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Barcade is a chain of bars with locations in New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia. The bars feature a combination of classic arcade games and draft beer from local and regional American microbreweries.〔("Dining Briefs" )〕 The original Barcade opened in 2004〔("Drink and Revive: The Rise of Barcade" )〕 in a former metal shop at 388 Union Avenue in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn and won immediate acclaim for its unique combination of vintage arcade games and rare American craft beers.〔("Belly up to the bar at America's Best Brew Pubs" )〕〔("The 30 Best Beer Bars in America" )〕 The company is owned and operated by four long time friends, brothers Kevin Beard and Scott Beard, Pete Langway and Paul Kermizian, who is also the director of the 2004 documentary film American Beer〔("Best Bars: Barcade - Esquire" )〕 about the American craft beer industry. 25 beers are available on draft and cask at each location and are chosen exclusively from American craft breweries. The selection leans towards locals from the northeast including Brooklyn Brewery, Sixpoint Brewery, Cape Ann Brewing, Dogfish Head, Victory Brewing, Climax Brewing, River Horse Brewing Company, and Captain Lawrence Brewing. Some examples of the arcade games originally featured at Barcade in Brooklyn are Tapper, Q *bert, Donkey Kong, Tetris, Robotron: 2084, Centipede, Super Mario Bros., 1943, Berzerk, Frogger,〔("NYC: The Best Bars to Entertain Visitors" )〕 Rampage, Tetris〔("Happy Birthday, Tetris! Video-Game Icon Turns 25" )〕 and Star Wars.〔("Shredding the competition" )〕 In 2010, it was announced that two other Barcade locations would opened by the owners, the first in downtown Jersey City, New Jersey〔("Construction to start on Downtown Jersey City Barcade -- a combination bar and vintage video game arcade" )〕 and the second in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.〔("Brooklyn's Barcade Eyeing a Philly Spin-off! )〕 The Jersey City location opened on April 22, 2011.〔("For Arcades, Survival Hinges on Alcohol )〕 The Philadelphia location opened on October 10, 2011.〔("Building a Retro Nightlife Empire" )〕〔("Barcade: Bringing together video games, beer" )〕 In December 2012, it was reported that Barcade was expanding again, with a location in Manhattan planned for 2013,〔("Barcade Is Opening in Manhattan" )〕 although that location was delayed and did not open until June 2014.〔("Beer and Video Games, Now a Place" )〕 A second Manhattan location was announced in spring 2014 〔("Nostalgic video game bar adding two more locations" )〕 and opened in October of that year. This one was different than the other Barcade locations, with a focus on classic fighters and games from the 1990's.〔("Manhattan Gets a Second Barcade Next Week, This One for '90s Games" )〕 In June 2015, it was announced that a Barcade location would be opening in New Haven, Connecticut.〔("Barcade, the Arcade for Adults, is Coming to New Haven with Brews and Old School Gaming" )〕 Many world record holders and world class gamers can be found at the Brooklyn location. There is a high score board on display and many of the names on it are well known world record holders.〔("The Best Video Game Bars in America" )〕 Plastic surgeon and Barcade regular Hank Chien set the world record in Donkey Kong with a score of 1,061,700 in March 2010. Chien can often be found at Barcade, practicing his skills on the Donkey Kong machine, wearing his operating scrubs.〔("N.Y. Surgeon Sets World Record at Donkey Kong" )〕 Thirty-eight-year-old George Leutz set the world record on Q *bert in February 2013 with a score of 37,163,080 after spending years practicing on the machine in Brooklyn's Barcade.〔("The Kings of Q *bert" )〕 Joshua Lombay set the world record for the 1984 Midway game Timber (video game) in June 2013 with a score of 9,767,550 after having discovered the game and playing for the first time at Barcade in Brooklyn.〔("Joshua Lombay: Timber World Record Falls" )〕 Barcade first filed for a federal trademark of its name for use in bars and restaurants on July 20, 2007〔("Trademark" )〕 and the mark quickly became well known, even in markets outside of where Barcade operated.〔("Get Your Donkey Kong On" )〕 By 2012, the success of the Barcade chain had inspired other similarly themed bar and arcade combination businesses to open in other cities in the U.S.,〔("New Nashville Restaurant Two Bits to Feature Classic Arcade Games" )〕〔("Sip, Nibble and Play" )〕 with many of these places citing the original Barcade location as their inspiration.〔("From LoDo to the Smithsonian, Video Games Get Their Due" )〕〔("North Lexington Bar Has Retro Niche: Arcade Games" )〕〔("Headquarters Looks to Become Largest Pinball Arcade in Midwest" )〕〔("Live Music Club Casbah Makes Way For Games at Social" )〕 New arcade bars directly inspired by Barcade opened in Las Vegas, Denver, Kentucky, California, Maine, Iowa, Vermont and Oregon.〔("Gaming at the Geekiest Club in Vegas" )〕〔("Arcadia Among Crowdfunded Bars Coming to Portland" )〕〔("The Quarter Barrel Arcade and Brewery to Open in Cedar Rapids" )〕〔("Arcade-Bar to Occupy Former Free Press Building" )〕 Two opened in Chicago in one year, one of them dubbing themselves a "Beercade"〔("Arcade bar Faceoff: Headquarters vs. Emporium" )〕 and the other, called Emporium, being opened by a former Barcade employee.〔("Emporium Arcade Bar Opening in March" )〕 Very similar to Barcade, Emporium "follows that well-oiled model almost identically, serving up about three dozen classic arcade coin-ops plus numerous beers on tap."〔("Community Service: The Story of Chicago's Indie City Arcade Cabinet" )〕 Soon, even regular corner bars started to add vintage arcade games in an attempt to cash in on the trend, 〔("B Side Liquor Lounge in Cleveland Heights Adds Old-time Arcade Games" )〕 and Details Magazine named arcade bars as one of the hot cocktail trends to watch in 2015.〔("Predictions 2015: What You'll Be Drinking Next Year" )〕 A few of this new wave of bar and arcade businesses attempted to actually use the Barcade name〔("Barcade Coming to H Street NE - But Is It a Rip-Off?" )〕〔("Noho Barcade Faces Trademark Infringement Lawsuit" )〕 causing confusion as to who was operating these locations, but Barcade successfully defended its trademark in these instances.〔("Barcade Solicists New Name After Cease and Desist" )〕 〔("Arcade Bar in East Village Asked to Stop Using the Term 'Barcade'" )〕 Other new arcade bars launched with similar names, figuring out ways to not infringe on the trademark. In addition to the "Beercade" in Chicago, a San Francisco company launched as "Brewcade" in 2014.〔;http://www.sfgate.com/food/insidescoop/article/Brewcade-isn-t-playing-around-with-trademark-5673360.php "Brewcade Isn't Playing Around with Trademark"]〕 The press and industry looked for other names to call these arcade bar hybrids, with the DNA Association branding them "social-tainment" and also referring to them as "game bars".〔("A Nascent Trend, the Rise of the Gamebar" )〕 Most began referring to them as "arcade bars",〔("The Castro is Getting an Arcade Bar" )〕〔("Joysticks Will Be Dedicated Arcade Bar in West Haymarket, Owners Say" )〕 and Barcade is typically credited with having been the first "arcade bar".〔("Back to the Future" )〕 〔("Behind the Arcade Bar Explosion" )〕〔("The Coin-Op Comeback: Classic Arcades Get an Extra Life" )〕 Barcade launched its own app for the iPhone in May 2014.〔("Barcade on the App Store on iTunes" )〕 ==Awards== *In 2008, Barcade was named one of the best bars in America by Esquire magazine.〔 *In February 2013, the Brooklyn Barcade was named the best bar in New York City by social media site Foursquare.〔("Best of Foursquare - New York City" )〕〔("Here are the best Places in New York City, according to Foursquare" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barcade」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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