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Twin Galaxies Signs and Posters
« on: April 02, 2014, 11:32:33 am »
If you're in this hobby long enough, you know all about Twin Galaxies. Now, I know all about the recent stuff, the mess with submissions, the personality clashes, The King of Kong, and so on, but honestly, I don't care about that. As an arcade enthusiast, I'm really more interested in the idea behind Twin Galaxies as the purveyor all video game records back in the 80s.

Because I was only 10 in 1983, and because, quite honestly, there was no Internet, I didn't know about the existance of Twin Galaxies until well into my adulthood. As a kid, I would have LOVED the concept. I loved video games, I was never that good as a general gamer but I DID have some games I got good at that. The idea of a place where you could share your scores with others would have been awesome thing for me to know about.

I was reading an post on KLOV about the "new" Twin Galaxies, and a few posts in there from some really old timers led me to a site commerating a classic arcade in San Jose. This arcade was apparently the site of a Twin Galaxies-sanctioned tournament back in 1983, and it had a flyer announcing it. I liked the simplicity of the design so much that I redrew it in Illustrator, vectoring it and resizing it for tabloid so I could print it and hang it on my wall. I also came across two other Twin Galaxies posters that I redrew: one for the USA vs Japan Challenge in 1983, the other for the 1982 Video Game Olympics. Finally, I found a photo of the original sign hanging above Twin Galaxies, and I redrew it in Illustrator as well. I plan to print these out and hang them in my game room. I enjoy the look of these relics of the past, plus it's been a great way to sharpen my skills with Illustrator.

I'm no Mikonos - I give back to the community! I've attached a .zip below with PNGs of the posters in Tabloid size. If you want the original Illustrator files, just PM me. Enjoy!
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Re: Twin Galaxies Signs and Posters
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2014, 12:15:16 pm »
Those are awesome!  Thanks for doing this.   :applaud:  :applaud: :applaud: :applaud: :applaud:

My mom is from Ottumwa and I used to play games at Walter's arcade when I was a kid.  Like you I don't really care about the mess behind TG but love the idea of the organization and what it represented at one time.  Whatever you want to say about it my kids really developed their interest in the hobby from watching King of Kong and the characters at TG.

I'll be hanging those posters in my basement arcade real soon.   :cheers:

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Re: Twin Galaxies Signs and Posters
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2014, 12:32:05 pm »
Exactly! 10 year old me wouldn't have cared about the drama between people- it would have been all about being a part of an organization dedicated to VIDEO GAMES!!! Rad!  :laugh:

Thanks for sharing the memories.

I'm planning to vector a few more signs and posters. I'll post them here.
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Re: Twin Galaxies Signs and Posters
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2014, 12:37:14 pm »
Oh, and here's a photo of one of them hanging next to my digital scoreboard.
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Re: Twin Galaxies Signs and Posters
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2014, 12:41:53 pm »
Awesome share! I love it! Great way to commemorate the institution!

I agree with you as well. I love whole the concept of Twin Galaxies. When I was a kid, I mostly poured through my copies of Guinness world records for the top scores, and never quite understood anything beyond those numbers. It was fascinating learning how it all came to be. Was not a fan of the pay to submit flavor of Twin Galaxies last year, and I want to cover my ears every time I hear about all the inner issues it has been facing. I hope this time it really comes back to its roots.

Rad!  :laugh:

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Re: Twin Galaxies Signs and Posters
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2014, 04:30:13 pm »
Here's another one I'm currently working on. When it's done, you can print it out and slap it on your wall just like someone here whose name escapes me at the moment. Oh well.

This one has been a fun challenge so far.
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Re: Twin Galaxies Signs and Posters
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2014, 06:17:14 pm »
Oh, and here's a photo of one of them hanging next to my digital scoreboard.

Looks like someone is bogarting the scoreboard...

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« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2014, 06:27:15 pm »
Oh, and here's a photo of one of them hanging next to my digital scoreboard.

Looks like someone is bogarting the scoreboard...

No one's taken me up on my $100 challenge yet...  >:D
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Re: Twin Galaxies Signs and Posters
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2014, 06:40:22 pm »
V2 of the large sign. The hard part is the dual starbursts.
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Re: Twin Galaxies Signs and Posters
« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2014, 04:05:55 pm »
Here's another completed poster. This one is for the State Tournament competitions. What fun that must have been!

The .Zip has the full-sized poster.
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Re: Twin Galaxies Signs and Posters
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2014, 10:31:38 pm »
V2 of the large sign. The hard part is the dual starbursts.

I'm real tempted to make a light-up sign out of this one.  It looks fantastic.   :cheers:

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« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2014, 10:37:08 pm »
V2 of the large sign. The hard part is the dual starbursts.

I'm real tempted to make a light-up sign out of this one.  It looks fantastic.   :cheers:

Thanks. I need to tweak the twin suns a bit, then I'll post the full-rez version. Thanks for the feedback!
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Re: Twin Galaxies Signs and Posters
« Reply #12 on: April 11, 2014, 11:10:39 am »
I had this made up for ZapCon. I really love this logo!
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