The Duke of Lancaster
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forcefulfil
EDOT King
I spoke to a mate yesterday who lives in Wales,and he said the Duke had been on the local news.
and due to failed grants etc,it IS deffo being cut up for scrap as we speak.
I got both the Jukeboxes working last week to,there AWESOME!
louder than my home system
and due to failed grants etc,it IS deffo being cut up for scrap as we speak.
I got both the Jukeboxes working last week to,there AWESOME!
louder than my home system
I asked this in another thread already, but figured this would rather belong into this thread...
What happened to these three games from the Duke of Lancaster raid?
Meadows Gypsy Juggler
Exidy Side Trak
Gremlin Hustle
Can the lucky new owners maybe post some pics? Would be awsome to see them in detail!
Oh well, have a nice weekend everyone!
What happened to these three games from the Duke of Lancaster raid?
Meadows Gypsy Juggler
Exidy Side Trak
Gremlin Hustle
Can the lucky new owners maybe post some pics? Would be awsome to see them in detail!
Oh well, have a nice weekend everyone!
Wow, I have read it from start to finish and it is one of the best threads i have ever read on a forum. The arcade find is only part of the story, it must have been the nearest thing you can get to going back in time.
Well done to all involved and thanks for sharing your tales.
I hope the Duke is saved because it would be a shame if it was scrapped.
Well done to all involved and thanks for sharing your tales.
I hope the Duke is saved because it would be a shame if it was scrapped.
I feel a bit sad when reading reports like this - most hobbies just sort of carry on, i mean people who love football get nostalgic for the old days but its still pretty much the same game, but arcade gaming however is something that can never come back...
I wish i had spent more time and appreciated what was happening when i played games - i was lucky to be in at the beginning when Space Invaders really took off and machines were everywhere, when every Saturday brought new games in the local arcades. Like most people i didn't give a second thought when games disappeared as it was always about the new ones, and now i would kill to be able to play Turbo, Boot Hill, 280ZZZap, a hundred others which i will never see again...
To me the Duke of Lancaster is a fitting allegory for arcade gaming which, if its broken up, will be gone forever... people will remember it, but remembering isn't the same as being able to actually be there..
I wish i had spent more time and appreciated what was happening when i played games - i was lucky to be in at the beginning when Space Invaders really took off and machines were everywhere, when every Saturday brought new games in the local arcades. Like most people i didn't give a second thought when games disappeared as it was always about the new ones, and now i would kill to be able to play Turbo, Boot Hill, 280ZZZap, a hundred others which i will never see again...
To me the Duke of Lancaster is a fitting allegory for arcade gaming which, if its broken up, will be gone forever... people will remember it, but remembering isn't the same as being able to actually be there..
I know what you are saying, I am kicking myself for never taking photos - but then I would have had to rely on my parents and both cannot take photos
My Dad has a video of us on holiday in the USA around 1987 and we're in the Holiday Inn on International Drive, Florida. They had an awesome indoor arcade and he's filming me playing on the games. I really really need to find that VHS tape and rip it.
Getting back to the Lancaster, the truth is I think she was beyond saving - the outside was bulging from it's own weight, where most of the structural steel was pretty much rust
She was a site to behold though for sure.
My Dad has a video of us on holiday in the USA around 1987 and we're in the Holiday Inn on International Drive, Florida. They had an awesome indoor arcade and he's filming me playing on the games. I really really need to find that VHS tape and rip it.
Getting back to the Lancaster, the truth is I think she was beyond saving - the outside was bulging from it's own weight, where most of the structural steel was pretty much rust
Alpha1 said:
Yes you do, if only so we can have a chuckle at what you looked like in 1987.
Again, no pics of old arcades from me either, (1)too cheap to spend money on camera film (2)figured the owners would attack on site (3)never assumed that arcades would effectivley die forever.
forcefulfil
EDOT King
edwoodjnr said:
wasnt that a repeat?
i remember seeing it while the deal was looming and i was petrified they were gonna show the machines
phil
The official website has been updated:
http://dukeoflancaster.net/index.html
It appears we left a fruity! It's in another room sitting on its lonesome.
http://dukeoflancaster.net/index.html
It appears we left a fruity! It's in another room sitting on its lonesome.
The 20 page document isn't new, i read through it back before the deal went through, I guess it may have new content, I didn't read it again.
The only new picture I could see was of a postcard or something. Which particular gallery are these new pics in? I'd like to see them
The only new picture I could see was of a postcard or something. Which particular gallery are these new pics in? I'd like to see them
karlcdoe said:Yes you do, if only so we can have a chuckle at what you looked like in 1987.Alpha1 said:
Again, no pics of old arcades from me either, (1)too cheap to spend money on camera film (2)figured the owners would attack on site (3)never assumed that arcades would effectivley die forever.
Already posted these on the other arcade forum a while back, but when I mentioned the Funship recovery to my folks earlier in the year, they were able to dig out some photos of one of our trips there from Sept '84 - which included snaps of me (and my bro) riding the little Helicopter & "Santa Fe" amusements that were recovered during the "raid":
Neat, eh?
Uninteresting observation: if you look to the left of the 1984 image of the Helicopter, you can see the same fruity that's visible on the 2012 Santa Fe snap ...
forcefulfil
EDOT King
Awesome!
thx for posting dude!
yer nifty nudge fruity in the background,thats really good to see some history from back in the day.
good old 1984.
thx
phil
thx for posting dude!
yer nifty nudge fruity in the background,thats really good to see some history from back in the day.
good old 1984.
thx
phil
stevearcade
The Trevor Horn of UKVAC
Wow, seeing members as kids playing on these things and then seeing them as they were just before they were salvaged is quite a powerful image, don't you think.
And you can see from what's in the background that the machines probably hadn't even been moved, they were in the same place. Kind of sums up the eeriness and Marie Celeste Arcade type quality of the whole thing.
It brings back just how Epic the DoL arcade rescue was doesn't it. Amazing.
stevearcade2012-07-20 09:23:08
And you can see from what's in the background that the machines probably hadn't even been moved, they were in the same place. Kind of sums up the eeriness and Marie Celeste Arcade type quality of the whole thing.
It brings back just how Epic the DoL arcade rescue was doesn't it. Amazing.
stevearcade2012-07-20 09:23:08