MU Games Area

MUGA might be reduced in size to accommodate the Americans with Disabilities Act. More details.

Website	http://gamesarea.ucdavis.edu/
Hours (Summer 2012)	Monday - Wednesday, 10 AM - 10 PM Thursday - Saturday, 10 AM - 12 AM Sunday, 11 AM - 11 PM

Jerry Nunes. Was Head manager. He also is a UCD bowling team coach, and teaches PE as pictured

Located in the lower level of the Memorial Union, under the UC Davis Bookstore, the MU Games Area, often abbreviated MUGA, is a fantastic and magical place filled with over 50 Arcade games, a bowling alley and ten pool tables. While all activities are open to the public, those who present their Aggie Card can pay reduced rates for bowling and pool. The Games Area also hosts children's birthdays during the day and Rock 'N Bowl Thursday-Saturday evenings.

The MU Games Area is also home to the UC Davis Bowling Club, who are currently ranked in the top 25 in the nation. (There are actually 100s of teams across the country who compete nationally in college bowling.)

Below is a list of all the games in alphabetical order (in addition to the 10 billiards table and 16 bowling lanes)

Central Area:

• Afterburner (CLIMAX) brand new, installed as of 11:am 12/21/06. The cabinet costs $17,000 out the box
  

• Area 51
  

• Feeding Frenzy
  

• Galaga / Ms. Pac-Man
  

• Guitar Hero
  

• House of the Dead 4
  

• Hydro Thunder
  

• Initial D5
  

• Initial D6
  

• Maximum Tune 2 Midnight
  

• Megatouch Maxx
  

• Metal Slug 4 / Bust A Move EX
  

• Motor Raid
  

• Pump it Up Absolute AND PRO
  

• Razing Storm
  

• Super Puzzle Fighter 2
  

• Super Shot
  

• Time Crisis 3
  

• Time Crisis 4

Pinball:

• Medieval Madness (Williams)
  

• Pirates of the Caribbean (Stern)
  

• Spider-man (Stern)
  

• The Simpsons Pinball Party (Stern)

Four tables are on the floor at any given time. The Stern games are considerably newer, while the others are frequently swapped out when in need of repairs.

The Arcade Room An anonymous mechanic fixes Marvel Vs. Capcom 2

The Arcade Room [Dark area; it was once mostly filled with fighting games]:

• Cruisin Exotica (one two-player machine, and a solo)
  

• Dark Silhouette: Silent Scope 2
  

• Go! Go!
  

• House of the Dead
  

• Initial D 3 (4 screens)
  

• Raiden Fighters
  

• Star Wars Trilogy Arcade
  

• Street Fighter IV - one of only 17 SF4 machines in the entire state of California.

Non-Video

• Two air hockey tables
  

• Fire Ball (skee-ball)
  

• Dunk-N-Alien (skee-ball esque)
  

• SuperShot (Basketball)
  

• Hammerhead (whack a mole, except where there would be moles, there are sharks)
  

• Pool
  

Pool

The pool room now has roughly four or five pool related artwork pieces that have glowing accents on them.

Prize Games:

• Toy House (STUFFED TOY CRANE MACHINE)
  

• US Bank ATM - this one spits out $20 bills if you win! There was a Chase ATM at this location and a WaMu ATM before that.
  

• Stacker [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacker_(game)]

The MUGA is a melting pot (more of a salad bowl, actually) of different gaming groups. They tend to divide themselves as such:

• Initial D fans gather around the four-player Initial D machine to hone their skills and memorize the various twists and turns of all the courses.
  

• The rhythm game fans gather around the Pump It Up machine and try and get the moves down on harder and harder songs.
  

• The fighting game fans gather in The Arcade Room to see who has the m4dd35t 5k1llz.

Warning: Use the bathrooms here at your own risk!! It isn't pretty at all. StevenDaubert thinks this lies, the Games Area has made an effort to clean up the male bathrooms.

Central Area:

• Able Sailor
  

• Moonwalker

Pinball:

• Monster Bash (Williams)
  

• Theatre of Magic (Bally)

The Arcade Room:

• Capcom vs SNK 2
  

• Dark Silhouette: Silent Scope 2
  

• Gauntlet: Dark Legacy
  

• Marvel vs Capcom 2
  

• Marvel vs Street Fighter/Street Fighter Alpha 3/Marvel vs Capcom/X-Men vs Street Fighter (same cabinet)
  

• Police 911 2
  

• Sega Super GT
  

• Soul Calibur
  

• Street Fighter III - Third Strike (Seasoned players will be thoroughly amused by the bugged stage backgrounds)
  

• Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection (no card/PS2 dualshock slot)

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2010-02-27 01:27:10   It's such a crock about the ADA, the bookstore chooses to not open the lower doors (next to pump it up and fast and furious motorcyle) when they do the textbook buyback. Wheelchairs can use that lower door after taking the elevator. They stopped using that lower door to make people go in and out of bookstore thru the upper entrances —StevenDaubert

2011-07-02 03:09:13   JUMP TO LEVEL 24 (unlock 16 characters) Enter Game Test Mode. Move cursor to Demo Sound. Press in order: Assist 2, Assist 1, Roundhouse, Fierce, Short, Jab. Exit Game Test Mode. JUMP TO LEVEL 48 (unlock 8 characters) Enter Game Test Mode. Move cursor to Damage Level. Press in order: Roundhouse, Assist 2, Assist 1, Roundhouse, Fierce, Roundhouse. Exit Test Mode.
JUMP TO LEVEL 72 (unlock 8 characters) Enter Game Test Mode. Move cursor to Continue. Press in order: Jab, Fierce, Jab, Assist 1, Short, Fierce. Exit Game Test Mode.
JUMP TO LEVEL 84 (unlock 4 characters) Enter Game Test Mode. Move cursor to Difficulty. Press in order: Fierce, Short, Assist 1, Jab, Assist 2, Jab. Exit Game Test Mode. —StevenDaubert

2011-10-31 04:35:46   Love it! I challenge anyone to a game of old school Street Fighter II. I'm always Chun Li. She's the original girl—so I'm her. —AshleyHamidi