Play expo - 12th/13th Oct 2013

[IDCHAPPY]

For what it's worth, I love to see my machines being played, you can still see the joy of folks faces as they are getting stuck into a game... brilliant

 

[RGP]

RGP's shaft got sheared

Yes, and Mrs RGP wants to know who by still!

You're right that back in the day, these machines were designed to take a 10-12 hour public beating on a 7-day basis but two things were also true back then: They were designed with a relatively low shelf life in mind - not 30+ years and spare parts were abundant at the time.

I'm never bothered about the electronics side, I can fix or get that fixed - that's just part of the cycle of that era, fix it so that it can fail again later.

And putting it bluntly, the electronics are pretty well cocooned inside the machine, monitor tubes protected by glass to take the brunt of any initial impact, PCB's in the bowels somewhere.

My Goliath with Nemesis at last years PlayExpo got slammed about by 2 total t**sers. Slapping the stick hard when they lost a life. I'd purposefully changed out a lot of the good sticks for some more generic and cheaper ones though so although I did not to security to get them to have a word and they moved on pretty sharpish I wasn't that bothered. Joysticks are going to break, buttons are going to get sticky and weak on the springs. I had a box of about 50 buttons and leafs in the road trunk.

Someone had been bashing the buttons so hard on Track & Field that the leaf had worked loose underneath and dropped into the lower area of the CP, I remember tightening the buttons up as well but hey, it's going to happen.

It doesn't put me off taking 40-50 and more machines to Revival/NERG and anything else next year, I specifically built a collection of all the games I love but with the intention of letting everyone else play, the more the merrier.

And, with the lair having 2600sqft in total now and everything getting more streamlined, i'll be opening it up on a much more regular basis.

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Whoop to that dude

 

[Pacman83]

For what it's worth, I love to see my machines being played, you can still see the joy of folks faces as they are getting stuck into a game... brilliant

Ian,

That absolutely nails it there in one sentence

I bought my Pac Man cabaret in 2008 from eBay.

Drove outside London with my mate in a van and picked up a bucket of crap which was falling to bits on the way home.

I could see it in the rear view mirror on the way home and thought I just can't wait to see the looks on peoples faces, young & old, loving these iconic cabs all over again.

I've been there, lived it in the 80's, the sounds and the smells of the electronics with the gameplay and sounds.

Same with all my restos. I'm doing them to be enjoyed and can't wait to see them getting played by a new generation at the Expo and not kept in glass air conditioned cases

 

[ColinD]

See you all there - Hotel Booked Friday and Saturday night.... Not staying on the Sunday this time as will be in the new job !!

 

[Chihiro]

My candy is beat up already but I'm in the process of fixing it up hence why this years replay will be its last public appearance.

 

[Urgentemente]

I'm going

Only up the road from me so no hotel needed

which means I'll probably be driving so can't get drunk

- Ben

Walk/taxi/train it if it's that close mate, come and have a beer or 5

 

[ben76]

I'm going

Only up the road from me so no hotel needed

which means I'll probably be driving so can't get drunk

- Ben

Walk/taxi/train it if it's that close mate, come and have a beer or 5

Not close enough to walk. Also I'm too much of a tight bast to pay for a taxi/train

http://goo.gl/maps/upHuu

My current plan is to get someone else from Macc to go and get them a ticket for driving

- Ben
ben762013-09-14 08:01:20

 

[Urgentemente]

Ah, thought 'close' meant really close by, LOL.

 

[muddymusic]

Here's the full list of cabs at Play this year. There should be something for everyone. We've got games going from Space Invaders & Pac-man, right up to Planet Harriers & OutRun 2 SP.

We are all extremely excited to have an incredible Nintendo dedicated row - which I don't think you'd have even seen back in the arcade heyday, 7 stunning cabs - Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong 3, Punch Out and Super Punch Out uprights, Space Firebird and Space Fever cocktails.

We also have some rarely seen dedicated cabs, such as Taito's Ice Cold Beer, Konami's Gyruss and a Midway Pac-Land among others. 5 cockpit cabs, 5 twin driving cabs, all 3 operation wolf games, Chase HQ and the 2 follow ups all in matching cabs, a cracking line of cabaret cabs, including Phoenix, Bubble Bobble & GORF.

We'll also be having some live play on projectors from world champion gamers Jon Stoodley & Tony Temple on Pac-Man & Missile Command respectively. We will also have dbrown with his incredible mini cabs all on display and ready to play.

It's going to be an amazing weekend, you really don't want to miss it

1 Star Wars cockpit
2 Monaco GP Twin
3 Super Punch Out
4 Ghouls n Ghosts mini
5 Midnight Resistance cabaret
6 Bubble Bobble cabaret
7 Galaga cabaret
8 Phoenix cabaret
9 Pac-Land midi
10 Juno First midi
11 Bombjack midi
12 Scramble subelectro cabaret
13 Lordsvale MVS cabaret -Twinkle Star Sprites
14 Dig Dug (muddy)
15 Neo Geo MVS Fruitie - 6 Slot
16 Puckman
17 GORF cabaret
18 Thunderblade
19 Apache 3
20 SCI (Replay)
21 Chase HQ (muddy)
22 Missile Command
23 Pac-Man cabaret
24 Turbo Outrun
25 OutRun
26 Final Lap 3
27 Sega Megatech
28 Blasteroids
29 Electrocoin Zeon - Street Fighter 2 EX
30 Electrocoin Zeon - Tumblepop
31 Electrocoin Zeon - Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition
32 OutRunners twin
33 ZX2000 Konami GT cockpit
34 OutRun 2 cockpit
35 Space Fever cocktail
36 Punch Out
37 Donkey Kong 3
38 Donkey Kong Jr.
39 Donkey Kong (chuckie egg)
40 Space Firebird cocktail
41 Planet Harriers cockpit
42 F355 three-screen cockpit
43 Dig Dug (dsyde)
44 Pac & Paint Zaccaria
45 Super Chase
46 SCI (dsyde)
47 Chase HQ (dsyde)
48 Donkey Kong German cab (dsyde)
49 Salamander
50 Electrocoin Gunforce
51 Electrocoin Commando (dsyde)
52 Electrocoin Hard Head
53 Electrocoin Ghouls n Ghosts
54 P.O.W.
55 Track & Field
56 Mortal Kombat 2 (2ombieboy)
57 Bagz
58 Golden Tee
59 Silver Strike Supreme
60 Silver Strike
61 Dig Dug (nukem)
62 Commando
63 Pengo
64 Pac-Land midi
65 Cosmic Guerilla
66 Cosmic Alien
67 Pac-Man
68 Nintendo Playchoice 10
69 Neo Geo MVS 6-Slot (2ombieboy)
70 Neo Geo MVS Sports Point (2ombieboy)
71 SCI (ben76)
72 Silent Scope
73 Daytona USA
74 Cruisin' World
75 Ridge Racer
76 Capcom Tournament - Super Street Fighter 2
77 Operation Wolf 3
78 Electrocoin Spectrum - Wardner
79 Electrocoin Spectrum (nukem)
80 L2000 - Ordyne
81 Do Run Run DK Replica - Mame
82 Electrocoin Goliath (nukem)
83 Sega Rally Twin
84 Operation Wolf
85 Operation Thunderbolt
86 Mortal Kombat 2 (Replay)
87 Electrocoin Spectrum Double Dragon
88 Electrocoin Spectrum Double Dragon 2
89 Century Star Fighter
90 Hyper Sports
91 Indy 500 Twin
92 Dig Dug (dsyde)
93 Defender
94 Stargate
95 Robotron
96 Centipede
97 The Invaders Zaccaria
98 Gyruss
99 Tekken 2 Midi
100 X-Men (steveflipout)
101 Virtua Fighter 2
102 Monkey Mole Panic
103 Vendetta 4 player
104 Gauntlet 4 player
105 Simpsons 4 player
106 X-Men 4 player
107 Ninja Gaiden midi
108 Gauntlet Legends
109 Ice Cold Beer
110 Jamma 1 - football champ
111-115 Jamma (spare cabs)

 

[Milky]

Hmmm....Seems a bit light on Western themed gaming?

Seriously though, that is a might fine line up there, top work

 

[mission65]

Awesome line up, carnt wait to see them

 

[ben76]

Hmmm....Seems a bit light on Western themed gaming?

Seriously though, that is a might fine line up there, top work

I can put sunset riders in my cab for a bit just for you if you want

- Ben

 

[IndyJones]

Superb line up of arcade gaming related hardware, it will be just like the good ol' days seeing 110+ cabs all together in one place again, I will probably shed a tear or two & wish arcades would make a proper come back

 

[Equites]

What a fantastic line up, well played.

 

[Fuzzy]

Brilliant lineup! Going to be an amazing weekend!

 

[forcefulfil]

What a great line up of machines

thats almost as many as Oliver owns

Seriously must have taken some work to get these all together ,well played Gents.

forcefulfil2013-09-28 10:43:52

 

[ace5]

that is 1 hell of a line up guys .execellent

 

[neo-geo-mvs]

115 cabs

looking forward to seeing some photos

 

[Dex-Jay]

thats almost as many as Oliver owns

- Not even close!

That looks a mega line up of cabs!