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aurik
KF Sempai
Joined: 08 Nov 2016
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Location: Denver, CO
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For my 50th birthday, my wife rented out our HOA's clubhouse, and she brought in Steve's Retro Arcade. The guy basically has a air-conditioned trailer that he loads up with a dozen or so retro arcade games -- you get to pick and choose which ones you want. It was a complete blast.
Some games I did quite well with, but I hadn't played Dragon's Lair in a LOOOONG time, and I sucked royally at it. But it was a blast! My only disappointment was the "pinball" games were digital pinball emulators, not actual honest to goodness pinball games.
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
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DarthPenguin
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 03 Dec 2021
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Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Styles: Shotokan, Judo, BJJ
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The thought of arcade games brings back memories! Didn't really have many games arcades here (at least not like the US ones) but there were usually a few in sports centres, the university students union etc. and they were always a good laugh.
I remember spending far too much money on the streetfighter 2 arcade machine back in the day and being very excited when a special joystick was released for the Amiga that let you replicate all the buttons for the home version! |
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Fat Cobra
Green Belt
Joined: 14 Jul 2018
Posts: 372
Location: Watertown, NY
Styles: Ryukyu Kempo
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:05 am Post subject: |
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| aurik wrote: |
| For my 50th birthday, my wife rented out our HOA's clubhouse, and she brought in Steve's Retro Arcade. The guy basically has a air-conditioned trailer that he loads up with a dozen or so retro arcade games -- you get to pick and choose which ones you want. It was a complete blast. |
Now that is AWESOME! 
I just looked up their website. This is really cool!!!!
The website says, "Our service area is limited to a 25 mile radius of Dacono, after which a travel fee applies."
I wonder how much a travel fee they would charge to come to Watertown, New York?!?!?!? 
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KarateKen
Green Belt
Joined: 12 Nov 2021
Posts: 412
Location: Dojo
Styles: Karate
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| Totally get what you mean, Ken. Also, I just looked up Zorbaz - looks fun. I see they are a regional chain in Minneapolis. Always interested to discover new regional chains when we travel. |
The brand has grown since I was a kid, they are well known across Minnesota. |
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Patrick
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Joined: 01 May 2001
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Location: Los Angeles, California
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Haha, I totally meant to say Minnesota when I typed Minneapolis. Forgot which one was the state, I guess.
| aurik wrote: |
| For my 50th birthday, my wife rented out our HOA's clubhouse, and she brought in Steve's Retro Arcade. The guy basically has a air-conditioned trailer that he loads up with a dozen or so retro arcade games -- you get to pick and choose which ones you want. It was a complete blast. |
That's awesome. I'm also not much of a fan of the digital pinball machines. I get it - cost and maintenance-wise, especially, pinball machines can be so expensive - but it just doesn't feel the same.
| DarthPenguin wrote: |
| The thought of arcade games brings back memories! Didn't really have many games arcades here (at least not like the US ones)... |
I hadn't actually thought that hard about arcades outside of the U.S., so I'm glad you brought this up.
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