JamBurglar
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Please sir may i have some more cat
Definately, I'll post it up as soon as it's done. I'm thinking summer at the earliest, but maybe another 6 months if I procrastinate. This thing is going to be crazy.
Arcade Music?
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Definately, I'll post it up as soon as it's done. I'm thinking summer at the earliest, but maybe another 6 months if I procrastinate. This thing is going to be crazy.
trickman
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Forget the DVD changer...use a PC. I have a large set of 80s DVDs I bought as well. Extracted the .VOB files and put them in a folder on the PC's desktop. This is what I use to randomly play them: http://www.vrockola.com/
It supports up to 999 songs/video for free. At 1,000 songs you'd have to get an upgraded (pay) version, but I only have about 350 videos which easily lasts through any kind of get-together, so I'm way under the limit.
I broadcast the vid through 3 Commodore 13" monitors (one on the bar, and two on top of arcade machines that have flat tops (Tetris and R-Type). Audio-out from the computer to a couple of powered speakers and I've got '80s goodness throughout my basement arcade.
thestonedgamer
Active member
I listen to a lot of live bootlegs, and when I'm playing games it tends to go more 80's. Right now it's this show:
Sammy Hagar
Kalamazoo, Mi
1984-10-21
FM Broadcast
Disc 1
01. Trans Am (Highway Wonderland)
02. This Planet's On Fire (Burn In Hell)
03. Dick In The Dirt
04. I Don't Need Love
05. Three Lock Box
06. Baby's On Fire
07. Two Sides Of Love
08. I Can't Drive 55
09. Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy
10. I'll Fall In Love Again
11. Banter
Disc 2
01. Red > Rock N Roll > Red
02. Remember The Heroes
03. Banter
04. The Girl Gets Around
05. Fast Times At Ridgemont High
06. Heavy Metal
07. Star Spangled Banner Tease
08. VOA
09. There's Only One Way To Rock
Encore w/Ted Nugent
10. Banter
11. Wild Thing
12. Summertime Blues
13. Whole Lotta Love
Sammy Hagar
Kalamazoo, Mi
1984-10-21
FM Broadcast
Disc 1
01. Trans Am (Highway Wonderland)
02. This Planet's On Fire (Burn In Hell)
03. Dick In The Dirt
04. I Don't Need Love
05. Three Lock Box
06. Baby's On Fire
07. Two Sides Of Love
08. I Can't Drive 55
09. Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy
10. I'll Fall In Love Again
11. Banter
Disc 2
01. Red > Rock N Roll > Red
02. Remember The Heroes
03. Banter
04. The Girl Gets Around
05. Fast Times At Ridgemont High
06. Heavy Metal
07. Star Spangled Banner Tease
08. VOA
09. There's Only One Way To Rock
Encore w/Ted Nugent
10. Banter
11. Wild Thing
12. Summertime Blues
13. Whole Lotta Love
MaximRecoil
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The arcades I hung out in as a kid (about 1984 to 1989) were mostly populated with the "druggy" crowd from school. The only music came from the jukebox, which of course was always user-selected. No one played any "pop" music, unless they were looking for trouble. Songs from AC/DC, Metallica, and Guns N' Roses are what I remember mostly hearing.
AC/DC's "Who Made Who" is a particularly fitting song for the arcade.
AC/DC's "Who Made Who" is a particularly fitting song for the arcade.
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SanTe
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Hyde
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I know it is unusual, but I like to listen to Basshunter (Swedish techno) when playing arcade games.
Although, I admit, the reason I think Basshunter is appropriate is because I just discovered him around the same time I bought my first arcade game. So I guess I relate that memory with the music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcJudLKC60w
Although, I admit, the reason I think Basshunter is appropriate is because I just discovered him around the same time I bought my first arcade game. So I guess I relate that memory with the music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcJudLKC60w
thestonedgamer
Active member
The BEST damn album AC/DC ever recorded as far as I'm concerned.
MaximRecoil
Well-known member
Third best in my opinion. I like Back in Black and Highway to Hell better.
robgest
New member
Holy crap......thats funny as hell, I was at that show in Kzoo. Uncle Ted rocked his ass off.
SanTe
Well-known member
Yeah, that's what I was getting at.
Those were my two favorite AC/DC albums as well, until I heard Powerage for the first time (if you can believe it) only four months ago. Let me explain...
I was a huge AD/DC fan growing up, but due to my relatively young age I didn't discover them until listening to my older sister's cassette copy of Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap when it was released in America in 1981 (despite being recorded and released in Australia, with a slightly different track list, in 1976). I wasn't yet ten years old. A couple of years later when I got my own cassette player and slowly began amassing a tape collection I started getting AC/DC albums. By then Back in Black was still huge and For Those About to Rock We Salute You was still getting played a fair amount. Those two albums were my first AC/DC purchases. So to me growing up AC/DC's singer was always Brian Johnson. Hell I'm not even sure I realized at the time that the singer had changed.
By the late '80s I had every album from Back in Black through Blow Up Your Video (except Flick of the Switch, which, oddly, I still haven't heard to this day), along with Highway to Hell. I remember getting Highway to Hell and wondering who the dude was on the cover and why wasn't he still in the band? How strange that they switched singers. That was the only Bon Scott AC/DC album I ever had until very recently. Of course, I've heard many many Bon Scott-era AC/DC songs on the radio over the years. Hell, KISW in Seattle had practically an all-AC/DC format for years and they still play them to death today (and as I understand it they are largely credited with breaking AC/DC in America in the late '70s). But I never got around to picking up all the pre-Highway to Hell albums.
This past Xmas I stumbled across a new hardcover book called "AC/DC: High-Voltage Rock 'n' Roll: The Ultimate Illustrated History" while killing time at a bookstore. Awesome book, by the way. It re-lit the AC/DC fire in me and I decided to get all the Bon Scott era material I could lay my hands on.
After sorting out the mess that is their early discography I determined that I must have the Australian releases of High Voltage, TNT, and Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. By 1977 Atlantic Records started to get their shit together and began releasing (largely) the same AC/DC albums worldwide, so the track lists stopped varying so much. So I picked up the 2003 remasters of Let There Be Rock, Powerage, Highway to Hell, and If You Want Blood You've Got It (and Back in Black while I was at it). Then I picked up the Backtracks 2CD+DVD box set (released in 2009) to get almost every obscure B-side they ever released in Australia and/or Europe but never released in America.
After devouring all of it over the last few months, Powerage has KO'd them all and taken up semi-permanent residence in my car's CD player, where I listen to it almost every day. This album rips. In my opinion there is not a single misstep on it from beginning to end.
Back in Black was an amazing achievement, as was Highway to Hell for that matter, but neither is as consistently strong from beginning to end as Powerage. Despite KISW's playing Bon Scott-era AC/DC relentlessly even today, the only track I'd previously heard off Powerage was "Sin City." It's possible I'm just on a high since it's still so new to me, but I doubt it.
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Nice who did you buy your set from? I'd love to get more.
I also have one commodore 13". I was thinking about that but a couple of the videos I have are widescreen. Someone musta recorded then in the past couple years.
Please sir may i have some more cat
Ditto!.........
robgest
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Mr. Hot Dog
Member
I'm with you on the 80s thing. There's a local arcade around here that always had an 80s compilation playing in the background, and between that, all the classic games, and the posters of 80s movies on the walls, it made for a really nice vibe. You could really pass an hour or two in there and not even realize it. They eventually stopped playing the music, and it's just not quite the same. I like arcade music/sounds, but the music is really turned it into more of a hangout... especially for my less arcade-oriented friends and girlfriends. Add some music, and I'll bet people will hang out longer.
trickman
Well-known member
The widescreen vids will just play in the middle of the screen with black bars on the top and bottom. No big deal for just a couple of vids, IMO. You don't have to go the small monitor route, but it definitely keeps the vintage feel if you do.
I got my DVD set from forums member: mxracer47. Not sure if he still sells them or not.
RalphT3
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This guy makes some cool long playing remix/dj sets:
http://technics2000.wordpress.com/
The mixes I downloaded were about 80 minutes long and pretty cool. The "New Wave" section is the best.
http://technics2000.wordpress.com/
The mixes I downloaded were about 80 minutes long and pretty cool. The "New Wave" section is the best.
Here's my current mix. I have these on an iPod (set to shuffle) hooked up to one of those iPod tower speaker things. Works pretty well.
Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
Boston - Cool The Engines
Boston - More Than a Feeling
Boston - Peace of Mind
Boston - Don't Look Back
Boston - Foreplay/Long Time
AC/DC - Shoot To Thrill
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
AC/DC - Back in Black
AC/DC - TNT
Aerosmith - Chip Away the Stone
Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like a Lady
Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
Asia - Heat of the Moment
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Dire Straits - Walk of Life
Rush - Tom Sawyer
Rush - Limelight
Huey Lewis - Heart of Rock & Roll
Huey Lewis - Power of Love
John Mellencamp - Cherry Bomb
John Mellencamp - Paper in Fire
John Mellencamp - Crumblin' Down
John Mellencamp - Authority Song
John Mellencamp - ROCK
John Mellencamp - Jack and Diane
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Saturday Night Special
Talking Heads - Burning Down the House
The Cars - Just What I Needed
The Cars - My Best Friend's Girlfriend
The Cars - You Might Think
The Who - Pinball Wizard
The Who - Who Are You
The Who - Baba O'Riley
They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng
Tom Petty - Jammin' Me
Van Halen - Jump
Van Halen - Panama
ZZ Top - Doubleback
ZZ Top - Cheap Sunglasses
ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'
Bob Seger - Old Time Rock & Roll
The J. Geils Band - Centerfold
Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
Boston - Cool The Engines
Boston - More Than a Feeling
Boston - Peace of Mind
Boston - Don't Look Back
Boston - Foreplay/Long Time
AC/DC - Shoot To Thrill
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
AC/DC - Back in Black
AC/DC - TNT
Aerosmith - Chip Away the Stone
Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like a Lady
Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
Asia - Heat of the Moment
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Dire Straits - Walk of Life
Rush - Tom Sawyer
Rush - Limelight
Huey Lewis - Heart of Rock & Roll
Huey Lewis - Power of Love
John Mellencamp - Cherry Bomb
John Mellencamp - Paper in Fire
John Mellencamp - Crumblin' Down
John Mellencamp - Authority Song
John Mellencamp - ROCK
John Mellencamp - Jack and Diane
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Saturday Night Special
Talking Heads - Burning Down the House
The Cars - Just What I Needed
The Cars - My Best Friend's Girlfriend
The Cars - You Might Think
The Who - Pinball Wizard
The Who - Who Are You
The Who - Baba O'Riley
They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng
Tom Petty - Jammin' Me
Van Halen - Jump
Van Halen - Panama
ZZ Top - Doubleback
ZZ Top - Cheap Sunglasses
ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'
Bob Seger - Old Time Rock & Roll
The J. Geils Band - Centerfold
Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
scubasteve19
Member
Streaming 80's music on
No minibosses? No Optimus Rhyme? Where's your nerdcore cred yo
trickman
Well-known member
No minibosses? No Optimus Rhyme? Where's your nerdcore cred yo
And Protomen?!
Oh, I have all kinds of "nerdcore" music. Also, everything is on a PC hardwired up to CAT5 Ethernet, so I can stream all kinds of genres from whatever service I want. That's the beauty of having it on a PC.
