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Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: J_K_M_A_N on April 21, 2019, 09:07:08 am
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I went to the Science Museum of MN to check out the Game Changers Exhibit (https://www.smm.org/gamechangers). It was pretty cool. $20 per person to get in so the wife and I went. I don't know if it was worth it if you just want to see that exhibit but we spent a few hours checking out the whole place. They had about 15-20 arcade machines on free play there. They had a lot more games but I was pretty much there for the arcade section. The games were in very good shape I thought. The Donkey Kong had a different joystick but the buttons were original. The Atari games all had the red LED cone player start buttons. I did not get picture of everything but here are a few (with a cheap phone camera).
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=159740.0;attach=376860;image)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=159740.0;attach=376861;image)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=159740.0;attach=376862;image)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=159740.0;attach=376863;image)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=159740.0;attach=376864;image)
I enjoyed myself. The wife played a couple but not much. I played 1 game of Donkey Kong and got 80,000. No where near my high of 309,000 but I felt really bent over. I have pretty much only played my bar tops. I didn't realize how low the original machines were. I am MUCH bigger than I was back then. I also played a couple games of Tempest. Very cool using the original spinner. I love that game.
If you are close, it is probably worth $30 (1 person with parking in the ramp) to check it out. The games were in much better shape than the Up/Down bar (https://www.updownarcadebar.com/minneapolis/) I thought.
J_K_M_A_N