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  • Werewolf
    Inhuman
    • Jul 14, 2003
    • 14974

    #31
    That's a whole lot of awesome!
    You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...

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    • The Toyroom
      The Packaging King
      • Dec 31, 2004
      • 16653

      #32
      Originally posted by BOTZWANA
      Shouldn't this go in the arcade forum?
      Nah...nobody looks there
      Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!

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      • The Toyroom
        The Packaging King
        • Dec 31, 2004
        • 16653

        #33
        Originally posted by Azrak
        I thought I was the only guy in the world whose favorite was Centipede.
        Nothing like a trax ball...better than a joystick
        Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!

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        • Hector
          el Hombre de Acero
          • May 19, 2003
          • 31852

          #34
          Originally posted by HardyGirl
          Wow, Hec, that's pretty cool! It that outside of your cottage?
          It's in the roofed deck next to my cottage.

          I have a custom vinyl cover for the arcade machine...so cats won't climb directly on the thing and scratch it...

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          • Hector
            el Hombre de Acero
            • May 19, 2003
            • 31852

            #35
            Originally posted by Werewolf
            That's a whole lot of awesome!
            Yeah...it's pretty cool...I always wanted one...I'd also would love to own a KISS or Playboy pinball machine...

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            • UnderdogDJLSW
              To Fear is Not Logical...
              • Feb 17, 2008
              • 4895

              #36
              Yeah...it's pretty cool...I always wanted one...I'd also would love to own a KISS or Playboy pinball machine...
              Ha Ha! There was a Pizza place relatively near my high school where a buddy and me used to go afterwords and play the KISS pinball machine. I've not encountered anyone who remembers it as fondly as I. My favorites were Tempest, Gorf, Star Trek and Star Wars. Also, before Pac-Man, I loved the football game with the track ball and your "players" were X's and O's.
              It's all good!

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              • Evel KMego
                Museum Daredevil
                • Apr 26, 2006
                • 1444

                #37
                Awesome Galaga Hector. Here's my stuff :




                Myall-time fav would be Ms. Pacman though!!!!!

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                • Hector
                  el Hombre de Acero
                  • May 19, 2003
                  • 31852

                  #38
                  Originally posted by Evel KMego
                  Awesome Galaga Hector. Here's my stuff :

                  Preserving Mego history today, making Mego history tomorrow.

                  Preserving Mego history today, making Mego history tomorrow.


                  Myall-time fav would be Ms. Pacman though!!!!!
                  Oh my God...you got me beat...

                  I'd kill to place those next to my Galaga...I'd practically have a full arcade going on...

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                  • Hector
                    el Hombre de Acero
                    • May 19, 2003
                    • 31852

                    #39
                    Originally posted by Evel KMego

                    Myall-time fav would be Ms. Pacman though!!!!!
                    The seller who I bought the Galaga from...had both the Galaga and Ms Pacman for the same price...but I chose Galaga....but the Ms Pacman machine was sweet too.
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                    • megoapesnut
                      The name says it all!
                      • Dec 3, 2007
                      • 3727

                      #40
                      Galaga is a very close second, but I spent many a quarter on the original Donkey Kong. Definitely has to be my number one.

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                      • Evel KMego
                        Museum Daredevil
                        • Apr 26, 2006
                        • 1444

                        #41
                        Hector, I would take Galaga over Donkey Kong Jr. anyday, but I came across it and the price was right. It's up on my list too just not as high as say Ms. Pacman, Galaga, or even the original Donkey Kong.

                        One question, don't you worry about rain or other conditions affecting your machine? Probably have nicer weather in general in Oakland.

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                        • VintageMike
                          Permanent Member
                          • Dec 16, 2004
                          • 3385

                          #42
                          Let's see..

                          1-Ms. Pac-Man
                          2-Galaga
                          3-Centipede
                          3-Donkey Kong
                          4-Donkey Kong Jr.
                          5-Frogger
                          6-Final Fight (a little later on as it came out tin 1989)
                          7-Robotron 2084
                          9-Bubble Bobble
                          8-Spy Hunter
                          9-Root Beer Tapper
                          10-Popeye
                          11-Jungle King/Hunt
                          12-Space Inavaders
                          13-Karate Champ
                          13-Asteroids
                          14-Tron
                          15-Discs of Tron
                          16-Joust
                          17-Dig Dug
                          18-Mr. Do
                          19-Gauntlet
                          20-Smash TV

                          Unfortunately other than the standard Ms.Pac-Man/Galaga combo, I don't see many of these around in the few remaining arcades. I was pretty psyched to find remaining mall arcade a few years back that had a Donkey Kong/DK Jr/Mario Bros combo machine. Edit: This machine (as well as a Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga) is actually located in the Menlo Park Mall mentioned on Page 3 in Hulk's response. It's a small world as they say!
                          Last edited by VintageMike; May 23, '10, 10:25 PM.

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                          • Hector
                            el Hombre de Acero
                            • May 19, 2003
                            • 31852

                            #43
                            Originally posted by Evel KMego
                            Hector, I would take Galaga over Donkey Kong Jr. anyday, but I came across it and the price was right. It's up on my list too just not as high as say Ms. Pacman, Galaga, or even the original Donkey Kong.

                            One question, don't you worry about rain or other conditions affecting your machine? Probably have nicer weather in general in Oakland.
                            It rains (but it's a deck with a roof and siding)...but almost never with strong winds...and there's no humidity here.

                            The temperatures year round are pretty constant in the Bay Area...not too hot, not to cold.

                            Plus I have a custom vinyl cover...mainly for the neighborhood cats that keep showing up uninvited.

                            So no...we don't get tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, hail, snow, etc...but we do have one mean thing once in a blue moon...earthquakes...

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                            • Hector
                              el Hombre de Acero
                              • May 19, 2003
                              • 31852

                              #44
                              Originally posted by VintageMike
                              Let's see..

                              1-Ms. Pac-Man
                              2-Galaga
                              3-Centipede
                              3-Donkey Kong
                              4-Donkey Kong Jr.
                              5-Frogger
                              6-Final Fight (a little later on as it came out tin 1989)
                              7-Robotron 2084
                              9-Bubble Bobble
                              8-Spy Hunter
                              9-Root Beer Tapper
                              10-Popeye
                              11-Jungle King/Hunt
                              12-Space Inavaders
                              13-Karate Champ
                              13-Asteroids
                              14-Tron
                              15-Discs of Tron
                              16-Joust
                              17-Dig Dug
                              18-Mr. Do
                              19-Gauntlet
                              20-Smash TV
                              Awesome list...

                              ...but why is Defender not listed?

                              That game absolutely rules...I know it didn't have fancy colored graphics...but the game play was rocking badazz...that's why it's my number two classic arcade game after Galaga...

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                              • nvmbrsdoom5
                                Persistent Member
                                • Mar 1, 2005
                                • 1627

                                #45
                                Hector and Evil KMego clearly have excellent taste in their video and pinball games

                                For actual arcade games my favorites were Centipede, Millipede, Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Mrs. Pac Man, Tron, Star Wars, Frogger, and Space Invaders. I also recall playing the arcade version of the Journey video game alot at the local 7-11! (Hey I was a big Journey fan).

                                Also, I was particularly a fan of the sit-down cocktail table versions of games like Centipede and Space Invaders. If I ever bought these for my home, chances are those would be the versions I'd go for.

                                For the 2600 home system, my faves were Yar's Revenge, Adventure, Kaboom!, Pitfall, Frogger, Donkey Kong, Demon Attack, and Haunted House (yeah, I know....it was fun when I was 9!)

                                Someday I'll own the KISS pinball machine, I want that soooo bad!

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