Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: DarthNuno on December 01, 2009, 07:24:44 PM
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OMG :o You've to see that place :o :o :o
See these three videos!!! :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/forforum2/room_japan1.jpg) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lmL6Z2hueY&feature=related)
[click on picture for part 1]
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/forforum2/room_japan3.jpg) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlfR3FwyhJc&feature=related)
[click on picture for part 2]
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/forforum2/room_japan2.jpg) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fnMdk1B7fY&feature=related)
[click on picture for part 3]
Men! Did you see all these games...working :o :-* ? All these boards... WoOoW :-*
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do i have to know that guy?
anyway, this is fabulous, except those japanese "reporters", but i guess i would be as excited as they are if i would enter a place like that!!! and all those games look shiny and new, i especially like tha maneater cabinet, this is one hell of a design!
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niiiice!
He had a lot of PCB´s, and when you thought you had seen it all, he pulled out boxes full of them!!!
the cabs the cabs, not a scratch!! like new!!! - that DR sure looked nice ully ;)
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the cabs the cabs, not a scratch!! like new!!! - that DR sure looked nice ully ;)
wait till you see mine once it's restored 8)
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The key to these amazing stories is things like this:
In the late half of the 80's most of these games were being hauled away to the dump, as no one was playing them..., Not Donkey Kong... let alone Night Driver or Maneater... Even if these games were still at the arcade, most went unplayed... So arcade operators either converted what they could, the rest put in storage or simply thrown away.
My evidence of this is in 1988, when I was in the US Coast Guard, were were temporarily station in Portland, Oregon while our ship was in DryDock... With nothing for me to do (no where to relax etc.), I explored Portland on my 10speed bike.. I came across an old movie theatre that said "Arcade" on the outside.. I went in and they had a sign "Play all the games you want for 5 Cents each with a 2.00 entry fee. No problem... I went and paid my 2.00 and got 20.00 worth of nickels...
Inside was hundreds of classic games, as well as new games.. All games were there, ALL of them, except any laserdisc games, (understandibly) Every game in these videos were there, even Star Fire.. I knew this game for sure, if you've seen Midnight Madness.. You know what I'm talking about.. (Greetings Earth People, Congratuations... The finish line is somewhere.......... In the Bonadventure Hotel)
On the other side of town was a similar setup... small fee, 5 cents credits... Operators were trying to squeeze the last money out of these games that no one wanted to play... I was 19 at the time, and kids were playing Super Mario Bros on their NES instead. So over the next several years, the last of these games went back into storage where they would later be uncovered in some fortuante one's warehouse raid, the rest went into private hands or the city dump.
That is how I believe these games survivied. One other exception, The arcade operator who actually loved the games, and took care of them, even when they no longer made money.
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the videos made me cry...
sonic1992's story made me cry...
:'( :'( :'(
i will play some older games tonight! (not as old as those in the video, mind!)
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Thanks for sharing those videos DarthNuno!
It's a real treat to see Japanese collections. I particularly enjoyed "The Tower" and the custom made "Computer Space" candy cab control panel ;D !
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Pure coolness.
Hope it gets (fan-) subbed one day.
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Pure coolness.
Hope it gets (fan-) subbed one day.
Yes... even If I do not understand what they say in Japanese, I can fell the HUGE enthusiasm... very cool to hear that :-*
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Yeah, feel what you mean Bruno.
Saw their eyes fired up and that facial expression of the owner (I guess he is, the older man)
Made me even more wanting to hear what they were saying. But the feel of the HUGE enthusiasm is as impressive as his collection.
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Holy shit !
A-ma-zing !
What I really find amazing is to see so many "US" cabs there like all the CS's.
And those boards, those boards......it looks like a wholesale company !
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Pure coolness.
Hope it gets (fan-) subbed one day.
Yes... even If I do not understand what they say in Japanese, I can fell the HUGE enthusiasm... very cool to hear that :-*
Ok, some info boys,
He was a arcade rental owner (so even a skilled technician) that's why he has yet all the service manuals of the games,
When the games were not gaining anymore
Much boards were coming back to him,
he stored all the stuff in that house that is his storage
That is probably in Nakano (out of the city)
Unbelieveable to say that all the stuff is still working, as he modified for the Jap sega cab the cpo of the old '70 space games
He is not anymore in the business but keep all the staff
Questions made are most about the "invaders mania" at the end of the '70
On the 3rd movie he was explaining "bad fixes" of the Mb of the last game showed needing attention
Soon as I've got more time I'll give a 2nd shot and add some info
Got to go, some work to do
MAv