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stan2323:

It was OK.  They had I would guess over 100 games and pin ball machines set up.  It was about a 50/50 mix of the 2.  They had a nice Star Wars pin, Terminator 3 pin and a Shrek pin that commanded a lot of the attention.  I did not play Star Wars or Shrek as there was a long line at them the whole time I was there.  They did have a problem for a little while with the circuit breakers tripping and putting 10 to 12 machines in the dark for a little while.  I was there about 2.5 hours and I played 25 to 30 games.  I think the best was a ST TNG pinball machine.  (Of course I am bias to Star Trek and have one of the ST TNG pins at my dads house.)  LOL  I also saw several 48 in one and 60 in one arcade machines for sale.  Ranging from $700 to 1800.  There was a Tempest, Dig Dug, Ms Pac Man, Pole Position, Marvel Vs Capcom, along with others that I did not recognize.  Someone there had several monitors for $75 each. 

Sorry I for got to take my camera.   :(

All in all it was fun and worth it.  I would recommend it. :cheers:


bluevolume:

Just got back from the show.  I always have a good time there, its really fun to see all of the different machines that people bring.  Especially the old and obscure ones.

I brought in some pictures of the Sabrecade, but as soon as I showed them to Dave Jones he grabbed them and took off and that was the last I saw of them :-).  I bought the case for it from him and Chad; I was glad to see that they liked the finished product.

I talked to Kevin Steele about MAME front-ends and he said that the guy who wrote Ultrastyle was there earlier.  Word is that he is thinking about writing a new version based on Microsoft's SilverLight -- I'm am very excited to see what comes of that.

If anyone's thinking about going over on Sunday, go for it.  Its definitely a cool experience and something that's not easy to find.


Demon-Seed:

Hey
Any links to ppl selling machines???? what were the pins going for? any photos??

thx guys

wish I could have gone.damn work... gets in the way of everything!



Havok:

Lots of machines for sale. It looked to me that most people were pretty slick and brought the machines they wanted to sell and put them on free play, that way you get to advertise it for sale, and also not pay for admission. Here's some pictures I snapped:

Took my TransAm there, and at a rest stop saw its big brother:



Got to meet the legend, Kev Steele - great guy. Forgot the stick to poke him with, sorry CheffoJeffo!



Finally got to play HERCULES! I've been wanting to do that for some time. Boy, does that game suck - but cool for the bigness factor:



Good amount of people there, and I agree about a 50/50 mix of pins and vids. I was disappointed in the small number of classics in original cabs. Quite a few 48 -1s, one Tempest that was a little screwed up, a couple of cabarets: Asteroids and Missile Command. A few cocktails: Phoenix and another, I forget what it was. LOTS of EM pins, and a good amount of newer ones. Here's some pictures:























Mini Kiss!!!



One of the vendors there had some very cool neon signs, and like a dope I forgot to get a card or anything. I like the Game Room signs! Can someone get their contact info, or at least who they were?









Its funny you could see the age division: the arcade stuff had the "old timers" mostly and their kids, the teenagers were at the console gaming contest. I think it was Tour of Duty, I really didn't bother to check it out:



And to answer your question, DS - yeah, lots of games for sale. A bunch of jukes too. I wish I had the money - they had three really nice Rowe CD jukes - the exact freaking model I want for $550!!! Pins seemed to average around $800 - $1,500. The whacked out Tempest was $600, some dead cabs for sale too. All in all, the prices seemed ok for what they were selling. The guy that had the TNG Star Trek pin wanted $2,700 for it - I think he is out of his mind. I overheard him haggling with a guy that wanted to buy two pins, he wouldn't come down on his price.

Nice Carvings stuff was displayed on Kev's billboard, but Melissa wasn't there. I was bummed not to meet her. Oh well, maybe next year. I tell you, I got a chance to see her stuff in person, and it looks fantastic! If you were unsure as to quality of these, rest assured, you will be ecstatic with them if you get them!

All in all I had a good time. Definitely worth $10! (If you're local, or can find a Wegemans they have discount coupons)







Xiaou2:


 Heya Havok, 

 Did you stop by  Rodgers  (Fantasy Raceways)  and play / take some pics there too?

 


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