Eurocade 2011 - A report From a Crewmembers point of view..

[Etienne MacGyver]

Okay guys, time for me to start posting..
I left friday night after work and dinner to the eurocade location to help out with the guys  




After driving for 30 minutes i arrive (for the first time this weekend, i will make some more drives from and to this location..)
That looks like the building where all the magic is going to happen !  




Pieter, Robin, Punkrocky and that strange photostalker that he picked up on the way, where already there, and alot of stuff was already on location.. 




Starwars cockpit, together with R2D2.




2 nintendo's hmmm, love those! 




The only space pirate upright in the world that we know of is also there, I love that zacc !
It was only smaller than i expected.




The Pac threesome.. 




Galaxian and Centipede..




A Mame / Jamma cab, unfortunately not in working order..., a Euro Joust, and that wonderful Berzerk !




Pole position 2, in working condition !
I liked the game on the 2600, and on my namco tv joystick, and never had played it on a real cabinet. 
The steering is so sensitive ! 
Next to that my good old CK Zacc..




I am not a huge fan of flippers, but from time to time i like to play a round or 2..




After robin attached the legs, i tried it out...
Man, i did like to play some times like i said before, but this was my favorite pin ! 
MONSTERBASH Rules ! 




The owner of the Monsterbash also brought an Arabian nights, which i liked too..




There was a problem with the centi, and after Andre fixed it, he pushed the cab back in position.




Thats already looking good !



A super Lineup, also compliments from my wife, she liked it that there was thought about the floorplan, and that everything was organised very neat..




And one more shot of the Starwars cockpit.



Again 30 minutes driving and i was home @ 0:30..

See you guys tomorow at 7:30 ... 

[Etienne MacGyver]

Saturday 3 september 2011 7:00 AM..
I loaded the pc's for ully and Bela.




Tools and other stuff ready, I leave for the first trip to Ridderkerk today.




After i arrived in ridderkerk, i saw a familiar van, and Muerto was already there 
Soon the others also arrived and we stared to prepare after some coffee.




Some random shots from today..








The lovely "bar ladies" 




Yummy ! 








Like mentioned before, the Hallway to the gameroom, filled with cool stuff ! 






And there she is... Bela's C64, it was my first computer 




Lets enter the gameroom..















Part 2 will be here soon.. 

[Etienne MacGyver]

And soon is now  

Two guys totally adiccted to starwars..




I shot him before he could shoot me..  (with the camera ofcourse)  




two mechanics are repairing my favorite racer, thanks chris and pascal !




The spring of the steeringwheel was broken and needed to be replaced,
Which these two fantastic repairmen did, like they do this every day..




Qbert..




Asteroids..




Terminator 2..  (my favorite terminator movie)  




I'll be back..




i believe the controls are a little higher than where this guy is using them  




Donkey kong !




Eric playing robin's Magical Spot 2 cocktail..








And there is that photostalker again, only i dont see his camera now  




After a drink, i drove back home to pickup my wife and son  




My son had a great time pushing all the buttons  












in the following section you see my son's favorite..

see you there soon ..

[Etienne MacGyver]

The game my son enjoyed the most... starwars..




I could not get him out of the cockpit ! 




2-mad's mini cab..




Hi Andre !




Hassan saying goodbuy




And again i drove back to breda to bring my wife and son home, and after that i drove again to Ridderkerk..
That was the 3th time today 

Bela and Andreas..






Unfortunately the carnival died...  Thorsten is checking it out..






The 3d effect on the Zero hour..




A beautifull Consolette




60 in 1 minicab




the night is falling, its becomming darker..






Aart Playing Galaxian !




Dirk & Dietmar at the Ice Cold Beer




Michael in the starwars Trilogy




Judge Dredd pin




Dirk Playing Asteroids



And Andre's beloved Atari..




in the following section you see the "dark shots" ...

see you there soon ..

[Etienne MacGyver]

Time for the "night shots"  

Unfortunately the Centi and the mrs pac had issues, probably heat related..

Aart is still playing the same game of galaxian  








I love that blue glow of the Berzerk !










Andeas Playing Ice Cold Beer, watched by Dietmar..










Hey, no marquee light ? or has it died ?



















I tried to take the pictures without flash to capture the real effect, but some are blurry, sorry for that..

At the end Bela and i drove Robin back to his house, and then i went home for the last time today..

See you guys tomorow..

[Etienne MacGyver]

Sunday morning 10:30 am.
The morning after...   Time for coffee !




Everybody clapped because robin showed up.. 




There is robin!, Glad you made it man !
The wagon is ready for loading..




Now i need to give a big   to muerto, one year ago he offered me a CK boardset,
As time went by i did not think anymore about it, and also because i already had a replacement board for my ck.
The original boards that i have are having issues, but in the end i have found a working board.
anyway, it was a surprise that michael remembered, and acctually brought the board with him, and gave it to me !
That was a very cool thing to do, and i am very happy with it !

This is the board we are speaking about: https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=2054.msg25342#msg25342

So when i got my CK out ready for transport, i was curious if it was working, so i connected it to my cab....

And another big Surprise showed up!,  not only was it an original Falcon board, it was also a Real Crazy kong !
That was ofcourse what you expected, but not entirely true, when i say a real crazy kong, i mean "PART 1", all the others that i know of and have are Crazy Kong "Part II"..

My original boards are now at Robin for repair, so in the end i will have 2 original Falcon boards; 1 CK part 1, and 1 CK part II.

Both will come in my cab in the future, so again Big Thanks Muerto ! 





Some random pics..






The trunk is full 




Dont forget your seatbelt 




Then the coolest transport sight of the day..... 




CK dismanteled and ready to go home..




Andre's friend brought a trailer which could haul 8 uprights and the starwars cockpit at once ! 




There comes the SW Cockpit...




And lets not forget the empty Q*bert in the back of the van, so 9 uprights and a cockpit in one trip !




Everybody helps with the cockpit..













I disengaged my wagon and "docked" with the other wagon that had the Pac and the DK onboard..

Time to drive the Pac and the DK back to Gyruss place..

Later the last part..

[Etienne MacGyver]

The owner of the starwars trilogy came to pickup his baby.
and for the occasion he was dressed up nice with a tie  




Pieter strapping up the Pac and DK in case of possible rain..






Ready to drive..




after the drop off i will return for the 6th time this weekend to the eurocade grounds to pickup my waiting CK..




Some shots of the starwars trilogy loading..






on the way to gyruss i only see the protection in my rearview mirror..




But when i look around the corner in the other mirror, i can see that the pac and the DK are still on the wagon.  




We safely arrived at Gyruss place  




I drove back to Ridderkerk, where robin and andre where waiting for me, they needed the wagon for the Judge Dredd Pin and the Mame/jamma cab.

i switched wagons and helped them loading the pin.
after saying goodbye, i drove home, and see the CK in the rearview mirror..




Finally home...  ?  nope, i still need to go to my mothers house to return the CK....

I am totally beat now, but it was so worth it !



Thanks guys for a fantastic weekend !  

ps what are you guy's doing next weekend ? 

[Etienne MacGyver]

Pictures updated..

[DarthNuno]

Argh! Teasing! 

So far so good Etienne... Nice to see the 'behind the scene' 

more MORE MORE please 

[Etienne MacGyver]

more MORE MORE please 

Saturday part 1 is posted..

You asked for it 

[Etienne MacGyver]

and part 2 is also filled with pics now .. 

[PunkRockCaveman]

Brilliant. Also focused on the people, not only on the cabs ... very nice! BTW: nice new avatar

[Alpha1]

Very cool! I am jealous! I've been stuck at work working all weekend!!!

[Etienne MacGyver]

Again more pictures.. 
 

[Blanka]

Great to see all that I missed. Very well put event!
Who has an iCade?
The Consollete is also a surprising thing to me.
<architectmode>WTF is that little roof with red tiles doing there? OMG clubhouse owners mess up some interiors around the country!</architectmode>