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Title: THIS is what arcades used to be like?!!?!
Post by: Jefferson on March 25, 2010, 08:55:40 pm
Joysticks Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUuL1vOuxas#)

I was born too late! Now I know why you geezers love the classics!
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Post by: Ginsu Victim on March 25, 2010, 09:15:36 pm
Joe Don Baker! Hell yeah!

I remember that movie, but forgot he was in it.
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Post by: CheffoJeffo on March 25, 2010, 09:18:41 pm
Man ... I just watched joysticks again last week.

Long Live King Vidiot!

And I still want to build the giant duel sticks (had a line on the exact same sticks, but it fell through).
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Post by: javeryh on March 26, 2010, 05:58:45 pm
Jeez.  Compared to today, hot chicks in the 80s were fat.
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Post by: XtraSmiley on March 26, 2010, 06:26:51 pm
Dude, that is EXACTLY what arcades were like.  Yes, you did miss out.
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Post by: Thenasty on March 26, 2010, 06:35:08 pm
none of my local libraries have this movie.  :angry:
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Post by: creatine28 on March 26, 2010, 07:30:35 pm
Netflix has it!


I remember going to the theater to see that movie! Crazy!   hahaha   

Its been a while since I've seen it,  didn't they have a big contest at the end of the movie where they were playing Pacman with some giant joysticks?   Kind of like the one from the jokers wild game show.


 The Joker's Wild Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9_1aLb5e6g&feature=related#)
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Post by: ark_ader on March 26, 2010, 09:53:47 pm
Joysticks Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUuL1vOuxas#)

I was born too late! Now I know why you geezers love the classics!

That made me cringe.  :o
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Post by: urbecrisch on March 27, 2010, 12:34:44 pm
OMFG!  That is so aweful I must rent it!   Netflix doesn't have it :(
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Post by: spauldingd on March 28, 2010, 11:45:24 pm
You can watch it online right now for free:

saint's note - near as I can tell this link is a pirate link, sorry....

Dave in Des Moines
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Post by: Ginsu Victim on March 29, 2010, 08:29:32 am
Ooo, downloadable link! Thanks!
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Post by: Havok on March 29, 2010, 09:47:11 am
Ooo, downloadable link! Thanks!

You've got to be quick - the overlord has already removed it. Good thing I already have the DVD...
 
;D
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Post by: Ginsu Victim on March 29, 2010, 10:00:00 am
Nabbed it before the hammer dropped on it, which I knew it would. ;D
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Post by: creatine28 on March 29, 2010, 11:37:36 am
OMFG!  That is so aweful I must rent it!   Netflix doesn't have it :(


Strange,  it shows up on Netflix for me.  I was able to add it to my queue.
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Post by: Ginsu Victim on March 29, 2010, 11:48:10 am
OMFG!  That is so aweful I must rent it!   Netflix doesn't have it :(


Strange,  it shows up on Netflix for me.  I was able to add it to my queue.

Are you guys mixing up discs vs streaming, though?
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Post by: Malenko on March 29, 2010, 01:17:42 pm
I watched, skipped some of the lamer scenes, it wasn't THAT horrible for the era it came out in. 80s boobs.....yeah, they are different. I was surprised at how many fairly well known actors were in that movie. Joe Don Baker,  Jon Gries, Corinne Bohrer, John Diehl (MIAMI VICE!)

I will admit, I kept going back and forth after I watched it to look at the arcade cabinets; and I can also admit, I got a little pissed at the one "sex scene" you dont put candles on cabinets! But I did crack up when the fat guy opened the Ms.Pacman and looked at the monitor sticker to see if the game could handle a 7 figure score.
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Post by: creatine28 on March 29, 2010, 03:14:02 pm
OMFG!  That is so aweful I must rent it!   Netflix doesn't have it :(


Strange,  it shows up on Netflix for me.  I was able to add it to my queue.

Are you guys mixing up discs vs streaming, though?


Mine just shows up as being able to receive a dvd,  no streaming seem to be available.
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Post by: Blanka on March 29, 2010, 03:57:43 pm
What is the game at 0.55?
What movie do we need to watch (via TPB or Netflix)? Is "joysticks" the title?
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Post by: Thenasty on March 29, 2010, 03:58:22 pm
suprisingly, its in torrent. I actually watch it twice after dling it. What a sucky movie but the "ARCADES" is what made me watch again.
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Post by: Thenasty on March 29, 2010, 03:59:54 pm
What is the game at 0.55?
What movie do we need to watch (via TPB or Netflix)? Is "joysticks" the title?

I was wondering about that game too. Some king of a Pacman/Lady bug clone.

Yea "Joysticks" is the title. Do torrent search.

I used
http://www.torrentz.com/ (http://www.torrentz.com/)

it's the first one in Xvid
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Post by: Blanka on March 29, 2010, 04:28:00 pm
Cool. A 2.6 on IMDB. That must be a good movie  8)
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Post by: Havok on March 29, 2010, 04:38:45 pm
Cool. A 2.6 on IMDB. That must be a good movie  8)

It's so bad, it's good.
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Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on March 29, 2010, 07:34:31 pm
http://www.classicgamecreations.com/joysticks.html (http://www.classicgamecreations.com/joysticks.html)

And as for Netflix... they "kinda" have it:

Joysticks

has been added to the Saved section of your DVD Queue
Availability:

DVD:
    Unknown

D
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Post by: MAYAman on March 29, 2010, 08:40:31 pm
I grew up in the 70s and 80s and can say that I miss natural torpedo boobs, all these fake round boobs today suck.

FIRST POST!  LOL
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Post by: Thenasty on March 29, 2010, 11:07:46 pm
I guess no one knows the exact name of that game @56s.

I search and look at screen shot of the game from the movie. I get "Americana".

Here is the screen shot for anyone to see.
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Post by: Blanka on March 30, 2010, 02:13:56 am
Totally sucky story line, but hey, the setting is great. Nice clothing, nice interior, nice hair-style :)
I wonder where they got that mame-machine with 2 DLP beamers back in 1983?  8)
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Post by: Blanka on March 30, 2010, 02:30:00 am
Here is the screen shot for anyone to see.

I like the screenshot just behind that one at 18:10:
(http://www.picamatic.com/show/2010/03/30/06/28/6491531_bigthumb.png) (http://www.picamatic.com/view/6491531_vlcsnap-2010-03-30-08h24m51s61/)
So lovely to see woman enjoy a game :)

Guess someone is going to make a comment about the frame just after this one ;)
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Post by: MinerAl on March 30, 2010, 03:17:07 pm
I guess no one knows the exact name of that game @56s.

I search and look at screen shot of the game from the movie. I get "Americana".

Here is the screen shot for anyone to see.

"Americana (strip machine, credits says Computer Kinetics Corp. designed it; emulated in MAME as Streaking by Shoei)" according to a link from a google search of "americana video game arcade"
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Post by: Ginsu Victim on March 30, 2010, 03:40:47 pm
http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/set/streakng (http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/set/streakng)

http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9800 (http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9800)
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Post by: Havok on March 30, 2010, 04:05:03 pm
Don't forget this one:

http://arcadeflyers.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=3405 (http://arcadeflyers.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=3405)
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Post by: Thenasty on March 31, 2010, 08:17:32 am
when I saw that game, the first first came to mind was Amidar. I should have check the driver what games it had.

Well, I can sleep now  ;D
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Post by: surface tension on March 31, 2010, 01:56:52 pm
2.6? I have GOT to watch this. On my own.