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severdhed:
I just got back from Chuck E. Cheese, i stopped by to look at the cabinets they had for some inspiration...

they dont have many arcade games anymore, but there were a few...

NBA JAM
TMNT
Zaxxon
Asteroids
Tetris
Pacman.

most of the cabinets were pretty good, i believe original cabinets..however, the tetris machine was a horrible conversion.  there was duct tape along the front edge of the control panel where the TMolding should be.  and the overlay was lacking.  all of the button labels were hand drawn in pencil on little squares of white paper and just lying there under the plexiglass...it was horrible.

but then there was PACMAN.  it was an original pacman cabinet and was in decent shape, with the bezel, control overlay and marquee all looking good...however it was actually running Ms Pacman.  not that big of a deal..but here is the kicker...it had a 8way, black, bat top joystick.  it was horrible.  the stick was very sloppy feeling and was completely unplayable.

i dont mind cabinet conversions, but pacman with an 8 way stick is just wrong....should be illegal even.

ahofle:
Asteroids?  Pacman?  At Chuck E Cheese?  Can you please share the plans for your time machine?  All the Chuck E Cheeses I've seen in this decade only have a bunch of crap redemption games and a Star Wars Pod Racer.
TOK:
The one near me has a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Other than the redemption stuff, I think every other game is a Sega driving game.
CM:
I recently went with my kid to one and half the machines were the kiddie-gambling-trainer variety (push the coin off the tray or spin-the-color wheel type) and the other half were broken.   Maybe we should drop a copy of Project Arcade off for the owner?  :dunno
paigeoliver:
Check this out, the Dave and Buster's location in St. Louis removed the 4-way stick from their Ms. Pac/Galaga Reunion machine and installed an 8-way bat top. Don't ever waste your money there, they have had games sitting in their "Million Dollar Midway" in need of CRUCIAL inexpensive repairs for years. Some have had the same problems for 5 years or more.

It doesn't matter though, the game is over. Only a tiny handful of arcade games hit US shores in 2006 and even less than that this year. A few years from now that number will likely be zero.
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