I remember playing Stunt Cycle and Drag Race at the miniature golf course in Clear Lake, CA when visiting my Nana & Papa... which means I was ... 4 or 5 maybe... 1976-1977.
Should I group my games together in rows??
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Tighe
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Ahhh Nana & Papa! I am just imaging you as a little kid - 6'4" with a beard.
So you are 3 years older than I am? I was born in 1975.
jumblejunkie
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I have my nintendo cabs together along with my WrestleWar which is in a small Gottlieb cab. And my 2 Street Fighter cabs together. Other than that, I try to keep my bigger games like my Pin, Soul Calibur 2, Neo Geo, ect toward the back. But for the most part, its random! I'm sure I will be forever changing it up! Thats part of the fun of collecting!
trickman
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I've seen nintys and all sorts of similar-type games grouped together before. It does look cool and does serve a purpose. But it can also be a downfall as well. Take your fighting games, for instance. It would be cool to have all the fighting games in one area, but if you have a group of people there that are not into that genre of game, that entire row would go unplayed and you'd have a bigger crowd of people all around the other types of games instead. It's not a HUGE deal, but diversity can keep that from happening.
Oh no-
If you put Galaga and Galaxian on the same row, you're going to get a real-life conversation that mirrors a better-than/best/versus thread here.
Galaga sucks!
FU! Galaxian is an ass!
No way! Galaxian is retro cool!
Damn that- Single shot?
Precision dude- precision!
Two words- Challenging Stage
Oh yeah? EVERY stage is challenging-
Really? What's your high score, like 30K?
Like you could beat it- what's yours? 2M? Score inflation!
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etc
If you put Galaga and Galaxian on the same row, you're going to get a real-life conversation that mirrors a better-than/best/versus thread here.
Galaga sucks!
FU! Galaxian is an ass!
No way! Galaxian is retro cool!
Damn that- Single shot?
Precision dude- precision!
Two words- Challenging Stage
Oh yeah? EVERY stage is challenging-
Really? What's your high score, like 30K?
Like you could beat it- what's yours? 2M? Score inflation!
blah
blah
etc
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Tighe
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Haaa haa! You just threw a match on the pool of gasoline that is Phet!
Personally I love them all equally, but differently like my children!
I notice you didn't say anything about Gaplus and Galaga '88.
Oryk Zinyo
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If you have the room make a "Fighter Island" in the middle of the room. Arrange the games in a circle facing out. This way there is plenty of room for multiple fighters to be played simultaneously.
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Tighe
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I don't know how I feel about that. My basement is 58' x 26' but I have a staircase in the center of the basement. If I made an island, it would take up too much room and would be hard to walk around. Fighter cabinets are the deepest ones too.
amr
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You should mix them all up in random order like a real arcade.
Phetishboy
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Oryk Zinyo
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Some of the 'real' arcades I saw BITD had 5-7 Pacman cabs in a row. I do both, rows of similar games, some walls of random stuff. I try to balance aesthetics with player practicality.
I often saw duplicates together, but never a "Williams" row or a "Nintendo" row like so many collectors like to display. Personally I find grouping a manufacturer's games distasteful and unsatisfying...
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Tighe
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Some of the 'real' arcades I saw BITD had 5-7 Pacman cabs in a row. I do both, rows of similar games, some walls of random stuff. I try to balance aesthetics with player practicality.
I love how you have things arranged Phet! What is that hole on the front of your Satan's Hollow?
Also I have been wanting to ask, would you have painted your ceiling if it weren't popcorn?
Phetishboy
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Tighe
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Are you calling me an asshole?
I am surprised that you have a cabinet with a big hole in the front! That is more like something I would have.
Phetishboy
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Are you calling me an asshole?
Why are you surprised? This machine is an unrestored original. The original owner had a credit button installed. This machines was in such good shape I never felt the need to restore it. No OCD here. I'm the normal one.
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Tighe
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I guess I got you wrong. Might I suggest one of these bad boys? You could even paint it red to match.
http://na.suzohapp.com/pushbuttons/52621200.htm
trickman
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I guess I got you wrong. Might I suggest one of these bad boys? You could even paint it red to match.
http://na.suzohapp.com/pushbuttons/52621200.htm
Or just cut a circular wood piece to match, sand it down and paint it. I'm sure he thought of this before; just hasn't gotten around to it.
Phetishboy
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Or just cut a circular wood piece to match, sand it down and paint it. I'm sure he thought of this before; just hasn't gotten around to it.
Actually, I just don't care.
trickman
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I don't blame you. That machine is awfully sweet as is!
