Vector, that was great!! I thought that tall kid in the red shirt was gonna piss his pants. Very cool!
favorite reactions to your classic games?
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SanTe
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And your response should be, "You're wasting your breath."
I know he's your dad, but seriously, people who shit on others' passions and hobbies should fuck right off.
"you can own those?"
gibbous
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I had my garage open one morning while I was shoving games around and a lady walked in (just walked right in) and said,
"ooo, you have a Baby Pac-Man, would you trade it for a Tecmo Knight?"
"ooo, you have a Baby Pac-Man, would you trade it for a Tecmo Knight?"
Some people look at the gameplay on Crazy Climber and say
"that's just stupid"
no names
"that's just stupid"
no names
OP
OP
I have had reactions ranging from "Oh my gawd I haven't seen one of these in years" to a little kid walking up to me and asking if I'll turn on the Wii.
One of my favorite reactions was from some friends with a 10 year old boy. Their son was acting like a typical 10 year old. Everything sucks, that's gay, I'm bored, I'm not going to do that.....etc. They mentioned that if his attitude didn't pick up, they wouldn't be going over to my house to play games. The house instantly became quiet. About 20 minutes of quiet and they started to get worried. He wasn't in the kitchen, but the garbage was gone. He wasn't in his room, but it was picked up. He wasn't in the TV room, but all the tapes, DVDs and game cartridges were picked up and put away. By now they were getting scared. They finally found him 10 minutes later sitting in the car. All he had to say for himself was "Are you guys ready to go yet?".
ken
One of my favorite reactions was from some friends with a 10 year old boy. Their son was acting like a typical 10 year old. Everything sucks, that's gay, I'm bored, I'm not going to do that.....etc. They mentioned that if his attitude didn't pick up, they wouldn't be going over to my house to play games. The house instantly became quiet. About 20 minutes of quiet and they started to get worried. He wasn't in the kitchen, but the garbage was gone. He wasn't in his room, but it was picked up. He wasn't in the TV room, but all the tapes, DVDs and game cartridges were picked up and put away. By now they were getting scared. They finally found him 10 minutes later sitting in the car. All he had to say for himself was "Are you guys ready to go yet?".
ken
zfcamaro
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My HVAC broke down one time and when the repair guy showed up I said, "It's downstairs, go ahead." About 30 seconds later, "Holy Shit!" That one was fun.
However the best time was when a guy I used to work with was going through a nasty divorce. He was down, and I mean DOWN. I invited him over to watch Football because we were really worried but I didn't tell him I had a game room.
He showed up, still ho hum and I started asking the usually "Feeler" questions we all do when trying to find out if they are interested at all in Vintage Video Games. His face lit up and he said, "Oh Yeah!!! I used to play TRON, and Punch Out, and Gyruss, he kept going and had named about 10 games that I had in my collection at the time. I figured it was time.
At Half Time I told him I wanted to show him something downstairs, I had already gone down and turned everything on so it was ready to go. As we turned the corner his face went white and he actually stumbled a bit. He looked at me, pointed to the game room, looked back at me, tried to speak, and then teared up and walked into the game room.
He was so broken up about the Divorce and really hadn't been dealing with it all just bottling up his emotions. His eyes stayed welled up for a good 20 minutes as he went from Game to Game, talking about when he was a kid, with no worries riding his BMX down to the mall to play games.
After Half Time he asked if he could stay a little longer downstairs, I told him he could stay all night if he wanted. He missed the rest of the game, and dinner, and my bedtime but I stayed up with him until about 11PM.
As he was leaving he got emotional again and said, "Thanks for giving me a day of joy." We talked for another 30 minutes and then he left. When I got back to work he had put in his 2 week notice and said he was going to move and follow his dream of building custom motorcycles. I got a package about a month later from him with a Pac Man glass and a thank you card, he said he was doing well and next time the quarters were on him.
However the best time was when a guy I used to work with was going through a nasty divorce. He was down, and I mean DOWN. I invited him over to watch Football because we were really worried but I didn't tell him I had a game room.
He showed up, still ho hum and I started asking the usually "Feeler" questions we all do when trying to find out if they are interested at all in Vintage Video Games. His face lit up and he said, "Oh Yeah!!! I used to play TRON, and Punch Out, and Gyruss, he kept going and had named about 10 games that I had in my collection at the time. I figured it was time.
At Half Time I told him I wanted to show him something downstairs, I had already gone down and turned everything on so it was ready to go. As we turned the corner his face went white and he actually stumbled a bit. He looked at me, pointed to the game room, looked back at me, tried to speak, and then teared up and walked into the game room.
He was so broken up about the Divorce and really hadn't been dealing with it all just bottling up his emotions. His eyes stayed welled up for a good 20 minutes as he went from Game to Game, talking about when he was a kid, with no worries riding his BMX down to the mall to play games.
After Half Time he asked if he could stay a little longer downstairs, I told him he could stay all night if he wanted. He missed the rest of the game, and dinner, and my bedtime but I stayed up with him until about 11PM.
As he was leaving he got emotional again and said, "Thanks for giving me a day of joy." We talked for another 30 minutes and then he left. When I got back to work he had put in his 2 week notice and said he was going to move and follow his dream of building custom motorcycles. I got a package about a month later from him with a Pac Man glass and a thank you card, he said he was doing well and next time the quarters were on him.
Awesome story, zfcamaro. It's hard to explain to some people how much these things (and arcades in general) influenced our lives.
norton9478
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Most people don't even know what my Neo-29 is unless it is turned on.
I had one kid (the 17 year old's boyfriend) comming over to the house on the reg.
It wasn't until I turned it on and started to play Metal Slug that he was like "Ohh, that's an arcade machine". And this is with it sitting next to a Super Pac Man.
I had one kid (the 17 year old's boyfriend) comming over to the house on the reg.
It wasn't until I turned it on and started to play Metal Slug that he was like "Ohh, that's an arcade machine". And this is with it sitting next to a Super Pac Man.
Man that is a really awesome story! Thanks for sharing.
OP
OP
Seriously! Without a doubt one of the best arcade experiences I've ever read, Thanks ZF
Tom
Tom
Man that is a really awesome story! Thanks for sharing.
tigerstyle
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It's interesting how lots of people get emotional. We were having the driveway done by this local company, a bunch of nice italian fellows. On the second day, one asked if he could use the bathroom (it was scorching hot that day); anyhow i let him used the basement bathroom, and when he opened the basement door.. after a few seconds he let out a huge 'HOLYYY CRAP' ! He couldnt believe that we could own arcade games at home, and was amazed that the games were still working. I let him play a few games of Mortal Kombat and the guy was so emotional during the entire thing. He would tell me about how he used to play the games as a early teenager and so on.
Kids always love the games. The glowing monitors and marquees are like sugar to flies.
Kids always love the games. The glowing monitors and marquees are like sugar to flies.
joeycuda
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Awesome story...thanks for sharing
joeycuda
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I was living in an apt with a roommate, about a year or 2 out of college. He actually bought a game first, a MK, but by this point I had a Pac, Gorf, Asteroids, and another one that nearly completed the Silver Spoons lineup. The games covered the perimeter of the "dining table" area. When we saw that show on Nick at Nite or TV Land and I had the same games (Pac upright instead of cabaret though), it was funny and weird at the same time. A friend of ours came by, didn't know about the games, and his first reaction was "It's like Aladdin's Castle in here!"
xxstatic
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My eldest daughter (23) had a boyfriend of hers come by the house, as walks into my living room and he see's the DK he says: " You gotta Donkey Kong machine in your living room?"
I replied without missing a beat: " Doesn't everyone?"
I replied without missing a beat: " Doesn't everyone?"
