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Ground Kontrol

511 NW Couch St.
Portland, OR 97209
503/ 796.9364

Located in: Northwest Portland & near Downtown Portland - Visit Website
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BarFly's Review of Ground Kontrol

Every Atari game under the sun, pinball galore, and beer! 'Nuff said. Oh, yeah, really cool deejay nights, too. Open noon-1am Sun-Thurs, noon-2am Fri & Sat (alcohol service starts at 7pm daily). Mondays: SIN w/DJ Carrion (industrial). Thursdays: TRONix (electronic music showcase). Saturdays: Reagan-o-mix ('80s).

Reader Reviews of Ground Kontrol
I recommend it
notoriouskellyI saw the Slants here and played games I had long forgotten about.

The owners give a damn and support the local arts scene in numerous ways.

Many machines are only a quarter - the average person couldn't walk away disappointed. I had a ball!
Reviewed Bravely & Awesomely by notoriouskelly on February 1, 2008, 11:33 am
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Ground Kontrol
Went there when they had love music about 3 times, and I've gone a few times during the daylight hours. The bands are very low budget, low talent, and the venue is overwhelmingly loud and too crispy / high pitchy... The games are cool, but out of every five, usually 2 or 3 of them didn't perform on some level or another. The pinball flippers are all butchered. I could look past everything but the volume and quality of the bands.
Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by Tim C on December 22, 2007, 10:26 pm
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wish list
I love Ground Kontrol even though they broke my heart by getting rid of Phoenix. Rampage is a great game to play if you've had a trying day. Since Christmas is approaching I'm asking Santa to give Ground Kontrol Mortal Kombat 3 and Journey Escape. I know that last one is a total wet dream but how cool would that be? Till then I'll settle for desroying the world with Ralph and Lizzie.
Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by Joella on November 7, 2007, 5:41 pm
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I must be stopped
burnI go to GK at least 3 times a week. I love it. There's nothing better then having 4 or 5 Highlife Tallboys and trying to best your score on the Star Trek : The Next generation Pinball machine. One of my favorite spots in Portland, hands down.
Reviewed Bravely & Awesomely by burn on November 6, 2007, 2:21 pm
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neat deal
MC StreetponyQ-bert? More like Q-GAY! Just fucking around lady. Sure I'll challenge you or anyone else to any game anytime. I've got a winning attitude!
Reviewed Bravely & Awesomely by MC Streetpony on April 25, 2007, 10:15 am
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I challenge thee!
ShanRock. . . to a game of Q-Bert! It's all diagonal and stuff! What say you, Dazzler?
Reviewed Bravely & Awesomely by ShanRock on April 24, 2007, 10:14 pm
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Road Blasters
MC StreetponyI wish they would fix it. I'm probably the best guy at that game exept the gas pedal's fucked. It's my time to shine and I don't want to waste my afternoons not playing the Road Blasters. I guess I'll just have to invent a new blasting game.
Reviewed Bravely & Awesomely by MC Streetpony on April 23, 2007, 9:30 pm
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my wet dream
i'm a girl. i like vintage machines. i like video games of all eras. i like interesting music. i love this place. no smoking too - holy poop!
Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by pussy on April 23, 2007, 5:40 pm
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