Re: Re: Favorite Retro Arcade Games?
By: nelgin to All on Wed Jul 17 2024 20:42:32

I always enjoy a good game of pinball. Never got on with Joust.

Before VGs, pinball was my thing. Whereever there was a table, I'd play it. If your interested in see how the classic mechanical tables work, check out this series of YT vids on it from Technology Connections. Great stuff.

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nelgin wrote to All <=-

I have a pinball 'emulator' on my iPad. Love it! Made from the
original files, I think - artwork, sounds, etc.

I always enjoy a good game of pinball. Never got on with Joust.
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Mortar wrote to nelgin <=-

We have a place called Free Play, which has a bunch of retro games all set

on free play. You just pay a $10 (I think it's gone up a bit) and you
can

play all day.

Beats the Hell out of $22.

We have 2 pinball museums in the bay area, all are set for freeplay.
Some of the games are ancient, keeping them up and running is a chore.

But there is something about the sound of the mechanical relays and the
'reset' of the numbers at the start of the game! Something that digital changed, even though it brought other enhancements...




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nelgin wrote to All <=-

I remember when Dragon's Lair came out. It was 2 quid a pop and lasted about 3 seconds.

Was a cool concept, but I was TERRIBLE at it! LOL




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Re: Re: Favorite Retro Arcade
By: jimmylogan to nelgin on Thu Nov 07 2024 11:35:15

I remember when Dragon's Lair came out. It was 2 quid a pop and lasted about 3 seconds.

Was a cool concept, but I was TERRIBLE at it! LOL

They have it at a place near me called Free Play. You can play as much as you want for the price of getting in which is about $12. Even with unlimited time, I still last about 3 seconds.
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Re: Re: Favorite Retro Arcade
By: jimmylogan to nelgin on Thu Nov 07 2024 11:35:15

I remember when Dragon's Lair came out. It was 2 quid a pop and lasted about 3 seconds.

Was a cool concept, but I was TERRIBLE at it! LOL

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LOL - I'm sure I would be about the same - or worse ;-0

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Accession wrote to jimmylogan <=-

On Thu, Nov 07 13:35:15 -0600, you wrote:

I remember when Wal-Mart (or Big K) would have the machines in the
entry ways. I always looked for pinball, but usually the closest
thing were the baseball machines. :-)

Where in the world would you see a pinball machine in a WalMart or
KMart entryway!?

I probably would have spent hours there as a kid. WalMarts by me had
claw machines, and that was about it. :(

In the old days, there was an entry way that was the width of the store.
You would walk through and enter that area, but not the main part of
the store.

It's really hard to describe in text. :-) Let me see if I can
find an old pic...

And not K Mart - but Big K - which is what became Wal-Mart.

Hmm... turns out Big K was NOT an early Wal-Mart. As a kid, they
were converted - but I guess Wal-Mart bought the buildings...

http://pleasantfamilyshopping.blogspot.com/2008/07/original-big-k.html

Well - can't find a pic of the entry like I'm talking about...




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Accession wrote to jimmylogan <=-

On Thu, Nov 07 13:35:15 -0600, you wrote:

Ac> Pinball was also huge. 'Fun House' comes to mind as my all time
Ac> favorite because the creepy doll would talk shit to you while you
Ac> played, but there were plenty of other good ones back then, too.

That is on the one I use on iPad... :-)

That was a great game. I haven't seen it in quite some time, though.
The last really good one I played was Terminator 2 themed.

That's on there too - Pinball Arcade :-)




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On Thu, Nov 07 2024 20:59:03 -0600, you wrote:

Ac> That was a great game. I haven't seen it in quite some time, though.
Ac> The last really good one I played was Terminator 2 themed.

That's on there too - Pinball Arcade :-)

I may have to check it out, as it looks like it's also available on
Android (only 3.3 stars though?).

Still, it's nothing like the real thing. Shaking the machine and making
it tilt, and hitting the ball so hard it jumps up and smacks the glass,
etc. :)

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Re: Re: Favorite Retro Arcade
By: Accession to jimmylogan on Fri Nov 08 2024 01:31 pm

Still, it's nothing like the real thing. Shaking the machine and making it tilt, and hitting the ball so hard it jumps up and smacks the glass, etc. :)

I've seen some pinball games for PC that simulate stuff like that.. But yeah, it's still not quite like the real thing.

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Accession wrote to jimmylogan <=-

On Thu, Nov 07 2024 20:59:03 -0600, you wrote:

Ac> That was a great game. I haven't seen it in quite some time, though.
Ac> The last really good one I played was Terminator 2 themed.

That's on there too - Pinball Arcade :-)

I may have to check it out, as it looks like it's also available on Android (only 3.3 stars though?).

Still, it's nothing like the real thing. Shaking the machine and making
it tilt, and hitting the ball so hard it jumps up and smacks the glass, etc. :)

Oh I agree!!! But it's better than nothing, which is what I have unless
I am traveling WAAAAY out of town...




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poindexter FORTRAN wrote to jimmylogan <=-

jimmylogan wrote to Accession <=-

I've always wanted a pinball machine, but could never get myself to
fork over thousands of dollars for one. :)

My family was NOT well off, so please don't think I'm saying we had
money. My dad was a trader - he would haul tires, buy tools wholesale
and sell to others, buy for the auctions, etc.

One day he brought home a pinball machine. My mother didn't like it,
but we put it in the living room. EVERY DAY after school that's the
first thing I would do. :-)

My best friend's mom growing up was an antiques dealer. The whole
culture ran on barter. She was wealthy and loaned money to friends,
who'd pay her back in trade, which she would later barter.

She had a killer '68 Camaro (blue with white racing stripes) for a
couple of weeks, then traded it for an antique chinese armoire, which
she then traded for vintage jewelry, and so on.

My dad traded in cars too. I remember a few of them. One was a little
Pontiac with a shifter in the floor. It's what I learned to drive
a stick shift in.

Another was either a Chevy or a Pontiac - had holes in it where some
light bars had been. Could tell there was a cage in front of the
back seat at one point. The rear window cranks and handles were in
the floor board. Yep - was an unmarked police car! That thing would
scoot!!!



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