extremely gutted to hear about this. Grinkfest had become a can't miss trip for me every year, obviously I loved the competition of the tournament but I also loved just being able to play so many rare arcade games under one roof. Grinkers was a labor of love and it was worth the trip ever year...
Fantasy being in the Grinkfest tournament reminded me of something I've always found peculiar about the cabinet at Grinkers.
On the first screen, you have to land on the pirate ship. On every romset of Fantasy in MAME (there's 4 of them - US, Japan, and two German sets), the ship is firing...
The funny thing about Grinkfest 7 having a 720 theme on the trophies is that 720 was my worst performance BY FAR in all three tournaments! I never really got into that game at all, but there sure were a lot of people there who knew how to play it. Didn't really get to practice it beforehand and...
What a haul.
I was a little too determined to get the belt back this year after losing it to John McAllister last year. I was able to get by at Grinkfest 4 and 5 without playing in the Bronze Age tournament, but this year I had to go all-in and play everything. I end up taking the tournament...
I completely forgot about it too and I feel really bad about it. I don't post here at all. :(
But I will be in attendance of course. I need to get my belt back from Johnny.
Oof, that main tournament gamelist. Not good for me. I'm not so sure I'll be able to defend the belt this year...
Anyway, we don't get in until super late tonight so I won't see y'all until Friday
Haha I forgot about that pic Hector, thanks for posting it :)
Hell yeah I'm in, I always play a couple credits of Wacko when I'm there, it's a fun game. Looking forward to seeing how.... um, stiff the competition will be