Arcade On Wheels

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Whats Up Everyone, Well my friend wanted me to post up some pics of HIS new mobile arcade.His brother and him put ALOT of work into it over the summer and are now in action year round.. Hope you guy's enjoy it.
for more pic-check out the site
www.arcadeonwheels.com
 

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Ah darn. No Sega Star wars arcade.

But nice anywho. :)
 
I love this idea myself. I don't know how things are there in Mass, but here in Ohio there are a ton of summer/fall town festivals. If you traveled to a bunch of them over the weekends you would do pretty good. I know in our town it's $50.00 bucks for a booth. 3 days of business should cover that but I don't know just how much it would make in the long run. I used to do video editing and one year we setup a booth that did greenscreen virtual rollercoaster rides. We would save the rides on DVD and sell them to the customers after they rode. It did ok but not as good as we hoped. It looked awesome too so I was a bit perplexed. Some people really loved it and others I think just didn't get the concept.
 
Looks great, but maybe add some idea where he is located and will travel to. There is nothing about what part of the country he is in. By doing a search of the 413 area code it appears he is in Massachusetts, but should have that info somewhere on the site.

Whats Up Everyone, Well my friend wanted me to post up some pics of HIS new mobile arcade.His brother and him put ALOT of work into it over the summer and are now in action year round.. Hope you guy's enjoy it.
for more pic-check out the site
www.arcadeonwheels.com
 
thanks for all the feedback. ill have him joining klov soon. Read all your guys advice and will pass it on to him. Hope it does well too. I know they are going to focus on the private parties and may do other events here and there such as the fairs but the season is too late for most of them this year.Also they are added a multipin to it this week
 
thanks for all the feedback. ill have him joining klov soon. Read all your guys advice and will pass it on to him. Hope it does well too. I know they are going to focus on the private parties and may do other events here and there such as the fairs but the season is too late for most of them this year.Also they are added a multipin to it this week

I would suggest him getting a space themed jumper deal, those are always in demand and when the kids get tired and hot they can go inside and cool off and play games, it would just be another added bonus to make money
 
Very cool idea. I remember many years ago a trailer that was at a carnival and it was loaded with classic arcade games. Any classics get hauled around in that trailer?
 
Whats Up Everyone, Well my friend wanted me to post up some pics of HIS new mobile arcade.His brother and him put ALOT of work into it over the summer and are now in action year round.. Hope you guy's enjoy it.
for more pic-check out the site
www.arcadeonwheels.com

Hey.... I saw you guys at the Belchertown fair last weekend. I thought that truck looked familiar.
 
I was actually considering doing something very similar. Basicly, after the Seattle Pinball and Gameroom Show this year I needed to rent an enclosed truck in order to get some games home; free game pick up and delivery is one of the perks of the show but I am too far out in the middle of nowhere to take advantage. So I rented a 14' box truck from uHaul. It worked great and I could have easily fit 12 upright machines in the truck. After the show I looked into buying a used truck of the same size but I really need more justification to buy something that big and the idea of a small traveling arcade is still the highest on my list. I could hit the local festivals (there is one every weekend for about three months straight every summer), the local demo derby (two blocks from my house), and maybe even try out the local race track.


The biggest problem I have with the idea is the amount of time I would have to devote to the weekend arcade...
 
Whats Up Everyone, Well my friend wanted me to post up some pics of HIS new mobile arcade.His brother and him put ALOT of work into it over the summer and are now in action year round.. Hope you guy's enjoy it.
for more pic-check out the site
www.arcadeonwheels.com

Is that a Crime Patrol ALG laser disc game in the foreground in the 5th picture? Nice... :)
 
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Sounds familiar. Several years ago, I encountered a couple of games that were used in a similar manner. The guy who owned them used them mainly for small kids. They were a Pac-Man and a Stargate that had been cut off below the coin doors. Yes, this is the infamous "half a Pac-Man" that some of you may have heard of. Yeah, well, anyway, pretty awful but this thread reminded me of it.
 

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Somewhere, from the 1980's I have sketches that a friend of mine and I did, mocking up a Tractor Trailer as a mobile arcade. Never amount to anythign (obviously).

This is way cool, and I hope they do really well!

Is the trailer air conditioned? I would certainly hope so :) Also, is there more than one exit from the trailer (for liability reasons)?

Nice work and again, I hope they do well!

Chris
 
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