"High Score" Is The Reality Show for Classic Arcade Games

[vanrose72]

Via Kotaku:
http://kotaku.com/5864519/high-score-wants-to-be-the-reality-show-for-classic-arcade-games


My question is this:
What's the point of dropping perfectly good cabinets and pinball machines off of a roof? I would've taken that Omega Race in a heartbeat.

[amendonz]

/\ wtf just had a look at my (1990 on) pinball machine, does he mean the rubbers on the playfield?? too expensive? they're like ---smurfing--- $20 a set

[pinballwizard79]

I dont like people who throw pinball machines off a roof

[vanrose72]

Here's the unedited video of the rooftop game drop:


I feel a little better after reading a comment posted along with the video.

"Some arcade machines we get in are NOT good enough to sell to the public and back with our 5 year service plan. We have donated some 300 machines to non-profit organizations over the years, but also "parted" out hundreds of games also--because they were NOT good enough to retail."

[eds1275]

Not good enough for retail? Sell them cheap, they'll most likely end up in the restorations forum right here on the byoac.

[Well Fed Games]

There has been much drama about it on KLOV as well, but yeah, the guy is a ---meecrob---. Maybe he thinks the arcade realm is his gateway to some sort of C-list celebrity?  All I know is I saw pins more trashed than those go for $$$ at an auction less than a month ago, and I would have happily put an LCD into any of those for a Virtual Pin. Hell, I am about to put a semi-working monitor up on the free page here. Would be easier to find a dumpster, but last time I put one up it was gone in a week- things have value, even if they don't have value to me.

[CheffoJeffo]

Not good enough for retail? Sell them cheap, they'll most likely end up in the restorations forum right here on the byoac.

Nice thought, but he gives them away all the time and even then people don't take them.

[dextercf]

Have i been traveling trough time?
I have seen this clip, from TNT amusement..? It was several years old..

[amendonz]

yeah pretty sure most in this thread have seen it at least once before, still fun to have bit of a ---smurfette--- about it though   

[mhermann]

Man, I just paid $1500 for a Super Chexx machine. I feel like I got ripped now. 

[dextercf]

Also, my earlier post was not correct. I have seen the clips of the cabinets been dumped off the roof, but not this series they're doing.
I'd like to add that my tiny experience I have had with TNT, and Todd Tuckey, is that these guys are offering great customer service.

I sent a email regarding an ebay auction they had on a Toki cocktail cab, fully working, asking if they would sell me the PCB alone. Yeah, they would.
When I got the parcel, it was the wrong game. Turned out it was Space Invaders PT2, which was by a mistake removed from a cab sitting next to the Toki cab.
Anynway, I got to keep the SI board and he shipped me the Toki board free of charge. All the way to Norway (the country in Europe, shipping alone was $36).

I'm looking forward to this series, hope it catches a hook and flies with a network.
Feeling pretty alone up here, with my newfound hobby of restoration and old arcade games. Could need a boost!

[vanrose72]

People used to trash cabs back in the '80s, but it wasn't as taboo because the machines weren't viewed as sacred relics like they are today.

In the second installment of "High Score," it looks like Todd has moved from destroying cabinets to destroying vintage vinyl records. Way to go.

[opt2not]

I thought you were talking about High Score the documentary of Bill Carlton trying to get the world record score for Missile Command.

You wanna see more of a reality arcade show?  Check out Chasing Ghosts. What a harsh slap of reality right there...

[vanrose72]

I thought you were talking about High Score the documentary of Bill Carlton trying to get the world record score for Missile Command.

Now I totally want to see this documentary! I loved "King of Kong," so I'm sure I'd love "High Score" as well. Is it out on DVD yet, do you know?

Ironically, I just finished reading Tony Temple's old blog posts about his attempts to break the Missile Command record in both tournament and marathon modes here:
http://www.wayoftherodent.com/guests/bob_aeroflott1.htm

You wanna see more of a reality arcade show?  Check out Chasing Ghosts. What a harsh slap of reality right there...

I love "Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade" as well. Before watching it, I knew nothing of Ben Gold, The "That's Incredible" Video Game Tournament, or the Electronic Circus. How amazing those days were.

[BrentRadio]

Todd's a good guy and does care alot about arcade games. Yes, he does run a business, and he did smash some games, most of us have trashed at least one cab, but that video is really old and it still has people talking about him and his business. He gives stuff away all the time but lots of times no one comes to get them.

I do like his new show though...

[BrentRadio]

I haven't been around in awhile, but he's never ripped me off.

[vanrose72]

I get a better feeling from their series of infomercials produced years ago than I do from the reality show "sizzle reel."

I think TNT's 5-year service agreement sounds good, although most people on this forum could make most if not all of the repairs themselves.