Comments on: Zachary Quinto Stands Up To ‘Save The Arcades’

By: Viking

Viking — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:40:03 +0000

Johnathan – that would be ideal for the bulk of them. Makes more room for Hydro Thunder. LOL

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:03:05 +0000

Viking -

If you don’t care about the game being original and are limited on space, you might think about a multi-unit such as the Global VR Arcade classics:

http://www.globalvr.com/products_gac.html

And no, I’m not with the company or anything like that…but I did have one of these for awhile on loan from a friend and I have to admit it was pretty cool. It was a full-sized upright, but had a computer inside that was loaded with licensed classics ranging from Asteroids to Defender to Mortal Kombat…all in all about 80 games total. It was well constructed, too, with a very sturdy control panel and a 25″ monitor.

I prefer originals myself :), but I just thought I’d though that out there…

Jon

By: Viking

Viking — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:23:47 +0000

Johnathan – that is one awesome collection. Ideally, we’d like just three or four classic games and two pinball machines, with enough room left over for my pool table, dartboard cabinet, and a small wet bar. Maybe a love seat or chair-and-a-half facing a small fireplace. One game we REALLY want to get (it’s not ancient, either) is the full sit-down, cockpit version of Hydro Thunder. We are both addicts. I have the PC version, and even that’s addictive.

By: Capt Mike of the Terran Empire.

Capt Mike of the Terran Empire. — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:36:08 +0000

i remember playing Satans lair and Dig Dug and the Pacman Pinball machine which was a kool pinball and video machine kinda rolled into one. Spent many a Quarter in the Bowling alley and my fav Arcade was Alladens Castle where there was everything there. From my Fav Star Trek to Star Wars and Discs of Tron. Now we have better graphics on the cell phones and such. But theres somethig about playing games on the big machine.

By: Cyberghost

Cyberghost — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:54:51 +0000

I remember when asteroids and space invaders showed up in the bowling alley, I must of been about 16 and we were like wow!! Asteroids was so amazing at the time, to us it seemed like 3D. LOL

I am afraid that Zack’s cause is a lost one, with the invent of the consoles. But there is something different about playing a big stand alone video game machine, besides dropping your quarters in.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:52:27 +0000

Sorry…couldn’t resist…here is a link to some photos I took from my garage/arcade last Halloween:

http://s140.photobucket.com/albums/r4/jkoolpe/Halloween%202008/

FYI, I open up the garage and turn everything on and let everyone who comes by stay a spell and play the games. The kids (and their parents) have a GREAT time…I usually get upwards of 150-200 people stopping by before the evening is over.

Check out the guy in the Indiana Jones costume playing on my Indiana Jones games :) …

If you’re in the San Francisco area, free feel to stop by this coming Halloween. Just shoot me an email…

Cheers!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:45:02 +0000

43 – Yea, they are fun to own. But be forewarned, once you buy one, you end up buying many more :) . Also, be prepared to learn a bit about how to fix them…I’ve actually had a ton of fun learning on to repair them and enjoy that aspect of the hobby almost as much as actually playing them!

45 – Tron is one of the ones I actually don’t have…I have quite a few buddies who also collect and have Trons…if I need a fix, I visit one of them. And we always have at least one Tron on hand for the show I mentioned…

Other common (and not so common) ones I own currently:

Wizard of Wor, Space Duel, Millipede, Indiana Jones, Stargate/Defender, Major Havoc, Quantum, Sinistar, Bubbles, Bosconian, Venture, Zookeeper, Food Fight, Gravitar…a few others that are pretty rare so you may not have heard of them.

Also have a couple of pins including a beautiful Star Trek: The Next Generation pin that is an absolute BLAST to play! Gotta be one of the best pins every made, IMHO…

And I take most of these to the show I mentioned each year for everyone to enjoy :) …

Jon

By: Jim Nightshade

Jim Nightshade — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:21:41 +0000

Jonathon do you have a tron arcade game with the awesome blue joystik? Yah despite the better graphics i still miss my colecovision-damn that had fun games–and fyi when mtself and my brothers saw the new trek movie in seattle opening day at the imax,know what we did next? Went to gameworks to eat lunch n play classic videogames for old times sake—those were the days

By: PunkSpocker

PunkSpocker — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:31:03 +0000

Quinto- Trek’s new rock n roller! Or should I say ‘trek’s new spock n roller.

By: Viking

Viking — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:06:34 +0000

#42 Johnathan – you are my buddy. In the near future, the wife and I want to build a log chalet, and one of my design requirements is to have a den/game room populated with several of those old games.

#32 Spockish -

‘The video game she play me.
Face it, on the level, but it take you
every time on a one on one.
Feeling running down your spine
Nothing gonna save your one last dime cause it own you
Through and through

Who made who, who made you?
Who made who, ain’t nobody told you?
Who made who, who made you?
If you made them and they made you
Who picked up the mid-dle, and who made who? – Yeah! ‘

HA!