Home Arcade (what games do you have at home?)

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I would like to hear what arcade/pins people have at home.

Here's my collection:

Video:
Playchoice 10 (4 of 'em)
1942 (Scramble cabinet - but was running Halley's Comet when I got it)
NARC
Strikers 1945
Gyruss

Pinball:
Raven
Goldball
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (home version)

[Shane R. Monroe]

ArcadeWerx (Home Arcade Cab with PC playing MAME)
Ms. Pac Man (Super Pac Gal ROMS in a Pac Man Cab)
Bone Busters (Pinball)

[Sean_resg]

I only have Rygar for now (picked it up for 150 bucks). Its in an old Joust cab.

I'm planning on building my own mame cabinet from scratch later.

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It's really cool to hear what people have in thier homes to play.

I'm currently trying to get my office/arcade finished so that I can have a place to put all of these toys that is out of the way. Most of my machines are in storage just because of lack or room. :(

Does anyone do the JAMMA thing?

I wired up the Scramble/1942 cabinet and the Striker's 1945 cabinet for JAMMA and now can swap out multiple boards - and so many true arcade games can be played quickly an easily. Yeah, I know - I should probably make a JAMMA adapted PC and do the MAME thing, but there's something about the real hardware I really enjoy.

Game boards:
Donkey Kong (not converted to JAMMA, yet)
Galaga (but I blew it up - probably have to replace a transistor :( )
Halley's Comet
Soldier of Light (horizontal game - and all of my JAMMA cabs are vertical)

oh, and I have a Cherry Master machine with a few different game boards for it as well - but it's not really a game because as far as I'm concerned there is no game play.

Bryan, what do you have? Looking forward to reading your list of pins.

[Shane R. Monroe]

B's on vacation .. he'll probably get internet on the cruise tho ..

He has (from memory) The Adams Family, High Speed 2, and I think 3 others (used to have a Big Guns).

[Flare]

Shane, didn't you mention that you also have a Xybots, a Gauntlt II and a Championship Sprint?

I remember an old episode when you told us how you started collecting them (how lucky can you be to have someone give you a cab!)

[Shane R. Monroe]

I moved them all out (sold them) to make room (and money) for the pinball. With a MAME cab, I'm pretty well covered. :) Except for the wheels on Sprint .. sigh ...

[babydoggen]

I have rad mobile ahh segas first 32bit racer....

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Shane: What is Bone Busters like? I can't remember ever seeing one of those... And I understand selling/trading in order to make room for specific games you really like... but I would have to be on crack before I could sell a Gauntlet machine.

Sean: Rygar - classic, I love that game - it has gotten it's share of quarters from me...

babydoggen: I haven't ever seen/played Rad Mobile, but after checking it out on the net it looks like a lot of fun (and they compare it to one of my all time favorites "Outrun" quite often). I'm going to have to try and run it down in emulation... :) I like the wiper/headlight features mentioned - seems like a pretty cool idea. I assume you have the stand up version and not the cockpit/sit-down?

Slightly off topic (but in response to Shane's mention of Sprint's wheel): A MAME cabinet would be great (in fact I originally bought the NARC just to turn it into a MAME machine) - but controllers are the big problem (steering wheels - both a free wheel spinner as well as a more modern force-feedback unit), and so far I don't think anything has been done as far as replicating the arcade force-feedback in emulation. The spinner would be great for many games - Tempest, Arkanoid, etc...

[DigitalDaredevil]

I have a John Elway Team Quarterback (4-player version).
I am in the planning/diagram stages of building a Mame cabinet.

Wish list:
Journey
Crazy Climber
Pac Man (of course)
Xenophobe

[Shane R. Monroe]

http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=347

Bone Busters is, for Gottlieb and the time frame, a VERY good pin. Its not really mission based - unfortunately, but its loads of fun and has lots of little nuances that make it fun.

[Flare]

Bone Busters rocked! I loved the layout which was very complex for its time.

And the 4 ball multiball ruled! I don't recall seeing many pinballs with a 4 ball multiball.

There was this only arcade near my house that had that game, just besides a similar one called "BIG HOUSE", which coincidentaly was designed by the same guys (Ray Tanzer and Constanino Mitchell).

The skull on top the machine gave it a unique look.

[Shane R. Monroe]

Ya, and I have a cherry machine too .. the skull alone goes for $500; mine is a complete original WITH the hankercheif on it ... I should post some pics...

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Yes, please post picts. In fact I would like to see pictures of home arcades (if that isn't a band-width problem) from the other users. :)

[patman]

I was feeling left out 'cause I don't have any machines, but I forgot that I do have one :)

I've got a disassembled pinball machine tucked away in the garage waiting for some TLC. It's a Star Explorer (http://www.pinside.com/archive.details.splash.asp?machineid=440) machine that I found at the local thrift store for $15. Don't know much about it other than it was made for home use. It's a small table and it was working last time I plugged it up before packed it away but it needs a lot of new rubber along with a few other things, not to mention a ball that's not completely oxidized.

[Shane R. Monroe]

Problem is all my pictures are password protected (we had a stalker issue a few years back, and the wife INSISTED all personal images get protected).

I'll move some of the images public and share :)

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Problem is all my pictures are password protected (we had a stalker issue a few years back, and the wife INSISTED all personal images get protected).

I'll move some of the images public and share :)

uh... so... uh... what're ya wearing? (JUST JOKING!)

[Shane R. Monroe]

Dude, you've seen my picture. Even if you are gay, you HAVE to be able to get a better looking gay guy than me!

The wife didn't take the stalking thing very well. It got spooky at the end, even for me - fortunately, like a bad fart, the issue fizzled out and never came back around - but in the end, everything stays locked down.

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Dude, you've seen my picture. Even if you are gay, you HAVE to be able to get a better looking gay guy than me!

The wife didn't take the stalking thing very well. It got spooky at the end, even for me - fortunately, like a bad fart, the issue fizzled out and never came back around - but in the end, everything stays locked down.

Not to pry (and don't answer if you don't want to), but was this an on-line or a in-life stalker, or both?

This sorta thing would totally creep me out. I wouldn't want some freak tracking me or anyone in my family. I'm usually amazed how there are a great number of truely great, giving people in this world and then some freak-show comes along and thrashes my distorted view of the world back into shape. I'm not sure how I would handle it, and I hope I never have to find out. Sheez.

[Sean_resg]

Must've been the guy who wanted the working set of Super Punch Out roms. He did say he was going to kick Shane's ass

Sorry about that... The stalker situtation is not a joke. I hope whomever was doing it got caught. The internet is a scary place these days :(

[Shane R. Monroe]

Not to pry (and don't answer if you don't want to), but was this an on-line or a in-life stalker, or both?

This sorta thing would totally creep me out. I wouldn't want some freak tracking me or anyone in my family. I'm usually amazed how there are a great number of truely great, giving people in this world and then some freak-show comes along and thrashes my distorted view of the world back into shape. I'm not sure how I would handle it, and I hope I never have to find out. Sheez.

Online stalker. I had fake websites made up to look like mine. Someone wrote a shockwave game where you could shoot my head ... it was an ugly time.

[Shane R. Monroe]

Must've been the guy who wanted the working set of Super Punch Out roms. He did say he was going to kick Shane's ass
BAHAHHAHAHAHA

The good old days of Insert Coin .. where no good deed went unpunished.

[Flare]

I didn't get to see the INSERT COIN site back then... The only one I knew was Dave's Classics.

And if I go to 'archive.org' the only page I can see is one where it says "the future website of insertcoin.com :(

[Shane R. Monroe]

They used to have one in the archive .. guess it got bumped. :)

[Flare]

Speaking of Dave's Classics... actually guys, I am very proud of this (see picture).


What do you think? Cool eh? :)

[Shane R. Monroe]

Damn .. sad ... I TOTALLY remember that post. Wow ... I'm old.

[Shane R. Monroe]

Here is a link to my Bone Busters .... The guy is my pinball sales and service guy.

Shane's Bone Busters (http://www.retrogamingradio.com/misc/shane/index.htm)

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Sweet looking pin. The skull image down next to the flippers looks like Eddie (Iron Maiden) to me.

I haven't ever seen one of those before... but I have to admit that there isn't much in the way of arcades in this area... :(

Anyone ever play a game called Hyperball or Rapid Fire? Had a pinball style case, but it shot smaller bearing-sized metal balls at targets? I've heard that they're a menace to keep running, but I would like to get one for my home arcade at some point... I only got to play it a couple of times, but I thought it was very cool.

[Shane R. Monroe]

I had something called an ELECTRO-SHOT as a kid - it was a shooting gallery that shot ball bearings like that rapid fire. Created HELLA noise - but it was fun. Table top, home item though.

[Dragon57]

Damn .. sad ... I TOTALLY remember that post. Wow ... I'm old.
I also remember that post! :)

[Flare]

Anyone ever play a game called Hyperball or Rapid Fire? Had a pinball style case, but it shot smaller bearing-sized metal balls at targets?

Wow! amazing, I never imagine anyone else would know about these pins.

I have only see one of these machines (it was a 'Hyperball') in my entire life. It was back in 1985, at the Aquarius Apartments in the South Padre Island.

You know, it is one of those moments when you remember exactly where you were, and what you were doing.

That game was almost hypnotical. I was 10 years old so I sucked at the game, but yeah, it made a hell of a lot of noise, but it was very, very cool to see all those balls running around the field.

Back in April, when Shane was talking about 'Trapshoot' with Damon Claussen, I immediately thought of 'Hyperball', it's one of those kinds of games that somehow stuck with you forever.

And it is finally available for PinMAME, so I can almost re-create the experience.

[Bryan 'KidHype' Smith]

I have a ArcadeWerx cab with MAME in it (currently running Ms Pacman in attract mode)

Pins I have:
Addams Family (with Gold edition ROM set in them)
Hurricane
Cyclone
Getaway: High Speed II
Earthshaker

Used to own:

Playboy (first pin-traded it cause the machine wouldnt stay on)
Big Guns (traded the Playboy for this, liked the pin for 5 minutes got rid of it for the Earthshaker)
High Speed (my dream pin, had it for 2 years, traded it for a Getaway: High Speed II)
Mr and Mrs Pacman (never do business on the internet for a pin. I learned the hard way. Was in horrible condition, never worked. Traded it to have my Cyclone playfield replaced for free)

Dream List

Fun House
Monopoly
Elvira and the Party Monsters

(one of those pins will eventually replace the Earthshaker)