Arcade Project 06 The 3 Machines
(each game has its own post link)
With the room being as small as it is, I will not be filling it full of machines. I chose 3 machines that I would want to have in my arcade that would satisfy gaming that the MAME did not accurately do, or experiences that the MAME just can not touch. These are different for everyone, and I do not think for a second its a "one size fits all" sort of thing. First off, most people trying to make an "arcade" would choose classics like Pacman and Centipede. Those games mean practically nothing to me. I grew up in the late 80's and early 90's and my choices will reflect that.
Pole Position ($600(upright) 1200+(sit down) )
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There is one reason why I played Pole Position so much as a kid... per quarter it gave you the longest gaming time. In the south, racing is big, and its extremely big around my neck of the woods. This mean that every gas station, every restaurant, and probably some churches, had a Pole Position arcade inside them. I can remember being too small to see the screen without the steering wheel being in the way, I remember being too light to make the gas pedal work very easily. No MAME machine or new-fangled racing wheel can replicate the gear shifter and feel of Pole Position. Plus its relatively cheap, especially here in the south. I never played much of the cockpit version because at our local theater, it was basically THE private make-out booth for all the teenagers, so it was always occupied.
Neo Geo MVS($800 2/slot, $1200 4/slot)
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The Neo Geo cabinets you saw everywhere were basically the console version of arcade machines. Inside them were slots that looked like SNES slots, and you would plug in whatever cartridge you had. This is why it was so easy to make a home version. The arcade versions were made is much larger numbers, so instead of paying $300 for the home version of Samurai Shodown, you can get it for $20 for the MVS(arcade version). For Arcade budget purposes, I chose to get the 2 slot MVS and $100 for ebay games. At the time of this I walked way with Samurai Shodown 1+2, Metal Slug 5, and Puzzle Bobble.
Gauntlet Legends($1400-2000)
(Original Post Here)When it comes to replay value, it is hard to beat Gaunlet Legends. This 4 player cabinet has beautiful artwork, and several characters to choose from. It had a save system where you would type in a code to get back your character and continue leveling them up. It is like the Diablo of arcade games and lets you play and play to get more loot and level up more. Another great thing about Gauntlet Legends is that for about $50 you can get the upgrade hard drive for Gauntlet Dark Legacy. So after everyone in the home has leveled up and gotten sick of one, you can go through the next relatively easily. Gauntlet Legends and Dark Legacy got a lot of home versions, but none of them really touched the arcade in quality, and MAME really sucks for 3D graphics, so this is a good choice for people that want a lot of replay.
July 28th, 2014
Lately, even with new games I've enjoyed immensely(like God of War 2), I have had to force myself to commit to playing them. There's just so much going on these days that by the time I have everything settled down and ready to go, its either too goddamn fucking hot for me to sit in one place for so long, or something else comes up and demands my attention. I end up trying to rush through games so I have all the story fresh in my mind as I come across new pieces. Playing FF6, I caught myself intentionally slowing myself down as I went through. I guess its not really about me then, I guess its just I need to find games that still capture my attention so much that I worry about beating them too quickly. I've played through FF6 so many times I will need a 3rd hand to count with, but even then I find myself wanting to make it last weeks instead of days.
A grand day for my childhood, as some of the people that made me love baseball got into the Hall of Fame today. Bobby Cox, the manager of the 90's Atlanta Braves, and 2 parts of the pitching trio Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine all went in. John Smoltz is the 3rd part of that trio and he'll be eligible next year, but he's got a lot of competition, he may not be a first ballot. Anyways, all that, and that's not the point of this paragraph. Frank Thomas got in. Sammy Sosa, Mark Mcquire, Barry Bonds are the big steroid era players that have been shunned from the Hall of Fame. Frank Thomas was one of the driving forces of a "clean" baseball, and was outspoken against performance enhancers. Letting him in on first ballot was a message just as strong as denying Barry Bonds his Hall of Fame entry. These are the super heroes of my childhood, when I was watching Wolverine and Gambit, I was also collecting baseball cards and watching World Series games. The Hall of Fame ballots are kind of the "closing" on the legacy of "my" baseball era, and I'm proud they are trying to stand for something. Now if only people would've lightened up and let some of the "new deadball era" greats in.
Thanks to my wonderful girlfriend, we have tried the first in the new batches of "Lays Give us a Flavor" campaign. We're not big chip eaters, but we do like our novelty flavor dusts on occasion. This year we started out with the Bacon Mac and Cheese. This chip is a more mellow flavored cheese based chip. In a day where everything is MORE EXTREME, MORE MORE DUST MORE SALT, its nice to have a chip that kind of dials it back a little bit, and lets you taste the potato. There is one over ruling thing you will think when you eat these... where's the bacon? Its not even subtle, there seems to be practically no bacon flavoring in these. Still, if it was between a "loaded baked potato" chip that's on the market now, and these, I would choose the Bacon Mac and Cheese.
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