Chinatown Fair: a documentary

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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.

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  • @miraclechild_502
    @miraclechild_5024 жыл бұрын

    this generation will really never know what it felt like to be a true competitive gamer head to head

  • @tv44-alternative23

    @tv44-alternative23

    10 ай бұрын

    Facts, Not an opinion.

  • @prayse8292
    @prayse829210 жыл бұрын

    I'm on this 90's shit. Arcade Scenes forever man for real sad shit its a dying scene :/

  • @SomeChink
    @SomeChink10 ай бұрын

    love it I practically lived here playing T5:DR back in the day

  • @BTandC61794
    @BTandC6179411 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @UzzyT.
    @UzzyT.9 жыл бұрын

    Great documentary, gutted I never experienced it. U.k has nothing like this :(

  • @SageManeja

    @SageManeja

    8 жыл бұрын

    +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

  • @DeanGAshley

    @DeanGAshley

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sage Maneja You need to get to arcade club in Manchester! open every weekend... Search on KZread for videos.. and the Facebook page is easy to find.

  • @SageManeja

    @SageManeja

    8 жыл бұрын

    Dean Ashley im in spain now but if i visit again ill try to check it out :)

  • @ScytheLDN

    @ScytheLDN

    5 жыл бұрын

    UzzyT we did, we had segaworld London, trocadero and casino arcade on Tottenham Court Road back

  • @1deagr

    @1deagr

    4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @LupusDei777
    @LupusDei7774 ай бұрын

    I left NYC against my will after 10 years, and CF will forever hold some of my fondest memories... 😭

  • @faribx1
    @faribx110 жыл бұрын

    This is great Doc. good job.

  • @MsDarkspyro
    @MsDarkspyro10 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @Slatt_drogo
    @Slatt_drogoАй бұрын

    Love everything about this don’t see know one eating dem dumplings 🥟 from the spot spot shout out Justin Wong

  • @kelskelskels
    @kelskelskels4 ай бұрын

    great doc

  • @teemacmb8090
    @teemacmb80905 жыл бұрын

    I miss this so much after me n my boys run sets we got dumplings or vietnamese food after next to the bootleggers lol

  • @pirateclick1d169

    @pirateclick1d169

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @fXoKDM
    @fXoKDM4 жыл бұрын

    Word this is true NYC FGC love R.I.P Chinatown Fair the greatest times I ever had in my childhood

  • @mxlvxnn7369
    @mxlvxnn736910 жыл бұрын

    Great little documentary! I felt the same way when Little Tokyo Arcade closed so suddenly.

  • @phoxwar
    @phoxwar3 жыл бұрын

    Chinatown Fair cured my depression I never been to next level but I'll try it one day

  • @utubepunk

    @utubepunk

    2 жыл бұрын

    Have you been yet?

  • @MarkHayesFilms
    @MarkHayesFilms12 жыл бұрын

    I heard about that! Great news for the gaming community!

  • @LeftDownRightUpGaming
    @LeftDownRightUpGaming10 жыл бұрын

    this is dope.

  • @Omnitrio1
    @Omnitrio112 жыл бұрын

    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 :))

  • @1deagr

    @1deagr

    Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @clutchfilms24fps
    @clutchfilms24fps3 жыл бұрын

    miss this place!

  • @Danteangelo15
    @Danteangelo1510 жыл бұрын

    too bad its not the same as it used to be I used to go there all the time to play blazblue and puzzlefigher

  • @candypietravels

    @candypietravels

    6 жыл бұрын

    Danteangelo15 probably dead now

  • @martavega8273
    @martavega82734 жыл бұрын

    great fucking video bro most of the arcades in my city were like this one, nothing fancy but with a lot of power

  • @fuegoredlego
    @fuegoredlego Жыл бұрын

    I’m an 09er but here to pay my respects 🙏

  • @TranceCore3
    @TranceCore311 жыл бұрын

    This is a very sad documentary man.

  • @utubepunk

    @utubepunk

    2 жыл бұрын

    Still good though.

  • @cnochaosnorder124
    @cnochaosnorder1242 жыл бұрын

    8 on the break, Dunellen, NJ

  • @ForestTekkenVideos
    @ForestTekkenVideos7 жыл бұрын

    Yung Spooky!

  • @MarkHayesFilms
    @MarkHayesFilms12 жыл бұрын

    It's Star Slinger-Slow n Wet

  • @SageManeja
    @SageManeja8 жыл бұрын

    arcades live on in america! im so jealous here in spain. i blame our old demographic

  • @ahuman9864
    @ahuman98643 жыл бұрын

    Shout out to com truise cut at the end

  • @thomasrodrigez3646
    @thomasrodrigez364610 жыл бұрын

    RIP old CF. Anyone know any good arcade locations besides NL?

  • @PostFruityRebel
    @PostFruityRebel12 жыл бұрын

    8 on the Break at 1:31!

  • @bf32987
    @bf329877 жыл бұрын

    no lag here. lag. lag

  • @blive720
    @blive7204 жыл бұрын

    I would always walk past Chinatown fair to go to J&L's or to dashop to buy yugioh cards.

  • @willn8664
    @willn86642 жыл бұрын

    What arcade were they all in front of with the green door?

  • @Omnitrio1
    @Omnitrio112 жыл бұрын

    What is the tune @ 8.15?

  • @Braindazzled
    @Braindazzled2 жыл бұрын

    I used to go here with my Gf in college in the 80s.

  • @CheetosStainedLips
    @CheetosStainedLips8 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @DonnieDarko1

    @DonnieDarko1

    7 жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @IzzySaeko

    @IzzySaeko

    6 жыл бұрын

    You mean Sam?

  • @tskitz
    @tskitz9 жыл бұрын

    hey who is the guy from 0:14 - 0:17 ? Pls respond

  • @hustla1609
    @hustla16099 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @tskitz

    @tskitz

    9 жыл бұрын

    same!!

  • @tskitz

    @tskitz

    9 жыл бұрын

    tskitz Please let me know if you find out

  • @hustla1609

    @hustla1609

    9 жыл бұрын

    tskitz This guy found it! Thanks *****

  • @tskitz

    @tskitz

    9 жыл бұрын

    Brent Bannister yooo! thanks so much for updating me and +amkzhltg for finding out

  • @ewajajonna

    @ewajajonna

    7 жыл бұрын

    Brent Bannister oh shit thats dayasha the hypeman at ceo and shit

  • @OniRamen
    @OniRamen12 жыл бұрын

    7:51 ...dude got it right

  • @Ayyem93
    @Ayyem933 жыл бұрын

    And now my small ass city has the biggest arcade in NY

  • @CorruptedOn3
    @CorruptedOn312 жыл бұрын

    what arcade is that at 0:08 ?

  • @utubepunk

    @utubepunk

    2 жыл бұрын

    There's no arcade game @ 0:08.

  • @joyuz6583
    @joyuz65833 жыл бұрын

    Canada is sadly just family arcades, no real arcades, the only games they have are pinball and Sf2 World Warrior :/

  • @ryanfriscia1132

    @ryanfriscia1132

    7 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @joyuz6583

    @joyuz6583

    7 ай бұрын

    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

  • @kaigeewong4200
    @kaigeewong42003 жыл бұрын

    5:22 Russell Westbrook is HYPED for video games!

  • @_Majoras
    @_Majoras10 жыл бұрын

    fighting games ewww

  • @LeroyRay0

    @LeroyRay0

    3 жыл бұрын

    Googoo gaagaa

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