Hello from Joplin MO

J67AB

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Just recently signed up, but I have been a lurker for a good couple of years. I have a 1943, a Donkey Kong and thanks to this forum a now working Joust. I wanted to say thank you for the tips and advice the board has truly been a resource in getting my stuff fixed and where to go for parts. Thanks again.
 
Just recently signed up, but I have been a lurker for a good couple of years. I have a 1943, a Donkey Kong and thanks to this forum a now working Joust. I wanted to say thank you for the tips and advice the board has truly been a resource in getting my stuff fixed and where to go for parts. Thanks again.

Welcome! I've got family in the area so I'm through there a couple of times a year.

have you been to 1984 yet in springfield? It rocks!
 
1984

I have, every time I go by downtown the wife has other plans. We were just up there to see Death Cab For Cutie at the Gillioz. I will get in there eventually. I'll tell you the main thing I crave is the arcade sound of all the machines going at once. In my '1984 era' arcade we had, Gyruss, Time Pilot 84, Satans Hollow, Track and Field, Elevator Action, Bump n Jump, Joust, Centepede, Galaga, Paperboy, etc. I lived on a military base so I would ride my bike to different arcades around the base, lots of fun. We have a Arcade bar type deal here too in Joplin. Roger at the Blackthorn pub downtown has a game room with about 10-15 games in the Bar, serves Pizza too.
 
Family in the area

Demogo, I hope your family weathered the storm OK last year. Scary stuff.
 
Demogo, I hope your family weathered the storm OK last year. Scary stuff.

yeah, closest family was about 15 min away. I came to visit a couple of months after the storm and was amazed at how torn up things were even then. It looked like sections of town had been bombed from the air and had to be seen to be believed.

hope you did ok too.
 
Yeah, we were extremely lucky I am less than a mile from the damaged area. The Joust that I brought back to life was salvaged from the disaster area.
 
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