Didn't any of you go bowling with your dad, or anything macho like that?
The movie "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" defined my childhood.
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Didn't any of you go bowling with your dad, or anything macho like that?
The movie "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" defined my childhood.
Diabolik
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old school...huh.
how about playing Lemonade Stand and Castle Wolfenstien on the original Apple computer!!!!
Odysea is definetly a blast from the past.
A freind and I were talking about an idea that would probably be huge. A chain of classic 80's arcade games. None of this high tech virtual reality games and Dave and Busters stuff. Just classic games...the ones where you needed skill. I am surpised no one has tried this yet. Even the game companies I am surprised that they havent re-released the old arcade machines again. You would make a killing off of it. If you had one in each major city....it would be a huge goldmine.
THe Fireside Bowl would have some old games in there from time to time, but it was a crapshoot if they would be working.
I remember Fotch's had a side room with all old school video games. This was in the early 90s or so.
There are some warehouses in the city that sell old video games and pool tables, and stuff like that.
I remember Fotch's had a side room with all old school video games. This was in the early 90s or so.
There are some warehouses in the city that sell old video games and pool tables, and stuff like that.
BalanceofPower
My god,it's full of stars
I would kill for some of those old stand up arcade machines. I almost bought the Terminator 2 arcade game with the guns that fire at the full motion video screen like 6 years ago. I also I want the Robocop side scrolling arcade game.
NvmbrsDoom5
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One of my dreams is to own a few arcade game machines and have them here at my house. I also loved the table-versions where you'd sit at a "table" and the screen would be facing up. Many games of Centipede and Ms. Pac-Man were played in my youth on those kinds of table arcade machines. I'm very old fashioned, I get excited about refurbished Atari 2600s and Betamax machines, lol. The newest video game console I've owned is a Playstation 1, and that's because it's my wifes 
I'm sure the games you guys play are awesome and a lot of fun, though. I just tend to be stuck in 20 years ago (or 30 years ago even haha)!
I'm sure the games you guys play are awesome and a lot of fun, though. I just tend to be stuck in 20 years ago (or 30 years ago even haha)!
NvmbrsDoom5
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Novembers Paul
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I've been buying the classics on my iPhone lately. I picked up Pac Man, Ms. Pac Man, Centipede, A Space Invaders copy game (But JUST like the original) and I've been eyeballing Frogger. haha As good as the games are today, nothing beats the fun of the classics.
DigitalViolence
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For retro-gaming, MAME is where it's at (Google it if you haven't heard of it before).
I'm a big FPS fan, but I can't stand playing them on consoles - the controls are all fucked up. I've been playing using keyboard and mouse for 12 or 13 years and I'm just too set in my ways, I guess.
I'm a big FPS fan, but I can't stand playing them on consoles - the controls are all fucked up. I've been playing using keyboard and mouse for 12 or 13 years and I'm just too set in my ways, I guess.
Diabolik
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very true.....those were games of skill. No most games you need to buy a hint and solution book along with the game. Zero skill needed. The hand / eye cordination of our generation is amazing I think.
You guys remember the arcade game DRAGON'S LAIR?
It was one of the first 100% animated games.
Also, it was one of the first games that charged more than one quarter to play. The lines would be VERY long for that.
Vito - You may be too young to remember, but there used to be this killer arcade in Niles on Greenwood (Just off Milwaukee) called CHICAGO GAMING COMPANY. I had a ton of birthday parties there growing up.
There was another killer one in Glenview called THE NAME IS GAMES, on Golf Road. This was next to the old punk club called McGreevy's.
It was one of the first 100% animated games.
Also, it was one of the first games that charged more than one quarter to play. The lines would be VERY long for that.
Vito - You may be too young to remember, but there used to be this killer arcade in Niles on Greenwood (Just off Milwaukee) called CHICAGO GAMING COMPANY. I had a ton of birthday parties there growing up.
There was another killer one in Glenview called THE NAME IS GAMES, on Golf Road. This was next to the old punk club called McGreevy's.
Diabolik
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Dragons Lair is great.....there was a whole bunch of the laserdisc games in the arcade after that hit. Space Ace, Dragons Lair 2, CobraCopter ( i think that is right), a really cool western game too.
NvmbrsDoom5
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I'll gladly take that off of his hands, lol.
One of my good friends owned the KISS pinball machine, I used to go over to his house and play it all the time. This was just a few years back. He was a big KISS collector (like myself but even moreso) and had an amazing collection. He died from complications from pneumonia in 2003. There's too much of that going around these days
His wife held onto his collection, and it's been a couple of years since I've talked to her, so I have no idea if she sold it all off or what. I kinda hope she kept it all, because it meant so much to him. But I'd surely understand if she didn't....Anyhow, it was great having that machine around for me to play and ever since I was a kid it's been one of my holy grails. Someday somehow I'll get my hands on one of my own. But even so, I'd be thrilled to have just about any pinball machine.
