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    Cool Dad Builds Mini Arcade Machine for His Son

    Nolan Bushnell's First Commercially Sold Video Game Ever Is for Sale

    How to Make Your Very Own Badass Arcade Cabinet for Cheap-ish

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/22/09

    In reply to Image Cache: Inside a North Korean Arcade
    Looks like they haven't changed since the last time we saw them...

    [gizmodo.com] #northkoreanarcade
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/22/09

    In reply to Image Cache: Inside a North Korean Arcade
    If the rittle chirren want to pray, they need to pay! ~Kim Jong-Il. #northkoreanarcade
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/22/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I hear his favorite game is Missile Command...
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    10/22/09

    In reply to Image Cache: Inside a North Korean Arcade
    Looks like a really happening place. You go Korea! #northkoreanarcade
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    10/22/09

    @Gary_7vn: North Korea. (And yes, I do think it's worth correcting.) #northkoreanarcade
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    Image of yuzan yuzan
    09/22/09

    In reply to MaruBot Football League Is Next-Gen Foosball Without Wrist Fractures
    Hey, I wanna be a fantasistar, too!

    And every foosball table should have leveling feet; less wasted coasters as impromptu shims.
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    Image of dZero dZero
    09/15/09

    In reply to Cool Dad Builds Mini Arcade Machine for His Son
    That is really cool. It looks like he did a really great job on the exterior... but I lol'd at the screen mounted by masking tape in the interior.
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    maven2k promoted this comment dZero was starred dZero was unstarred
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    09/15/09

    @dZero: I don't think the screen was mounted with the tape. I think he just had the wires secured with it.
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    09/15/09

    In reply to Cool Dad Builds Mini Arcade Machine for His Son
    I wish he would post cabinet design specs.
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    Image of met2art met2art
    09/14/09

    In reply to Cool Dad Builds Mini Arcade Machine for His Son
    That's awesome! But it must be really hard for the kid to find those tiny, tiny quarters. :(
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    Image of Kris Aubuchon Kris Aubuchon
    09/14/09

    In reply to Cool Dad Builds Mini Arcade Machine for His Son
    come on man, at least wire the game system to the ac power! Really nice little cabinet!
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    Image of dufus dufus
    09/12/09

    In reply to Nolan Bushnell's First Commercially Sold Video Game Ever Is for Sale
    Didn't I see this game in Soylent Green?

    At least it LOOKS like the game in the apartment of the rich guy who got whacked....
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    09/12/09

    @dufus: Ooopsss ... probably should read the rest of the comments first!
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    Image of appletoad: is running iPhone OS 4.0 beta appletoad: is running iPhone OS 4.0 beta
    09/12/09

    @dufus: haha. the irony of you living up to your username.
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    Scotland promoted this comment appletoad: is running iPhone OS 4.0 beta was starred appletoad: is running iPhone OS 4.0 beta was unstarred
    Image of Sean Scrooby Grube Sean Scrooby Grube
    09/12/09

    In reply to Nolan Bushnell's First Commercially Sold Video Game Ever Is for Sale
    I never understood why people take these into their shitty driveways to take a picture of it. Do they have little kids locked in cages inside their house and they don't want people to see?
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    09/12/09

    @Sean Scrooby Grube: They probably keep them in their garage, and it's easier to wheel them out to the driveway to take a pic than to maneuver them through all the child cages in their living room to take a pic.
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    Image of bighead bighead
    09/12/09

    In reply to Nolan Bushnell's First Commercially Sold Video Game Ever Is for Sale
    I think they used this in the futuristic apartment in "Soyent Green"
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    Scotland promoted this comment bighead was starred bighead was unstarred
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    09/12/09

    @bighead:
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    Image of appletoad: is running iPhone OS 4.0 beta appletoad: is running iPhone OS 4.0 beta
    09/12/09

    @Scotland: They had some nice 'furniture' back then.
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    Scotland promoted this comment appletoad: is running iPhone OS 4.0 beta was starred appletoad: is running iPhone OS 4.0 beta was unstarred
    Image of TechSurfer TechSurfer
    09/12/09

    @bighead: Love this, and watching Soylent Green, because some of the futuristic buildings are in Marina Del Rey (I see them out my window right now).
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    Image of pashdown pashdown
    09/12/09

    @Scotland: The one-off white Computer Space that was used in Soylent Green surfaced recently and was auctioned off on ebay for about $10K.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    09/12/09

    In reply to Nolan Bushnell's First Commercially Sold Video Game Ever Is for Sale
    I believe that, according to the ebay listing, only 1800 yellow consoles were made. At least that's what the seller says.
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    Image of monkpod monkpod
    09/09/09

    In reply to How to Make Your Very Own Badass Arcade Cabinet for Cheap-ish

    I built an arcade cabinet and some games for my thesis project. It was really easy and cheap. A few Happ Joysticks, Buttons, an Arduino and some software and that was it.

    [rewiredpictures.com]
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    Odin approved this comment monkpod was starred monkpod was unstarred
    Image of Odin Odin
    09/10/09

    @monkpod:
    While I commend your work I have to question the logic behind the tiny porthole screen and the low unit height considering that you and/or your friends are too tall to play that comfortably.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    09/09/09

    In reply to How to Make Your Very Own Badass Arcade Cabinet for Cheap-ish
    Them Street Fighter buttons there!
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    Image of Shlomo Zachary Snyder Shlomo Zachary Snyder
    09/09/09

    In reply to How to Make Your Very Own Badass Arcade Cabinet for Cheap-ish
    And here's the Arcade Coffee Table.
    It cost me a whopping $200, but that because I wanted quality 2-player arcade controls from X-Arcade, which run about $100... it would probably cost less to wire your own but I lack the skills at the moment...

    Whenever a friend or family member wants to throw a working old computer and CRT monitor out in the garbage (!!!!) I snag it and make and arcade :)
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    Odin promoted this comment Shlomo Zachary Snyder was starred Shlomo Zachary Snyder was unstarred
    Image of Odin Odin
    09/10/09

    @Shlomo Zachary Snyder:
    I've seen reviews of the X-arcade and they're not great especially at its price point. Building your own would probably run half the cost. As long as you know how to solder the wiring is dead simple (and well documented online), only tricky part is making a case for the controller but if you have the tools you can do it with some reasonable woodworking skills.
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    Image of @prixdc @prixdc
    09/09/09

    In reply to How to Make Your Very Own Badass Arcade Cabinet for Cheap-ish

    My roommate and I built one earlier this year. Ran us about a grand for a 4-player, 6,500-game cabinet.
    [themameproject.blogspot.com]
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/09/09

    @@prixdc: I second the question of wood-working. How difficult did you find the project? Also, serious kudos, man. You went all out.
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    Image of egoods egoods
    09/09/09

    @OCEntertainment: I've built a MAME cab. and also restored a Pac-Man cab. Between the two, starting fresh is relatively easy. Make sure to learn the ins and outs of cutting MDF (the wood used in most cabinets). If memory serves you need to use a fine tooth blade to keep from getting gnarly edges. If you have a router, circular saw, and maybe a jig you should be OK.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    08/15/09

    In reply to Tron's Space Paranoids Arcade Now a Reality
    Where can I find this wonderful machine?

    I guess I'll have to make do with plonking quarters into the Marvel vs. Capcom and Ms. Pac-Man machines at my laundromat.
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    Image of S-Express S-Express
    08/15/09

    In reply to Tron's Space Paranoids Arcade Now a Reality

    Love arcade games - I have a fully restored Defender from 1980 - beats an Xbox any day!
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    Homerjay. Good and good for you. promoted this comment S-Express was starred S-Express was unstarred
    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    08/15/09

    @S-Express: I figured since you went through all that work to post a picture I'd go ahead and promote it. :)
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    08/15/09

    @S-Express: I'm going to find you, kill you, and play Defender with the quarters in your pockets.

    You rat-bastard!
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    Image of S-Express S-Express
    08/16/09

    @Homerjay. Good and good for you.: Thank you sir! :)
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    08/16/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I'll get you with my Smart Bomb!
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    08/15/09

    In reply to Tron's Space Paranoids Arcade Now a Reality
    What is Tron actually supposed to mean or why is it the title?
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    08/15/09

    @xcharliemx: Let me Google that for you.
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    Image of Scotland Scotland
    08/15/09

    @dingus: Have my babies!
    +1
    That website is much better than - [justfuckinggoogleit.com]

    However, I will never (again) click on a "Let me Google that for you" link. (Not after [lmgtfy.com] SFW)
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    08/15/09

    @xcharliemx: It's supposed to mean that this may not be the website for you. I'm not usually one to jump into lovefests like this one, but really... you have a Google window on your browser. USE IT.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/30/09

    In reply to Games2U Brings a Portable Arcade To Your House
    You mean the only time people visit arcades in the US. In Japan arcades are still very much a happening and social experience last I knew.


    I'm actually disappointed that Arcades have taken such a beating over the years. As an avid pinball player I go out of my way to do business with places that still have pinball machines. My wife and I go out on Pinball Dates even.


    It still depresses me that the arcade/amusement industry is in the shape that it is. It used to be a great way to hang out with friends. Now everyone just meets online to play instead, and it just isn't the same.

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