The cool arcade pix thread
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A shot of mine from the Namco arcade in London from a few years ago
minwah said:
My good Lord! I went there on holiday as a child, Taikan SH, OR, HO and ER all lined up as soon as one walked in. They were all I cared/talked about all holiday. Taikan SH and OR were a quid a pop. I had seen/played an upright OutRun in Charrington Bowl before but these Taikan coin-ops literally changed my life.
Vamino said:The story behind this picture:
I went to Japan in 2002, as a big Sega fan I visited Dobuita....The place where Shenmue 1 is based.
Whilst looking for some sailors I found a couple, on their day off they were not frequenting bars but were playing Airline Pilots in a local arcade!
Maybe they chose the wrong occupation?
Cheers.
That is mint!
Did you take any video footage of the town?
We went 2 years later and made a vid (coin-ops included):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0U7Se16DNM
We couldn't find any sailors, only an odd North American cained army brat kid instead.
An odd vibe to the place for Japan, but so Shenmue obviously.
JAPJAC2016-06-03 00:22:49
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That picture of Funspot takes me back. It burnt down several years ago and was replaced with a brand new building full of new machines.
Can we go back to the 80's please.
Can we go back to the 80's please.
ataritoobin
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Found this pic I took back in 2009, look closely hehe! I used to drive past this every day on the way to work. Believe it was one of those post-Midway era buildings:
ataritoobin2016-07-06 17:27:44
ataritoobin2016-07-06 17:27:44
All gone now steve ?
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Yep, believe it's apartments and a grocery store now
My mind is officially blown:
I found these 2 videos of a Bally/Sente panel at CAX 2014 (California, USA) and they talked extensively about the shrike avenger simulator. To summarize: They showed a prototype shrike avenger! Who would have ever thought there was a prototype of something so rare already! I am very excited about this find. The prototype was a very powerful machine and looks a lot like the max experience. It seems that shrike avenger was the first moving arcade video game simulator. There were about 10 of them made. Its a good thing the designer still has all 10 fingers left after making the thing! It flipped a kid upside down shortly after it was installed at Six Flags Great America.
For reference this is the max experience:
SaraAB872016-07-28 03:46:16
I found these 2 videos of a Bally/Sente panel at CAX 2014 (California, USA) and they talked extensively about the shrike avenger simulator. To summarize: They showed a prototype shrike avenger! Who would have ever thought there was a prototype of something so rare already! I am very excited about this find. The prototype was a very powerful machine and looks a lot like the max experience. It seems that shrike avenger was the first moving arcade video game simulator. There were about 10 of them made. Its a good thing the designer still has all 10 fingers left after making the thing! It flipped a kid upside down shortly after it was installed at Six Flags Great America.
For reference this is the max experience:
SaraAB872016-07-28 03:46:16
ataritoobin
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ataritoobin said:Found this pic I took back in 2009, look closely hehe! I used to drive past this every day on the way to work. Believe it was one of those post-Midway era buildings:
Found a pre-demolition pic I took:
