anyone having an Xmas Eve party right now?

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We had some family over, and one member who loves the games was supposed to be coming but something came up, so I never got to power up the garcade.

Anyone out there having an Xmas Eve game event?
 
We had some family over, and one member who loves the games was supposed to be coming but something came up, so I never got to power up the garcade.

Anyone out there having an Xmas Eve game event?


Doh, that stinks.

Had the family over and had a blast this Christmas eve!

My nephew and brother playing side by side

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Sister and brother in law racing lol

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My mom and dad looking guilty feeding the skill stop machines:

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A lot of good gaming going on!
 
Well I had a party, just wrapped up about an hour ago. Just a few family and friends. I forgot to take any pictures but everyone had a blast. It was the first time most of them has seen my Star Trek Voyager cockpit and they loved it. It was the first time I didn't have any of my pinballs working so their next on my list to fix. Well I forgot about Baby Pac-man, it's half a pin, it got a lot of play as did my Vector Beam Space War. Every time I turn it on I pray it doesn't break down but knock on wood it's been one of my most dependable games so far. My Airwolf was working but I think it's time for a cap kit. I was most disappointed with my new 60 in 1 game board I just got for my jamma cabinet. The game seems to work but I cant get any sound so I was very disappointed with it. Guess it's time to go into the repair mode.:D
 
Not exactly a party, but I was finally able to give the MC CT to my buddy and he was ecstatic. We built him a MAME cab a few years ago but this is his first real arcade game. You should be happy to learn he says a real arcade game puts emulators to shame.

The MC was hidden under a Christmas table cloth so it looked like the other extra table we drag out at Christmas. I put a custom flyer keychain with the MC key on it into a gift bag. He opened it, said man this is cool, then said "But what's the key for?" That was when I walked over to the "table" and yanked the cloth off and said "For THIS!"

Of course, he still didn't get it, and said "What is that?" I said, "Your Missile Command!" From there it was on.

He mentioned that there's no way to get Missile Command exactly right in an emulator (he's right) and playing it again for the first time in 20 years was great...

His major fixation is the monitor/graphics - with good cause. He has been playing all his favorite games on an LCD with a generic layout, and now he has a real, original, bonafide Missile Command with real 60hz monitor and newly rebuilt trackballs.

This was my best Christmas arcade experience. It's his first real game. You all know how awesome it is to really own your own first real videogame machine from your childhood.

I was proud to initiate a new collector tonight. It did sort of derail the get together as he was fixated on beating his high score for a while.
 
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