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retrometro:

--- Quote from: Spaced Ace on August 01, 2008, 11:14:03 pm ---I was thinking about doing a local arcade fest anually.  But moving 4 to 6 arcades around, as you guys know, is a huge task.  But it would be something awesome.  Do they still have like trade shows or anything alike here in the US? 

We need to have something anual that takes place in various cities.  But youre talking major funding.  If Monster Truck shows can make a profit and stay afloat, why cant we have an Arcade trade show or something?

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The arcade group in Houston hosts one every year.  It's one of the largest in this part of the country and they set all the games for free play.  I taped last year's event and linked in previous year's.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_HKs0Shyws[/youtube]



Ummon:

--- Quote from: Spaced Ace on August 01, 2008, 11:14:03 pm ---I was thinking about doing a local arcade fest anually.  But moving 4 to 6 arcades around, as you guys know, is a huge task.  But it would be something awesome.  Do they still have like trade shows or anything alike here in the US? 

We need to have something anual that takes place in various cities.  But youre talking major funding.  If Monster Truck shows can make a profit and stay afloat, why cant we have an Arcade trade show or something?

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Dude, monster truck is like Nascar is like wrestling. There's enough rednecks in the south alone, but they've bred and migrated so it's quite simple.



--- Quote from: retrometro on August 02, 2008, 09:42:13 am ---
--- Quote from: Spaced Ace on August 01, 2008, 11:14:03 pm ---I was thinking about doing a local arcade fest anually.  But moving 4 to 6 arcades around, as you guys know, is a huge task.  But it would be something awesome.  Do they still have like trade shows or anything alike here in the US? 

We need to have something anual that takes place in various cities.  But youre talking major funding.  If Monster Truck shows can make a profit and stay afloat, why cant we have an Arcade trade show or something?

--- End quote ---

The arcade group in Houston hosts one every year.  It's one of the largest in this part of the country and they set all the games for free play.  I taped last year's event and linked in previous year's.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_HKs0Shyws[/youtube]





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Ah, I thought maybe that first scene was all there was! Nice selection. A Starfighter cockpit?! What's that other cockpit sort of cab at 6:30? And what's with the disco? That's not 80s.  Actually, whoever set the playlist needed replacing.

Spaced Ace:
I just think our hobby should be a little more organized.  We need a club or organization that spands across the entire US.  I said this in another thread, if guys can have a car club, why cant we have something simular?  That way there is one place to go, events, shows, meetings & information, all in one place.  Everything is so scattered across the internet, its hard to keep up with it all actually.  Personaly, I have about 80 bookmarks in my favorites list and it gets anoying.

I live in El Paso, which is about 12 hours from Houston, but I would have went or contributed if I had known about the group. 

Just frustrating at times.  I feel like I am the only person in El Paso that is into arcades. 

retrometro:

--- Quote from: Ummon on August 02, 2008, 06:28:01 pm ---Ah, I thought maybe that first scene was all there was! Nice selection. A Starfighter cockpit?! What's that other cockpit sort of cab at 6:30? And what's with the disco? That's not 80s.  Actually, whoever set the playlist needed replacing.


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Yeah, I thought the same thing about the selection at first.  After paying for admission, I was really disappointed when I went inside that first room.  It turns out that was the spill over room and vendors area.  If the stuff wasn't so expensive, I would have liked to have bought some of those original arcade manuals.

Oh man, i was so upset that I didn't even get to SEE the starfighter cockpit!!!!  I have no idea how I missed that.  It was even listed as one of the special attractions.  Apparently this was one of only a handful of prototype models that never went into full production.  My buddy did see it and said it looked somewhat liked the movie game.

The playlist was actually a lot better than what was in the majority of the video.  I don't know how they got that "get up and boogie" super extended remix version there right as I'm filming.  I looked up that song and apparently that was from 1976.... not even the last 70's which I would have been okay with in terms of the arcade era.  Sure there were arcade games in 1976 but the golden age didn't begin for another 2 years with space invaders, then galaxian, and the rest.


Ummon:
I may make a trip next year for that Starfighter cockpit, if it's there. Is there a page for it, or newsletter, etc?



--- Quote from: Spaced Ace on August 02, 2008, 07:41:23 pm ---I just think our hobby should be a little more organized.  We need a club or organization that spands across the entire US.  I said this in another thread, if guys can have a car club, why cant we have something simular?  That way there is one place to go, events, shows, meetings & information, all in one place.  Everything is so scattered across the internet, its hard to keep up with it all actually.  Personaly, I have about 80 bookmarks in my favorites list and it gets anoying.

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It would be nice if there was one site that covered everything, at least in reference - but even that would be a massive project.

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