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Article on local arcade game preservation store
#361095 - 12/09/16 01:33 AM
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Re: Article on local arcade game preservation store
[Re: Phantom DJ]
#361159 - 12/10/16 06:45 PM
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Mr. Do knows that guy and has gotten a lot of artwork scanned thanks to him. I've bought pcbs on ebay from him as well.
I'm just not into pinball anymore. I loved it when I was a little kid, since then it hasn't felt exciting at all. The only reason I ever play it anymore is to see what pop culture bits the designers threw in like on a Star Trek table or something.
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Re: Article on local arcade game preservation store
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#361162 - 12/10/16 09:09 PM
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> I'm just not into pinball anymore. I loved it when I was a little kid, since then it
> hasn't felt exciting at all. The only reason I ever play it anymore is to see what
> pop culture bits the designers threw in like on a Star Trek table or something.
I never cared for pinball... until I played Medieval Madness. I realize the issue now was the game, not the format.
I've since gone to a pinball convention, and confirmed... yep.. it's the games. Some are just awesome kick-ass fun, but the vast majority... not so much. The novelty of the ball banging around for a bit until it drains rubs off right quick, unless the game is really well designed and engaging. There are few that are. MM is one of them, as is Twilight Zone, Addams Family, and a hand full of others. Some are just god-awful, and could only have been "entertaining" back when there was nothing to compare it to, or compete with it.
One of the worst I remember from the convention... World Poker Tour. Holy shit. It would capture the ball, and hold on to it for eternity for god knows why. Did it forget that I was in the middle of a game. Enough with the eternal audio bites, I want to play with the damn ball!
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Re: Article on local arcade game preservation store
[Re: GatKong]
#361163 - 12/10/16 09:20 PM
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It's not just the game, also how well it's maintained. I love High Speed. But, if the ramps and everything aren't setup right, it's just painful to play.
A lot of games on location are just plain broken. You can still bang the ball around, it's just not fun anymore.
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Re: Article on local arcade game preservation store
[Re: Crazy Otto]
#361238 - 12/14/16 06:51 AM
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High Speed was obviously an entry-level game for many. Not for me. I wasn't that into vids as a kid, but pinball was just beyond me. The right time for me was in high school with my buddy whom I'd watch play for hours, and the proper tables as well: Cyclone, Elvira, F-14. Saw others - Grand Lizard was okay but more fun with my buddy because of his comedic expressions of game titles and such - but wasn't attracted to them.
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Re: Article on local arcade game preservation store
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#361365 - 12/18/16 08:23 AM
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>I grew up and still live in Glendale, CA. The guy featured in this article owned several
>arcades which I used to frequent.
Someday I'd like to drive over there from Long Beach and visit the business to see what it is like. A few of us soCal MAME users (Mr. Do, Karasu, Zephyr, Pete/kazzy, Gyrovision, and myself) had gotten together for past soCal MAME meets and would meet at Round Table pizza in Fullerton and then head eastward and visit Camelot miniature golf course in Anaheim Hills/Yorba Linda area to play some of the video games there.
There used to be a quality selection way back during 1980s, 1990s, and post 2000 up until about 2011 when I last visited Camelot. Camelot isn't worth going to these days for older generations, but understandable the games are meant for kids. I still believe the younger generation are missing out on better quality games that were made during 1980s and 1990s in an actual arcade environment rather than playing the same game in some computer or console environment.
If a future soCal MAME meet should take place again, maybe an excursion to Gene's store would be a place worth visiting instead, but hopefully a decent pizza place is around the area there.
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