Arcade Party: Saturday 11/22/25 - Northern VA

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Arcade party time again... sorry for the kinda late notice - I started planning for this about a month ago, then I guess time got away from me.

Anyway, I've got a party coming up on Saturday November 22nd starting @ noon, in Manassas Park, VA. Everyone is welcome to come... pizza and soda (and junk food counter!) will be provided, and alcohol is welcome, but BYOB. The party usually goes until ~7PM-ish, so come early, late, or whenever.

You can see (slightly outdated) pics and a video of the arcade on my site: http://www.projectvb.com/arcade/ . There are additional games on the main level not pictured - including several Megatouch games for the very casual gamers (some pics in a previous party thread: https://forums.arcade-museum.com/th...rday-11-4-23-northern-va.529420/#post-4745919 ).

Drop me a message if you'd like to come, and I'll send you my address/contact info.



DogP
 

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Count me and my wife in!
Great! Orbitor 1 will be waiting.

Hey it'll be my birthday! 🥳
Might have a conflict but I'll try to make it!
Birthday party at the arcade, just like the old days. :)

Hope to see you guys there... I'm sure a few machines need higher scores.

What?!? No Zoo Keeper?!?!? (j/k)
There's a Qix mini w/ a ZooQ board, so it plays ZK... not quite the same, but sorta. ;)
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DogP
 
Wish I could make it Patrick. You've done a lot of cool shit for me over the years that I'd love to thank you in person for. I don't think I've seen you since CAX 2009. I hope the party turns out great and everybody has a blast. I miss Arcade parties.
 
Wish I could make it Patrick. You've done a lot of cool shit for me over the years that I'd love to thank you in person for. I don't think I've seen you since CAX 2009. I hope the party turns out great and everybody has a blast. I miss Arcade parties.
Hard to believe it's been that long!

Great games, Great hosts, and Great Arcade. Your consistency is amazing Pat; thanks for sharing it with us.
Thanks! I think I owe the consistency to my non arcade collector friends... when I chat with fellow collectors, we just BS about arcade stuff. When I chat with non collector friends, they ask "when's your next arcade party?" ;)

I hope to make it!
Great!


Just about got all the games ready to go this weekend... the RFM pinball skip ramp rivet came out last party, so I got that fixed, and cleaned/waxed it while I was in there. Tron mini had issues with the power supply, which I fixed. Asteroids was acting up, which I tracked down to two intermittent RAMs (a few months ago I replaced a bad DAC). While I was working on that, Tempest went to half screen, then fine again. So I checked connectors, headers, etc... then I lost all deflection. 😠 Small transistor died on the chassis, so fixed that. And noticed the monitor on Police 911/2 needed a bit of adjustment.

Though just fired up the games upstairs, and noticed the Galaga mini has lines in the video... gotta check the PS and/or maybe video RAM (I think I have a spare board that I could just swap too). Haven't checked the games in the garage yet, but hopefully they don't need much!

DogP
 
Thanks for the invite. Are kids allowed? I have three: 5, 6, & 7.
Sure, who else is gonna eat all the junk food! ;) It's not Chuck E. Cheese's though... you can't just drop them off at the ball pit and come back to get them in a few hours. :p


Galaga Mini is fixed... I forgot that I rebuilt the board that was in there a while ago (with the "Enhancement Kit"), but never put it back. So I just popped it back in - I'll figure out what's wrong with the other board some other time. I tested the rest of the games, and everything looks to be working... so now I just gotta get the rest of the house ready for the party!

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Sure, who else is gonna eat all the junk food! ;) It's not Chuck E. Cheese's though... you can't just drop them off at the ball pit and come back to get them in a few hours. :p


Galaga Mini is fixed... I forgot that I rebuilt the board that was in there a while ago (with the "Enhancement Kit"), but never put it back. So I just popped it back in - I'll figure out what's wrong with the other board some other time. I tested the rest of the games, and everything looks to be working... so now I just gotta get the rest of the house ready for the party!

DogP
Thanks. They'll be supervised at all times by two adults. No food or drinks on the machines. We have a ball pit at home. I'll repeatedly dunk them in there head first if they misbehave.
 
Just one day to go! The junk food counter has come together, and the upstairs games are in position.

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