I finally named my Arcade

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I finally decided to name my arcade.. Back in the Golden Arcade Age, or (GAA) music was just as important to me.. It went hand in hand with my arcade experience!! One of my favorite arcades in downtown Boise had a unreal sound system,,,

So I named my arcade after an album, that was one of my favorite in the early 80's..
I was not only inspired by the music, but also the cover art...

Hint the album was released in 1977..
 
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I finally decided to name my arcade.. Back in the Golden Arcade Age, or (GAA) music was just as important to me.. It went hand in hand with my arcade experience!! One of my favorite arcades in downtown Boise had a unreal sound system,,,

So I named my arcade after an album, that was one of my favorite in the early 80's..
I was not only inspired by the music, but also the cover art...

Hint the album was released in 1977..

Your arcade is named "The Album" after ABBA's "The Album" in 1977.

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Do I win anything?
 
The Grand Illusion ?

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Winner...WOW my hints were to good:eek:

Yes I have named it " The Grand Illusion Arcade" Im working on a few poster ideas to send to the printer... Im going to photoshop a few arcades into the album cover art.. Like a Star Wars Cockpit halfway hidden behind one of the trees, ect..
 
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Rumours? Bat out of Hell? Cheap Trick? These were some of my fav albums from 1977, i have them on Vinyl.
 
Winner...WOW my hints were to good:eek:

Yes I have named it " The Grand Illusion Arcade" Im working on a few poster ideas to send to the printer... Im going to photoshop a few arcades into the album cover art..

Good name buddy i like it!
 
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named mine the "i busted my ass for all this arcade" but you put alot more thought into yours. cool! do you have pics or a video made? would love to see your setup!
 
named mine the "i busted my ass for all this arcade" but you put alot more thought into yours. cool! do you have pics or a video made? would love to see your setup!

Im going take pics soon.. I have a few games I just brought in that im finishing up.. Moon Patrol finally made it inside.. I only have around 18 in the house due to space issues..
 
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Im going to photoshop a few arcades into the album cover art.. Like the Star Wars Chair halfway hidden behind one of the trees, ect..

Awesome idea, and a great way to pay tribute to that gem.

:eek:
 
Cool Dan!!!

I need to get a sign for mine at some point: "City 17 Arcade". I spent too many years making this game to not reference it!

 
Winner...WOW my hints were to good:eek:

Yes I have named it " The Grand Illusion Arcade" Im working on a few poster ideas to send to the printer... Im going to photoshop a few arcades into the album cover art.. Like a Star Wars Cockpit halfway hidden behind one of the trees, ect..

That's awesome! As for the photoshoped cabinets, well... with all those trees you really, really need a Timber cab in there! :) Or you could really confuse people and throw in a Journey cab...
 
That's awesome! As for the photoshoped cabinets, well... with all those trees you really, really need a Timber cab in there! :) Or you could really confuse people and throw in a Journey cab...

Journey arcade is a personal favorite, it would look awesome behind a tree.. Dont want to clutter it much, so maybe 4-6 machines total..
 
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Cool Dan!!!

I need to get a sign for mine at some point: "City 17 Arcade". I spent too many years making this game to not reference it!


Not to go off topic, but were you part of the Half Life 2 development team? Wow! Great job. It's one of my top 5 all time favorites and the last game that really sucked me in to the story line.
 
Winner...WOW my hints were to good:eek:

Yes I have named it " The Grand Illusion Arcade" Im working on a few poster ideas to send to the printer... Im going to photoshop a few arcades into the album cover art.. Like a Star Wars Cockpit halfway hidden behind one of the trees, ect..

Good name, love the poster idea. I went with the un-creative "Steve's Classic Arcade" because I only refer to it as "My Arcade". On a plus side though I was able to register the Web address. On that note yours ( TheGrandIllusionArcade.com ) looks like it's available too.
 
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