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Hey all:
As some of you know, High Scores Arcade hosted a Classic Arcade Gaming (dot com) contest last month which a lot of great guys (and gal...literally, just one :) ) to our spot to compete and have some fun. As a result, we made the front page of the local paper (see here: http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/loc...cle_d7b3b464-4836-11e0-8f49-0017a4a78c22.html) and the local ABC affiliate, Action News, came out to do a feature.

Check it out here:
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8032284

Thought you guys would appreciate taking a peek...a big shout out to Greg B (Bungy) for keeping our games up and running and being a part of the High Scores team! Special thanks to Gary H., our KLOV and CAGDC friends for all of the support! Only 4 years into collecting, we're grateful and privileged to have been welcomed into the community!
 
Nice story and video thanks for posting!BTW pretty cool to live upstairs and see your games downstairs reminds me of a mini Flynns.
 
very nice story they did. glad to see your wife is supportive of the hobby. that's real cool. you guys have a nice place. like said above, definitely reminds me of flynns. you need a space paranoids billboard on the roof.
 
Hey all:
As some of you know, High Scores Arcade hosted a Classic Arcade Gaming (dot com) contest last month which a lot of great guys (and gal...literally, just one :) ) to our spot to compete and have some fun. As a result, we made the front page of the local paper (see here: http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/loc...cle_d7b3b464-4836-11e0-8f49-0017a4a78c22.html) and the local ABC affiliate, Action News, came out to do a feature.

Check it out here:
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8032284

Thought you guys would appreciate taking a peek...a big shout out to Greg B (Bungy) for keeping our games up and running and being a part of the High Scores team! Special thanks to Gary H., our KLOV and CAGDC friends for all of the support! Only 4 years into collecting, we're grateful and privileged to have been welcomed into the community!


Very nice! Just goes to show that you can start in this hobby at anytime. Now is a great time to buy games.
 
Very nice indeed! Was Matt O'Donnell actually there, or did he just do the voiceover?

Nice collection you have, and nice of you to open it up to share with others!

Chris
 
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Best part of the story.... the wife! :)

Nice!

Btw. I set up all those games for the King of Kong movie when they filmed in Florida. Talk about a pain :(

jon
 
Awesome!

Bungy actually holds a special place in my heart too, for selling me some blue DK buttons at a fair price.
 
Shawn - your Jenny Jones appearance was way better, hah.

Cool vid and great lineup. Well done my man.
 
Nice work. It seems like a number of us are getting media exposure now... this is like the 3rd or 4th news/newspaper feature with KLOV guys in the last month or so.
 
Thanks for the love, everyone! Especially that one about the best part about it being the wife :) I guess I should now reveal that it is "the wife" (me, Meg) who did the original post here. We've just done a short, non-intentional experiment and we've proven everyone automatically assumes its Shawn! Damn it, chicks dig games, too.

Anyway, happy that we're all getting out there in the mainstream, its good for all! Sadly, Matt O'Donnell just voiced the piece...would've been funny to see him play some games.
 
Good Job! I'm glad more private arcades and enthusiasts are going public with their games. I friend and I opened an arcade - his rent, my games - and made front page as well as the local cable news station. Too bad we opened on the beginning of the worst snow winter on record. We were open 2 months. But, living above and not having a rent & mortgage to pay each month along with 2 sets of utilities, esp. heat, would definitely make it easier to keep it open.

Next time I'll live upstairs like you & Flynn does in Tron :)

Keep up the good work!
 
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