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Well, I am semi-embarressed to say that I played pins most of the time... I played all of my favorite classic arcade cabs though. I had never played a Missile Command cockpit before today. That was probably the highlight.Finally arriving!
Thursday was nice. Very low crowd in the early AM. Could walk up and play just about anything. That is until I was having a good old time playing TX-Sector and staff told me it was for tournament use only (ooops!). We walked around the outside perimeter so I didn't even see the barriers. Honest mistake.
Had a nice lineup of titles I needed to get out of my system so I wouldn't buy them. Strangely two rare cockpits found their way into the joint but only one Cinematronics game and it was broken. The Tempest cabaret was a mess of retrace lines I hope somebody fixed before the tube ended up with a hole in the middle of it. Star Wars was also out of service. I was really bummed about this because if I stood a chance to place my initials anywhere, it was these two. Even if it only lasted for 15 minutes. Do's Wild Ride infuriated me within one game.
Vendors were nice and I chipped a little support their way. I wanted to merch whore a little but didn't like any of the T-shirts. You definitely owe it to yourself to stop by Pinball Perfections area and check out Dans mechanical maze. Super cool implement that teaches electromechanical workings while absolutely captivating the most ADHD person. It totally worked on me.
Biggest disappointment: The sound levels on the games. Perhaps 50% of the titles I played I couldn't hear shit.
Personal highlight: Seeing a 'tech' shirt walking around and realizing I wasn't wearing it.
I'd go back next year. We need a solid thread for this event in the sale/trade area as the Pittsburgh market sucks so anyone traveling in that can bring something like they do with Allentown, Chicago, OHPS, and CAX can advertise it and get it done.