Fa la la la la, la la, ca-ching!

I have been lucky enough to have had an opportunity to participate in several warehouse raids in the short amount of time that I’ve been collecting arcade games. Warehouse raids are always exciting and exhilirating. Pulling up to the driveway of a building filled with untold treasures always makes the heart flutter. Actually getting inside, turning the corner of rows and rows of games is even more thrilling. However, sometimes, things are too good to be true.

Here, is a tale of one such “too good to be true” warehouse… (more…)

I just watched the movie for the first time the other night (sacriledge, I know) whilst recapping a monitor. Wouldn’t you know it, the next day I saw this awesome cartoon on a blog I read. After playing a fully working Tron in a friend’s gameroom, I am on the hunt. That blacklight is just too pretty and the gameplay is too fun.

Forget Jumpman, he’s too passive. Check out what happens when Scorpion from Mortal Kombat fills in for Mario to try and save the princess from Donkey Kong. Oops…maybe he got a little too carried away.

I am pleased to announce the official launch of the newly-redesigned Atlanta Arcades website. Atlanta Arcades is a local business here in Atlanta that sells arcade games, pinball machines, jukeboxes, slot machines, and services/repairs almost all of those items as well. The rest of my website design team and myself have been diligently working on this project over the past couple of months. Now the hard work is over and, I think the site is a success!

The connection was made through Craigslist as an offer to barter website design services in trade for pinball machines or arcade games. (more…)

I opened the September issue of Gameroom Magazine to find a nice little snippet covering an article I wrote about an old Playmeter Magazine article about WICO. I am a subscriber and was shocked to find that my little site got picked up by the “pulse” of the arcade hobby. As a bonus, original author of the PlayMeter article commented on the thread!

If you’re just checking out this site due to the Gameroom mention – welcome! There has been a bit of  dry spell due to RealLife ™ , but things should be under control and regular posts should resume.

I am now the proud owner of a Wizard of Wor cabaret from 1981 in great shape. The game is in great cosmetic shape except for the expected wear around the controls, and it is working 100%.
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Just a quick update to keep the posts coming. Wanted to let everyone know that I finally sold my Dragon Spirit. As cool as it was and as rare as it was, I ultimately decided to get rid of it as I never played it. It is now at a new home where someone will appreciate it much more than I could.

I purchased a Nintendo Punch-Out arcade game yesterday for $100 off of Craigslist. The game coined up and played fine, All she needs is a capkit on the top monitor to be 100%. However, I think I’m going to get the repro art set and do a full restore and put her next to the playchoice 10. Choice.

Lastly, I broke down and am finally getting the transmission fixed on my arcade hauler (‘92 Dodge Dakota V8). Therefore you guys will be seeing a lot more action in the restoration side of the house since i can actually go get stuff to fix now.

After a long break (weird how having a baby just eats up all your free time!) I’m back. I wish I had better things to report, but I must tell you that my local arcade finally closed down. I can’t say that I was shocked to find this out. After I initially reported the status of my local mall’s shameful Namco arcade, the condition of the place went even further down hill…FAST.

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I haven’t been making posts lately, as I have been preoccupied with REAL LIFE™ and haven’t had time to devote to online shennanigans. That doesn’t mean, however, that I have had no arcade adventures. Here are a few things that I have been up to since I last posted on the blog

• finished demolishing all the water damaged cabs from the warehouse raid and threw them in a dumpster
• made a deal with a fellow for a whole bunch of Nintendo Vs. Kits and parts
• finally received the Gunsmoke control panel stickers I had reproduced.
• ordered a NEO GEO – 100-1 board that I can’t wait to play
• ended up getting frustrated with the skateball pinball machine and sold it on eBay for more than double my initial investment. Room – hooray!
• finally broke down and subscribed to GameRoom Magazine

These are just little snippets of arcade-related happenings here at NCV. I plan on going more in-depth with some of those items, but I will do so later. I basically just wanted to get back in the swing of things and needed to dust the cobwebs off my fingertips. Until next time…