Thought we had bats flying around on Halloween on the forum to annoy us?
Happy Halloween nerds, any plans tonight, opening the arcade? there used to be folks that would pull their cabs out into their driveways on Halloween.
stay safe.
My career has us moving somewhat often, I sold off all of my games and game room decor a few years ago except my Playchoice, three moves ago. we moved again this weekend, the Playchoice is in it's 7th home since I have owned it.
theme doesn't matter, just naming a game. there are so many obscure names out there, so fact check yourself.
If you want to add your theme then do so, space, shooter, beat'em up etc.
what are some "methods" you have used to make something work on a game?
I have mentioned this before, but I used blue cellophane from Hobby Lobby for an over lay on my Asteroids Deluxe because I couldn't source a gel at the time.
I had a Pop-a-Ball game that was old school and used redemption...
I was just wandering after a while how those cabinets have held up? I respected both sides of the argument, but he did put out a nice-looking product . Just curious.
Lore and or drama/scammers/adventures etc.
the Tempest decal thread got me to thinking and it made me think of the Tempest spinner Brrrrrr thread and how for a while everyone was asking if it had the Brrrrrr LOL. I want to make a list really bad of all the stuff, but I want other folks to...
Born 1971 so by 1984 I was 13 and spent the rest of the 80's as a teenager, arcades everywhere, especially when I was 12 and 13. I remember an all you can play place (I think it was $5 for the night) that I would go to with my older brothers (I am the baby of three boys) where my folks would...
A thread in our regional sub-forum got me thinking about the past where a mere ten years ago our area was popping with members and posting about deals made and swap meets being held. I met a LOT of the local guys IRL which was very fun to put a face to a screen name. there were actually good...
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what you got? Magic fingers (motel bed vibrator), breathalyzer, fortune teller, Bobo the dancing clown, Fun Chicken, coin op TV from a bus station, condom dispenser, pay phone? lets see what you have, I love old coin op gadgets.
we were talking briefly about this on the last Asschat (weekly zoom call), lots of good games were tossed around, I landed on Asteroids Deluxe, Donkey Kong and Galaga. What you got?
I've owned a lot of different cabinets over the years, looking back, I think I have to say Nintendo cabs, but I did have a home brew MAME cab that never required maintenance. any of y'all's cabs more reliable than the other?