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Is the Popeye ... ah forget it

Very cool! Nice arcade. You nailed the classic arcade aesthetics!

Poor wide body.

Those are things I remember the most about 'bad' arcades. Upon reading the comments I suppose the lights do need to be brighter so parents and kids feel safer. Makes sense.

One that looks, sounds, and smells like an arcade. Looks like an arcade with rows of working games, dim and black lights, glowing CRTs, lighted/neon signs, etc. Sounds like an arcade with all attract mode audio on and maybe some 80s music in the background. Smells like an arcade with popcorn...

If the controls are not too heavy (hard to operate) that would be cool for a Star Wars emulator. Slap in a SVGA CRT monitor (or a 4:3 LCD) and use something like an Ultimarc A-Pac to interface the controller pots and buttons. Set it to free play or cover that hole with a panel and add a credit...

I once dropped an IN-18 Nixie tube onto the floor and let the genie out. That pop and hiss is the worst sound ever. I successfully put a 27” CRT monitor back into my Blast City cabinet by myself. I lifted it up and quickly realized that It was heavy, unbalanced, and the frame was digging into...

The real villian in that movie is the 'Kill Screen' guy.

21 seconds in: 10fPGXbAjRM#t=21 A Gyruss and Time Pilot "spinner" patch (.diff) for MAME 105: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,81745.msg853073.html#msg853073 (also attached to this post)

In High School a friend told us about his friend from Middle School who claimed he was so good a Pole Position that the eventually a digitized voice said "You are a very good driver!" We cracked up at the absurdity and that became a inside joke for our little group. When someone made a claim...

Bashing BYOAC is passé. Now it is all about the Craigslist "multicade" ads. http://sarasota.craigslist.org/vgm/5439728210.html

From my college dorm room days: Step 1. Get a mini/compact fridge with the little freezer inside (has a door inside for the little freezer). Step 2. Remove the door from the little freezer inside. Step 3. Anything you put in the fridge part will get from super cold to frozen. Play with the...

Star Raiders in an Arcade Cockpit would be cool.