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This is awesome! I went to the Internet Archive and the person that uploaded that issue of Play Meter also uploaded a bunch of others. Including the next issue that also has Electronic Experience on the cover. I don’t remember the lights being so bright inside, but they may have had them that...

I hear that!

The Electronic Experiance arcades were owned by United Artists theaters and usually appeared in malls that had a UA theater. In addition to Golden Triangle in Denton, there were also Electronic Experience arcades in Northeast Mall in Hurst and Crossroads Mall in Greenville. One of the cool...

Also, I'm sure Tyson losing to Buster Douglas on February, 11, 1990 didn't help either. Douglas himself got his own game on the Sega Genesis later that year as well.

Legally I don't think they can. There is no handicap access to the second floor. While I understand the intent of the law, it does kind of suck. Less than 5 percent of park visitors can't make it to the second floor to play these cool games, so now no one can. It's like we are being punished for...

Am I the only one that was expecting a Mortal Kombat in a Pac cabinet? I do remember seeing a number of Namco Classics Collections in this cabinet back in the 90's. usually with 8-way joysticks that made it impossible to play Pac Man. I guess at this point I'm so numb from seeing bad...

Many of the games from the museum ended up at an arcade auction in Mesquite, TX on Dec 13, 1997. The clear Ms. Pac was there and was won by someone from id Software for $2200. At the time they said there were only four made like that.

Maybe the Robotron/Defender re-releases just weren't bought by very many operators? The only times I've actually seen them in the flesh were at an arcade auction and Disney Quest. In both cases they were the dedicated 25" monitor versions. I bought some back issues of Game Room Magazine before...

I saw one on eBay a few years ago that was located in the USA. The game looks like a modified Naomi upright cab with the two keyboards added. The same seller also had a Samba de Amigo version 2000 arcade unit for sale as well. Still wished I picked those up.

Other than the low production number, is there some other advantage to the Joust cocktail? I own a Space Duel cocktail and it's easier to play co-op since you aren't elbowing the other player the entire time. I don't remember having any similar issues with the Joust upright.

I played this game a ton when I was in middle school and hanging out at the local bowling alley. I hadn't seen one since then until I played it at Funspot last year. Like a lot of games the memory is better than the actual game play. That being said, with three players the gameplay is much more...

I just watched Exidy's news spot again. Did you catch the part at the end? The city wants him to send them a note that says none of the games are for sale and he is just a collector. Isn't part of collecting things buying, selling, and trading? If a private citizen can't sell things from their...

I have for sale two original Arcadeshop programmable Multi-PCBs. These are the actual boards Arcadeshop sold, not the inferior knockoffs that appeared later. One goes for $190 and the other for $200. The $200 one includes the D2K Jumpman Returns license. I also have a power supply and...

I realize I should just be happy there is any Atari neon available, but is their any chance we could get the classic Atari logo from the 70's and 80's? The one currently for sale is the logo that was used in the late 90's on console and PC games I believe. The classic logo was usually white...

Notice that like most times when games appear in tv shows and movies they don't use the correct sound for the game. In this case it sounds like an Atari 2600 game.