PAX East, Boston - ACAM booth

[Gary Vincent]

Photos from Steve Golson' visit in January

Back in January, Mike Stulir arranged for Steve Golson of GCC to come spend the afternoon at the museum. Here are a few pictures from that day.

Photo 1: The paper prototype for the maze in Jr. Pac Man.
Photo 2: Annotated Pac Man code.
Photo 3: Ms. Pac Man protoype boards.
Photo 4: Prototype Ms. Pac Man board.

Gary

 

[Gary Vincent]

More pics:

Photo 1: Steve with Food Fight, a GCC designed game.
Photo 2: Steve with Quantum, another GCC deisgn.
Photo 3: Steve and me with Ms. Pac Man.

Gary

 

[TheOldMaster]

wow, that is some neat stuff. thanks for sharing those pix.

 

[mps]

Here is the list of games that ACAM will be bringing for the classic arcade exhibit in room 310. These games were chosen for popularity, historical significance or rarity:

Video:
Omega Race
Dragon's Lair
Us Vs. Them
Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
Galaga
Ms. Pac-Man/Crazy Otto
Jr. Pac-Man
Quantum
Food Fight
Sinistar
Asteroids
Leprechaun
Space Invaders Deluxe
Frogger
Pong
Pooyan
Joust 2
Donkey Kong 3

Dragon's Lair & Us Vs. Them will be hooked up to projectors so the whole room can watch the gameplay.



Pinball:
Buck Rogers
Flash
High Speed
Spy Hunter



Mike Stulir
Board of Directors
The American Classic Arcade Museum at Funspot
579 Endicott Street North
Laconia, NH 03246
http://www.classicarcademuseum.org/

 

[blkdog7]

Can't wait to play Crazy Otto!

 

[mps]

Crazy Otto is a hit!! Crazy Otto, Dragon's Lair and Pong are the most played games so far.

Here is a photo from our room on Friday. It has been this full constantly.

Mike Stulir
Board of Directors
The American Classic Arcade Museum at Funspot
579 Endicott Street North
Laconia, NH 03246
http://www.classicarcademuseum.org/

 

[mps]

This morning before the ACAM room opened, we had a private showing for PAX-East keynote speaker, TV & film star Wil Wheaton. Upon entering the room, he fell to his knees & genuflected before entering.

Thanks to Wil for stopping by, and for all of his kind words about our preservation efforts.


Mike Stulir
Board of Directors
The American Classic Arcade Museum at Funspot
579 Endicott Street North
Laconia, NH 03246
http://www.classicarcademuseum.org/

 

[Jedidentist]

No Tron???

 

[HudsonArcade]

This morning before the ACAM room opened, we had a private showing for PAX-East keynote speaker, TV & film star Wil Wheaton.

I would have loved to ask him if he knew about the classic usenet newsgroup:
alt.ensign.wesley.crusher.die.die.die

 

[rknucklez]

This morning before the ACAM room opened, we had a private showing for PAX-East keynote speaker, TV & film star Wil Wheaton. Upon entering the room, he fell to his knees & genuflected before entering.

Thanks to Wil for stopping by, and for all of his kind words about our preservation efforts.


Mike Stulir
Board of Directors
The American Classic Arcade Museum at Funspot
579 Endicott Street North
Laconia, NH 03246
http://www.classicarcademuseum.org/

Great Pic MPS, Stand By Me was a classic....

Can ya do me a favor though?

STOP BUTT DIALING ME!!!

~Richie

 

[WodNad]

Just got home from a 12 hour day in the PAX ACAM room.
Lots of fun, but a long day for sure...

Had a great time though, Thnx Gary, Mike, Tina, and Sarah...

(Playing Crazy Otto was great too

 

[WodNad]

 

[WodNad]

 

[WodNad]

I spy Bat Man playing Dragon's Lair!

What happens when you insult a Ghost Buster?

You get a kick to the nads of course...

 

[Gary Vincent]

I just got home about 15 minutes ago. We were originally scheduled to ship out tomorrow but that all changed around lunchtime when they said we would be going out tonight. Dan, thanks for all those great pictures, especially the one of the balding guy at Asteroids ;-)

Gary

 

[Jedidentist]

Nice pics...thanks for posting. I might try giving it a go next year when my son is a little older...I miss the con scene.

 

[Cartouche]

I put in 13+ hours on Saturday. Great to play Crazy Otto, Quantum, and some other rarer titles in great condition.

Highlights for me:

I was surprised how jacked up people were to play Pong. I overheard more than once parents saying to their kids, "You see this, guys? This is the first videogame EVER."

Hoarding the tokens near Frogger. "That game needs a token. And I happen to have one." John was very disappointed in me.

The cutie dressed like Black Widow.

Hanging with Joe, John, Brian, and VDan at the show and the Pour House.

Seeing the end of Dragon's Lair achieved on the projection screen.

 

[HudsonArcade]

was surprised how jacked up people were to play Pong. I overheard more than once parents saying to their kids, "You see this, guys? This is the first videogame EVER."

Did you correct them?

 

[Gary Vincent]

Did you correct them?

We had a written description on top explaining that it was not the first video game

 

[Cartouche]

Did you correct them?

I couldn't let myself ruin a dad-son moment like that.

If my adolescence was typical, they'll be fighting on their front lawn soon enough.