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wait till you guys see what i'm putting in my jeep tonight/over the next couple days.

I'll give you a hint. Cruisin' USA.

[Edited on July 14, 2009 at 8:23 PM. Reason : .]

7/14/2009 8:22:41 PM

7/14/2009 8:23:17 PM

I wonder if the Ms. Pac-man guy was at all self-conscious

7/14/2009 9:02:43 PM

bill mitchell kicked his ass before the photoshoot

7/14/2009 9:05:54 PM

hahaa Bill Mitchell looks epic

7/14/2009 9:06:38 PM

7/14/2009 9:18:19 PM

oh my god I love arcade machinez

7/15/2009 12:02:25 AM

god damn I need an arcade machine

7/20/2009 10:27:27 PM

i never understood how arcade machines didn't really evolve to keep arcades alive. why didn't they switch to lighter/cheaper cabinet materials , use displays other than heavy ass power sucking crts(maybe a projector system), maybe switching to buildin them in china? i know consoles and online play have taken away a lot of the demand for arcades but there's nothin like poppin that quarter up to say the unspoken " i got next bitches"

7/20/2009 10:47:17 PM

Arcade cabinets (especially 80's games) are dirt cheap.

http://www.auctiongamesales.com/AUCTIONDATES.htm

That one comes to Winston-Salem every other month (next one in September). Most of the old school stand up cabinets sell for 50-125 dollars. That's working, complete games.

The bigger cabs, shooters, riding games etc range from 300 to ~1500 but varies wildly by age and desirability of the game.

I used to go quite a bit, games like Bad Dudes, Street Fighter 2, Golden Axe, etc routinely sold for 50 bucks or less.

Or you could restore/mod your own like I did http://www.snotmonkey.com/articles/pac-man-arcade-cabinet-restoration/

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Just don't get ripped off by the shit on ebay, and don't buy the garbage "MAME" cabinets.

7/20/2009 11:01:14 PM

^sigh

I wish I had the expertise to do such things

nice cabinet




and I would go up to the winstom salem auction if I knew there was going to be a Bubble Bobble machine, but I don't think there will ever be one lol

7/20/2009 11:25:33 PM

best game ever

7/21/2009 3:18:03 AM

holy shit

what i would pay for an NHL Open Ice 2-on-2 machine

is potentially much more than what i would actually have to pay

7/21/2009 4:08:09 AM

7/21/2009 4:47:18 AM

Video games killed pinball when they came out because they were much cheaper to maintain.

Home video games killed arcades because they were cheap entertainment.
Why haul your kids to an arcade when they would be just as happy spending all day in the family
room playing nintendo or (insert game here)

I miss a nice dark and loud arcade

7/21/2009 8:43:03 AM

I would start an arcade if I had the money and the expertise LOL!

7/21/2009 10:15:45 PM

old farts itt

7/21/2009 10:58:20 PM

http://eastnc.craigslist.org/ele/1280832207.html

listing in Kinston for two machines for 75 bucks apiece, for working cabinets (Raiden and Side Arms)

seems like a REALLY good price

tomorrow only apparently

for anyone near kinston

7/21/2009 11:04:37 PM

7/25/2009 3:30:41 PM

do need

Bubble Bobble machine!

8/10/2009 12:39:49 PM

someone buy me a machine

any machine!

donate to BubbleBobble!

9/23/2009 11:48:08 PM

there is one arcade cabinet i WILL have some time in my life

the original star wars cabinet...the sit down version




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayw6LbAWIk4&feature=player_embedded

9/24/2009 1:15:04 AM

^ yeah that was pretty fucking sweet

9/24/2009 1:33:18 AM

stop trolling me!

9/24/2009 2:10:30 AM

Ahaha, we actually have 2 arcade machines at my house.

9/24/2009 2:53:41 AM

the auction in WS a couple of weeks ago was pretty terrible. Lots of MAME cabs that were going for WAY too much money. The rest of the cabs were fairly so-so. There were a couple of nice classics there though that I would have enjoyed including an incredibly clean Crystal Castles cabinet that was gorgeous even though the monitor had a little burn-in. Overall a fairly weak line-up.

9/24/2009 12:46:45 PM

FTW

9/24/2009 1:50:41 PM

that's pretty hot

9/26/2009 12:15:51 AM

lol I still need one of these

5/14/2010 1:13:54 AM

ARCADE MACHINES!

7/12/2010 12:58:07 AM

Quote :

"TRIPLE POST SUSPEND"

7/12/2010 1:01:23 AM

LOL

you just don't want me to be last

7/12/2010 1:01:46 AM

LOL Urite

7/12/2010 1:02:09 AM

I suppose I shouldn't have called attention to it

7/12/2010 1:03:27 AM

jokes on you

7/12/2010 1:04:03 AM

7/12/2010 1:04:57 AM

that xmen one where if you fell off the platform jean grey would telepathically lift you back up

i think you could be: wolverine, cyclops, dazzler, collosus, nightcrawler, and someone else

7/12/2010 1:28:41 AM

I really, really miss arcades.

7/12/2010 2:04:51 AM

I do too

so epic

7/12/2010 2:06:16 AM

neptunes has arcade machines

including spy hunter

there will be more when kings itself reopens

7/12/2010 2:45:03 AM

I was a Tempest man myself.



Space Invaders was cool, too.



And even Frogger was fun.



[Edited on July 12, 2010 at 2:56 AM. Reason : I, too, liked Defender, schmoe. ]

7/12/2010 2:53:45 AM

The basement of Talley student center has some arcade machines.

Most of them suck, unless you like Tekken TAG, Blitz NFL '[year number], and deer hunter. And some other shooting-based game but I think it may have broken.

It used to have one of those "shoot the terrorists" sort of games, too... one where all the terrorists look like out-of-work porn stars inserted into a video game world. I think it was called Target Terror Gold.

7/12/2010 2:59:46 AM

Bubble Bobble machine plz

I still can't believe I passed up an original one for like 50 bucks on ebay that was over in TN

9/6/2010 1:42:25 AM

Super Off Road with 3 steering wheels is the greatest ever.

9/6/2010 1:45:58 AM

Off Road was definitely awesome!

I wouldn't mind having a working one of those

9/6/2010 1:50:47 AM

seriously

someone find me a Bubble Bobble machine

my life would be complete

9/7/2010 2:27:32 AM

best i can do on short notice.

9/7/2010 3:07:52 AM

Huh... it never occurred to me before that I might be able to get away with bringing my Neo Geo here into my classroom. That'd be fun.

9/7/2010 9:12:31 AM

LETHAL ENFORCERS - Im looking to buy one as a gift. Does anyone know a place that has them?

9/7/2010 10:23:33 AM

^^^oh you know I've seen that one

it's obviously not an original but I would be so happy if I had it

I really really really want to find an original one day though

like I said above, there was a mini one on ebay like, half a year ago in tennessee that I should have scooped up with a u-haul or something

Quote :

"LIFE'S BIGGEST REGRETS"

9/7/2010 1:01:26 PM