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Gotham Commerce (wanna help with the next Adventure Game?)

Evil Eye

Selling the Lie
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Alright, so I'm pulling the veil off the monument a bit before I finish sculpting it, to mix many a metaphor, but essentially the next adventure game needs YOU! [/uncle sam]


I need you to think of everything you possibly can. ESPECIALLY types of stores. And any type of store you can think of. Fast food. Sporting goods. Gun shops. Paint shops. Gift card distributors. Literally ANY and EVERY kind of shop a real metropolitan city would need. And give it a clever name, possibly something with a Gotham City flavor, but I'll settle for anything that isn't "John Doe's Nondescript Commercial Emporium".

I also need things that are easy to forget about, like community centers, malls, etc etc etc. Real Batman geeks are encouraged to think up some slummy shops and locations befitting the Narrows.


Categorize it by type of place, too. For example:

Community Centers

-The Ol' Boys' Country Club
-Center for Delinquent Chidlren (CDC)
-Boss Hogg's Community Club


Coffee Shops

-Gotham Gab
-Dark Knight Roast
-The Nolan Café


Fast Food

-Barry's Burgers
-Ringworld
-HoDoHu (Hot Dog Hut)


And so on and so forth.

Because the Gotham game will rely a lot on detectiving around the city, I can't, for example, have The Riddler's master plan be poisonous gas in birthday cards, and then Batman realizes there's only one Hallmark factory in the city limits.

So, post well, post often, post in great volume, and most importantly, post for great justice.


Pre-emptive question answering: Gotham game starts after The Fog ends.
 

Eor

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Location
Bed
Airports
Gotham Commercial Airport
Love's Private Airport

Clubs
Gotham's Paradise (rich night club
Burton Park Golf Club
Keeton Park Golf Club
Crowbar (shadier night club)


Bars
The Drink
McGrath's Irish Pub
Jupiter's
Ledger Tavern


Restaurants
Vodka
Bennigans (closed down so you have to have one here)
Razzoos
Mimi's
Saltgrass Steakhouse


Beauty Salons

John Vega's Salon
Teresa's Hair Salon
Silver Fox Salon
JK Hair Design
Lasting Beauty


Bicycle Shops
Gotham Bicycle Shop
Offroad Bicycle Shop


Boat shops
Sewell Marine
Gotham Boat Rentals
DJ Jet Sports


Cell Phone shops
Verizon Store
Nextell Store
Cingular Store


Janitorial Businesses
Gotham Cleaning Service
Advantage Building Service Inc.
ExecuClean Janitorial Service
The Cleaning Firm


Photography
StickBoy productions
Bridges on a Budget
The Hawkins Group


Pet Stores
PetsMarket
Fish n' Chirps
Furry Friends
PetsInc
 

smashbot226

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Corporation Buildings
Wayne Enterprises
MaxiCurity
Red Arrow Industies
Globe-Trifecta


City Protectors
Gotham General
Bleedin' Hearts ECU
Station 921- Gotham Fire Department
Gotham City Police Force
13th Street Watch


Infamous Areas
6th Street Alley
Lombardi Pizzeria
Old Mongrel's Docks
Arkham Asylum Visiting Area
35th Street Graveyard


Gun Shops
Light 'Em Up
Doug's "Lucky Shot"
MaxiCurity Firearms
Red Arrow Armories
 

#HBC | marshy

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swag
Ice Cream Store
Lickity Splits
Scoop Dogg's

Pet Store
Arfington's

Restaurant
Sheep 'n' Waffles
Hams 'n' Eggs
 

Rockin

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Convient stores
Jane Reed
S.V.R. (Service, Volenteer, Respect) Store

Furniture Store
Bob's Baby Store
Comfort


Office Store

Derek's Clerks
Staples

Banks

Bruce Wayne Banks
SAVES
Joey's Bank Loan

Pervy related stores

S.L.U.T.Z (Sleezes who Love Ur Tush)
Robert's Hentai Corner

Electronic Store

Joltz
Tags (Slogan: Where the Price is always right)

Comic Store

The Geek HQ

I think that's good for now
 

smashbot226

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Pervy related stores

Robert's Hentai Corner
The funny thing is that I hate hentai and my NAME is Robert.

Theatres

The Last Laugh
31st Street Smiles
Lights, Camera, Opera!

Casinos

Sin City
The Dark Light
Eor's Grandeur Dream
Mo' Monez

Strip Clubs

Thanks For The Mammaries (Just called TFTM)
Smiles 4 Miles
Vunder Bar
Open Wide

Car Shop

Blazing Trails
Drift
Cadillac Dealership of Mr. Rekshun
Boris & Clyde's Used Cars
 

#HBC | marshy

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Location
swag
Bars
The Drink

Beauty Salons
Lasting Beauty

Pet Stores
Furry Friends
Infamous Areas
Old Mongrel's Docks

Gun Shops
Light 'Em Up
Casino
Joker's WIld

Strip Club
Voyeur's
Ice Cream Store
Lickity Splits
Scoop Dogg's

Pet Store
Arfington's

Restaurant
Sheep 'n' Waffles
Hams 'n' Eggs
Electronic Store

Joltz
Nursing Homes:
The Golden Age
Theatres

The Last Laugh
Definitely include all of these or I'M NOT PLAYING YOUR GAME :mad:
 

Tom

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Jewelry Stores:
Bling R Us
Gotham's Finest Jewelry
Rex's International House of Diamonds

Technology Shops:
Spy Shack
The Underground
Information Technology Incorporated

Banks:
First Gotham Bank
Second Gotham Bank
Third Gotham Bank
Fourth Gotham Bank
Fifth Gotham Bank
hahahahaha
 

smashbot226

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Well, I'm up- may as well contribute more.

Comic Book Stores

Android's Dungeon
Read It, Buy It
Iron Spider-Hulk Shop
Smashboards

Schools

Gotham Junior High
Wayne-Luthor High

Museums

Gotham's Museum of Natural History
House of Wax
Secrets of the Nile
Industry, Schmindustry
Coff-E's Bagel Wonders

Antique Shops

Hung-Lo's Imperial Dynasty
Anita Kondom's Russian Literature
Octogenarian Delight
Old Things 4 Old People

Churches

St. Bernard (The real deal- 500 stories tall!)
Leaky Ceiling Discount Sha-Church (The opposite of the above...)

Sex Shops

Bend Over Ben Dover
Shaky Stirrups
Bareback Mountain
Big Al's Bonerific Shop
 

Eor

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Location
Bed
Schools
Western Elementary
Willforth Academy

Gas stations
Exxon (three of them)
Shell (four of them)
QuickTrip (three of them)
 

Mediocre

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Location
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Landmarks
  • Crime Alley (where Batman's parents were murdered)
  • Blackgate Penitentiary (the main prison of the city. in Nolan's Gotham, it's located southeast of the main city, on a small island connected by a bridge)
  • The Narrows (an island located in the middle of the river that divides Gotham, it is also the location of Arkham Asylum)
  • The Palisades (on the outskirts of Gotham, this is where Wayne Manor was located before it burned down)
  • Gotham Superior Courthouse
  • Wayne Tower
  • Gotham City Hall

Educational
  • Gotham Institute of Arts and Culture
  • Gotham University (might be spread throughout the city, like NYU is in New York)
  • Brentwood Academy (prestigeous private high school)

Recreational (family)
  • Wayne Botanical Garden
  • Grant Park
  • Robinson Park (really large park in the center of the city)
  • Aparo Park
  • Vauxhall Opera Shell and Indoor Concert Center
  • Funland (a Chuck E. Cheese type of place)

Recreational (seedy)
  • Dice (a night club/casion, located within Gambol's territory)

Restaurants
  • Da Filippo (a high-scale Italian restaurant. Popular with the higher echelons of the Italian mafia.)
  • Il Forno (a casual Italian restaurant, but the pizza is **** good. Popular with the lower members of the Italian mafia)
  • Veselka (a high-scale Ukranian restaurant. Popular with the higher echelons of the Chechen's gang.)
  • Samovar (a casual Russian restaurant. Popular with the lower members of the Chechen's gang)
  • Waterview Restaurant (a fairly high class American restaurant. As its name suggests, it is located on the waterfront)
  • The Steakhouse (a casual American restaurant. Popular with the lower members of Gambol's gang)
  • Kim Wah Chinese Kitchen (casual Chinese place. Popular with all ranks in Mr. Lau's gang)
  • Szechuan Noodle House (casual Chinese place. Popular with all ranks in Mr. Lau's gang)
  • The Spiny Urchin (seafood place)

Stores
  • Technophiles (really geeky electronics store)
  • The Toy Palace (kids toys)
  • Melodies (sells musical equipment)
  • The Book Barn (very large used book store)
  • MVP (sports equipment store)
  • In Bloom Nursery (plants and flowers)
  • @home (internet cafes)

Manufacturing/Industrial (I assume these would be on the edge of the city)
  • Ace Chemical Processing Inc. (a chemical plant. in the comics, it is the origin of the Joker)
  • Wright Construction Equipment (big machines, bulldozers and cranes and the like)
  • Gotham Light and Power (in Nolan's Gotham, this is on the mainland, not on the Gotham island. Keep it that way if you don't want people to be able to get to it, I guess)
 

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I think more abandoned factorys and wearhouses are needed. But I can't think of any awesome punny names... In fact I'm horrible with names in general.

Pi (a math themed pastry store)
The Spot (Like a target or walmart all-in-one store)


Mmm...... thats all I've got... all the others are so good and there are so many.
 

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Location
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Advertising Companies
Sign-a-Rama
Alovar Carnelli Design
Gotham Creativity & Corporate


Auction Houses
Ace Auctioner's
Christie's Fine Art Auction


Burglar Alarm Stores/Companies
ADT Home Security Agency
Gotham Home Protection


EE can't do this alone guys. It's really not hard. Just google for a yellowbook of a city, then look at businesses to think of what to do, then creative them.
 

Rockin

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Time I contribute some stuff

- Parks -
Gotham Park(Largest park in the city)
Wayne Park

-Rent stores-
Transportation auto
Rentus Furniture


Libaries

Gotham Libery
Eor's Book of Knowlege
Merlin's Corner

- Toy store -
Jippedo's Toy store
Jokaru's Fun Land

-Video game stores-
Stop 4 Games
Gamtopia

Laundry -

Chin's Laundry Store
Wayne's Laundry
Dave's Clean Store

-Resturant-

Ding Lee's Din Dins
Choy Jun's Resturant
Chun Li's Chinese resturant

-Other-

Gotham's water Pipe
Gotham's Garbage Dump
Gotham's Waste Werehouse
 

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Attorney Services:

Wright and Co. Law Office


Restaurants:

Borscht Bowl Club

Hot Dog King


lol lame.
 

Mediocre

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Got another one for you.

Party City is this chain that sells all sorts of holiday/birthday/party stuff. Like, around Halloween they'd sell tons of costumes and fog machines and the like, while around Christmas they'd sell Christmas decorations. They would sell birthday stuff all year round, and other party stuff, like strobe lights or cheap party hats or disco balls or whatever.

Name the Gotham City version Fete Place.

Other stuff:

  • Next to Nada Autos - "Buy An Auda for Next to Nada!" - A used car dealership
  • WGNY - Gotham City's public radio station
  • A variety of car dealerships. These would be named as car dealerships normally are, after their location and the brand of car they sell. "Gotham Audi", for example.
  • Gotham City Public Library - I figure there should be one. Perhaps more than one.
  • Daniel Wolfe, Private Investigator - We might need a few of these, actually. I don't feel like making more right now, though.
  • Rucker Drugs - A pharmaceutical store.
  • Paper Clips - An office supply store.
  • Seafarers - A boat rental place.
  • Big Game - A hunting store. Sells all sorts of hunting stuff, including guns that would be used for hunting.

That's all I've got for right now. I'll probably come back with more pretty soon.
 

Pythag

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Bar -
Stumble Inn
Red Eye Bar and Grill
Alcoholics Un-Anonymous

Theatre -
Mr. Holland's Opera House
Mask of the Phantasm Theatre

School -
The Alamo Memorial High School
The Maine Remedial High School
November 5th Elementary

Food -
Chipotle
George's Dog House (Hot Dogs)
GAATHUMB EATERY
Double G Diner
Hindu Burger Palace
Belly Busters

Other -
John Wayne Gacy Memorial Children's Hospital
McShane's Coffee House
WaWa (Gas)


Fun -
KingPin Bowling
Discovery Zone
Old Pro Golf (mini putt)
Leave in Stitches (Comedy Club)


that's all I got for now
 

Tom

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I'm watching through Batman TAS right now, so I'll be adding these as I watch the series. I'm only halfway through S1 right now, but all of these are straight form the show so they will probably fit in Gotham canon:

Wayne Manor/Batcave
Harvey Dent's DA Office
Courthouse
Capitol Building - Mayor's Office
Phoenix Pharmaceuticals and Laboratories - chemicals, drugs, research
Gotham Zoo: Bat, Bear, Cat, Swamp exhibits
Dr. Kirk Langstrom - Manbat - works at Bat exhibit at the Zoo
Gotham City Police Department - Blimp Hub

Arkham Asylum
Gotham Park
Gotham Public Broadcasting - Television Communications Hub
The President's Bridge - for bullet trains
Observatory w/ radar antenna on Mount Gotham
Laffco Toy Factory - at Third and Main, downtown - abandoned toy factory used by Joker

Wayne Industries
Gotham State University
Dr. Long - Professor at G.U.
Summer Gleeson - Gotham Insider - Newspaper
Axis Engineering
Bio Laboratories
Crane Chemicals - owned and operated by Jonathan Crane current scarecrow
Macurity Manufacturing
Star Labs
Gotham Cemetary

Gotham Globe - newspaper that delivers the Gotham News
Cafe Noir
Jewels 'R' Us
ACE Waste Disposal Plant

Gotham Penitentary
Rose Cafe
Gotham City Hospital
Gotham Botanical Gardens
Chez Gerard - Perfume Company

Gotham Harbor - Hathcock Shipping Co.
King's Pawn Shop
Dock Street Rescue Mission: Clinic and Soup Kitchen

Club 22 - Club, also front for Rupert Thorne's criminal activity, robbed by Two-face
Gemini Jewelers - Jeweler's, also front for Rupert Thorne's criminal activity, robbed by Two-face
Two's Company Cafe - cafe, also front for Rupert Thorne's criminal activity, robbed by Two-face
Wild Deuce 2 - large upscale gambling bar slash small casino, cards, used as a hideout for Two-face
E. Doubleday - Attorney at Law, Thorne's lawyer
And Two Shall Become One - Wedding planning and formal wear

Second National Bank

Pete's Restaurant - front for Rupert Thorne's criminal activity, his favorite restaurant
Sunrise Foundation - drug rehab center
 
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