I let the room set overnight, and then moved all the games back in. I took several pictures of each cabinet, and of the arcade as I moved the games back in. You can see these pictures from my Photos Page. I haven’t had a chance …
9
Apr
I let the room set overnight, and then moved all the games back in. I took several pictures of each cabinet, and of the arcade as I moved the games back in. You can see these pictures from my Photos Page. I haven’t had a chance …
7
Apr
For years I’ve wanted to repaint my arcade. The walls have been white since I first finished the basement of my house. Over the years they’ve really been nicked up from moving all these games in and out of the gameroom. Now that I not moving as many games around, …
5
Apr
Thought I’d have a quick game of Joust tonight before I had to go buy paint at Lowes to start my basement painting project. Didn’t think I’d actually have a great game! I ended up beating my high score again. This time I hit 418,000. …
10
Mar
There is a fantastic page on the web covering the original Pac-Man. Jamie Pittman created a Pac-Man Dossier that covers everything you need to know about the Pac-Man arcade game. He has broken down the original program code, and provides a ton of facts such …
23
Jan
Last Saturday I hosted a small collector get together in my arcade. The weather was horrible, but we had a few guys show up.
There was plenty of talk of beating some of my
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3
Jan
Well, since I’ve had a few extra days off from work, I’ve had a little time to work on some scores. New Year’s Eve, before I left to go to a friends for the evening, I hit a new milestone in my Tron gameplay. I passed the 200,000 …
30
Dec
When I was a kid I remember always looking through the Sears Christmas “Wishbook” catalog, getting excited about what I wanted for Christmas. There’s a great post online with some scans of the video game section of a 1983 catalog. It really brings back the memories from when …
17
Dec
I was never very good at Tron. I could usually make it to the third level before it blew me away. Ever since I restored my current machine, I’ve made a more serious attempt at actually becoming good at this game. Well, I hit a milestone tonight
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13
Dec
Since I pretty much burned myself out on Donkey Kong over the last few months, I spent some good quality time studying Tron. My scores are starting to become respectable. Tron is one of those games that definitely has patterns that will help get through certain levels. …
13
Dec
I’ve had my Blackberry Storm for a few weeks now, and I noticed something funny the last time it locked up. Any of you Williams arcade fans recognize this?
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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