Author Topic: 4½ minutes in the Bally/Midway factory (Read 3726 times)

xefned · « **on:** December 18, 2012, 06:47:49 pm »

It's not all fun and games.
Still I found this raw footage worth a watch...

CoryBee · « **Reply #1 on:** December 18, 2012, 08:00:43 pm »

This is so awesome!

There needs to be a "How It's Made" episode on building arcades.

I can see the epic puns already....."Building Pac-Man arcade systems, We will show you how they create games one bite at a time" - epic pun queen

Well Fed Games · « **Reply #2 on:** December 18, 2012, 08:29:26 pm »

Pretty cool... makes me wonder, did my Pac Mame start as one of those cabs...?

DaOld Man · « **Reply #3 on:** December 19, 2012, 09:37:26 am »

Good video. Thanks for posting.

mcseforsale · « **Reply #4 on:** December 19, 2012, 12:08:15 pm »

Dayum! I coulda used one of those pneumatic zip-tie thingies!!!

AJ

Well Fed Games · « **Reply #5 on:** December 19, 2012, 01:00:22 pm »

Quote from: mcseforsale on December 19, 2012, 12:08:15 pm

Dayum! I coulda used one of those pneumatic zip-tie thingies!!!

All I could think of was the PITA clipping all of them was when I stripped my Ms. Pac. The zip-tie lady did her job very well!

lilshawn · « **Reply #6 on:** December 19, 2012, 03:12:37 pm »

Quote from: Well Fed Games on December 19, 2012, 01:00:22 pm

Quote from: mcseforsale on December 19, 2012, 12:08:15 pm
Dayum! I coulda used one of those pneumatic zip-tie thingies!!!

All I could think of was the PITA clipping all of them was when I stripped my Ms. Pac. The zip-tie lady did her job very well!

yeah how cool is that?!?! Now i don't feel so bad when i have to chop a harness apart and cut apart some ladys hard work...ziip ziiip ziiiip.

Gray_Area · « **Reply #7 on:** December 21, 2012, 11:55:30 pm »

I woulda got in trouble with that blonde at :50. Ba-boom!

Anyone notice the blue/red board bug at 2:32? (Can't hardly see the read, though.)

I wonder how tired they got of hearing Ms Pac....

Also, note the to comment.

lilshawn · « **Reply #8 on:** December 22, 2012, 01:01:56 am »

Quote from: Gray_Area on December 21, 2012, 11:55:30 pm

I woulda got in trouble with that blonde at :50. Ba-boom!

yeah, she's got a rack on her! va va voom!

i love the 80's

chopperthedog · « **Reply #9 on:** December 22, 2012, 11:34:53 am »

Longer video in the you tube description. http://mediaburn.org/video/wired-in-raw-28/

*edit* oh wow a series of old footage. http://mediaburn.org/page/1/?s=wired+in+raw

good day.

CoryBee · « **Reply #10 on:** December 22, 2012, 12:01:09 pm »

Quote from: chopperthedog on December 22, 2012, 11:34:53 am

Longer video in the you tube description. http://mediaburn.org/video/wired-in-raw-28/
*edit* oh wow a series of old footage. http://mediaburn.org/page/1/?s=wired+in+raw
good day.

Thank you for this

Gray_Area · « **Reply #11 on:** December 24, 2012, 09:19:46 pm »

Quote from: lilshawn on December 22, 2012, 01:01:56 am

Quote from: Gray_Area on December 21, 2012, 11:55:30 pm
I woulda got in trouble with that blonde at :50. Ba-boom!

yeah, she's got a rack on her! va va voom!

i love the 80's

No no, the one after her. The pear with a decent caboose. Terrible posture, though.

vanrose72 · « **Reply #12 on:** December 27, 2012, 04:48:11 pm »

Quote from: chopperthedog on December 22, 2012, 11:34:53 am

*edit* oh wow a series of old footage. http://mediaburn.org/page/1/?s=wired+in+raw

I found the interview with Bally Midway's Marketing VP Stanley Jarocki to be interesting as well. The company was riding high on the success of Pac-Man back in '82, that's for sure.

It seems as if Jarocki saw the home video game console as nothing more than a tool to get people accustomed to video games and more willing to pump quarters into the arcade machines.

SNAAKE · « **Reply #13 on:** December 27, 2012, 08:47:03 pm »

these girls soldering without a mask like a baws

CoryBee · « **Reply #14 on:** December 28, 2012, 09:10:58 am »

Quote from: SNAAKE on December 27, 2012, 08:47:03 pm

these girls soldering without a mask like a baws

mask

lilshawn · « **Reply #15 on:** December 28, 2012, 10:17:50 am »

Quote from: CoryBee on December 28, 2012, 09:10:58 am

Quote from: SNAAKE on December 27, 2012, 08:47:03 pm
these girls soldering without a mask like a baws

mask

I thought you could tell if it was soldered properly by the smell.

SNAAKE · « **Reply #16 on:** December 28, 2012, 02:47:36 pm »

.........wut?

you LOOK and make sure its shinny.

mcseforsale · « **Reply #17 on:** December 28, 2012, 03:56:49 pm »

Actually, with my solder-fu, I usually stop when everything plastic connected to whatever I'm soldering starts to melt.

AJ

CoryBee · « **Reply #18 on:** December 28, 2012, 05:45:44 pm »

Quote from: mcseforsale on December 28, 2012, 03:56:49 pm

Actually, with my solder-fu, I usually stop when everything plastic connected to whatever I'm soldering starts to melt.

I tend to hold my breath, like a sniper about to take his shot.

Gray_Area · « **Reply #19 on:** December 29, 2012, 11:12:34 pm »

Quote from: vanrose72 on December 27, 2012, 04:48:11 pm

I found the interview with Bally Midway's Marketing VP Stanley Jarocki to be interesting as well. The company was riding high on the success of Pac-Man back in '82, that's for sure.

It seems as if Jarocki saw the home video game console as nothing more than a tool to get people accustomed to video games and more willing to pump quarters into the arcade machines.

I remember that absurd idea. Even as a kid I knew home computers and stuff was the future.....which is why I waited until the future to get one.

Quote from: CoryBee on December 28, 2012, 05:45:44 pm

I tend to hold my breath, like a sniper about to take his shot.

No nooo. You inhale, exhale, squeeze the trigger.

CoryBee · « **Reply #20 on:** December 29, 2012, 11:31:34 pm »

You knew what I meant


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