Tranquility Base Arcade - Cheesy Video!

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Well...after the slow creation of a home arcade and a seemingly endless run of repairs I'm 'almost' to the point of having a functioning arcade. So what is the first thing you do when you get to that point you ask? Create a cheesy video with a cheap camera of course! I have seen many excellent videos of arcades on this website and this is not one of them...but hopefully I have captured a little bit of the 'spirit of my arcade' in the videos. I shot these videos today just before the Thanksgiving day guests arrived...

Black lights on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwrSM4cuxkg

House lights on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYQmBYRcA5k

Happy Thanksgiving!

Alan
 
Cool arcade & games but let's see some videos of people playing and enjoying those games. All these videos of empty arcades freak me out as they remind of a time long ago when I worked at an arcade. I really did not enjoy being in the place when it was empty.
 
Sweet games and setup in the Tranquility Base!! I especially loved the custom out of order sign that says "Houston, We've had a problem" NICE TOUCH!! The Asteroids and Space Invaders vinyl on the wall is really pimpin' too... Damn man, your arcade has come along ways and I gotta give you three thumbs up!
 
That is a very nice selection of games you have there. I think one of my favorite looking ones is that Space Encounters. How is the gameplay?
 
That is a very nice selection of games you have there. I think one of my favorite looking ones is that Space Encounters. How is the gameplay?

I can't say enough about Space Encounters! So many times I have read this game getting crummy comments...but I'm not sure if they are coming from people who have owned one recently. The pulsing red light, the flashing strobe light....the cool flight controls....the Star Wars type theme....the Space Invaders type play X10....on and on. All makes for a very cool arcade game to me.

Out of order game - that is Defender...just recently brought inside and my latest project!

Yep...funny comment about sounds in the arcade. I only own two games that actually have sound in the attract mode which are Super Off Road and Gorf...all the rest are silent. Arcade ambiance to me is a cool was to break the silence...or just pump some 80's tunes.

Arcade was a big hit yesterday...fun stuff...
 
Nice setup, looks great with the blacklight. Good idea with the arcade ambiance mp3 - I bet most people wouldn't even notice, that is except Klov members!
 
great placement of the gorf machine too. Blends well with the wall color at just the right corner.
 
I can't say enough about Space Encounters! So many times I have read this game getting crummy comments...but I'm not sure if they are coming from people who have owned one recently. The pulsing red light, the flashing strobe light....the cool flight controls....the Star Wars type theme....the Space Invaders type play X10....on and on. All makes for a very cool arcade game to me.

Very cool, the reason I asked was because of the awesome looking cabinet. I figured the game must have been pretty neat as well.
 
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