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Probably not a good idea to steal that design just yet.. might still be intellectual property
 
A show taking liberties with a high score table to add more nostalgia by prefixing the character's name with Mad is a travesty, yet collectors install a Frogger kit that allows for entering initials into a game that never had such a thing in the first place.
 
A show taking liberties with a high score table to add more nostalgia by prefixing the character's name with Mad is a travesty, yet collectors install a Frogger kit that allows for entering initials into a game that never had such a thing in the first place.

Good point.

But one is true to form, and one is not.

(assuming the frogger kit limits to 3 initials like BITD)
 
Good point.

But one is true to form, and one is not.

(assuming the frogger kit limits to 3 initials like BITD)

Neither bother me, quite honestly, I enjoy the show and I enjoy playing old video games as well as marveling at the intelligence of the community to create these great possibilities of enhancing a classic game.

I just can't exactly comprehend why the general view seems to be that it's fine for game owners to put collector designed side art, add on kits to games that never had a high score table before, illuminated t-molding, etc but liberties on a tv show are damning.

I wonder if it's because the decision was made for them in that case and they consume the result they had no input into whereas in a home collection, it's your game, you do what the hell you want.

As was mentioned a massive bulk of the viewership will just say "Hey Dig Dug! I remember that!"
 
Neither bother me, quite honestly, I enjoy the show and I enjoy playing old video games as well as marveling at the intelligence of the community to create these great possibilities of enhancing a classic game.

I just can't exactly comprehend why the general view seems to be that it's fine for game owners to put collector designed side art, add on kits to games that never had a high score table before, illuminated t-molding, etc but liberties on a tv show are damning.

I wonder if it's because the decision was made for them in that case and they consume the result they had no input into whereas in a home collection, it's your game, you do what the hell you want.

As was mentioned a massive bulk of the viewership will just say "Hey Dig Dug! I remember that!"

And hopefully my Dig Dug has increased in value now :)
 
Neither bother me, quite honestly, I enjoy the show and I enjoy playing old video games as well as marveling at the intelligence of the community to create these great possibilities of enhancing a classic game.

I just can't exactly comprehend why the general view seems to be that it's fine for game owners to put collector designed side art, add on kits to games that never had a high score table before, illuminated t-molding, etc but liberties on a tv show are damning.

I wonder if it's because the decision was made for them in that case and they consume the result they had no input into whereas in a home collection, it's your game, you do what the hell you want.

As was mentioned a massive bulk of the viewership will just say "Hey Dig Dug! I remember that!"

I thought the issues people had with seeing it occur in the show, was the show is trying to be within the actual 1980ies timeframe yes? That would be the difference there, keeping accurate to the era, compared to us who make changes to the machine currently, aren't trying to make people believe we still live in the 80ies. (although I try, I try) :)

Tim
 
A show taking liberties with a high score table to add more nostalgia by prefixing the character's name with Mad is a travesty, yet collectors install a Frogger kit that allows for entering initials into a game that never had such a thing in the first place.

The only reason I posted was because I love the show and wanted to connect with others who love the show plus arcade games. Seeing if anyone else thought the same when they saw 6 characters on screen. It doesn't mean they are wrong for doing it, everyone has an opinion, you can't please EVERYONE. :)
 
Uh... Like... comp in screens on top of CRTs? You realize what a huge waste of money that is, right? I do this stuff for a living and even I'm like... just use LCDs because 99% of the world won't even notice.

There's so much that has to go into preparing the scene for fake CRT screens... dealing with camera tracks, reflections, etc... all a huge pain in the ass that's totally avoided by just having LCD screens instead.

People who didn't go up in the 1980s wouldn't notice. But if you're doing this as a nod to those who did and remember what it was like, it's a 'fail' because it immediately reminds you that you're not looking at a scene set in the 1980s. Besides, it's not like the whole series takes place in an arcade. We're talking 20 minutes(?) out of one show. The creators go through all the trouble to recreate that time period, and then do something like use games with LCDs or bikes that were made decades later. It's distracting, and once you notice it, there's no forgetting it.
 
Remember when you were a kid and you watched TV just to have fun and be entertained. I guess those days are lost for some.

Stranger Things is not a Reality Show. It's not a Documentary on the 1980's either. :eek:

"Hey Dig Dug! I remember that!" [Steve W, 2017]

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People who didn't go up in the 1980s wouldn't notice. But if you're doing this as a nod to those who did and remember what it was like, it's a 'fail' because it immediately reminds you that you're not looking at a scene set in the 1980s. Besides, it's not like the whole series takes place in an arcade. We're talking 20 minutes(?) out of one show. The creators go through all the trouble to recreate that time period, and then do something like use games with LCDs or bikes that were made decades later. It's distracting, and once you notice it, there's no forgetting it.

What do you think the percentage of people out of the entire viewing audience is that noticed these flaws? I grew up in this exact time period...born in 1970. I lived in arcades. I didn't even catch the 6 character Dig Dug thing...or that they used LCDs. I was caught up in the show, not looking for flaws. I don;t usually do that until the 3rd time I've watched something.

I understand that if you do catch these things, it might ruin it for you, but you should try to allow yourself to enjoy the show for what it is. I think they've done a great job personally.

I work in IT. If I let everything that I said "that's not how computers work", or "you can't do that with a computer", ruin the show for me, well...I'd might as well stop watching movies or TV. ;)
 
People who didn't go up in the 1980s wouldn't notice. But if you're doing this as a nod to those who did and remember what it was like, it's a 'fail' because it immediately reminds you that you're not looking at a scene set in the 1980s. Besides, it's not like the whole series takes place in an arcade. We're talking 20 minutes(?) out of one show. The creators go through all the trouble to recreate that time period, and then do something like use games with LCDs or bikes that were made decades later. It's distracting, and once you notice it, there's no forgetting it.

look. it's easy. they used LCD's cuz you can't film crt's.

when the redhead girl goes in the back office with that kid, the 3 arcade games back there
all clearly show normal CRT's in them. so yeah.

who cares about 6-digit high score, maybe bob the BASIC hacker hacked the assembly code
and re-burned the eprom and made an advanced edit, so yeah. there's that. poor dead bob.

the show is awesome. just finished season 2 last night. epic.
 
look. it's easy. they used LCD's cuz you can't film crt's.

And yet they had numerous scenes with TV sets. They can film crts if they wanted to, the production just decided to be cheap and did it half assed.
 
look. it's easy. they used LCD's cuz you can't film crt's.

How did we ever record anything that used CRTs before LCDs? Hmm.... how strange indeed. Maybe ST3 can revolve around that little factoid.

Oh, that's right... you CAN film CRTs (how were movies like Poltergeist ever made?). It's a matter of adjusting the camera's shutter until it syncs with the monitor's refresh rate. If you don't bother to do that, then the image on the CRT will flicker on the recording.
 
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And yet they had numerous scenes with TV sets. They can film crts if they wanted to, the production just decided to be cheap and did it half assed.

i guess u have a valid point. they did film a shitton of crt/tv's throughout the series.

my final guess is some idiot donated leased/rented their cabinets/games to the show, and whomever owns
those games was a cheapass and used lcd's, which sucks, and you should burn all your cabs
and go out of business. kthx.
 
i guess u have a valid point. they did film a shitton of crt/tv's throughout the series.

my final guess is some idiot donated leased/rented their cabinets/games to the show, and whomever owns
those games was a cheapass and used lcd's, which sucks, and you should burn all your cabs
and go out of business. kthx.

Nope, person who supplied them is a legit collector/company, that I believe is active here and on the arcade Facebook groups. The machines had CRTs, the show removed them and put in LCDs purposely.

Tim
 
Nope, person who supplied them is a legit collector/company, that I believe is active here and on the arcade Facebook groups. The machines had CRTs, the show removed them and put in LCDs purposely. Tim

yup, just got an update from the other stranger things thread here on klov.

so while its nice the games originally had crt's in them. it blows my mind why they
were all removed and replaced with lcd's just to film it. it ruins the entire 1980's feel
and invalidates the arcade games entirely.
 
And to make matters more frustrating, the supplemental series "Beyond Stranger Things" extensively uses a CRT television set. I just don't understand why they had to use LCDs on the arcade games when they have the technical means to film CRTs or at least add visual FX in post production.
 
Maybe because it's a science fiction show and not a show about 80s arcade games? The goal is to tell a story, not to 100% reproduce the time period...
 
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