Chinatown Fair: a documentary
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- čas přidán 2. 02. 2012
- Tucked away on a narrow sidestreet in Lower Manhattan lay Chinatown Fair, one of the city's (and the country's) last independently owned video arcades. Home to a loyal group of gamers, the arcade was the pinnacle of the East Coast fighting game scene. When it suddenly closed in February 2011, the players were left to find a new home.
Combining interviews with crowdsourced footage, Chinatown Fair tells the personal story of the connections that were formed at the arcade and how they can survive after a shared space no longer exists. - Zábava
this generation will really never know what it felt like to be a true competitive gamer head to head
Facts, Not an opinion.
I'm so sad that I never got to go to this arcade, and I'm a native New Yorker. I would give anything to be able to go there when it was in it's prime and play the Capcom fighters I grew up loving.
I'm on this 90's shit. Arcade Scenes forever man for real sad shit its a dying scene :/
I been there for at least 8 years when i lived in Brooklyn 14 now and I haven't heard about this till now I went back to New York for a visit in 2012
love it
I practically lived here playing T5:DR back in the day
Great documentary, gutted I never experienced it.
U.k has nothing like this :(
+UzzyT theres a few arcades left in Llandudno, Wales, but all money betting machines. only the 2 in the pier have actual games check em out if you go there someday
+Sage Maneja You need to get to arcade club in Manchester! open every weekend... Search on CZcams for videos.. and the Facebook page is easy to find.
Dean Ashley im in spain now but if i visit again ill try to check it out :)
UzzyT we did, we had segaworld London, trocadero and casino arcade on Tottenham Court Road back
UK did have a sick arcade scene in London, had troc, goodge street casino had basically all the high level players...that was also a dingy, dirty arcade but had a proper old school feel. Was packed when SF4 came out too
This is great Doc. good job.
I left NYC against my will after 10 years, and CF will forever hold some of my fondest memories... 😭
Great little documentary! I felt the same way when Little Tokyo Arcade closed so suddenly.
Word this is true NYC FGC love R.I.P Chinatown Fair the greatest times I ever had in my childhood
great doc
I miss this so much after me n my boys run sets we got dumplings or vietnamese food after next to the bootleggers lol
At least you had it. Where I live we don't have any arcades except a bar arcade that u gotta buy a 10 bucks burger B4 playing
Love everything about this don’t see know one eating dem dumplings 🥟 from the spot spot shout out Justin Wong
Chinatown Fair cured my depression I never been to next level but I'll try it one day
Have you been yet?
I heard about that! Great news for the gaming community!
this is dope.
I’m an 09er but here to pay my respects 🙏
miss this place!
too bad its not the same as it used to be I used to go there all the time to play blazblue and puzzlefigher
Danteangelo15 probably dead now
Wow what a great documentary. I am from the uk and we have never had anything like this before :( all I'm into in the arcades are fiighters and there's nothing like that here really :( I play 3rd strike all the time. You guys are very lucky to of had something like this in your youth and still do have good arcades! You should think of the poor few Brits that don't have any of these luxuries because the uk arcade scene is whack here :( thanks for the documentary :))
we had a very similar scene maybe better in UK as central london had many arcades but towards the end only one was left where all the top heads went it was called Casino Arcade on Goodge Street RIP
8 on the break, Dunellen, NJ
Yung Spooky!
great fucking video bro most of the arcades in my city were like this one, nothing fancy but with a lot of power
arcades live on in america! im so jealous here in spain. i blame our old demographic
Shout out to com truise cut at the end
It's Star Slinger-Slow n Wet
This is a very sad documentary man.
Still good though.
8 on the Break at 1:31!
no lag here. lag. lag
What arcade were they all in front of with the green door?
What is the tune @ 8.15?
I used to go here with my Gf in college in the 80s.
I would always walk past Chinatown fair to go to J&L's or to dashop to buy yugioh cards.
Who is the guy talking at 1:31 with the hat on? I'm trying to find his channel! I lost it a while ago.
same!!
tskitz Please let me know if you find out
tskitz This guy found it! Thanks *****
Brent Bannister yooo! thanks so much for updating me and +amkzhltg for finding out
Brent Bannister oh shit thats dayasha the hypeman at ceo and shit
hey who is the guy from 0:14 - 0:17 ? Pls respond
What was the name of the guy that worked there? He would clean the joint and dispense quarters. I saw him a couple of years back picking up recyclable cans and bottles on the street.
CheetosStainedLips
There should be an entire separate documentary about him. I mean, he used to ALWAYS be there, around the clock.
Do you remember the really elderly Asian lady inside the pay booth? Was that his mum?
You mean Sam?
RIP old CF. Anyone know any good arcade locations besides NL?
what arcade is that at 0:08 ?
There's no arcade game @ 0:08.
7:51 ...dude got it right
And now my small ass city has the biggest arcade in NY
Canada is sadly just family arcades, no real arcades, the only games they have are pinball and Sf2
World Warrior :/
I don't know what part of the country you're from, but the channel Rerez just made a video about the arcades by Niagra Falls and the Canadian side has way better spots.
If any of the arcades in that video have 3rd strike cabinets, or just have a fighting game scene then I'm in. If they don't have those things, then nah I'm good. Either way, will check out video. @@ryanfriscia1132
5:22 Russell Westbrook is HYPED for video games!
fighting games ewww
Googoo gaagaa