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11/16/2008

 Tron Joystick handle reproductions now available!

From Randy at Groovy Game Gear!

Every once in a while I like to do something that doesn't make the best business sense, but that I know will fill a longtime void in the community. It cost a bundle to do this, but it's my way of showing our appreciation to all the folks who spend their arcade dollars at GGG.

For those who haven't figured this out already, it's a Tron joystick shell. Not a copy, reproduction or replica. It's the real deal. The actual materials and injection molds were used. The original color chip was uncovered, meticulously matched and, as you can see, it glows like crazy next to a black light. This is the first time anyone has seen a part like this fresh from production since 1982.

As I want everyone who wants one to be able to afford one, especially in the current economic climate, the price will only be $24.95. That will include the two shell halves, the red trigger (which glows bright reddish orange under UV, BTW) and the one top screw. I will continue to work on accessories for this, which will include a switch assembly (Microleaf™ based), faceplates, mounting hardware, etc. Some parts will come quicker than others.

(Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2008-11-16, posted by saint)

 New Time-Out arcade available at 3DArcade

A new arcade environment for 3DArcade is available for download: "Time-Out - Golden Age". Based on the arcade found in the Sunrise Mall, Massapequa, New York, USA, as it was in the early 1980s. It includes the game room itself, and the surrounding hallway of the mall. Enjoy! (Posted By: saint)

 Galaxian³ : Preliminary works...for an emulator !

Well, no game is immortal, and some games such Galaxian³ are so rare. We need to preserve this game, or it will lost forever.

Only Namco has the source of their games, and I doubt they will release Galaxian³ sources in the future Cry

With the time, repairing such arcade games will be very hard, or maybe impossible : no more spare item, no more knowledge or worse : no more interest Lips Sealed

Impossible to let die this game !!! I'll do all I can in order to give to the Galaxian³ game the immortality and allows a maximum of gamers to see what the game is... (Posted By: Submitted by Darth Nuno on 2008-09-02, posted by saint)

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10/28/2008

 OMEGA RACE No Dead Zone Replacement PCB

Over on CGCC.CA, Canadian gaming forum, a very sharp member of the coin-op forum has designed and manufactured a Spinner circuit board that replaces the original on Omega Race. This is great for restorations, but also take note!! This board was designed to get rid of a design flaw in the orignal spinner, whereby there was a small "dead zone" where your ship would do nothing, due to the way a traditional potentiometer works. This board is designed to eliminate this, thereby making gameplay like it should be! (Posted By: Submitted by Ray B on 2008-10-16, posted by saint)

 USB Classic Controller

The classic is back, fully USB equipped and ready for an emulator near you...

With 10 additional contact points inside of the controller on the PCB, you can either add some additional micro buttons to the plastic housing for extra coin, start and fire buttons, or use the board itself in your own arcade desktop control panel or in an arcade cabinet, pricing is very reasonable and this looks like a great low cost gift just in time for the holidays! (Posted By: Submitted by Curt on 2008-10-15, posted by saint)

 Kotaku.com - Space Invaders ... Pumpkin!

(Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2008-01-19, posted by saint)

 8-bit video game pumpkins!

Very impressive! (Posted By: saint)

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10/09/2008

 AKI 3.0 USB Interface

A new USB encoder is now available from B-Spec Labs. The AKI 3.0 USB Interface, successor to the AKI and SJC interfaces, is a user-configurable encoder which currently supports analog, digital, and 49-way joysticks, as well as joystick to keyboard, and joystick to mouse conversion. For more details, read the product description here. (Posted By: Submitted by Dave Biedenbach on 2008-10-03, posted by saint)

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09/13/2008

 New Video Arcade Builder Site! Cronin's Custom Arcades LLC

More of an ad than news, but check out Cronin's Custom Arcades :)

Welcome to Cronin's Custom Arcades! (formally CroninsArcade.com) -- The premier Video Arcade Machine builder this side of the web!

Browse our site to learn about the exciting products we have to offer. We have full, complete turn-key video arcade machines ready to order and ready to play!

All turn-key systems come with at least 80 games and you can even upgrade to even more pre-installed games.

Our design service can custom design ANY video arcade cabinet requirement you have. If we don't have what you like, tell us what you want!

(Posted By: Submitted by Jason Cronin on 2008-08-16, posted by saint)

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08/10/2008

 Issue # 51 of the Retrogaming Times Monthly, is now online.

Highlights from the August 2008 issue include:

• Vic 20 Behr Bonz Multicart
• California Extreme 2008
• Apple ][ Incider - The Apple ][ today - part 1
• Who'd Win - Double Dragon vs Bad Dudes
• Old Wine in New Bottles: Midway Arcade Treasures

You can find all these and more inside the Retrogaming Times Monthly!

131 months in a row - the longest-running online free retro-gaming newsletter ever! (Posted By: saint)

 New project - The Machine Cocktail Arcade

Added The Machine Cocktail Arcade to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

I started with a broken laptop and ended up with a game playin machine. I wanted a nice looking cocktail table where 2 players could play games side by side (for games like Berzerk, Joust, Street Fighter, etc). Cost was < $300

This makes 1237 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

 New project - Mame Marvel Arcade

Added Mame Marvel Arcade to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

A built from scratch all new design, with a very slim modern style and a great big 26" monitor.

This makes 1238 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

 New project - Ghost inthe Machine

Added Ghost inthe Machine to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

4 Player Cabinet with Side lit etched acrylic Modular "doc-like" Panels affixed using a Velcro System. Luminglass and Etched Acrylic Marquee. Custom lighted spinner and lighted twisty grip. Automatic rotating monitor

This makes 1239 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

 New project - Project MAME - Defender

Added Project MAME - Defender to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

Here is my first MAME cabinet, based on a X-Arcade and TFT screen. The cabinet is all homemade.

This makes 1240 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

 New project - DualStik - Arcade Controller with Spinner and Trackball for two Players

Added DualStik - Arcade Controller with Spinner and Trackball for two Players to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

The DualStik consists of two controllers linked together with a 25-pin serial cable. The master unit provides buttons, a spinner and a trackball and can be solitarily used in single player games. The slave controller looks similar, but it only works when connected to the master, because it just holds the controls for player two and doesn't contain any logic boards. This provides for a handy size of the single unit while the dual player option is still retained.

This makes 1241 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

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08/03/2008

 Dream Arcades Releases the Vision 120 kit Projection Arcade Starting at $799

Dream Arcades (www.DreamArcades.com) announces the launch of the Vision 120 Arcade Kit. This is a build-it-yourself kit version of the company's flagship arcade, the Dreamcade ® Vision 120, featuring the largest commercially available home arcade gaming experience. The stand alone arcade kit features a deluxe control panel that is compatible with virtually any home gaming platform including PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3; pricing starts at only $799.

Sacramento, CA (Bluehost/PRWEB ) July 16, 2008 -- Dream Arcades (www.DreamArcades.com) announces the launch of the arcade kit version of the company's flagship Vision 120. The original Vision 120 kit is the largest home arcade unit commercially available, featuring the industry's first 10 foot video arcade projector, high-performance gaming PC, classic arcade games, and also supports the latest console games, including Nintendo Wii. The arcade kit version, which is available now, is designed for gamers who want that ultimate home arcade experience, but already have an awesome home theater system and just need a control panel, pedestal-style cabinet, and gaming PC. Vision 120 arcade kit prices start at $799 featuring an integrated trackball, dual joysticks with 20 arcade buttons and side pinball buttons. Additional Vision 120 Arcade Kit information and upgrade options are available at Dream Arcades: http://www.dreamarcades.com/120inch.shtml

"The Dreamcade Vision 120 was a huge hit, but many customers ask for a lower cost version," says Michael Ware, Dream Arcade's founder. "Other home arcade gamers expressed that they already had a projector or home theater system and just needed the arcade portion. With our release of the Vision 120 Arcade Kit everyone wins!"

The Vision 120 Arcade Kit is designed to work with almost any video projector. It is easy to connect to virtually any gaming or multi-media platform for the ultimate big screen gaming experience. The kit is compatible with PC games and emulators such as MAME, plus consoles like the Wii, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

For further information about Dream Arcades, please contact via e-mail or visit Dream Arcades online at: http://www.DreamArcades.com. Print size images are available on request.

My evaluation unit's on the way, right guys? Guys? ... (Slightly older news now but I've been away for a bit) --- saint (Posted By: Submitted by Mike on 2008-07-16, posted by saint)

 New project - Frogger and Galaga / Truxton Restoration

Added Frogger and Galaga / Truxton Restoration to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

This site is dedicated to the restoration of an original Sega /Gremlin frogger machine and a Galaga /Truxton cabinet converted to a 48 in 1 arcade. I outline and document the process of restoration as well as have some fun along the way.

This makes 1228 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

 New project - Mini Arcade (still working on the title)

Added Mini Arcade (still working on the title) to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

I took an old, broken Coleco Donkey Kong Tabletop Arcade & stuffed an HP HX2750 PDA into it. I'm mostly using SmartGear with it, but I'm also looking forward to a new release of PocketCultMAME.

saint's note - uber-cool!

This makes 1229 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

 New project - Talking Bull's MiniBartop Touchscreen

Added Talking Bull's MiniBartop Touchscreen to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

Using a 15" ELO Touchscreen, this Mini-Bartop is designed to have minimal interface. The games installed are mostly mouse point and click games like Bejeweled and other PopCap or Yahoo Games. There is a BlueTooth keyboard integrated into the control panel since some games require you to enter a name in order to play. I decided on this instead of a software keyboard to make it a little bit more interesting.

This makes 1230 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

 New project - Parkade

Added Parkade to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

Cheesy name, great design.

This makes 1231 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

 New project - 007

Added 007 to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

007 is a scratch-built MAME cocktail cabinet based on Kyle Lindstrom’s excellent Pac-Man plans. 007 features switchable 4/8 way joysticks and stereo sound for each player.

This makes 1232 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

 New project - David's Arcade system

Added David's Arcade system to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

the never ending story of one man quest for the best home mame arcade...

This makes 1233 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

 New project - Victor's Arcade

Added Victor's Arcade to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

Built-from-scratch upright pacman-style MAME cabinet. 2-joysticks, 6 buttons per player. 21" pc-monitor, I-Pac.

This makes 1234 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

 New project - Neo Candy 29

Added Neo Candy 29 to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

Japanese SNK "Neo Candy" with new 27" Welles-Gardner D9400 multi-resolution arcade monitor. Originally housed an SNK Neo-Geo AES, now houses MAME emulation platform with Gamex front-end. Runs games at original arcade resolution for authentic reproduction of scanlines.

This makes 1235 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

 New project - Bill's Mame Machine

Added Bill's Mame Machine to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

This project started out as the Midway classics arcade purchased at Big Lots for $250. It had a small 13" display no coin mech, no marquee, real weak sound and only 12 games. I ripped the guts out and stuck a computer in it that I bought from Ebay for $32 ( pent. III 1 ghz, 20 Gig HDD, 512 mb of ram). I also purchased a playstation two port controler adapter to USB. I bought 2 playstation controllers from a local video game store ($10) and preformed a controller hack to the joystick and buttons on the control panel. I bought a 20" monitor from a lady on Craigs list for $20, and purchased plexiglass from Home Depot to make the bezel as the old one was way to small and covered it with contact paper (an idea I got from other website that turned out great). I purchased the coin mech. from ebay for $35. The maquee I made myself with the left over plexiglass and printed out the design on just paper and cut to size. This is only temporary ..... Waiting on a friend to make the offiical one with custom artwork. (Talk\'n about you Alex LOL) And a blacklight is placed behind this to light it (already owned). The sound system is from a 1970's stereo that was striped of its amp and speakers all of which I already owned and was just taking up space in my shed. The only other things where various parts and supplies from Radio Shack.

I am running MameUI 0.125u4, Daphne 1.2.2, Mess (great emulator that plays everthing from Atari 2600 to Super Nintendo and more), a jukebox program, and Visual Pinball/Pin Mame.

This makes 1236 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

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06/23/2008

 Dragon's Lair 25th Anniversary Giveaway from Digital Leisure!

Digital Leisure Celebrates “Dragon’s Lair Week” Honoring the 25th Anniversary with Exciting Giveaways

GORMLEY, Ontario, Canada – June 20, 2008 – Though it may seem like just yesterday that your pockets were being lightened two quarters at a time by the most revolutionary arcade machine on the market, it’s actually been 25 years, and now it’s time to celebrate!

Launched on to the arcade scene in June of 1983, Dragon’s Lair received worldwide acclaim with its ground-breaking animation and interactive gameplay. This would leave a mark on a generation of millions of faithful followers who fondly remember their first ‘Lair’ experience. More recently, Digital Leisure gave Dragon’s Lair the royal treatment and remastered the original film onto Blu-ray High Definition to ensure this classic animated game could be enjoyed by an all-new generation of gamers.

“I can’t believe it’s already been 25 years!” said Dragon’s Lair creator and legendary film animator Don Bluth. “To think a small project conceived by Rick Dyer would become such a beloved classic is something I couldn’t have foreseen. I don’t think Dirk and Daphne have aged a day!”

The week of June 22nd is your opportunity to celebrate this milestone in video gaming history. During the 25th anniversary week, Digital Leisure will be offering 25% off all Dragon’s Lair games from its website. As well, with your purchased copy of Dragon’s Lair on DVD, Blu-ray or on HD PC DVD your copy will be personally signed by original creators Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, John Pomeroy and Rick Dyer.

To top off the celebrations, Digital Leisure will also be giving away a giclee of the opening castle scene from Dragon’s Lair, hand-signed by all of the creators, a $500 value. This limited piece of animation art will be given away to one lucky Dragon’s Lair fan who enters their name at www.digitalleisure.com during Dragon’s Lair Week! Dragon’s Lair fans will also have the opportunity to purchase an original Dragon’s Lair movie-style poster autographed by all four creators! (Posted By: saint)

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06/18/2008

 Dream Arcades to support all major home video game console systems

---------------------------------------- Press Release for Immediate Release: ----------------------------------------

Sacramento, CA June 18, 2008 - Dream Arcades (http://www.dreamarcades.com) is the first home arcade manufacturer to support all major home video game console systems, including: Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. Dream Arcades is now also compatible with a number of legacy consoles, including: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and DreamCast. Dream Arcades console adapters are available for between $35 and $99 depending on which console is desired. Adapters are available at the time of purchase, and existing Dream Arcades owners can purchase them individually.

“There are hundreds of games available for Xbox Live Arcade and Wii Virtual Console that play better using authentic arcade joysticks and buttons instead of plastic gamepads,” says Michael Ware, President of Dream Arcades. “That’s why we have decided to bridge the gap between home arcade and home console gaming. Now gamers have the option to play their favorite arcade-style console games without sacrificing the authentic arcade experience.”

As of today, all Dream Arcades models from self-assemble kits, starting at just $589 to the $3499 Dreamcade Vision 120 featuring a ten foot projection screen support Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PlayStation, Nintendo GameCube, and DreamCast.

Existing owners of Dream Arcades home arcade cabinets should contact Dream Arcades directly to confirm compatibility. For ordering information, please visit http://www.dreamarcades.com.

For additional media information, please contact James Hills at 630-233-8336 or by emailing: media@dreamarcades.com. (Posted By: Submitted by James Hills on 2008-06-18, posted by saint)

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06/06/2008

 Video arcades' last gasp

Diana Thompson hears Space Invaders in her head. She hears them in her sleep, marching ever downward, clomping ever closer. She hears them on her way to work. She hears them at work. And when they stop, for even a second, when there's the slightest glitch in their relentless stomp, when their incessant dun-dun-dun-dun hiccups, she hears that too. Thompson has worked at Gameland in Lake Geneva, Wis., for 12 years. Most days, most hours, especially during the off-season, she's alone with this cacophony of ancient coin-operated arcade games... Hit the link to read the rest of this article at the Chicago Tribune - interesting and more than a bit sad :( (Posted By: Submitted by Jeremy Cline on 2008-06-05, posted by saint)

 Roomba - Pacman project!

I've heard a lot about people hacking their Roomba... But this is the only one that I thought was worth it!

(Posted By: saint)

 USB-microDig turns any sensor into a game controller

So I think this is an attempt at free advertising, but what the heck - it's interesting :) --- saint

Submitted:

The I-CubeX USB-microDig samples 8 analog (10 bit) inputs at upto 5760 samples per second, and, through our configuration software, turns the sensor data into virtual joystick data, accessible to game software. With our wide selection of sensors, we invite you to create the wildest, weirdest game controller !

(Posted By: Submitted by Axel on 2008-05-31, posted by saint)

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05/26/2008

 U-HID: A New Generation of Control Interface

Developed by a well-known name in the Arcade Controls arena, the U-HID board is aimed at high-end driving, flight sim and other controllers.

The U-HID board has the following features:
USB 2.0 interface
50 connections arranged in an open pin-header format allowing multiple varieties of standard connector to be used.
Connections can be assigned as:
Keyboard key
Gamepad Button
Gamepad analog axis
Mouse button (including double-click)
Quadrature Mouse Pair. X or Y axis. Normal or reverse direction.
PC-controlled LED output using special software
PC Num/Scroll/Caps lock LEDs
U-HID locally-controlled LED output based on the state of any switch.
5 Volt output (30ma max)
Ground
(Posted By: Submitted by Andy Warne on 2008-05-22, posted by saint)

 NES coffee table

Very pretty, and it work !!!!

(Posted By: Submitted by arcadefever on 2008-05-20, posted by saint)

 Retroware TV new episode with new Retro Intro!

The latest episode of Season 2 of RetrowareTV has been released! This episode is the debut of the new Retro Intro graphics designed by DeLuSioNaL29 from BYOAC. :-P Go check it out!

(Posted By: Submitted by DeLuSioNaL29 on 2008-05-17, posted by saint)

 Huge touchcreen Missle Command

Too cool - a wall-sized touch screen version of Missile Command!

(Posted By: Submitted by Your Name Here on 2008-05-14, posted by saint)

 Aluminum Engraved Arcade Game Keychains

Three different cabinet shapes, Williams, Atari and Taito, and a myriad of different art, these keychains are highly detailed and affordably priced. (Posted By: Jeff Rothe)

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05/03/2008

 Best Post of the Day!

Even if it was yesterday :) http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=79740.0 (Posted By: saint)

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04/27/2008

 Super Genintari, batman!

Quote form benheck.com:

There was once a time when a person had to use separate consoles for playing their Atari 2600, NES, SNES or Genesis games… This filled the land with sadness, despair and an overabundance of power bricks, threatening the very fabric of the universe! (Or at least clogging up power strips)

But now, in this brave year 2008, Richard has come to rescue us all. The “Super Genintari” combines all these fine systems into one easy-to-use beast that goes great with any decor. (Includes giant glowing Pac-Man icon) I especially like the chunky solid selector buttons. (Posted By: Submitted by ryan_the_leach on 2008-04-26, posted by saint)

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04/24/2008

 Unreleased Atari 2600 Game Found At Flea Market

From the Slashdot posting - "I was at the flea market in Oakland yesterday when a pile of EPROMs caught my eye. When I got them home I found that they were prototypes for Colecovision games. A few were unpublished or saw limited runs, like Video Hustler (billiards). Others were fully released, like WarGames. But the crown jewel is what look to be a number of chips with various revisions of Cabbage Patch Kids Adventures in the Park for Atari 2600. This game was never released and has never been seen. It was a port of the version for Colecovision, and this lot of chips also included the Coleco version. So now I have to find someone who can dump EPROMs gently onto a PC so we can play this never-before seen game, which is almost certainly awful." (Posted By: saint)

 Amusement Game Auction on Saturday, April 26 in Columbus, OH

Just a reminder of our Amusement Game Auction on Saturday, April 26 in Columbus, OH at the Ohio Expo Center. The doors open for inspection at 8am and the auction will begin a little after 10am.

For further info please contact Jeff Schwartz at 502-551-1866.

(Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2008-04-24, posted by saint)

 MegaMan stained glass project

Wish I had talent like this :)

(Posted By: saint)

 Does your grandma got game? Arcade knits

Saw this over at ripten.com -- a collection of knit arcade goodies. Cool stuff :) Check out the PacMan hat and the NES controller afghan!

(Posted By: saint)

 EmuMovies

From Circo:

Ok everyone I think this is a fun idea, I am looking for youtube videos of folks showing off their gaming system using video snaps from emumovies with their front end.

I will be accepting submissions through May 10th 2008. All submissions will be posted in the news section and the winner's video will be posted on the homepage at emumovies.com

1st Place: ArcadeVGA Card (AGP) (ATI9250)
2nd Place: EmuMovies Complete DVD Collection w/lifetime FTP access
3rd Place: EmuMovies MAME DVD Collection

I look forward to seeing your setups, please post your submissions in the thread. (Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2008-04-24, posted by saint)

 Free Games! Digital Eel Wants You To Play With Their Bloxs, Blobs, and Worms!

PRESS RELEASE News Release For Immediate Release

Digital Eel Wants You To Play With Their Bloxs, Blobs, and Worms!

Three Digital Eel Classic Titles Available For Free!

Hampstead, NC, 23 April 2008

Many years ago, at the dawning of the new century, a trio of industry veterans gathered together to form the ultimate independent triumvirate. Under the name Digital Eel they plotted to storm the digital world with games of wit, ingenuity, creativity, and a healthy dose of good ol' fashioned fun. Deep in the bowels of their sprawling Seattle Gamecommand (actual size may vary) they hammered away at the furnaces, carefully crafting their first game.

In 2001 Digital Eel unveiled the fruit of their labor and the world met Plasmaworm. Now, in 2008, Digital Eel is making it available (along with two other classics from their award-winning library of titles) to gamers everywhere for FREE!
...[Rest of press release snipped]...

Plasmaworm is the fiendishly addictive arcade game of weird worms eating random probability eidolons in a tank of otherspatial plasma. Wait, what happens where? Fret not, it's a fairly straightforward game that can be enjoyed by gamers young and old alike.

Big Box of Blox can best be summed up as Tetris on acid. So crank up some Floyd and challenge yourself to game modes such as Flaming Peelout, Blok Atak, Groink, Mushroom King and Asylum Cubez. Enjoy mind-blowing visuals as only Digital Eel delivers as you smash and squish boxes with six different game variants, special blox, ten levels of difficulty while bopping along with eight far out music tracks.

Are you a gamer sick of blowing away Nazis, terrorists, and aliens? Ever think there has to be something else to shoot at? Does Digital Eel have the game for you...

Dr. Blob's Organism, winner in not one, but two, IGF categories (2004 IGF Innovation In Audio and Innovation in Visual Art), is a game about shooting one-celled organisms in a petri dish. Think of it like the old arcade game Tempest, only with much squishier targets. (Posted By: saint)

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04/11/2008

 NEW RetrowareTV Season 2 is online!

Season 2 has now been released: Their most recent episode reviews the classic Robocop vs. Terminator game for consoles. View the new episode here: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=74235.0

(Posted By: Submitted by DeLuSioNaL29 on 2008-03-30, posted by saint)

 Fan made Tron light cycles

This is a fantastic remake of the light cycles from Tron. (Posted By: Submitted by cw on 2008-03-29, posted by saint)

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03/19/2008

 Jon Norris of Gottlieb on TOPcast tonight

Wednesday March 19, 9pm E.S.T. 2008 (8pm Chicago, 7pm Denver, 6pm LA): Jon Norris of Gottlieb pinball will be on TOPcast. Jon was a game designer at Gottlieb during the System80b and System3 solidstate era, working at Gottlieb from 1986 until they closed in 1996. He also worked at Sega/Stern as a game designer, and collects classic Gottlieb woodrails.

For more details see http://marvin3m.com/topcast (Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2008-03-19, posted by saint)

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03/16/2008

 80's Arcade Stories

There's an interesting contest going on at the Ficlets web site. A ficlet is a short story that contains a maximum of 1024 characters.

User YodaOnCrack has asked fellow ficleteers to write ficlet-sized arcade game stories. So far, Q-Bert, Time Pilot, Joust, and Defender have been "ficletized".

Visit the contest web site for more details (Posted By: Submitted by Jason on 2008-03-15, posted by saint)

 Retroware: Season One DVD on sale

Retroware: Season One DVD is now available for purchase!

For those that are curious, you can read more about RetrowareTV here: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=74235.0 (Posted By: Submitted by DeLuSioNaL29 on 2008-03-13, posted by saint)

 Arcade-In-A-Box: Smash It Up Video Contest

Arcade-in-a-Box will be holding a contest and will be giving away a complete Arcade-in-a-Box solo console arcade controller to the winner. More prizes will be added as the contest progresses. New sponsors and prizes will be added to this post including other prizes for Arcade-in-a-Box, Gameroom magazine and more.

For the contest we are asking contestants to enter videos showing them destroying gamepads in the most creative ways possible. We just ask that you be safe, be smart, and don’t injure yourself in the process.

The contest will last about until the end of April, at which time our panel of judges will pick the top 10 videos. Once those videos are selected, there will be a website created where users can vote on their favorite video by DIGGing them. The winners will be determined by the amount of DIGGs each video gets.

We have a youtube group created for you to upload your videos. http://www.youtube.com/groups_layout?name=smashitup

We just have a few simple rules. No nudity
No drug use
Nothing illegal
Must be a United States Resident

That’s it, now get out there and Smash up those wussy gamepads ;).

Prizes: (More prizes are coming - Updated March 15th) 1st Place - Arcade-In-A-Box Solo Arcade controller built to order. You choose the system, button type, layout, Joystick type and artwork.
1 Year Subscription to ConsoleClassix

2nd Place - $75 gift certificate towards the purchase of an Aracde-In-A-Box Solo Arcade Controller
1 Year Subscription to ConsoleClassix

3rd Place - $25 gift certificate towards the purchase of an Aracde-In-A-Box Solo Arcade Controller
1 Year Subscription to ConsoleClassix

4th-10th Place - 6 month subscription to ConsoleClassix (Posted By: Submitted by Ed Farias on 2008-03-16, posted by saint)

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03/08/2008

 Interview: 22 Arcade Machines + 1 House = Awesome Party and Brian Saur

Brian has 22 original arcade machines scattered across his house, self maintained and lovingly preserved. Periodically he opens his doors to hold video game parties for friends and family. LA.CityZine.com was lucky enough to be on the invite list so we sat down to find out more about what motivates someone to turn their family home into Los Angeles’ version of Funspot. (Posted By: Submitted by theob42 on 2008-03-06, posted by saint)

 Retrogaming Times Monthly issue #46 online!

Issue # 46 of the Retrogaming Times Monthly, is now online.

Highlights from our March 2008 issue include:

• NES'cade - Galaga
• Apple ][ Incider - Silent Service
• Many Faces of Keystone Kapers
• Game Archeologist
• Growing Up With Games: Part II

You can find all these and more inside the Retrogaming Times Monthly!

126 months in a row - the longest-running online free retro-gaming newsletter ever! (Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2008-03-08, posted by saint)

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03/03/2008

 Arcade Games Make A Comeback

Yes, the Xbox is more high-tech. But a new wave of game players is bringing home something even more special -- old-style arcade games. (Posted By: Submitted by efjayel on 2008-03-03, posted by saint)

 World's Largest Arcade Machine

A really big arcade machine!!! It's very interesting... :)

(Posted By: Submitted by Leo on 2008-02-10, posted by saint)

 The 50 greatest arcade cabinets in video game history.

From I-Mockery.com

Seeing classic arcade game machines lined up next to each other is an easy way to have a wave of nostalgia smack you in the face harder than a hurled barrel compliments of Donkey Kong himself. It brings you back to a time when games were simple, fun, and fairly cheap to play for the most part. Whether it was laughing at how all the enemies bullets traveled 75% slower than your own or enjoying the cheesy digitized voices, there's no denying the classic games had something special.

But there is something about arcade games that we don't think gets enough credit. While everybody has their picks for the best games, most people don't give too much thought about the artistry that was put into the cabinets which held these games. It is with that in mind that I-Mockery is paying tribute to what we consider to be the The 50 Greatest Arcade Cabinets In Video Game History! Keep in mind, this list isn't ranking the games themselves, but the unique designs for the cabinets and cockpits which encased them. Chances are, you'll see some games on here that you've never even heard of, and that's likely because some of them sucked more than E.T. on the Atari 2600. But hey, at least their outer shell designs were damned nice to look at! (Posted By: Submitted by Darkhelmet on 2008-02-11, posted by saint)

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01/22/2008

 Evolution of video games

Another cool Gametrailers.com video. Man, watching this made me miss the arcade I frequented when I was a kid. I need a slurpy darnit!

(Posted By: saint)

 The Ultimate GameRoom?

I dunno, but it's cool :) Check out Barry's playroom!

(Posted By: saint)

 Now *there's* classic artwork the gamer geek can proudly display

... or not maybe. I think it's funny :)

(Posted By: saint)

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01/20/2008

 Serial #1 Cinematronics Dragon's Lair is ALIVE !

Back in 2006. The location is the Finny's Lair in UK : One of the biggest piece of the Arcade history is in front of me : The Serial #1 Cinematronics Dragon's Lair cabinet... owned by Don Bluth himself !!!

Darth Nuno : Jason, can you plug it please ? Can I try it please ? Can I flim it please ?

Jas' : No problem my friend ^^

YYeeeeehhhaaaaaaaaa !!!!! ...and I would like to share that moment with all the Dragon's Lair Fans of course !

Now, better than words, even better than pictures... ENJOY THE SN #1 VIDEO ;-)

(Posted By: Submitted by Darth Nuno on 2008-01-20, posted by saint)

 Walter Day interview at Funspot 2007 Tourney

Back in June of 2007 RetrowareTV paid a visit to the 9th Annual Classic Gaming Tournament at FunSpot, John D got a chance to interview Walter Day of the Twin Galaxies fame. Check it out!

(Posted By: saint)

 New project - Gorf to Galaga...sortof

Added Gorf to Galaga...sortof to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

Old Gorf cabinet converted to MAME Galaga themed cabinet.

This makes 1226 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

 New project - Sit down driving arcade cabinet

Added Sit down driving arcade cabinet to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

Sit down driving cabinet using xbox with force feedback controls.

This makes 1227 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

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01/19/2008

 King of Kong DVD reviewed

OK, I have to admit a shameful secret. I don't quite get the hype behind King of Kong, but I also haven't seen it so I'm uninformed. The DVD Lounge folks took a look at it though, and had this to say:

The Inside Pulse: There's nothing like real life. Not the TV-scripted reality shows, but a documentary. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a gem of a film about obsession in a culture presumably occupied by nerds and geeks. With a bit of luck, director Seth Gordon allows us to enter a world of fascinating characters, some of whom are good, bad, and, well, something else entirely. This DVD release is loaded with extras that will keep you busy for a while. Take a trip back to when arcade games were king and there was no such thing as a PS3. Fascinating, entertaining and suspenseful? You betcha. Grab some snacks, kick back and get your Kong on!

Hit the link to read the rest of their review. Guess I'll be picking this up to keep my retro-geek-badge! (Posted By: saint)

 Nolan Bushnell Interview on NPR

Thirty-five years ago, Nolan Bushnell and his new company, Atari, released the world's first successful video arcade game: Pong. Bushnell talks to Liane Hansen about the grandfather of modern video games and how it relates to today's gaming industry. Visit npr.org to hear the interview. (Posted By: saint)

 Space Invaders ... Underoos?

Not quite Underoos, but Space Invaders unmentionables? Must... restrain... self... from... bad... jokes...

Check out Gamegirl.com for more interesting undies!

(Posted By: saint)

 Space Invaders ... Jacket

OK - we have had:

• A Space Invaders Telescope
• Space Invaders Shoes
• Space Invaders socks
• Space Invaders performed with real people
• Space Invaders wrapping paper
• and . . . the Space Invaders welcome mat

Presenting the latest addition to the mix, the Space Invaders Jacket. I'm still waiting for the Space Invaders Underoos :) (Posted By: saint)

 Working Mini Tempest Cabinet

I don't have the space for a full size arcade cabinet and the little paper ones just aren't enough for me. So I used the paper template and made a tiny wooden cabinet. I also fitted a working Tempest game inside.

(Posted By: saint)

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01/18/2008

 A glimmer of hope, and an all around nice group of guys.

So I was surfing craigslist for the usual "arcade" "Pinball" and "Soda machine" and came across some guys named 1984 arcade (www.1984arcade.com) I went to them to buy a dead cab and when I showed up I saw something truly amazing...

a THRIVING ARCADE ..and more amazing its in my neck of the woods, springfield mo.

It was small by todays standards, maybe 30 games ? didn't count and maybe 20 people. its a 5 dollar admission fee, and and the guys there are more than happy to talk to you about anything. I didn't pay the fee just asked if I could look around and I got a royal treatment from these guys.

Just wanted to say thanks for the "winner IV cab" to them, and to let y'all know if you're around this area, give them a look. Devin was an all around good guy who was more than happy to give a fella a decent deal on a quality shell with mechs...

and Yes I know this is old news, but it was new news to me. They've been open for 2.5 years and there's mentions of them in the forums... Man I gotta read the forums more.

ps. if you guys from there are reading this you REALLY need to make a 3darcade FE room of your arcade :) (Posted By: Submitted by Khigh on 2007-12-08, posted by saint)

 Turnarcades working towards 'turn-key' PC-based arcades

UK arcade builders Turnarcades have just made an agreement to include a pre-configured, custom-themed installation of popular front-end Mamewah on all of our custom-built arcade machines.

This is our first step towards trying to create a 'turn-key' PC-based arcade machine for re-sale. Although licensing laws prohibit the release of rom images and most emulators, we are committed to trying to bring a simplified PC-Arcade to the community. This step is focused on taking some of the software complexity away from classic game enthusiasts who are new to the concept of PC-based arcade gaming. More information is available in this thread: (Posted By: Submitted by Craig on 2008-01-16, posted by saint)

 Sinistar cake!

Too cool. Nuff said. (Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2008-01-18, posted by saint)

 New project - old skool arcade

Added old skool arcade to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

bartop mame32 arcade built with a pentium 2 pc one player controls

This makes 1222 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

 New project - Sparcade!

Added Sparcade! to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

Sparcade is a MAME arcade machine with a loose theme based on the MSU Spartans, which my son and I are big fans of. I kept a pretty decent history of pictures from start to finish. It turned out great! My main motivation was to be able to play Defender any time I wanted to :-)

This makes 1223 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

 New project - TV Stand Jukebox

Added TV Stand Jukebox to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

Jukebox created from an old TV stand using an ELO touchscreen monitor.

This makes 1224 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

 New project - Emphatic's X-Arcadepowered MAME upright

Added Emphatic's X-Arcadepowered MAME upright to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

I bought myself and X-Arcade dual, but that wasn't enough for me so I built a cabinet around it.

This makes 1225 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

 The King of Kong ... as a feature film with Johnny Depp?

Er.....?

IGN sits down with Seth Gordon, director of The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, where he talks about future plans... (Posted By: saint)

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01/07/2008

 Two more ROMs from Exidy legally available now!

I normally steer away from pure emulation news, but this is the kind of news I love to see! MAMEDev reports Exidy has released two more games from their library for free public use, Targ and Spectar, with apparently more to come? Kudos to Exidy! (Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2008-01-07, posted by saint)

 Acrosser Launches Two More All-in-One Gaming platform in ICE 2008

Not the type of news that's normally on my radar for the site, but the bit about the JAMMA interface embedded on the motherboard caught my eye. Interesting potential for home market?

PRESS RELEASE Using industrial PC as the hardware platform of gaming machine like video slot machine, poker, and video lottery terminal has been a trend to full fill the longevity and graphic intensive demand of games. The leading designer and manufacturer of industrial computer, Acrosser wants to present at the world's premier exhibition for gaming and gambling ICE: two new All-in-One gamming platforms and series of fanless embedded systems.

To reduce the system cost, and increase the reliability, an idea PC-based gaming platform should be integrated into a single board with many specific features required on a gaming machine. Acrosser¡¦s All-in-One products feature digital I/O with interrupt, timer, intrusion logger, SRAM, security, RNG, ccTalk, and read only RTC. All these off-the-shelf products are designed to meet GLI, BMM and many other gaming regulations. Acrosser also provides ODM services by modifying the standard products to meet the jurisdictions of specific countries.

Acrosser Technologies is opening the opportunities of cooperating with professional gaming machine manufacturer as Acrosser's partner in some countries.

2 more All-in-One gaming platform join Wager series The two new All-in-One gaming platforms added to Acrosser's Wager series include one AGB (Acrosser Gaming Bus) board with backplane and a JAMMA/72-pin interface gaming board. The AGB model AR-B5600 is All-in-One gaming board designed with Intel's latest mobile chipset GME965 which supports dual and single core mobile processors. It enables the market to implement the game with the most advanced technologies from Intel. The JAMMA interface All-in-One gamming board AR-B5292 is an extended model of the most popular product AR-B5290. This Intel GME915 basis AR-B5292 offers a PCI express video acceleration card slot, Hagiwara bNand support and on board chassis intrusion switches.

All products in Acrosser Wager series are supported by the same AGC (Acrosser Gaming Core) device driver and API for Windows XP, Windows CE and Linux. This outstanding design reduces customer's development time and investment over gaming software. It also enables reusing the software investments on a wide range product line which are based on any Acrosser Wager families.

Fanless Embedded SBC and System Acrosser fanless Embedded SBCs and systems enable integration of the gaming worlds with high quality and reliable industrial PC technology. PC-based embedded computers are based on Intel and AMD¡¦s processor and chipsets: from low cost 486 to high performance dual core processors. The single board computers are designed with various small form factors as EPIC, 3.5¡¨ and PC-104 plus.

...... And so on -- read the rest of the press release at the link ...... (Posted By: saint)

 New Retroware TV episode is up

Retroware TV is a joint effort from two guys with a love for Retro gaming. They reviews games, devices, conduct interviews with classic gaming legends and they even made a trip out to Las Vegas for the Classic Gaming Expo in 2007. It's worth a look since the reviews are delivered in a easy to digest, professionally edited format. (Posted By: Submitted by DeLuSioNaL on 2007-12-11, posted by saint)

 2007 BYOAC Tokens, first photos!!

The nickel 2007 BYOAC tokens have arrived, see the link for the first pictures. I think they turned out really well. (Posted By: Submitted by Dave Santoro on 2007-12-19, posted by saint)

 >>>>>>>> Donkey Kong II released <<<<<<<<<

4 brand new levels of Donkey Kong bliss !!!!

You can buy it for either the Braze kit, or for the Multi-Game Jamma PCB from arcadeshop.com

http://www.jeffsromhack.com/products/d2k.htm

or

http://arcadeshop.com/multi-pcb/dk2/dk2.htm

Now, if only I had a DK cab.......

saint's note - heh... you can always build one! :) (Posted By: Submitted by Level42 on 2007-12-20, posted by saint)

 New application - MultiMAME

MultiMAME is a middleware, command line application which combines multiple emulators (or currently only MAME and ZINC) and allows you to filter the games that will show up, and also allow you to have different configurations for different types of games, all transparent to your frontend. (like hide all trackball games, and make all the 8way, 6 buttons games run with a different button configuration to swap 1-3 and 4-8). This works great with MAMEWAH (and should with most other frontends) Great for those who like to try different frontends, but hate trying to figure out all the weird configurations. (Posted By: Submitted by Lilwolf on 2007-12-22, posted by saint)

 News? What's this?

I took just about all of December off to concentrate on family and friends. Didn't plan it, just worked out that way. Today I'm catching up on news items submitted while I was on hiatus so some may be a bit old but still good to see if you haven't yet :) Next I'll tackle submitted cabinets that haven't been posted yet. Here's looking forward to a great 2008! (Posted By: saint)

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12/13/2007

 Sad news for BYOAC forum members :(

Sad news yesterday that forum regular psik0tik (Eric) passed away. His fiancee has posted the news and there is a condolences thread if you wish to say something or remember him. (Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2007-12-13, posted by saint)

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11/26/2007

 New project - Lindz's 2nd MameAracde machine - Lindz In America :)

Added Lindz's 2nd MameAracde machine - Lindz In America :) to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

I build my last project in England 7 years ago, it's linked in here with an Archive.org way back machine link. This machine is my 2nd attempt and does A LOT More, I have a YouTube video up explaining the whole thing, Take a look, let me know what you think :)

This makes 1221 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

 Month of MAME volume 4 now online!

(Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2007-11-26, posted by saint)

 2007 Houston Arcade Expo Nov 30th & Dec 1st

The Houston Area Arcade Group (HAAG) is holding their 6th Annual Arcade Expo on Nov 30th & Dec1st at the Houston Grand Plaza Hotel.

Admission is $25 for a weekend pass or $15 for a single day, which gets you access to over 150 arcade games and pinball machines all set to free play!

You can also participate in arcade and pinball tournaments, win door prizes, try your luck at a game raffle, and partake in the full bar.

There aren't many opportunities to enjoy large collections of classic arcade games, so if you are in the Houston area (or can get there!), you should be at this expo! (Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2007-11-26, posted by saint)

 MAMEWorld.net updating again!

MAMEWorld.net is updating again! After a hiatus of almost 1/2 year, ~Roc~ has taken the bull by the horns and is updating the site again! Hooray! (Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2007-11-26, posted by saint)

 The GameRoom Magazine Reader Survey 2007

Kevin Steele boldly steps up and proclaims:

Go ahead: Tell me what you really think about GameRoom!

GameRoom Magazine subscribers, this is your chance: fill out the survey below for a chance to win one of several great prizes, including the grand prize: a complete set (19 volumes) of every issue of GameRoom Magazine ever published in digital format!

Just answer a small handful of questions and you're entered! I'm looking to give you more of what you want in GameRoom Magazine, and the only way I can do that is if I actually know what you want—so tell me! Click the link below, answer a few questions, and you're entered. You just might win a great prize!

Grand Prize: 19-volume set of the GameRoom Digital Archives: Every issue ever published!

1st Prize: King of Kong Poster, Hat, and Copy of the August 2007 issue of GameRoom, signed by Steve Weibe

2nd Prizes (7 in all): King of Kong Hat

3rd Prizes (9 in all): King of Kong Movie Poster

Take the survey here!

Contest ends February 1st, 2008! (Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2007-11-26, posted by saint)

 MAMERoom.com donating 10% of all sales to charity

Scott from MAMERoom posted this note this evening: In addition to offering a 10% off discount during the holiday seasons (coupon code XMAS), Mameroom designs will be donating a portion of all sales to the Tay-Sachs foundation.

Tay-Sachs is a nasty disease that strikes children in the first few months of life and is always fatal. You can read a bit more about it on the National Institute of Health page about the disease.

If you're in the market for one of the products MAMERoom offers you can also turn a good deed by shopping there this season. You can also just donate directly via the shopping cart at MAMERoom without buying something, or donate directly to the charity Scott's supporting. (Posted By: saint)

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11/20/2007

 SYSTM Episode 26 - MAME part 3, now online!

Episode 26 - MAME Part 3: Mounting the TV, Buttons, Trackball, Coin Door and Speakers!

Buttons! Trackball! TV! Coin Door! Speakers! Our arcade sized MAME case is on track. We've got template help for the buttons... and tips on not getting shocked by the TV!

(Posted By: saint)

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11/19/2007

 Mario Kingdom Massacre

Heh. What are these folks on?

(Posted By: saint)

 Roadtrip : Quest for SEGA G-LOC Air Battle *Deluxe*

...not as big as a Galaxian Theater, or a Sega R-360 ...

Here's one of the most beautiful cockpit game ever made by Sega :

-= G-Loc Air Battle *Deluxe* version =-

Check out the RoadTrip done to bring back this simulator from Belgium...to Belgium ;-) saint's note - holy cow Darth's building quite a collection! (Posted By: saint)

 MAMEROOM Christmas sale!

For all BYOAC members, Mameroom.com is having a 10% off X-mas sale (until 12/25/2007) on all products.

Our new ready-to-assemble showcase cabinet kit would make just about anyone on your x-mas list happy. Simply enter coupon code XMAS on checkout to receive your discount.

Happy holidays! www.mameroom.com (Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2007-11-19, posted by saint)

 New project - Jam Session

Added Jam Session to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

Scratch built Arcade Machine, based on Mame emulation, for 4-players

This makes 1220 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

 Drumline Video Games

This video shows the drum line re-enacting video games. Pretty neat. I missed one game couldn't figure out which one it was. (Posted By: Submitted by darkhelmet on 2007-11-15, posted by saint)

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11/13/2007

 Star Trekkin!

Posted for absolutely no good reason! (Posted By: saint)

 Good news everyone! Tron handles!

One of the holy grails of this hobby (at least to me, and from the message board activity I'm not alone) is the Tron joystick. There have been a couple of ventures at reproducing them (Fozzy is working on one solution now), but in the past there was one vendor already selling them -- Specialty Plastics.

Unfortunately, real life got in the way as happens to most of us, and Specialty Plastics stopped taking orders and closed up shop (before I could order a set for me, dangit!)...

Or did they? :)

I received an email from the owner a day or two ago in response to one I'd sent him asking about the status of his business. He said:

Pass this along. I have been extremely busy with family house renovations and such. I still have all my equipment and is my full intent to ramp up production of many old needed parts as well as Tron handles. I thank you much for your interest. I am sorry I could not be around when you all needed me but family must come first. I am thinking late spring of 08 I will have my house done and the shop cleaned up and ready to go.

Woot! Tron and Satan's Hollow joystick reproductions! He's asked that we give him breathing room (read that as not pestering him about when he's going to be selling again) until he announces he's back in production. Looking forward to announcing that next spring! (Posted By: saint)

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11/12/2007

 Houston Area Arcade Expo

The 2007 Houston Area Arcade Group will be having their annual arcade expo on November 30 and December 1 at the Houston Grand Plaza hotel. There will be a good number of old and new video games and pinball machines, including the brand-new Spiderman pin, at the expo, all set to free play. Tickets are $15 for one day or $25 for both days. Some machines will be available for purchase.

There is also a special hotel rate for expo attendees! (Posted By: Submitted by Cakemeister on 2007-11-11, posted by saint)

 New projects website

I have set up a new site that I think maybe of interest to your site's visitors. My site is called projectsbyU and you can document all of your hobbies and projects with photos in one place. My site does have a section for Arcades and Jukeboxes as well as anything else you can build or work on yourself!

One of the biggest advantages of listing projects on ProjectsByU is no more dead links, members also have their own homepage so that they can showcase all of their projects in one place.

You will find that you can leave comments on other member’s pages, watch projects in your favorites and get one email when projects you are watching are updated by the owner. Also there is a rating system in stars for the overall highest rated projects on the site and by category rating.

Please feel free to visit the site and start posting and voting today, oh and one more thing it’s free to join!

Gary www.projectsbyu.com (Posted By: Submitted by Gary on 2007-11-08, posted by saint)

 Systm's Month of MAME, building the arcade machine! Episode 24-a

The second episode of Systm's Month of MAME is online, check it out! :) Thanks Kdog!

(Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2007-11-12, posted by saint)

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11/11/2007

 Build Your Own ... Space Invaders Telescope!

Forum member jasonbar posted his uber-geek Space Invaders telescope project for us to oogle!

He says:

A coworker who's an an amateur astronomer hosted a workshop for people who wanted to build telescopes. Everybody wanted a clever theme: R2-D2, a giraffe, a surfing penguin, etc.

For me, an arcade game. And what would be more appropriate than Space Invaders for a telescope?

A few short months later, I got it all together & kludged together some graphics (sharp readers will note that I mixed some Midway & Taito graphics on the same cabinet--sorry, I went w/ the artwork that I could find & download...).

Once again, I am impressed by the ingenuity of the folks that haunt this place. Good work Jason! More pictures at the link :) (Posted By: saint)

 Local NBC affiliate catches on to the arcade game bug

NBC-15 News in Wisconsin paid a visit to their classic arcade videogames exhibit and caught the bug. Buckethead shares it with us here :)

A couple more clips can be found in the comments thread! (Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2007-11-11, posted by saint)

 Retrogaming Times Monthly issue #42 online!

(I'm a bit late on this one, but....)

Issue # 42 of the Retrogaming Times Monthly, is now online!

• Highlights from our November 2007 issue include:
• Many Faces of Tutankham
• Nintendo Realm - Sep 1986
• Lost Titles of Tengen Xybots
• TI99 Modded RGB Video Bones, you paying attention?
• Apple ][ Incider - Shanghai'ed
• Mastering Sega - F-16 Fighting Falcon

You can find all these and more inside the Retrogaming Times Monthly! 122 months in a row - the longest-running online free retro-gaming newsletter ever! (Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2007-11-11, posted by saint)

 Systm's Month of MAME, building the arcade machine!

Systm on Revision3.com is running a series called "The Month of MAME: The Cabinet!"

"Revision3 is the first media company that gets it, born from the Internet, on-demand generation. Unlike aggregators, mash-ups, and user-generated video sites, Revision3 is an actual TV network for the web, creating and producing its own original, broadcast quality shows."

One of their segments is called Systm.

"Systm is the Do It Yourself show designed for the common geek who wants to quickly and easily learn how to dive into the latest and hottest tech projects."

This month, Systm is building an arcade cabinet divided across 4 video segments, one a week. Episode 1 is up now, with the next one coming soon. They start out with a very nice piece about using Project Arcade as the inspiration for their project. Woot!

Thanks to Kdog for pointing this out. Very entertaining, check it out :)

(Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2007-11-11, posted by saint)

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11/09/2007

 The world's largest arcade cabinet!

Holy cow!

(Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2007-11-09, posted by saint)

 Space Ace 2 - Kimberly's Quest!

A sequel to Space Ace!?

This is a follow up to 'Space Ace' I created (you can actually play it on a PC!) where you control his gal pal Kimmy in her quest to escape the evil clutches of Commander Borf!

Sadly, no. This was a home-brew project from a few years ago that was stopped due to a request from Bluth Productions for obvious reasons. Still, an interesting look at what might have been!

Hit the link for some more pictures and a link to the attract mode video and playable demo of the first level.

I think this might go into my cabinet's screen saver video collection :) (Posted By: saint)

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11/07/2007

 Congratulations to SirWoogie and wife!

Congratulations to SirWoogie and his wife on the birth of their bouncing baby boy! I guess it's ok if you take a couple of days off then... [grin] (Posted By: saint)

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11/06/2007

 Twin Musical Tesla Coils playing Mario Bros

Steve Ward's and Jeff Larson's Twin Solid State Musical Tesla Coils Playing Mario Bros. Visit

(Posted By: Submitted by MPTech on 2007-11-06, posted by saint)

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11/04/2007

 Pac-Gentleman?

BYOAC forum regular Xiaou2 posted this oddball little guy. There are a bunch of other interesting widgets on the page as well. Not sure what it's about but it's interesting! :) (Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2007-11-04, posted by saint)

 New project - Wasteds Arcade

Added Wasteds Arcade to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

My first attempt in creating a whole entertainment center. I have windows MCE 2005 and GameEX as my emulator frontend.This project is a arcade jukebox and a home entertainment system. The specs on the PC in use is sort of an overkill but what the heck. peace and enjoy your visit.

This makes 1219 projects in the new database so far! (Posted By: saint)

 Child's Play 2007 charity drive - put our money where our hearts are!

The 2007 Child's Play charity drive is happening now. From their site:

Since 2003, we've set up and organized Child's Play, a game industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with toys and games in our network of over 40 hospitals worldwide. In four short years, you as a community have answered the call and come together to raise millions of dollars.

That was awesome. You guys have proven over and over again that you are an overwhelming force, and you really came through and made a real difference to the millions of kids that children's hospitals care for each year. So we're doing it again this year, only this time we've expanded Child's Play to more hospitals around US and the globe so you can send toys to a hospital a little closer to home.

Child's Play works the same as last year. With the help of hospital staff, we've set up gift wish lists full of video games, toys, and movies. You can go to each hospital's list and buy a toy, and that toy will be sent to the hospital. Some of these kids are in pretty bad shape. Imagine being stuck alone in a hospital over the holidays, getting something from a fellow gamer would really raise their spirits. Some of the stuff the hospital will give away for kids to keep, while other gifts (like consoles) will be kept by the hospital for patients to use throughout the year.

We are arguably the largest community of gamers on the internet. The important word there being community. We are not a faceless corporation and you are not just a number tracked by a database and then relayed to hungry advertisers. You guys have proven yourselves to be a powerful force when stirred into action. Here is your opportunity to use that power to do some real good.

Here's a chance for those who can afford it to help out hospitalized kids around the world with what's near and dear to our hearts. Please take a look and think about it :)

Thanks to AtomSmasher for pointing out this year's charity drive! (Posted By: Submitted by saint on 2007-11-04, posted by saint)

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