9 Jan
2009
9 Jan
'09
11:36 p.m.
Sad indeed. Brings back happy memories though of my own childhood arcade in a room at the
local bowling alley. The arcade is long gone ... and the bowling alley is a Pathmark.
Mark my words ... if MARCH ever gets massive H-building space and a steady stream of
visitors, then there shall be a legit arcade room!!!
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.. if they haven't already! :-(
I used to always go to this arcade when I was in Toronto (Funland Arcade
on Younge Street)...
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_19730.aspx
Now its gone.. :-(
http://arcadeheroes.com/2008/07/10/funland-arcade-in-toronto-canada-closing…
http://www.thestar.com/comment/columnists/article/453843
Syd Bolton of the Personal Computer Museum ( http://www.pcmuseum.ca/ )
of Brantford, Ontario on the last day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxA2WRqtUkk
Cheers,
Bryan
10 Jan
10 Jan
1:18 a.m.
That would be awesome (if MARCH ever got enough money)
There really aren't any well known arcade machines that are in any way
affordable. A complete, non working Ms. PacMan, for example, still goes for
between $400-$500.
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 2:36 AM, Evan Koblentz <evan at snarc.net> wrote:
Sad indeed. Brings back happy memories though of my
own childhood arcade in
a room at the local bowling alley. The arcade is long gone ... and the
bowling alley is a Pathmark.
Mark my words ... if MARCH ever gets massive H-building space and a steady
stream of visitors, then there shall be a legit arcade room!!!
------Original Message------
From: Bryan Pope
Sender: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
To: General Discussion On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
ReplyTo: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Arcades becoming extinct..
Sent: Jan 10, 2009 1:05 AM
.. if they haven't already! :-(
I used to always go to this arcade when I was in Toronto (Funland Arcade
on Younge Street)...
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_19730.aspx
Now its gone.. :-(
http://arcadeheroes.com/2008/07/10/funland-arcade-in-toronto-canada-closing…
http://www.thestar.com/comment/columnists/article/453843
Syd Bolton of the Personal Computer Museum ( http://www.pcmuseum.ca/ )
of Brantford, Ontario on the last day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxA2WRqtUkk
Cheers,
Bryan
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9:02 a.m.
At 4:18 AM -0500 1/10/09, Joe Giliberti wrote:
That would be awesome (if MARCH ever got enough money)
There really aren't any well known arcade machines that are in any way
affordable. A complete, non working Ms. PacMan, for example, still goes for
between $400-$500.
One option is a "Supergun" so you can just plug your JAMMA board into
a TV. Another good option is something like a Neo Geo arcade
machine. The advantage of Neo Geo systems and a couple others is
that you have the basic cabinet and then swap out the games. Our Neo
Geo is a 4-slot, and we have about 20 different games.
Of course the best solution for at home is likely a MAME arcade
machine. I know Fry's was selling one for a while.
Zane
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1:51 p.m.
One option is a "Supergun" so you can just
plug your JAMMA board into
a TV. Another good option is something like a Neo Geo arcade
machine. The advantage of Neo Geo systems and a couple others is
that you have the basic cabinet and then swap out the games. Our Neo
Geo is a 4-slot, and we have about 20 different games.
Of course the best solution for at home is likely a MAME arcade
machine. I know Fry's was selling one for a while.
I did many "superguns" at home for friends. But nothing beats a real
machine. I have one running MAME :o)
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