Visit to Greece

[Etienne MacGyver]

After a nice week of holiday to the greek island Crete, its time to post some pics of the arcade that i found there...

first thing is that its dificult to find an arcade these days i think.

the machines they have are mostly spending they're life displaying the attraction mode...

I guess its too warm there to play games 













as you can see its a really busy place.....  NOT!

anyway , there was also the pleasure of enjoying the nice views of the country.



a nice piece of scenery taken from the boat wich we took for a trip.

this part was in front of our hotel.




We only stayed one week , so it was time to go back again , and look what i found in the airport.



For all you starwars fans, R2-D2 in Lego.

(for the people that are interested, i have the full resolution picture right here. 2848x2136

Greetings

Etienne.

[Superully]

thx for sharing, etienne. however, modern arcades all host the same kind of games: racing games and shoot 'em up games. where's the creativity that once roamed the arcades???

[Etienne MacGyver]

thx for sharing, etienne. however, modern arcades all host the same kind of games: racing games and shoot 'em up games. where's the creativity that once roamed the arcades???

Yeah , i get your feeling,

I also cannot say that i like it very much , and i preffer the "real" arcades , with classics like donky kong, pacman, galaga etc etc etc.

thanx god i bring my mini laptop 

[DarthNuno]

Thanks for sharing your pictures 

A colleague of mine is just back from Greece, I'll show him your nice pictures 

Regarding DK on your laptop...



Did you try to play it  on 'tate' mode 

[Etienne MacGyver]

Thanks for sharing your pictures 

A colleague of mine is just back from Greece, I'll show him your nice pictures 

Regarding DK on your laptop...

Did you try to play it  on 'tate' mode 

I have alot more foto's here, but they are more "family pics"   
is there anyone that can explane to me the word 'tate' , i don't know what that means 

[scr33n]

Thanks for sharing your pictures 

A colleague of mine is just back from Greece, I'll show him your nice pictures 

Regarding DK on your laptop...

Did you try to play it  on 'tate' mode 

is there anyone that can explane to me the word 'tate' , i don't know what that means 

Tate mode -> VERTICAL MONITOR POSITION (like the old '80s classics)

From WIKI: TATE mode - the ability to rotate the game's display by ninety degrees while the player's monitor rests on its left side, for full-screen arcade size.

 

[level42]

Yeah and then hook up one of those USB arcade joysticks !

What time were you in that arcade ? It's usually busier at nights. I took similar pics when I was in Lanzarote. They actually had a number of "arcades" there....

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=70815.0

[Etienne MacGyver]

Ah , ofcourse "rotate 90 degrees"  i should have know that 

anyway , its ofcourse possible, but that require indeed external controls wich i did not bring on vacation 

@level42, I was there around 4:15 PM, so it could be that there where more people in the night.

it was kind of an arcade/internet cafe,  there where actually some people using the internet PC's

after reading your threat about your foto's in lanzarotte , i know what you mean with feeling strange taking pictures inside a arcade