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@Brick Top mentions getting the fever in the Coin Rejects podcast. Thats about the best description. I got the fever back around 97. Do I think about the Roman Empire everyday.? No. Do i think about arcade games every day? Yes.

We all know its actually Zaxxon. So I was curious what the researchers at The Onion thought. Wow they recommend BurgerTime too. https://theonion.com/it-s-time-video-games-stop-glorifying-violence-and-go-b-1836407931/

My favorite example is the Roland TR-808 drum synth. They used a faulty transistor for the sound. Good luck trying to replicate that. https://hackaday.com/2018/09/06/you-cant-build-a-roland-tr-808-because-you-dont-have-faulty-transistors

Were due for a solar "event". Will the electronics, wiring, CRTs and cabinets survive this event? I agree with Tornadoboy saying we need to document as much as possible. Ideally printed and carved in stone somehow. When electricity is re-discovered unknown years into the future; is there...

Sorry to hear. Sympathy and prayers. I did not know him,, but noticed he was a fellow Hoosier.

I still have the family nes complete in box and a nes I bought for myself complete in box. I made enough money from picking strawberries one summer to buy that and Metroid. I remember one of the Amish girls there also picking berries was named Zelda.

Digikey still has the same bullet caps for sale. Though they are yellow or white instead of black.

If you put his supposed address into google street view it throws up red flags. 1. Open garage doesn't have any games in it. 2. The pictures of the games for sell didn't match the garage or front yard. Maybe we have sellers send pics of games with known landmarks for geographic confirmation...

Those are old stock intercom or karaoke crts from the early 2000s. Bunch of youtube videos and reddit posts about new made in China tvs using repurposed or old stock tubes. https://thedeletedscenes.substack.com/p/can-you-really-buy-a-new-tube-tv If one factory could be identified that would...

If a business was setup that would make new CRTs from the trashed crts from the stockpiles of broken crt glass. Perhaps the laws could be changed for the upcycling being done. Price would be expensive. May need a license or law to operate. Only for arcade cabinets etc.

When I was 5-6 my dad and I had fond memories playing Tempest at the San Jose Chucky Cheese. Pretty much my first good experience playing arcade games. Later on he always talked about how great that game was. Around 2002 it was one of the first games I picked up. Hopefully it stays in the...

I bought 19" CRTs directly from WG website around 2001. It was around $230-250 if I remember correctly. That would be nearly $500 or more with today's inflation. Update: I found an email Thank you for your order! Wells-Gardner is committed to: 1) A totally satisfied customer 2) Continuous...

Thought it would be cool with something with Blips & Chitz and Flurbos on the tokens. Or maybe also having KLOV on the back, and some obscure game title on front that all the cool KLOV kids play :). Shuuz, Loopin, Pioneer Balloon etc. Maybe in small print In Memorian of past members. Also...

You can get a 3 month supply of 10mm here. https://olsatools.com/products/10mm-socket-set

1936 Novelty Mills Special Pinball https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=3268 1970 Sega Jet Rocket EM https://www.arcade-museum.com/Arcade/jet-rocket 1988 Atari Vindicators