Arcade games? At work? Wha...?

[rikitheshadow]

I'd actually would like to try running this by my manager here at Sam's Club, but to setup one of my restored cabinets (WIP) for employee's to play in the break room. Possibly on or off freeplay, whatever they mind handling.

 

[gutsman004]

It only took me a good four years to get the company to buy some.

We have the following games...

4-in-1 Pac (Souzilla)
Millipede (Multipede kit)
Phoenix (Jeff's Romshack freeplay)
Neo Geo (WindJammers, Bust-a-move)
Galaga (Galaga Enhancement Pack)

I have seen some of the games at Google. In their Android building they had a DOT in the lobby and a full arcade in a hallway in the same building.

Sounds like places I need to be working for!

 

[Braido]

Sounds awesome, i am in the General Insurance business. In my main office staff room i have a Sea Wolf and Sprint 2, I had Bagman in there but took it and put it in my Arcade at home. I have a young guy that works for me and he likes the old Arcade games so i keep a few there instead of storage. Once i gets bored of them i rotate them out, he loves Sea Wolf but it went down the other day #!)*#$&%

 

[mc300baud]

I'd actually would like to try running this by my manager here at Sam's Club, but to setup one of my restored cabinets (WIP) for employee's to play in the break room. Possibly on or off freeplay, whatever they mind handling.

hey, just going back through some old threads about games at work and thought i'd chime in now that it's relevant. my wife works for Sam's locally and i've had a game in the breakroom for the last 3 months or so. started when i bought a Ninja Assault from the local Tilt! in October along with a CarnEvil and didn't have room in the van for both. since Sam's Club is in the same mall we just wheeled the NA cab over and put in the breakroom.

NA ended up on location in early December so it swapped it out for a Blasteroids that i'd just picked up. and to keep people from being bored i switched that today with the free Krazy Bowl (needed a flyback) i got off of CL last Friday. all have been on freeplay and i've been told a lot of the employees really like having a game around. i figure i'll keep doing this as long as they let me since it gives me one more place to store a cabinet and i like knowing that it's getting played. so far nobody's had a problem with it, and that includes some regional and national management that have been through.

 

[KevinSin]

I was at EA (Electronic Arts) corporate office in redwood shores, CA a few years back and was floored by their game rooms. Yes...that is plural, rooms! They had a bunch of arcade games, foosball, basketball, air hockey and even had a hyper pin! All free of course. I wondered why I never got a job there but am glad I didn't. I wouldn't have gotten any work done LOL.

 

[blkdog7]

I have a DK in my office.

I never really play it though, that makes me sad.

 

[roothorick]

Arcade machines at work is nothing new to me. I walk in right past the 30-odd redemption pieces in the main hall every day, doesn't faze me anymore.

 

[mc300baud]

I have a DK in my office.

I never really play it though, that makes me sad.

i sent mine off to be on location. i don't really play it anymore either. also makes me kinda sad but it's sort-of making me money... we'll see if the return is more than the maintenance costs.

 

[Les Manley]

I really think more workplaces should adopt a game or 2 in the break room. Its a fun way to relieve stress from workers. Happy worker is a productive worker.

IT agency I do contract work for in Minneapolis, MN has 3 pins in their office. Kiss, High Speed and Eight Ball Deluxe: Limited Edition. They all play like crap unfortunately. One of these days I am going to fix them for them.

 

[PublicSectorTech]

I just got done playing Atari 7800 Joust here at work!

We used to have a MAME cabinet somewhere before we moved offices...maybe I'll track that sucker down.

 

[ieure]

As soon as I find a decent MVS cab, it's getting set up in the office. Us startup/Silicon Valley workers are spoiled like this. Most of the places I've worked for had ping-pong, foosball, a video game, free food and beer, etc.

 

[Droler]

All my games are at work.














I work from home.

+1 here.

 

[GaryMcT]

We used to have games at work (Marble Madness, Joust. . can't remember what else) at Valve about 12 years ago. No one was into working on them, so they all died and eventually got sold. Now there are quite a few of us that work on games and pins for hobby, so we are starting to have more here. So far we have 5 pins, and three vids, which are all personal machines. As soon as I finish recapping my G07 in my Double Dragon, I'm going to bring it in to have "board of the week" or something in it so that we can have some competition. I suspect it'll have a jrok board in it most of the time. . has 4" Wicos in it. A few of us have been competing on Defender for a week or so now since it showed up.

 

[blkdog7]

i sent mine off to be on location. i don't really play it anymore either. also makes me kinda sad but it's sort-of making me money... we'll see if the return is more than the maintenance costs.

I play the one I have at home a lot. But at work I just haven't been able to play that one like I thought I would. I'd rather go out for lunch and get some air and OUT!

 

[LeChuck]

We used to have rec rooms on every floor with arcades, bubble hockey, foosball, and other games. We even had a pin in our lab. Eventually the party died down, rec rooms got reclaimed, and the games disappeared (I believe the pin was deemed to be an OSHA violation) ..

LeChuck

 

[local413]

Pin from a defunk dot com

My buddy bought a near mint twilight zone pin from a dot com in the Boston area that went under.. Got it super cheap as the bank was on their way to repossess the contents of the office..

Now it lives in my basement thanks dot com bubble!