ALMOST 300K! Tonight I just wrapped up a LONG game of Donkey Kong.
Here’s how I did:
26
Jul
ALMOST 300K! Tonight I just wrapped up a LONG game of Donkey Kong.
Here’s how I did:
26
Jul
Here’s a new tour of my arcade, complete with a working TRON…
11
Jul
Time to start on the cabinet. As I mentioned in a previous post, I already stripped all the parts off of this cabinet, except the wiring harness. So basically I have a big ugly wood box. It’s not in terrible shape, just pretty much normal wear for a 25 year old video game. There are [...]
10
Jul
Decided that I didn’t like the look of the coin door. It was hacked up a bit for a credit switch, and it was scratched up.
I then took the parts into work and media blasted them while on my lunch break. Turned out really good!
I then tried to paint the coin door with some Rustoleum [...]
7
Jul
STATUS: No Longer In the Collection
Post from old site last updated 4/5/2000
How I got it:
Picked this game up at a local thrift store. Had a "City of Ft. Wayne" asset sticker on it. Must have seen some official government use. Maybe it’s a military version like the Military Battlezone 8^}
Recent repairs:
Had a little difficulty [...]
7
Jul
by Atari, 1981
STATUS: No Longer In the Collection
Post from old site last updated 4/5/2000
How I got it:
I got this game from Brian Penzone through a trade for my Galaga cocktail. And for all of you who wonder why I would trade a Galaga away, I hate to tell you but I’m not a huge [...]
7
Jul
by Bally/Midway, 1980
STATUS: No Longer In the Collection
Post from old site last updated 5/19/2005
Description of game:
Black and White Midway game. Very simple to play. You fire lasers from a center located base ship, trying to defend you base from attacks from four different directions. The game consists of five very large control buttons [...]
7
Jul
by Data East, 1985
STATUS: No Longer In the Collection
Post from old site last updated 1/21/2004
Description of game:
Nice dedicated Shootout cabinet. Game is a "third person" view shooter, where the player remains along the bottom of the screen and aims to different locations to shoot Mafia gangsters or bonus targets.
Different games that this cabinet plays:
Dedicated [...]
7
Jul
STATUS: No Longer In the Collection
Post from old site last updated 4/5/2000. This is the first of my THREE (so far…) Pole Position cabinets that I’ve owned.
How I got it:
Picked this game up from a local operator while picking up some other supplies. It did not include the boards, but had everything else. [...]
3
Jul
by Atari, 1976
STATUS: No Longer In the Collection
Post from old site last updated 2/29/2004
Description of game:
Old B&W driving classic. Instead of a road to navigate, you have to stay within the reflector markers on the left and right. Was a really ingenious way of making a driving game back before good graphics were in [...]
1. Donkey Kong
2. Joust
3. Ms. Pac-Man
4. Berzerk
5. Tron
6. Crazy Climber
7. Robotron: 2084
8. Donkey Kong Jr.
9. Q*Bert
10. Burgertime
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