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Main => Everything Else => Meet-Up => Topic started by: Mike A on August 17, 2022, 03:50:55 pm
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Centuricon 2022 will take place on October 15th.
20+ arcade games.
Intellivision, NES, Saturn consoles.
Music
Food
Beer
Come on out and have a great time.
Talk with even bigger arcade nerds than you.
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That should be excellent fun.
Wish I could afford the time (and money?) to go.
I am neck deep in work and homefront development until Q2 2023 at my current pace.
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Star Trek is almost fully restored. Right now it is 100 percent playable.
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All four Indy 500 seats are working.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220820/e5998dc8bcde273d8f0e0c623078dd70.jpg)
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Star Trek is almost fully restored. Right now it is 100 percent playable.
Holy ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- that is beautiful.
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A local is bringing a pinball machine or two for the party.
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Another great party yesterday.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220911/a51ce59bf5a6fe676add3a1a75d08fba.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220911/9b594d326cda4e66922d0bf5caee88a4.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220911/87aa9d62744fc24d4b3324a69b0821c5.jpg)
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October 15th is coming up fast.
It is not too late to make the difficult decision to have fun:
playing arcade games
playing console game
eating great food
drinking beer or other beverages
checking out my infamous dungeon shop
Spouses and children are welcome. There will be women and children there.
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Centuricon 2022 has ended.
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Repairs before the party.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221017/c3131653f4f5288590619654774cc891.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221017/00eee9850bce49f5421020d115ae5d3b.jpg)
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A friend was recovering from surgery. Arroyo and bperkins01 helped me to repair some of his arcade stuff. That took up a whole day. We fixed a few G08 monitors. And we played some pinball.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221017/d2c4708043f2ecafac88625a16a718e0.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221017/76908e6b6ad91a0b71c4912d04bc4074.jpg)
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The Captain's Chair is finally 99.5 percent done. We had to cut some Plexi panels and figure out how to mount them. We had to apply the artwork. There was some wiring that needed to be sorted out. All done.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221017/88487e8db24759276a64b753fc778958.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221017/24744ed5d3d29900242f87cbe2c13145.jpg)
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Finally. Party time.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221017/a3abe1d3c393465e682673d728de8be3.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221017/c718a5c6d00dddaf7785cc8fc3edf5de.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221017/6e762589b01dae9583d92186944cdd58.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221017/2ddff4ec4af02f8e019fead4a70bcae6.jpg)
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My friends supplied all of the food and most of the beer and other drinks. We had a birthday cake because it was my mom's birthday. Who could ask for more?(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221017/ad112140f8618a5857c138ea7be63a5c.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221017/6a32cf9e9fc100433d0d1030bbe6667f.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221017/10e65018ebae2ca47030845626496c14.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221017/17e3b4e929dc4391ecf5bd4d00181a16.jpg)
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Looks like good times were had. Jelly of the Star Trek. It's primo.
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Thanks for sharing pics Mike. Looks like a great time was had by all.
Star Trek cab looks amazing, and matching pinball!
My envious eyes see your Rigol scope, very good.
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Hey MikeA,
What’s that pinball to the right of Monster Bash? I don’t think I’ve seen that one before.
TTC
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Capcom Flipper Football. It’s OMG LQQK R@RE
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Big Bang Bar.
I don't know much about pins.
Holy crap. I just looked that one up.
Does it really sell for a bajillion dollars?
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Big Bang Bar.
I don't know much about pins.
Holy crap. I just looked that one up.
Does it really sell for a bajillion dollars?
The Pinside listing (https://pinside.com/pinball/machine/big-bang-bar) mentions 122 units produced and links to the IPDB listing for the 1996 original (https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=4001) production run. (14 units) The Pinside listing appears to also include some from the 2007 remake (https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=5244) run. (191 units) Not sure what the pricing difference is between those versions. :dunno
Regarding the 2007 remake:
Reportedly, the following differences exist in this remake as compared to the 1996 game:
• The electroluminescent lights on the plastic ramp use 12v on this remake while on the original Capcom game they work on 24v.
• The tube dancer is 13% smaller than the 1996 game - Gene Cunningham didn't have access to the original mold.
• All remakes came with numbered plaques for the cardholder (whether or not they may be mounted there).
• Reportedly, there is no manufacturer sticker on the back of the cabinet as there was on the original Capcom cabinet.
There has been talk about another remake for several years, but I don't know the current status.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/welcome-to-big-bang-big-bang-bar-remake-club (https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/welcome-to-big-bang-big-bang-bar-remake-club)
Interesting article.
https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/3/21/14937540/history-of-big-bang-bar-pinball (https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/3/21/14937540/history-of-big-bang-bar-pinball)
Scott
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Heh, I misread Tony’s post. What are the odds of having two rare games.
Yeah, BBB got remade. It was about $4,500 and Gene Cunningham wanted half up front. Then he asked for the other half a good couple years before they came out. Story was he lost a ton of money on them.
For years leading up to it, there were tons of ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow--- stories. Gene bought all the surplus capcom pinball parts but just couldn’t figure out a way to make tube dancers, so it was all off. Then he had tube dancers but couldn’t get the ramps. Then he didn’t have enough boards. The boards story was probably true.
I very heavily considered buying one, got copies of the preorder paperwork, etc but then I moved to St. Louis and met a couple of jokers he had hired to drive to Illinois occasionally and assemble them. They wore their official polos to the Super Auctions and wanted people to kiss their asses. Anyway, their relationship to it didn’t last.
I’ve played it a couple of times. One guy used to bring it to the Chicago Expo and it was $1/game. It’s…. Okay. There’s one in south Texas still in the box, but the owner decided his newly found hateful politics were more important than friends he’s had for 20 years so no idea if he ever opened it.
Only business I did with Genes company was buying a World Cup Soccer 94 ball. Had to call and beg and then mail them a check. I was so unimpressed with it I kept my original inside the bottom of the cabinet. Comparing them now, which I did earlier this week, and they look about the same condition.
I give him a hell of a lot of credit for getting BBB remade, though. It would be much easier now in the era of boutique pinball. He passed away a few years ago. His home listing was interesting - I kinda liked the disco ball over the indoor pool.
The craziest post I ever saw on rec.games.pinball was from the 90s where a guy posted he had found a Big Bang Bar and Gottlieb Brooks and Dunn on test location. Less than 20 produced back then between those two games…
https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.pinball/c/NSZXzqiYhZQ/m/owuJcus3ULgJ
(https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.pinball/c/NSZXzqiYhZQ/m/owuJcus3ULgJ)
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Thanks pbj.
I knew you would have the story.