Recent content by casm

Essentially, yes.

Centuri's Phoenix. Also used by a couple of other games from them.

Luck of the draw, I guess. I had discs 12-plus years ago that were rotted; I also had discs that weren't. Sure, some will outlast others, but others won't. Either way, it will happen eventually. Been there, done that, included the Merlins and Lasercons with the games when I let them go...

True, but they will break and then you're back to square one with regards to having it repaired, or stockpiling multiple players for the day when the inevitable breakage occurs. I'm all for originality, but DEXTER is what's going to keep laserdisc games running for the future; at this point...

Option 1: leave it where it is unless you have a ready line on all the other pieces. Option 2: skip the LD player and get a DEXTER. Make a back door. Track down a PCB. *Boom*, working game (assuming everything else you need is already there and functional). Option 2 isn't unrealistic, but...

Take a bunch of drugs and play the one where Kong is cyan. I don't do drugs myself, but I hear it's a fucking blast.

As soon as someone opens a bar themed around obsolete telephone equipment, I'm going to drink those bastards dry.

I had this happen with a shipment from the US to Ireland in about 1994. After spending a ridiculous amount of money on shipping, it went from a week to go from California to Dublin to 'hope you see it sometime this quarter... Or maybe the next.' Note that this was sent via DHL (who can burn in...

Remember: the barcade business model has nothing to do with making money from the games; it's all about selling food and drinks. This is likely someone who had a pre-existing collection trying to figure out how to make the warehouse not be a constant financial drain.

Our local barcade has a couple of cocktail multis with LCDs. Fortunately, they're modern-production ones, not conversions of original cabinets; everything else still uses CRTs. My real gripe with them: all of the cabinets have been drilled and fitted with drink holders. I get that they don't...

/mode #thisthread -oooo everyone ANARCHY 1991 STYLE!!!

Came into this thread expecting the answer to the title to be 'masturbation'. Standards are clearly slipping these days. In this case, that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Anyone who hates Zaxxon hates freedom, loud music, and pie.

That fifth is a metric fifth. I recommend claiming back those lost 7ml asap ;)

Unibroue's Trois Pistoles. Sailor Jerry can suck it; there's better rum out there.