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Title: Some Old School Fun!
Post by: oldskoolcade on June 26, 2006, 10:03:08 am

Just got back from a week at Disney World with the wife and son, and I finally went and checked out Disney Quest.   Can you guess where I spent most of my time?  Yup, in the classics section....and oh what a joy it was.    There's something about playing Tron on an actual Tron cab...what a treat!  Not to mention playing Front Line complete with the spinner/button controls.  I just went down the line giving some time to each machine and it was truly wonderful.  The highlights though had to be playing Star Wars in a sitdown cockpit, and playing DKjr on a machine whose joystick was kinda wonky and caused me to die multiple times!!!   I've never been so happy to die in a video game!   <br>

It was just like I remembered, minus having to dump in coins...Definitely a trip highlight  for me (not so much for the wife though...not sure why  ;D)

Mike

Title: Re: Some Old School Fun!
Post by: Quarterhorse on June 26, 2006, 11:11:37 am

Do they have an original robotron?  We're going there in October.  I'm looking forward to it. 

Title: Re: Some Old School Fun!
Post by: (+_+) on June 26, 2006, 01:45:47 pm

Aaaaahhh Robotron. Love that game to death.

Title: Re: Some Old School Fun!
Post by: Havok on June 26, 2006, 02:52:17 pm

Yeah, there's nothing like the actual sounds of the arcade - love the ambiance!

Title: Re: Some Old School Fun!
Post by: oldskoolcade on June 27, 2006, 09:15:03 am

Don't remember seeing a Robotron machine, but I did see a Berzerk machine  ;D

It was actually quite entertaining to see who was actually playing the games in that section...basically a lot of people my age (the other side of 30), but there were a few young kids playing away, but they'd leave games half thru...I guess Tekken Tag Tourney is still a little more entertaining for them young-uns...

Title: Re: Some Old School Fun!
Post by: quarterstringer on June 27, 2006, 10:17:37 am

How many games do they have in the classics section? We're going at the end of the year. Unfortunately, I've read that  DisneyQuest will be closing in 2008. (http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2006/04/25/2051.aspx)

Title: Re: Some Old School Fun!
Post by: emerica on June 27, 2006, 11:55:00 am

thats sucks to hear they will close the doors.  :censored:

I went to disney quest back in 2002 and the classic arcade room was a bit limited. The star wars sitdown was broken in the corner (this made me sad considering it was one of my favorites as a kid) and so were a few other games. I think there was only 5 or so playable games at that point. I believe tron was on of them.