What the Bip? Bip Bip Bar is a bar with classic arcade machines, pinball tables & often a retro console hooked up to the big big screen projector.. The games can be played by everyone and the bar welcomes both guests who play & guests who don’t. It is a unique atmosphere when you combine all sorts of electronic games with all sorts of guests and we love seeing you added the mix. We have collected some of the main questions and answers below.

How do you play the games?

Upon arrival 1) Buy a Playcard at the bar. And add credits to it. 2) Find the game you want to play. Bip the Box. (box is by coinslot) The box will deduct credits outumatically 3) Press “1-Player”/”2-Player” or “Start”. Depending on the game. GENERAL GUIDE TO ARCADE GENERAL GUIDE TO PINBALL Click here for prices. All unused credits can be used at a later date within a year. Prices per game is between 2-5 kr per person.

When your playcard is ready, the game has been fed some credits and you have found the game you are ready to give a try. ARCADE Then look for “Player-1″/”Player-2” or “START” button. PINBALL Press “START” button (usually located in left side” and then pull the plunger” (usually located in right side). EXTRA You are also welcome to scan the unique QR code found on the machine, use our “On Location” free web app or go to GAME PLAN. GUIDE Yeah, so we have also made a general guide to make sure you are well equipped when hunting for highscores. GENERAL GUIDE TO ARCADE GENERAL GUIDE TO PINBALL

What are the prices? Choose one of the links for updated prices: Bar Menu Pricelist

Where do we get the machines from?

Where do we get the machines from? We have been collection for many years by now. Most of the time we buy a defect game and turn it back to life. The games are from all over Denmark and from basements, bars, storagerooms, mancaves – you name it. If you got a machine or spare parts you would like to sell/donate, then please contact us.

Do we sell machines and games?

Nope, we are not in the line of (re-)selling machines or parts. The reasons are many but we enjoy fixing machines and offer them to be played for credits instead of collecting.

What happens to the machines that are put away?

There are many reasons why a machine is no longer on the floor. Most common reason is that it needs to be fixed. We also like to change the titles through out the year so when a new title is added sadly an old one has to be taken out. Titles can always return to the floor.

Will a title return once it is gone?

At Bip Bip Bar; nothing is ever really gone. And if you want to play a game that you know we have in our collection, then tell us. Polls/vote is also a membership feature.

How do we fix the machines?

We often get mails about how to fix privately owned machines. The best way to get an answer is to turn up and have a chat (especially Wednesdays). We do not service machines through emails, phone or the like. It is simply too time consuming and too much can be wrong with the game and also too much can go wrong if not being handled with correctly. Some repairs can be dangerous to do and we recommend that you find a professional and/or seek advice from: www.spille-maskiner.dk

Is it possible to help Bip Bip Bar with the machines?

We are always looking for extra hands. Do you know how to flash/rewrite an EPROM or fix the chassis connected to a CRT? Then please get in touch with us!

What is your favourite game?

That is one of the greatest questions of all time. But it is even better if we get to talk about how complicated and nuanced the answer really is – in person. So for now, thanks for answering and I will think about it until we meet and then some afterwards.

What is so special about these old games?

To some it starts with nostalgia. To others, it is something quite different. However, the experience of classic games seems to transcendence what ever time they are created and/or met in. That is, what makes them classics. The “retro” genre is often defined by requiring “hand-and-eye coordination”, “fast reflexes” and “pattern recognition” and to this you might add “memory”, “fast learning” skills and maybe even more. However, to us, the social side of playing the games plays a huge role in this too. How does it feel to play in front of others? To play with others? To play against others? To leave a score, for others to find? And another level to this, is the “easy approach” or “simplicity” the games offers at first glance. The old games are forever young. You can even learn the basics after you have had a few pints. The classics are playable and enjoyable to everyone at all time.

How much do the guests know about the games?

It is really different from person to person. The main thing we see is that guests want to experience the games and/or experience the unique atmosphere the games provide. It truely is a special vibe when you hear people having fun together while playing the games. We have guests of all ages and naturally some guests are younger than the games they try and at other times some guests have waited years to replay their favourite one. There is nothing required except wanting to have a good time.

How often do the games break down?

This depends on the quality of the repair we did ourselves earlier and the age of the game. It also depends on which type of game it is (mechanical pinball, gun control, joystick etc.) and how popular it is. But let us go back to the mid 80s – back then, the games also had to be repaired and serviced from time to time. Let us skip on to the 90s when Street Fighter II hit the arcades. The machines still had to be looked at by a technician and maintained quite often. So we do what always have been done. We fix what is broken and restore with original parts as much as possible.

How old is Bip Bip Bar?

We recognize that Bip Bip Bar provides the games and a frame in which you can experience them in. Arcade & arcade culture has excited way before we did and we owe a huge thanks to developers, owners, players, fans, collectors & more. Chassis Arcade is the former name. Although I, Chrisstoffer, had started collecting and somewhat tried to learn how to restore and fix arcades for some time, the first step to bring the games back to the public started late 2011 & first official opening party was in February 2012. Other versions: Bip Bip Pop-up Bar @ Huset in Magstræde. Mönt Arcade, Albertslund as part of Forbrændingen.

Bip Bip Bar is not a political organization and will not be excluding guests from owning an option different from ours. CULTURE: Gaming culture can be personal, individual, social and community driven. Our expression is a reflection of the guests we meet and backed by our own love for playing. PLANT BASED: One of the owner is living life according to the typical plant based diet/lifestyle and everything at Bip Bip Bar is plant based. This is done as a bonus for the experience while not being something we feel a need to visually demonstrate when visiting us on location. It simply just is. LGBTQ+ We welcome all genders and identifications, also if yours is still to be found, fluid, not present, under development, new to us, some “thing” else, different tomorrow or like most others (whatever that is). We are here to have fun and have no problem in playing with you/those/us who challenge the contemperary world we live in. Let’s stick up for people who gain from our voice to grow in numbers and be heard by more. Be with the one, none or the many, love who you love if it is not hurting them in a way they would rather be without. One life but endless power-ups from us and may it become the standard one day. Game on, gay on – well – play on!

Do I need to play the games when I visit?

It is a challenge not to – so many great games and so littletime. But sure! We welcome all guests and you are welcome to go for the bar instead of the games.

Shopping Guide til retro spil.

Retro, Vintage & Classic Electronic Games.

English/Engelsk:

We have put together a guide for buying electronic games in Denmark. The guide will be in Danish, but all links will still be worth a click in case you want to spot a good deal from our country. Some videogames will be unique for Denmark or at a minimum very difficult to find in other countries as they are produced by Danish companies. Denmark is also a country where Commodore and Amiga were very popular and are easy to find 2nd hand. Our main “craighslist” links are www.dba.dk & “www.guloggratis.dk” and our main “ebay” is “www.qxl.dk”.

Dansk/Danish:

Her er smækket en guide sammen til sider hvor du kan købe klassiske/retro video/computer spil. Markedet er større end nogensinde så nu er det på tide med et overblik. Det er også rart for maven, at man har en nogenlunde ide om priser og en mulighed for at sammenligne. Hvis en butik både har en fysisk og en online shop, så vil den være at finde på listen to gange . Når du handler online på et site som er en platform med mange (især private) sælgere, så pas på med en deal som er “for god til at være sand”. Der er historier om folk som desværre bliver snydt af sælgere/profiler der svarer i starten, og giver god kundeservice, men som forsvinder så snart de har modtaget penge. Bip Bip Bar vil også opfordre dig til at handle med CVR-registrerede butikker, da god service gør oplevelsen bedre. Om så det koster 10 kr mere for et spil, så er det givet godt ud, når du hiver det ned fra hylden de næste mange år.

I guiden finder sælgere og købere af:

Retro computer, retro pc, spillekonsoller, håndholdte, pinball & flippermaskiner, arkademaskiner, reservedele, reparatøre, communities og mere. Typiske navne der forhandles er: Amiga, Amstrad, Atari, Commodore, Gottlieb, IBM, Nintendo, Pentium, Playstation, Sega, Stern, Vectrex, William, XBox og naturligvis flere.

Index:

Tips & Tricks
Bip Bip Bar
Online Markeder
Online Spilshops
Facebook køb & salg grupper
Auktioner
Genbrug/markeder
Reperatøre
Fysiske butikker

Tips & tricks:

Det kan være rart at kende prisen på et spil inden man køber eller sælger. Markedspriser stiger og falder forholdsvis hurtigt, men alligevel er der især ét trick flere benytter sig af. Et spil er jo kun det værd, som nogen vil give for det – heldigvis kan du på ebay se, hvad mange af spillene blev solgt for sidst nogen købte det.

Sådan gør:

Bip Bip Bar

Bip Bip Bar sælger også lidt nu og da, udvalget findes her:

Link: www.bipbipbar.dk/webshop

Online markeder:

Den Blå Avis

Den kender du nok, men den rummer stadig rigtig gode muligheder for at opgradere eller starte en samling. Især dette link kan være anvendeligt: https://www.dba.dk/computer-og-spillekonsoller/

Link: www.dba.dk

Gul og Gratis

På mange måder lig med dba.dk, men synes at have en mere “lokal” feeling over sig.

Link: www.guloggratis.dk

Spille-maskiner.dk

I dette klassiske forum bliver der også handlet med arkademaskiner, flippermaskiner og enarmede. Derudover kan du finde reservedele og under “diverse” kategorien sælges og købes der spillekonsoller.

Link: www.spille-maskiner.dk

Online spilshops

Nes Bozz

Den første og største. Martin har været på nettet i mange år og er kendt for at være en man kan stole på og som leverer aftalte vare. Bip Bip Bar har selv arbejdet tæt sammen med Martin da vi havde retro shop i de gode gamle Chassis Arcade dage.

Link: www.bozz.dk

Nintendopusheren

Mads kører en ol’skool bestllingsliste fra sin webshop. Den er knyttet sammen med shoppens fysiske butik.

www.nintendopusheren.dk

Ruben & Bobby

Bobby kom online under corona-krisen og lægger en masse spændende spil og retro legetøj op i sin webshop. Du kan altid skrive og ringe til Bobby hvis du leder efter noget specifikt.

www.rubenogbobby.dk

Epic Panda

Vi har ikke selv bestilt hos Epic Panda endnu, men derfor skal de ikke snydes for at blive nævnt.

Link: www.epicpanda.dk/

Vintage Games

Daniel har samlet spil i mange år og været et fast ansigt hos både Chassis Arcade og Bip Bip Bar. Vintage Games er især store på boxed og sjældne produkter. Den fysiske del af butikken likker i Ballerup ved stationen og har gode parkeringsmuligheder.

Link: www.vintagegames.dk/

Want to Sell Retro

En webshop der har formået at lande solidt. Både med mediedække, hygge og stort udvalg.

Link: www.wtsretro.dk/

Arcade Action

Velkendt pinball køber og sælger der også har sin egen webshop med reservedele til pinball/flippermaskiner, men også arkademaskiner.

Link: www.arcadeshoppen.dk

Facebook køb & salg grupper:

Retro-Spil/konsol køb/salg/bytte

Facebooks største danske handelsgruppe for retro spil entusiaster og over 15.000 medlemmer

Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/689749551081181/

RETRO spil/konsol SALG, KØB og BYTTE

Stor gruppe hvor der handles med retro konsoller.

Link: www.facebook.com/groups/1389688171353412/

Retro Lan PC

Hygge gruppe hvor du også kan efterspørge dele eller komplette løsninger du mangler i forbindelse med retro pc/computer. Det naturligvis også muligt at gå den anden vej og sælge eller mødes på midten og bytte.

Link’: https://www.facebook.com/groups/377589082449498

Auktioner:

Lauritz – Nordens største auktionshus.

Ofte et sted med lidt dyrere varer, men pinballmaskiner og store spilsamlinger dukker også op. Det er lykkedes Bip Bip Bar en enkelt gang at købe en arkademaskine som vi fiksede og som der nu kan spilles på. Husk hammerslag tilføjer ekstra gebyr, men alt efter auktionshus kan man også selv hente og spare leveringsomkostninger.

Link www.lauritz.com/da/

QXL

Efterhånden en gammel og træt og gammel side. Du kan dog stadig finde lidt lækkert derinde især under http://www.qxl.dk/pris/konsoller-spil/c/cn9982/

Link: www.Qxl.dk

Genbrug/markeder:

Retro Expo .dk

Til Danmarks største retro spilmesse er det dedikeret et område til køb og salg af retro spil. Smid datoen i kalenderen og kom med.

Link: www.retroexpo.dk

Nørdmarked

Store blandede markeder rundt omkring på Sjællajd hvor der (stort set) altid er video spil at finde. Så hold øje med datoerne

Link: www.nordmarked.dk

CPH Toyfair

Stort og lækkert (tilbagevendende) loppemarked hvor der både er retro/vintage legetøj og elektroniske spil. Der kommer også svenske sælgere så der er lidt “nyt” at finde.

Rugvænget 10, 2750 Ballerup

Link: https://www.facebook.com/CPH-TOY-FAIR-106441987604635/about

Reperatøre:

Nintendopusheren

Mads tilbyder at slibe DVDer (fx Playstation 2 skiver) og kan hjælpe med at få din yndlings spillekonsol repareret.

Link: www.nintendopusheren.dk

Sus Fikser Retro

Susanne er datter til ejeren af Danmarks første 2nd hand retro spilbutik. Nu ved hun hvordan man laver maskiner og spil og er ikke bange for at hjælpe til, når der afvikles EM i Tetris. Er dit udstyr eller spil i udu, så skriv til Sus.

Link: www.facebook.com/Sus.Fikser.Retro

Spille-maskiner.dk

Dette forum hjælper også med tips og tricks. Temaet er flippermaskiner, arkademaskiner og jackpotmaskiner, men der er også diverse kategori, hvis det er spillekonsollen der driller.

Link: www.spille-maskiner.dk/