Arcade Collecting > Miscellaneous Arcade Talk
Any suggestions for gameroom bits??
markb:
What about one of the great big 3d cardboard displays they put in movie theatres to advertise new films?
Kremmit:
If I could re-create the arcades I remember and love, here's what I'd need:
-A beat-up payphone on the wall in the back corner. A phonebook holder with no phonebook.
-A change machine with a dollar bill slot that rejects 1 out of 2 bills.
-A cardboard standup of an arcade attendant/change monkey. Make sure he looks bored.
-Block out all the windows. Put some can lights on a dimmer in the celing. Don't turn the dimmer up.
-Gum in the carpet. Dark carpet.
-Graffitti. Not great big spraypaint stuff, just magic marker and knife work.
-A poster of a door in the back, opening on tiny room full of broken games & a fat guy watching a B&W TV.
-Signs everywhere prohibiting smoking, loitering, food, beverages, fighting, gambling, etc.
-Ciggarette butts, empty soda cups, empty candy bar wrappers.
-A trash can with a plastic lid that swings back so you can drop the trash in. So full the lid won't swing.
-The change monkey should be standing right next to the garbage can.
eggedd2k:
great ideas although I don't think the wife would be keen ;D
I like the idea of having a cardboard cutout of a change monkey/the mona lisa.
a saw someone selling a full size change booth on e-bay a few weeks ago.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: RayB on July 04, 2005, 10:58:03 am ---Damn, a quarter? I'm looking for a Galaxian to complete my collection.
--- End quote ---
He's not talking about the Coleco arcade tabletops. No one at a flea would sell those for a quarter.
AlanS17:
How about lightboxes for your spare marquees (if you have any)?
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