I finally got around to visiting Videotopia. Its currently located in
Rochester NY, at the Strong Museum.
Videotopia is a traveling exhibit that goes to various Museums. There
are over 100 games in there.. and many of them are extremely rare pieces.
I was worried that the games would mostly be a bunch of crappy 3d games...
but I was pleasently surpriesed to see almost all of the games as good oldie
classics. And even more shocked to see so many rare games.
You pay $10 to gain entry... and they toss in 4 free tokens. There are change
machines inside, where you can purchase more tokens. Almost all the games
are a single token. Only a few of the sit-downs are 2 tokens. There is also a
bulk token discount at the changers.
Also, if you pay $20 at the door, you can get a special pass to visit the show
any time from now until its end, which I believe is in November.
The games were in pretty good shape. Everything I played was playable... with
exception to Empire Strikes Back - where the Toe cable button was not working.
There definitely were other issues here and there... but overall, things were good.
The Space itself was also very nice. The layout has that classic arcade
feel. The lighting wasnt too bright... yet not pitch black either. The
temperature was very nice in there too.
Here is a list of the games via the list:
Air Battle (sega)
APB
Arabian
Asteroids
Asteroids Deluxe
Avalanche
Battle Zone
Berzerk
Black Widow
Blaster
Blasteroids
Break Out
Bubbles
Charly Chuck's
Cosmic Chasm
Crater Raider
Crystal Castles
Cyber Sleds
Defender
Stargate
Dig Dug
Disc's of Tron (Environmental!)
Dominos
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Donkey Kong 3
Dragon Spirit
Eliminator
Exterminator
F-15 Strike Eagle
Fire Truck
Food Fight
Football (Atari XO)
Frogger
Galaga
Galaxian
Galaxy Rescue
Gauntlet
Gauntlet Legends
Gorf
Gravitar
Gumball Rally
Gun Fight
Hot Rod
Indiana Jones
Joust
Klax
Liberator
Lunar Lander
Marble Madness
Missile Command
Ms. Pacman
Night Driver
Pacman
Panorama Race Drivin (3 Monitor Cockpit version!)
Paperboy
Popeye
Prop Cycle
Q*Bert
Quantum
Quick & Crash
Radar Scope
Rampart
Red Baron
Road Blasters
Road Runner
Robotron
Rootbeer Tapper
Stun Runner
Super GT (Sega)
Shark Jaws
Sinistar (Cockpit!)
Sky Diver
Space Attack
Space Duel
Space Encounters
Space Harrier
Space Invaders
Space War
Sprint
Star Blade
Star Trek (Cockpit!)
Star Wars
Tac / Scan
Tank II
Tempest
Tetris
The Empire Strikes Back
Time Traveler
Track & Field
Tranquilizer Gun
Tron
Virtual Racing
VS. Super Mario Bros.
WarLords (2 player standup)
Warrior
Xevious
XyBots
Zaxxon
Zektor
Zoo Keeper
I recall some games not being there, and some others that were there that
were not on the list. It does state that games are subject to change.
I will be returning - probably next weekend. I only got in a few hours today.
Will try to get some nice pics.. and maybe even a video uploaded to youtube.
If you are even half the classic fan as me... then I highly recommend you come and
see/play these beauties. There is nothing like seeing the original machines with
the correct controls.
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Cant get enough? Visit 'Fantasy Raceways'. Rodger has quite a few great
classics there. (in addition to a giant slot car track) Hes got 3 pinball machines
as well.
More later...