05/25/11
- KING OF FIGHTERS XIII is up and running!

05/18/11
- BUBBLE BOBBLE is now up and running!
- BlazBlue Continumm Shift is now up and running!

05/16/11
- BATMAN is now up and running!

05/13/11
- We now have the Japanese shooter Ikaruga!!

05/07/11
- Tonight at 7PM dont miss out on another tournament night!
MORTAL KOMBAT II, MORTAL KOMBAT (2011) & a MORTAL KOMBAT (2011) Tag team tournament!

- High Scores have been updated!
- More on the Fighters Ranking system soon!!

05/04/11
WCIU The "U" Channel 50 was in today filming for another TV appearance!

04/27/11
Watch for us tomorrow (04/28/11) on the FOX New in the morning!
They will be live at the arcade at 8:40AM & 9:50AM! Check it out!! 

GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE and GALLOPING GHOST PRODUCTIONS in the NEWS!
Check us out in all these great places:

Arcade Heroes - video clip from us at the MIDWEST GAMING CLASSIC - CLICK HERE
Time Out Chicago - Online CLICK HERE - Magazine edition CLICK HERE
WGN KID Winks - CLICK HERE
Chicago Tribune - If you missed it - CLICK HERE
TRMK covers our Mortal Kombat cabinet CLICK HERE

04/24/11
We are open EASTER SUNDAY  11AM - 2AM!

04/20/11
The big TOURNAMENT DAY is coming up on SATURDAY 04/23/11!  A FULL day of tournaments in
as many fighting games as we can fit in!  Just the regular $15 get you all tournament access including
our private gaming rooms that will have fighting game tournaments running all day too!  We are 
expecting several special guest too, including:
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Dr. Philip Ahn (Shang Tsung from Mortal Kombat II)
Katalin Ogren (Kitana / Mileena from Mortal Kombat II)
John Turk (Sub-Zero / Shang Tsung / Scorpion / Reptile / Ermac from Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
Dan Forden / TOASTY!!!
And more!!
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This will also be the launch of our RANKED FIGHTERS system.  
Ranked fighters will tracked in each game and overall within the arcade.  The top 10 ranked fighter
will get special bonus within the arcade.  The current #1 ranked fighter will be given
a free pass to enter the arcade whenever they want!  More tournament info, and details coming soon!

04/19/11
Our second MORTAL KOMBAT cabinet is up and running! CLICK HERE for more pics!

04/18/11
Tonight, be here at midnight to play MORTAL KOMBAT in our two new cabinets!!  Here are some
pics of our Midway Cabinet!! CLICK HERE
We will be open late tonight...until 4AM!!

03/16/11
The High Scores list has been updated!  

03/15/11
Jill & Shuma Gorath have been added to Marvel vs Capcom 3!

03/14/11
We've upgraded Guilty Gear XX Midnight Carnival to Guilty Gear XX Accent Core is now up and running!  Its got a new control panel top with all an all Sanwa set up and the Guilty Gear button configuration!  

03/13/11
Congrats to Derek D. for winning our Marvel vs Capcom 3 tournament!  32 people entered!  Congrats also to Tink for winning out Super Street Fighter IV tournament!  Each received $50 in cash, a day pass to the arcade and a Galloping Ghost Arcade T-shirt.

03/10/11
This Saturday's tournaments start time will be moved to an 8PM sign up time and tournaments will start closer to 9PM

03/08/11

SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV is now running on a ASUS 27" monitor!  No more lag issues!

03/06/11

Don't miss our next big tournament night Saturday 03/12/11!  We will have two tournaments.  One for
Marvel vs Capcom 3 and the other in Super Street Fighter IV!  Sign up starts at around 8PM
and tournaments start around 9PM!  Don't miss out!
 
03/05/11

TEKKEN 6 is now up and running!  Running off a PS3 our new dedicated Tekken 6 cabinet has
a 27" Viewsonic monitor (no lag issue)! We have the favored amongst Tekken pros, Fanta Joysticks and Crown buttons!

03/01/11

Arkanoid The Revenge of Doh is now up and running!

02/23/11

This Friday 02/25/11 from 6:30PM - 8:30PM we are participating in the BROOKFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY AFTER HOURS event!
We will have our Eyes cocktail table there for everyone to play. Click on the flyer for more info:



02/21/11 RECAP!
Big repair day! 
Donkey Kong, Defender, Rush N Attack & Robotron are all back up and running!

02/19/11 RECAP!
- The Marvel vs Capcom 3 tournament was a great success last night!  42 people entered and congrats to
DAN JONES for winning! He received $50, a GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE T-SHIRT & a DAY PASS!

- Thanks to the CHICAGO TRIBUNE for coming and taking pictures...we look forward to the upcoming article

- Thanks to LTTV for coming in for an interview and covering the Marvel vs Capcom 3 tournament! 

02/16/11
- Check out our new MARVEL vs CAPCOM 3 cabinet!  Click here!
- Join us this Saturday 02/19/11 at 8PM for our first MARVEL vs CAPCOM 3 tournament!  Cash Prize to the winner

02/13/11
We just picked up a board for Michael Jackson's Moonwalker!  Hope it get it in a cabinet soon.

02/08/11
- HI SCORES page has been updated!
- Sound has been fixed in Gyruss!

01/25/11
- NEW GAMES! RUSH N' ATTACK the classic 1985 Konami game & SOUL CALIBUR III are up and running!

01/22/11
- NEW GAME!  Just got SUNSET RIDERS up and running!  4 Player cowboy action!

01/20/11
- NEW GAMES!  ROBOTRON 2084 and CYBERBALL 2072 are now up and running!

- Join us at the arcade on Friday 01/21/11 at 6:30PM as WBBM News Radio 780 will be interview us
and gamers from around the arcade for their "Made in Chicago" segment!
Don't miss your chance to be heard on the radio!

- HIGH SCORES UPDATED!!

- Check out the segment WGN Channel 9 News ran about the GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE!
Click here to check it out

01/17/11
Be sure to catch the WGN NEWS at 5PM today to see the feature on the GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE!

01/15/11

- Congrats to Norbert Vale who won both our
MORTAL KOMBAT II & KILLER INSTINCT tournaments!
-  Congrats to Juan as well for winning our SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV tournament!

01/13/11
Join us Friday 01/14/11 as WGN Channel 9 NEWS will be filming at the arcade!
We have three tournaments planned - MORTAL KOMBAT II, KILLER INSTINCT & SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV
Philip Ahn (Shang Tsung) from MORTAL KOMBAT II will be in attendance as well!!

Defender is now up and running!!  Great looking dedicated cabinet that plays great!

01/06/11
High Scores page has been updated!

01/05/11
ASTEROIDS & SPY HUNTER are up and running!

01/01/11
Congrats to Dave Kumra for winning the
Punching in the New Year Super Street Fighter IV Skill Event
75 Shoryukens in 60 seconds!!

12/31/10
Join us for NEW YEARS EVE!  We are open extended hours from 1PM until 4AM. 
We will be holding the "PUNCHING IN THE NEW YEAR" Skill Event!
Play SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV as RYU and throw as many Shoryukens (Dragon Punches)
as you can in 60 seconds.  Miss one and you are out.  Who ever does the most wins a $50 cash prize!!

12/28/10
WE ARE OPEN NEW YEARS EVE & NEW YEARS DAY
HOURS:
12/31/10 FRIDAY 1PM - 01/01/11 Saturday 4AM (EXTENDED HOURS!!)
01/01/11 Saturday 11AM - 01/02/11 Sunday 2AM

12/27/10
CHASE HQ & MILLIONAIRE PINBALL are up and running!

12/16/10
EMPIRE CITY 1931 is up and running!

12/15/10
- Come in this Friday (12/17/10) through Sunday (12/19/10) with your TRON LEGACY movie
ticket stub and receive $2.00 off the door admission!

- SATURDAY 12/19/10 SUPER STREET FIGHTER V TOURNAMENT & KILLER INSTINCT TOURNAMENT!
PRIZES! PRIZES! PRIZES!  Don't miss out!  Watch for more details on our Facebook page!

- NEW SCOREBOARD IN PROGRESS!!  Wait until you see it! Its going to be handled through AURCADE.COM

12/11/10
- Thanks to a most generous donation, we now have SENGOKU the classic SNK beat 'em up up and running!
- We also have a TURBO GRAFX 16 and a SEGA SATURN now in our Private Gaming Rooms!

12/10/10
The Chicago Tribune is coming in tonight to do a story on us that will run sometime in January!

The Female Gamers Alliance did an article on us!  Check it out here!

- KILLER INSTINCT is up and running!!
BOTH our Nintendo Play Choice 10 machines are up and running!  Lots of great games in both!
Defender 2, Rygar, Double Dragon, Contra, Gradius, Trojan, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mega Man,
and Rad Racer, just to name a few.

12/03/10
ZAXXON is up and running! on the arcade floor!

12/01/10
We were on Arcade Heroes.com CLICK HERE to see,
and Kotaku CLICK HERE to check it out
and in the Landmark newspaper CLICK HERE
and on N4G.com CLICK HERE

Also our Rush'N Attack board arrived!!  Can't wait to get it in a cabinet

11/30/10 
Time Soldiers is up and running!

11/29/10
New games up and running - Twilight Zone Pinball, Q*Bert, Jr. Pac Man, Moon Patrol, Nibbler, Killer Instinct 2, Strider 2, Double Dragon 3, NFL Blitz '99 & Flicky!

We were featured on 190N. (ABC TV Channel 7)!  Check out the video on Youtube here



11/23/10
Our High Scores Page has been updated! Look for full high score tracking VERY soon with Aurcade.com!

11/03/10
On NOVEMBER 12, the ABC Channel 7 program 190 N. will be filming at the GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE!
- NBA JAM is up and running!

11/02/10 
- New High Scores list has been updated!
- Frogger is back up and running!
- Harley Davidson and the LA Riders is up and running!
- Congrats to ANTHONY PAPARO who on 10/31/10 HALLOWEEN made a world record breaking run
on SPLATTERHOUSE!  It was video taped and is being submitted for verification!
- Huge thanks to everyone who came in this Halloween weekend.  We have lots of pics
we will be posting soon of all the fun

10/30/10
- GHOST 'N GOBLINS is up and running!  
- HALLOWEEN WEEKEND FUN! 
SATURDAY at 2PM don't miss the DARK PRESENCE presentation

10/28/10
- ELEVATOR ACTION is up and running!

On NOV. 6th at the Chicago Theatre you can check out VIDEO GAMES LIVE!

Click HERE for more info

10/22/10
- HIGH SCORES PAGE UPDATED!
- EVENTS PAGE ADDED!

10/19/10
- SAMURAI SHODOWN - WARRIORS RAGE is up and running!  Our first game on the Hyper Neo Geo 64! 
- All of our Console Private Gaming Rooms now are fully networked and online!  
- New DAY PASS GIFT CARDS are available ONLY $15!
- SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV TOURNAMENT!  Saturday October 23 starting at around 8PM! CLICK HERE for more info.
- STREET FIGHTER TRIVIA NIGHT!  Tuesday October 26th, Trivia & MORE!!
- VIDEO GAME COSTUME EVENT! HALLOWEEN Sunday October, 31!  Come in as your favorite video game character and
get $10 off admission!  Come in any costume get $2 off admission. 
- New Achievement booklet is ready!  Bring in your old achievement lists and let us get them updated!!

10/12/10
- Come join the VGEvo on Friday & Saturday, October 15 & Saturday 16 as they hold a 24 hour
EXTRA LIFE gaming session to help raise  money for the Children's Miracle Network.
We will be open 24 hours and hope everyone comes in and donates to this great cause!
Click here for more details.

- Check out the interview we did with the VGEvo!  Huge thanks to Trickman Terry for posting it!  CLICK HERE!
Also check out this interview we did with Nerd Talk CLICK HERE and HERE

10/11/10
- Lots of new games up and running:
Capcom vs SNK 2
Guilty Gear XX Midnight Carnival
Ultimate Artic Thunder
Tokyo Wars
Silent Scope 2 Dark Silhouette
GP Rider
Winding Heat
Gauntlet Dark Legacy
Atomic Punk 2 
Magic Drop II
King of Monsters
Bust-A-Move
Metal Slug X
Crazy Taxi High Roller

Come on in and give them a try!

10/10/10
- A huge thanks to the guys from NERD CITY that stopped by the Galloping Ghost Arcade to talk with us!

10/08/10
- We've bought several new games!  It will be a little bit before they are ALL up and running but here is what we got:

DELUXE CRUISN' USA (BIG RED CAR)
GUILTY GEAR XX
LAST BOUNTY HUNTER
GAUNTLET DARK LEGACY
SILENT SCOPE 2 : DARK SILHOUETTE
ULTIMATE ARTIC THUNDER (x2)
GP RIDER
HARLEY DAVIDSON & LA RIDERS

10/03/10
- DUNGEONS & DRAGONS SHADOW OVER MYSTARA is up and running!  Its even set up in a 4 player cabinet!!
- Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting is up and running!  Our Street Fighter section is complete!

Some very impressive high scores being set in a plethora of games this weekend!  Congrats to both Matt Rocco and James White, you both are two very impressive players!   Keep on playing!

10/01/10
- KUNG FU MASTER is up and running! 

- Strider 2 is currently playable for this weekend only!  Its in the front row in the Shadow Dancer cabinet.  This is only a temporary testing of Strider 2 and Shadow Dancer will be back after the weekend.  Strider 2 will eventually be a regular game but we just don't have a cabinet ready for it yet. 

09/29/10
- Double Dragon II The Revenge is back up and running! 
- We've added CLASSIC CONSOLES to our Private Gaming Rooms!  First is the ATARI 2600, as well as an 8-Bit Nintendo and a Nintendo 64!  We have a few games for each already and look to bring ALL the console systems to our rooms!  Even more reasons to rent them out for a day!

09/27/10
Dig Dug & Super Contra have been fixed!  Dig Dug got a new power supply &
Super Contra got a new power supply and a new LCD monitor  Rastan got a new power supply and a new
monitor too! 

09/26/10
Power is back on!  We are open and running as usual!
We will be open until 2AM tonight (as we are everyday!)

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Our powers out!  Our main circuit breaker failed and its being repaired as quickly as possible.
We will reopen late Sunday afternoon.  Please check back
09/25/10

Our powers out!  Our main circuit breaker failed and its being repaired as quickly as possible.
We will reopen late Sunday afternoon.  Please check back

*****

09/24/10
MATT ROCCO sets the NEW world record high score for Halley's Comet! 
Congrats Matt on your first WORLD RECORD...I'm sure it won't be your only
record for long!
Video coming soon!!

Be sure to ask about our Arcade Achievements System!  Win points towards prizes such as:
snacks, t-shirts, entry fees and even and actual arcade for you house!!

*****

New merchandise has arrived!  CAPCOM ART BOOKS - Mega Man, Street Fighter and UDon Art!
Street Fighter Clocks! Cammy, Ibuki and more! - Centipede Clock!
Also for sale - GOD OF WAR BLADES OF CHAOS!
Posters and more!

Twilight Zone and Millionaire Pinball are here!  Just need to get them cleaned and running and then
they will be joining GORGAR and FUNHOUSE PINBALL!

*****

Thanks to everyone who came to Trivia Night!  We will be doing another one very soon!

*****

Congrats to Anthony Paparo for setting the new WORLDS RECORD in SPLATTERHOUSE!!  Incredible job!

Thanks to everyone who came for the VGEVO event!  Some really impressive scores set!
Thanks Terry and Ken...it was a lot of fun having you guys out!

We will be posting the videos of Mortal Kombat actors
Philip Ahn (Shang Tsung) and Daniel Pesina (Johnny Cage, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, & Reptile)
from when they visited the arcade!  Huge thanks again to Philip & Danny for coming by, it was a lot of fun!

Thanks to everyone from Cheap Ass Gamer who came!  It was great talking with all of you!

08/13/10 - FRIDAY the 13th!
11:59PM the doors to the GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE OPEN!