Author Topic: Wow, this place looks like it ruled (Read 6062 times)

ChadTower · « **on:** July 08, 2005, 01:51:47 pm »

http://www.flickr.com/photos/petromyzon/sets/553223/

GameOver · « **Reply #1 on:** July 08, 2005, 08:14:25 pm »

Sa-weet! Looks like it's in a train terminal? Saw an Amtrak sign. What an awesome arcade. Thanks for sharing.

bjk7382 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 11, 2005, 09:53:39 am »

So is it just me or does this look like a giant pinball machine?

ChadTower · « **Reply #3 on:** July 11, 2005, 10:23:44 am »

It's a Hercules, and it is a giant pin.

ChadTower · « **Reply #4 on:** July 12, 2005, 02:25:39 pm »

More photos added.

HRM:

http://photos21.flickr.com/24816255_de4a2ad45e.jpg?v=0

http://photos23.flickr.com/24816187_fefce313cb.jpg?v=0

Those place the photos at 1986... later than I had suspected.

ChadTower · « **Reply #5 on:** July 12, 2005, 02:33:43 pm »

What is that white fiberglass cab?

http://photos21.flickr.com/24815918_6876dff757.jpg?v=0

EDIT:

Oh! That rules.

http://photos23.flickr.com/24815923_318c556088.jpg?v=0

Anyone ever actually seen a Maneater?

RayB · « **Reply #6 on:** July 12, 2005, 08:57:30 pm »

No, very rare!

paigeoliver · « **Reply #7 on:** July 13, 2005, 05:35:41 am »

I have never seen a Maneater, but I HAVE touched 2 separate Hercules pins at the same time in a warehouse.

They are BIGGER in person than you could possibly imagine.

ChadTower · « **Reply #8 on:** July 13, 2005, 08:25:54 am »

Yeah, there are two I know of on location in this area... haven't played one in quite a while, but Hercules isn't as fun once the novelty wears off. It's slow.

2600 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 13, 2005, 08:43:16 am »

These photos were all from the Time-out in Springfield Mall in Springfield, VA, correct?

ChadTower · « **Reply #10 on:** July 13, 2005, 08:45:28 am »

I did some googling on Time Out... looks like it was a fairly large arcade chain in the 80s. There are even a couple of malls that still have a Time Out arcade listed, so maybe it's not completely dead. The pics appear to be mostly one Time Out, but there are clearly pics from a few different locations there. For one thing, there are about 15 entrances shown. For another, most of the pics seem to be from around 1983-4, but then there are others with games like Gauntlet II and Space Harrier.

2600 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 13, 2005, 08:55:00 am »

There were a couple Timeout's in the that mall and they had multiple entrances. I believe one part of it still exist's but haven't been there in a while since the mall is a pile now.

The reason I mentioned it was I believe someone the other day mentioned it and recognized it on RGVAC or similar, seems other people since then have chimed in saying it may be another location.

Unfortunately, The photo's predate my recollection of that location.

RayB · « **Reply #12 on:** July 13, 2005, 11:59:01 am »

Well, there's photos that showed the "Time-Out" name and then there are some that show "Station Break" as the name, so obviously this isn't all one single arcade.

Speaking of Hercules, I plan on checking it out at the Ripley's Museum in Niagara Falls July 25th!

ChadTower · « **Reply #13 on:** July 13, 2005, 01:34:07 pm »

Awesome, be sure to let us know how it is. I haven't seen a really nice working one in a LONG time. The one I saw this year at Salisbury Beach (MA) wasn't working at all... but oddly enough was powered up.

Havok · « **Reply #14 on:** July 13, 2005, 01:53:44 pm »

Time-Out is still around - I was in San Juan, Puerto Rico last month and they have one in one of their Malls. I took a picture of the entrance - however it was totally modern. I am thinking of doing my cab in a Time-Out theme, pretty cool font. I ducked inside while the wife was shopping and was a little disappointed: only modern games. Claw machines, DDR, wide screen gun games, driving games...

Might be my age showing, but I prefer the closer, more personal feel of a standard size upright rather than standing 6 feet away from a 50" screen..

However, home theater is another thing entirely!!

Wade · « **Reply #15 on:** July 13, 2005, 03:39:10 pm »

The pictures show SEVERAL different arcades at different time periods. Some predate color video games (all the games are EM and B&W), and others show a game from 1986 (Super Sprint). Most of those photos seem to be right around the late 70's to 1981.

Wade

unclet · « **Reply #16 on:** July 13, 2005, 04:49:10 pm »

A hercules was auctioned off at the Orlando, Florida Superauction last year. I saw people playing it. It was big. I even remembered playing one as a kid. Very impressed with the size, but yes .... it plays slow..... plus finding parts for that thing has got to be hard.....

paigeoliver · « **Reply #17 on:** July 14, 2005, 12:45:14 am »

Quote from: unclet on July 13, 2005, 04:49:10 pm

A hercules was auctioned off at the Orlando, Florida Superauction last year. I saw people playing it. It was big. I even remembered playing one as a kid. Very impressed with the size, but yes .... it plays slow..... plus finding parts for that thing has got to be hard.....

You pretty much need to have a second one just for parts.

I wish I could remember the location/contact info for the small pin/EM warehouse I saw the pair of them in. People ask about this pin quite a lot, and I totally forgot how to get to the place.

CJK · « **Reply #18 on:** July 14, 2005, 06:13:22 am »

Wow, I had forgotten all about the Time Out arcades until I saw this thread. These places were at several malls in the DC area, and I remember looking in them every time my brother and I were out shopping with my mom. We didn't have extra money to spend in there, and mom didn't want us to hang around with the (usually) older kids who were in there, but these pics sure brought back memories!

-- Chris

lesserChance · « **Reply #19 on:** July 14, 2005, 02:55:04 pm »

I recently went to Cedar Point and they had two of those hercules machines, I thought itds be fun so I tried it, but it was sooooo boring. But Cedar Point has a great arcade overall, tons of retro stuff, although almost half of them are out of order.

ChadTower · « **Reply #20 on:** July 14, 2005, 03:11:19 pm »

It didn't help that Hercules was $1 to play in 1980.

lesserChance · « **Reply #21 on:** July 14, 2005, 03:23:55 pm »

really? man.. It was only $.50 at Cedar Point

Redseven80 · « **Reply #22 on:** July 19, 2005, 03:27:31 am »

Quote from: ChadTower on July 13, 2005, 08:45:28 am

I did some googling on Time Out... looks like it was a fairly large arcade chain in the 80s. There are even a couple of malls that still have a Time Out arcade listed, so maybe it's not completely dead. The pics appear to be mostly one Time Out, but there are clearly pics from a few different locations there. For one thing, there are about 15 entrances shown. For another, most of the pics seem to be from around 1983-4, but then there are others with games like Gauntlet II and Space Harrier.

Here in NZ Time out appeared about ten years ago then about eight years later changed to Time Zone, most of Australia has Time Zone so may of been bought out by the Aussies?

Acids · « **Reply #23 on:** July 30, 2005, 10:37:30 am »

Quote from: Redseven80 on July 19, 2005, 03:27:31 am

Quote from: ChadTower on July 13, 2005, 08:45:28 am
I did some googling on Time Out... looks like it was a fairly large arcade chain in the 80s.

creatine28 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 31, 2005, 04:26:38 am »

Pocket Protectors! Oh man that brings back some 80's memories!

vicjw66 · « **Reply #25 on:** August 31, 2005, 03:09:47 am »

One of the pics of Timeout was identical to the layout of the one in Old Towne Mall in Torrance California. It and Alladins castle were awesome in the early 80's then they just started sucking with less games in them and in disrepair. So sad. I miss the arcades.

GGKoul · « **Reply #26 on:** August 31, 2005, 11:31:26 am »

There a Hercules Pinball for sale on ebay

link

ChadTower · « **Reply #27 on:** August 31, 2005, 11:32:22 am »

Maybe Paige should buy that and live in it.

No mortgage!

vintagegamer · « **Reply #28 on:** November 05, 2007, 05:01:05 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on July 11, 2005, 10:23:44 am

It's a Hercules, and it is a giant pin.

You can see some more pics of this MEGA pin here

vintagegamer · « **Reply #29 on:** November 06, 2007, 05:30:33 pm »

Speaking of the Hercules pin, if you look in the below pic you can see the sign on the wall saying "the worlds LARGEST pinball machine", and the game marquee below it. How ironic is it to see that all the way in the back of that pic??

Malacus · « **Reply #30 on:** November 06, 2007, 05:44:57 pm »

The Malibu Grand Prix and Time-Out were some of the places my brothers and I spent alot of time growing up...

Didnt Namco have something to do with Time-Out? I could be mistaken...

-mal

Hurray Banana · « **Reply #31 on:** November 16, 2007, 02:22:12 pm »

Someone did a 3dArcade model for the 3dArcade front end that's pretty similar to that arcade called the Time Out Tunnel.

some pictures of the model
http://3darcade.mameworld.net/arcades/timeout/timeout.html pictures

You can download it from The 3dArcade home page
http://3darcade.mameworld.net/

Wiibound · « **Reply #32 on:** November 16, 2007, 11:23:39 pm »

Quote from: vintagegamer on November 06, 2007, 05:30:33 pm

Speaking of the Hercules pin, if you look in the below pic you can see the sign on the wall saying "the worlds LARGEST pinball machine", and the game marquee below it. How ironic is it to see that all the way in the back of that pic??

Hey where'd you get this pic? I used to go to Malibu Grand Prix in the 80s and 90s.. was it a national place?

shock_ · « **Reply #33 on:** December 05, 2007, 04:55:54 am »

http://www.timeouttunnel.com/ =

http://www.timeouttunnel.com/movie.htm =

HoopstarsGarage · « **Reply #34 on:** December 05, 2007, 06:17:09 am »

Bummer... looks like the broken fiber-optic link between Oz and the East coast of the US is causing some problems with me downloading the movie

Hoops

Sidgoop · « **Reply #35 on:** December 05, 2007, 09:23:37 pm »

Holy crap, is that Mitch from 'Real Genius' with his hand on the kid playing Centipede??


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