Arcade Museum - digg this
Peter Hirschberg has recreated a vintage early 80's arcade. He did all of the renovating on the cabinets himself, spending about $500 a game and untold time. Apparently it is open by invitation. According to Gizmodo he supplies the quarters to his guests wanting them only to revel in his obsession as he does. I could lose hours in there, days if there were Nachos and Pepsi enough.
I miss the arcades of my youth. Yes there are "better" video games out now, but playing in the mall arcade with real flesh and blood friends and trying to beat one another's scores was where it was at. I agree with Peter that the arcades of the late 80's early 90's were but pale shadows with their fighting games and 50-75 cent machines. There was an arcade in the town I grew up in that would let you in for a paltry sum and you could play all of their machines as much as you wanted. Bliss!!
What was your favorite game?
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Joust and P-42.
I think I could play for 45 minutes on one quarter on P-42. I used to keep bomber mode and "bomb" other airplanes.
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I used to love Ninja Gaiden.
Does anyone "stop" loving Ninja Gaiden.
Does anyone really ever "stop" loving Ninja Gaiden?
I still love it, but I haven't been able to play it for many years...;)