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  • #31
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    Ah, Gauntlet.

    "Don't shoot the FOOOOD!!!!! Aaawwww!"

    lol

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    • #32
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      Originally posted by victorbrunswick View Post
      When I was a kid I used to love the Penny Arcade in Disneyland's Main Street USA area. It had all kinds of vintage mechanical arcade games from the '50s and '60s and older. On a recent visit I was surprised to find the arcade gone and a candy shop in its place.



      great pics mate.

      are these all yours.
      FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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      • #33
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        I wish! Those machines are at Tokyo Disneyland (though I wouldn't be surprised if they're the same ones that used to be at California Disneyland!). According to my cousin's son who works at Disneyland they were taken out a few years ago because they were getting too expensive to maintain. The following shows the inner workings of the Rockola 1937 World Series machine. Talk about engineering!



        Last edited by victorbrunswick; 09-12-2011, 05:40.

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        • #34
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          Watching those was great, I love all the mechanical stuff underneath the fascia.

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          • #35
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            Some od mine're bit obscure but..
            AFTER BURNER
            DRAGON GUN
            MUTANT FIGHTER
            STAR WARS
            STEEL GUNNER 2
            S.T.U.N RUNNER
            OPERATION WOLF
            GORF
            SCRAMBLE
            CYBER SLED
            WELCOME TO HELL!!!

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            • #36
              Re: Your top 10 Arcade games

              Hmmmmm, hard to say 10.
              Off my head I would go for -

              Galaga
              Track & Field
              Asteroids
              OutRun
              Bubble Bobble
              Star Wars
              G-Loc Air Battle 360
              Galaxian 3 a.k.a. Galaxian³ : Project Dragoon
              Dragon's Lair
              SFIII - Third Strike

              Saying that, i'd also have to pick a gun game.
              Could the Silent Scope series be considered retro yet ?

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              • #37
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                I used to live on the south east coast and so there were loads of towns with arcades nearby to haunt, I really miss the atmosphere you used to get in them, its nothing like that now. =( The cranes were more fun then too, and less twitchy, our local one was filled with drumstick lollies, fruit pastilles, loose wrapped chews and toffees and (yuk) parma violets!

                Some of the faves then -

                Moon Cresta, Scramble, Moon Buggy, Galaxians, Dig Dug, Phoenix, Crazy Balloon, Frogger, and (not sure what it was called) the one where you bet your pennies on the little plastic horses that went around a track under a big perspex dome, I think the biggest win was 25p but it felt like a lot!

                No. 1 of all time though has to be Dragon's Lair, I fell in love with it the moment I saw it, but we had to travel to the next town to play it and it cost 30p for 4 lives in one arcade and 20p for 3 in another (ouch). I was completely obsessed and it just about consumed by every waking moment trying to figure out which way I should have gone after poor Dirk met his grisly demise yet again. I did manage to complete it in the end and then several more times (including once in an arcade with overhead monitors which made me feel ridiculously happy) ... somehow though I could never get into its sister game Space Ace.

                I used to love the old vintage arcade machines at Walt Disney World (guess they were along the same linesas the Disneyland ones) and they've gone bye-bye too I believe. If you have a multi-day-multi-park ticket at WDW however, its worth knowing that you can go get a quick Frogger, Galaxians, etc fix at Disney Quest @ Downtown Disney, they have a whole bunch of old machines there . =)
                Last edited by Genie; 27-03-2012, 17:12.

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                • #38
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                  Double Dragon (Favourite arcade game ever!)
                  Outrun
                  Golden Axe
                  WWF Wrestling (The early one)
                  Street Fighter 2 (and all it's incarnations)
                  Splatterhouse
                  Karate Champ
                  Star Wars (The one which is basically coloured lines, but what sound!!!)
                  APB (Great fun)
                  King of Boxer

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                  • #39
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                    And a few more honourable mentions:

                    Bad dudes vs dragon-ninja
                    Ghosts n Goblins
                    Sly Spy Secret Agent
                    Afterburner
                    Combat tribes
                    Spy Hunter
                    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
                    Operation Wolf
                    POW
                    Kung-fu Master
                    Super Wonderboy in Monster Land
                    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
                    Dynamite Dux
                    Bubble Bobble
                    New Zealand Story
                    Shaolin's Road
                    Ikari Warriors
                    Super Hang-on
                    Robocop
                    Shinobi

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                    • #40
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                      Some awesome choices there Jedi.

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                      • #41
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                        Originally posted by DemonEyeX View Post
                        Some awesome choices there Jedi.
                        Hehe, thanks! the result of a mis-spent youth (and summer holidays in Blackpool!)

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                        • #42
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                          Oh so many to choose from but...

                          The top three are pretty static, the rest subject to change.

                          Black Widow
                          Commando
                          Raiden
                          Bombjack
                          Spyhunter
                          Starforce
                          Virtua Cop 2
                          Vulgus
                          Super Hang-on
                          Star Wars

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                          • #43
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                            dont think i have top ten but i can remember the ones i was never off
                            star wars
                            hunchback
                            donkey kong
                            roadrunner
                            ghost and goblins
                            these i was never off most of my pocket money went on these lol
                            THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE TRUST NO ONE

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                            • #44
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                              pocket money well spent heh

                              viewpoint
                              mario 3
                              side arms
                              midnight resistance

                              cant think of any others i played


                              Originally posted by xmark1234 View Post
                              dont think i have top ten but i can remember the ones i was never off
                              star wars
                              hunchback
                              donkey kong
                              roadrunner
                              ghost and goblins
                              these i was never off most of my pocket money went on these lol
                              FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                              • #45
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                                defo daz still play these from time to time on the retro consoles but not same as the coin operated machines
                                THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE TRUST NO ONE

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