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Author Topic: Video and photos from the Houston arcade expo 2008 by HAAG  (Read 1867 times)

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Video and photos from the Houston arcade expo 2008 by HAAG
« on: November 08, 2008, 07:19:47 pm »
The fine folks at HAAG has put together another well planned retro arcade / pinball / console event.  It ends Sunday 2:00 a.m. Nov 9, 2008  (or late sat. night as some call it).  so if you're in east texas, you can still get there in time.  :-)

I'm not affiliated with the group at all but enjoyed playing old favorites on original gear.  Looking forward to 2009!

HAAG web site:
http://www.arcadecenter.com

Photos:
http://76.30.157.71:3714/temp/28847/1031-9231-f8209/haag-expo-2008

Video (be sure to enable "Watch in high quality")
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDxjRs7J06Q[/youtube]

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Re: Photos from the Houston arcade expo 2008
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2008, 08:07:55 pm »
Damn. I forgot about this. I'll have to plan for next year. Great reason for a medium road trip.
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Re: Photos from the Houston arcade expo 2008
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2008, 08:42:03 pm »
http://76.30.157.71:3714/temp/28847/1031%2D9231%2Df8209/haag%2Dexpo%2D2008/index.html#29


What exactly is this game? I have never seen it before. How did it work? It doesnt appear to be on klov either...
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Re: Photos from the Houston arcade expo 2008
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2008, 02:15:06 am »
Damn. I forgot about this. I'll have to plan for next year. Great reason for a medium road trip.

I almost forgot about it too since last year's was in December.

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Re: Photos from the Houston arcade expo 2008
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2008, 08:57:35 am »
Thanks for the pics -- definitely more fun than I had yesterday!
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Re: Video and photos from the Houston arcade expo 2008 by HAAG
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2008, 11:00:11 am »
No gaming convention is complete without Storm Trooper guards...
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Re: Video and photos from the Houston arcade expo 2008 by HAAG
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2008, 01:14:15 pm »
 ProtoKatie:


Taito's   Ice Cold Beer.


 You have two leaf joysticks which only go up or down.
 
 They place a small metal ball on a metal rail to start the games round.

 You control the rails angle by pressing the joys up or down.  The raises or lowers the
 bars left or right side... which causes the ball to roll either left of right.

 Your goal, is to raise the bar, guiding the ball into the proper hole that is lit up.

 If your ball falls into any other hole, you will lose a life.

 The first holes are easy cause they are near the bottom.  Hole #10 is at the top,
and so you have a lot of holes to avoid to get there.

 The game is very difficult at first, because the ball moves very fast at the slightest
change in angles.. and most people tend to over-react... which makes things even
worse.   heh

 The pics shown of the other ICB are the new remake of the game by a different
company.   However, the original is a much better looking game Imop.

 There was also a version called Zeke's Peak... in which the artwork is different.
This was created because some locations didnt want to promote Beer to
children who might play the thing.  heh

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mnni6-moxE[/youtube]
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Re: Video and photos from the Houston arcade expo 2008 by HAAG
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2008, 03:52:20 pm »
Unfortunately I was unable to attend this year's expo due to illness.  :cry:

Old, but not obsolete.

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Re: Video and photos from the Houston arcade expo 2008 by HAAG
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2008, 08:56:35 pm »


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mnni6-moxE[/youtube]


Not at all what I thought. Sorta the reverse of Pachinko, except way slower. Doesn't look like there is a great deal of accuracy between the controls and the bar mechanism.
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Re: Video and photos from the Houston arcade expo 2008 by HAAG
« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2008, 10:54:17 pm »


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mnni6-moxE[/youtube]


Not at all what I thought. Sorta the reverse of Pachinko, except way slower. Doesn't look like there is a great deal of accuracy between the controls and the bar mechanism.

Im sure its one of those things you just have to get used to, also, the game looks old so may not be as smooth as it once was. Still, looks like a cool little game. I could easily see this still being played in bars. It just seems to fit that kind of environment.

Is there a software version of this game? Might be a nice addition to any MAME cab.
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Re: Video and photos from the Houston arcade expo 2008 by HAAG
« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2008, 01:45:10 am »
No gaming convention is complete without Storm Trooper guards...
At least they should have made a pic of them playing the SW upright..........wait a minute, no that's not right.... ;D

Great pictures, thanks. Wish something like that would be around here....sigh.


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Re: Video and photos from the Houston arcade expo 2008 by HAAG
« Reply #12 on: November 12, 2008, 12:58:06 am »
Now THAT'S a skill game.
NO MORE!!

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Re: Video and photos from the Houston arcade expo 2008 by HAAG
« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2008, 01:30:00 am »
An Ice Cold Beer / Zeke's Peak Sim (I guess would be the word for it) can be downloaded HERE!
If there's bees in the trap I'm catching em
By the thorax and abdomen
And sanding the stingers down to a rough quill
Then I dip em in ink, and I scribble a bit
But if it they wriggle then I tickle em until they hold still
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Re: Video and photos from the Houston arcade expo 2008 by HAAG
« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2008, 01:47:19 am »
An Ice Cold Beer / Zeke's Peak Sim (I guess would be the word for it) can be downloaded HERE!

Thanx. Will DL it. Wish old style games like that still existed.
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