Stranger Things 2 arcade

Since we got on the subject of cars in season 1 Barbs vw convertible is a 1988 Cabriolet and this is taking place in 1983
 
It was still nice to see the environment again. Although the machines had LCDs, I thought they did a great job capturing the time, essence, and atmosphere of the arcade that we grew up in. It brought back many memories for me. I also digged the Z28. That wasn't accurate either. It has fenders from a 78-79 but the dash is a 80-81. That didn't ruin the nostalgia for me even though it wasn't 100% accurate. It brought back another flood of memories.

What i though was funny is at one point a saw him putting down the windows with the power window switch on the console then another time you look at the car and it had a crank handle for manual windows.
 
Any interest in Palace Arcade Tshirts??
still tweakin the design but just a quick rough idea

It has already been on the T-Shirt sites. It was on ShirtPunch last week

https://www.shirtpunch.com/palace-arcade

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Let's not forget the guns aspect lol. M4a1s were not created at this time. Didn't come out until late 90s. MP5K PDW was 91 and Beretta 92 was 1985.
 
What i though was funny is at one point a saw him putting down the windows with the power window switch on the console then another time you look at the car and it had a crank handle for manual windows.

I didn't catch that. Reminds me of the Dukes of Hazard. At times, you can hear an auto transmission wile others, its clearly a manual/clutch....lol
 
Also to really be a geek about it, but the joystick movements didn't correlate correctly with the successful (and correct) Dragon's Lair movements that were shown from saving Daphne at the end of the game.
 
I was most upset about the Dig Dug high scores as well lol....

Several ways to get around this. I mean people watching the show are clever enough to understand what a license plate says with minimum letters/numbers. Just do the same.

MMX

Or what another Klov'r said

1st MAD
2nd MAX
3rd place DST or D10
4th WIL

We don't need to be spoon fed. CMON!
 
Also, is this game real?

In a midway cab, looks like a Galaga style. I tried googling Space Knife real quick but wasn't seeing the same artwork...

The artwork says "Quest for the Space Knife"

Just curious.
 

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BMX Geek!

First off, I love the show - great series.

But since I see others commenting on stuff not being period correct or authentic....I'll go ahead and add my 2 pennies :D

The main character's bikes!

I would guess these were actually made somewhere after 2004 based on several points. Looking at the bikes in the picture below (mostly the 2 bikes on the left):

The integrated headset design on BMX bikes first came out in 2002-2003 (S&M I believe made first prototypes in 2003, only a couple other bike companies including my own did this in 2002/2003 :)). MOST bike companies didn't start building this way until 2004 or later. The trained eye for BMX can also note the clamp-on stem, smaller gearing, Detangler tabs, and overall geometry is post-2000 era as well. They basically added some silly stuff like head lights, bells, older style grips, and a banana seat LOL

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On a side note, also BMX related - I saw someone post this (haha) side by side picture with BMX legend Mat Hoffman as a kid, Ha!

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I thought he looked a little bit like Eddie Van Halen myself:

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Nerrrds! HaHaHaHa

-GackAttack
 
Also, is this game real?

In a midway cab, looks like a Galaga style. I tried googling Space Knife real quick but wasn't seeing the same artwork...

The artwork says "Quest for the Space Knife"

Just curious.

There was also a record or something like that in the weird conspiracy theorist guys apartment that said space knife on it. Not sure what the significance of it is, but I'm sure we will find out.
 
First off, I love the show - great series.

But since I see others commenting on stuff not being period correct or authentic....I'll go ahead and add my 2 pennies :D

The main character's bikes!

I would guess these were actually made somewhere after 2004 based on several points. Looking at the bikes in the picture below (mostly the 2 bikes on the left):

The integrated headset design on BMX bikes first came out in 2002-2003 (S&M I believe made first prototypes in 2003, only a couple other bike companies including my own did this in 2002/2003 :)). MOST bike companies didn't start building this way until 2004 or later. The trained eye for BMX can also note the clamp-on stem, smaller gearing, Detangler tabs, and overall geometry is post-2000 era as well. They basically added some silly stuff like head lights, bells, older style grips, and a banana seat LOL

I was hoping to see some GT, Redline, Diamond Back, Torker, etc. Big zilch....
 
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