So I bring some game to a fundraiser....

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As the local hometown "arcade" guy.. I was asked to bring some games to a local chili feed competition, beer served, adult only. They sold quarters 3/$1, and they wanted some working games to entertain and maybe make a few bux. All I had that was accessable was from a previous days game run, which was a Tapper, Centipede cocktail and a Meteor in my garage.

Well, they did well selling quarters as folks were just donating, but this is the weird part, hardly anyone played them. In fact I also volunteered to serve beer so I could watch the games and make sure nobody shit on the Tapper or god forbid used the cup holders for their intended purpose, but folks would gather around them, and just look at them? WTF? Age range of 30-50 I would say. Most folks wanted to drink and eat and shoot the shit.. but it was funny. Tons of folks wanted to talk about them and ask "If you ever see a Galaga machine...call me" type of comments but for fux sake folks.. The news was there covering the event and filmed the games two or three times.. we made $38 on "donations".. I cleared $8.50 from the games in total, with the pin gathering only $.75 and the Tapper $2.25. Folks gawked at the Tapper and would walk around it like it was an alien... just looking amazed... funny, I told a couple of folks they better play it for the last time in their lives and they did,, anyhow, just wanted to share what the general public thought... a lot of it had to do with the beers and the brightly lit room, time, etc...

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I'm surprised people didn't play the centipede. Most people are drawn to the real popular classics and will stay away from games they don't recall. I'm guessing a ms pac might have gotten more play but who knows.
 
I feel your pain Jay. That's what happens when people outside of our hobby are exposed to the "dinosaurs from the past". The love just ain't there anymore. Shit some asshole made fun of me today at a party when he was told I was the guy who "has a ton of old games in his basement." I wanted to punch that fucker in the face but I just walked away.
 
WOW! Some people! Heck i would have been playing the crap outta those games and loving every min of it! Maybe they were hoping for a Street Fighter or Neo-Geo ;) J/K lol
 
It's okay old dude John. I'm still the older dude with old-ass games in my collection too-- probably some allot older than him. Thanks for coming to my birthday party!
 
As a Meteor owner, I am appalled.

Yea right? The funny thing is , I live in a very small town, and there is a bar in town with a new Elvis and a Dairy Treat with a WorldCup Scocer and they are always getting play, in fact, I get asked by folks if they can come over and play, even got asked last week to have a birthday party in my arcade in the basement.. so I figured, these things would get love, if nothing else , the Meteor.. with the Centipede, I noticed I had set it to FRENCH settings by accident when setting the credits up, nary a beer drinker noticed.. oui oui
 
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