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Instant Sunrise posted:-- Not only was it only 2-player, but I'm pretty sure you couldn't even have bots, which were the best part of Perfect Dark MP. Honestly, Perfect Dark had better MP than GoldenEye. More creative maps, the bots, and some really cool weapons...dual-wield cyclones 4 lyfe, with a laptop gun in sentry mode hidden in the corner.
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The Kins posted:I want to buy a second-hand Xbox and mod it since there's no proper emulation for it yet, but it sounds like I'd need more than just a console and a copy of Splinter Cell and I'm pretty lazy about this kind of thing. Dont give up! I bought a knackered xbox from a boot sale that wouldnt boot because of screwed harddrive. If you look on xbox-scene there is a tutorial on how to suck the drive key out of a chip on the motherboard then you can image your own harddrive with one of the softmod images & then lock the harddrive with your key. I'll have a look around & update if I can find the tutorial.
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Trainee PornStar posted:Dont give up! I bought a knackered xbox from a boot sale that wouldnt boot because of screwed harddrive. There is no need to go through the trouble: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-softmod-your-xbox...for-FREE/
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a happy snowman posted:God if I could find a perfectly restored Defender, I'd be in heaven Would you settle for Stargate? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQYyhreWFD4
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Interesting article about accuracy in gaming-console emulation: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/08/accuracy-takes-power-one-mans-3ghz-quest-to-build-a-perfect-snes-emulator/ It asserts that we may not see a 100%-accurate N64 emulator in our lifetimes(!).
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Efexeye posted:Pinball is kind of a tech relic, right? Are there any companies still making machines? I played a Game of Thrones pinball machine in a bar a few weeks ago, so yeah apparently someone is still making them.
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Article about the guy who runs the Las Vegas pinball museum looking for a protege: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/12/pinball-machine-hall-of-fame-las-vegas-job-hiring
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Humphreys posted:I used to be an arcade and pinny dealer and the single greatest moment of that job was being invited to one of Australia's biggest importers/dealers. I'm sure I can find photos (it was pre-social media as a norm) but that weekend at his property and seeing the secret stash collection was amazing. The pinnys were great, so were the arcades (I won a Daytona Dual cab in a raffle) but holy poo poo the 5 bay shed behind the house was completely filled with old cigarette machines, coke machines and a bunch of rare pin/arcade gear he could fit into the main compound. I used to know a few people in the arcade business and ended up at a small Leisure & Allied party one night. Played the hell out of Dragon's Lair Timewarp, which gives you an idea of how long ago this was. I would have killed for a Daytona dual. It's something I look out for every now and again now, but the prices in Aus are just crazy. But to be fair, my current house doesn't really have the space.
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Augmented Dickey posted:I played a Game of Thrones pinball machine in a bar a few weeks ago, so yeah apparently someone is still making them. All the pinball companies have closed except stearn in chicago. They make 1 or 2 scaled down machines every year. These are super basic playfield designs compared to what was the norm in the 90s. Pat Lawlor, the guy who designed addams family and twilight zone pinball machines is still in business and has an office in my hometown and designs every other machine stearn puts out. If you peek in his office blinds you can see a collection of machines he designed and prototypes of new stuff. Sadly, no tours are allowed, only reason I found out was he noticed a friend playing one of his machines in the bar across the street and introduced himself. If you'd like to learn more there is a good documentary called TILT: The battle to save Pinball. Also check out Special When Lit One Quarter at a time short on vimeo And arcade related docs Chasing GhostsBeyond the Arcade King of Kong my turn in the barrel has a new favorite as of 02:50 on Sep 10, 2016 |
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http://youtu.be/9XpE48xsFSg "AAAHAHAHAH THE BIG SLAM TILT BABY!" 
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CubanMissile posted:Article about the guy who runs the Las Vegas pinball museum looking for a protege: My passport and bags are ready. All I need is internet access, food and a bed and I'm in. Gromit posted:I used to know a few people in the arcade business and ended up at a small Leisure & Allied party one night. Played the hell out of Dragon's Lair Timewarp, which gives you an idea of how long ago this was. I had to sell the thing some years ago now cos I was broke  These days as my financial situation has improved and I have a big old house with lots of room I am always on the lookout for a Daytona, Sega Rally, G-Loc, TMNT, X-Men and a few others.
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Three-Phase posted:http://youtu.be/9XpE48xsFSg I learned all about fixing pinball machines because a customer bought one and assumed because I can fix IT I can do pinball machines and I like a challenge so I rebuilt it for him. The tilt switch is a plumb bob in a ring. If it goes off that easily it needs to be dropped further down the rod. Or if it's in your house like that one appears to be just disable it by removing the plumb bob or one of the wires. 
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Speaking of huge arcades, anyone heard of/been to Funspot in New Hampshire? Formerly the world's largest arcade, they also are the home of the American Classic Arcade Museum, which restores and features games up to 1987. I live about an hour away from this place and have never been. Maybe it's time to take a trip.
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a happy snowman posted:God if I could find a perfectly restored Defender, I'd be in heaven I agree, but good luck finding a working Defender for anywhere approaching reasonable money. They command a pretty penny, last time I looked around. I did, however, find a nearly-working Asteroids machine sitting neglected in a sun room that I bought for $75 cash. It was in such piss-poor shape, and it would run for a few seconds before getting all weird and crashing (probably the power supply, but I never got around to wrenching on it before I had to move and get rid of it). But there ARE classic games that were common enough to be found on the cheap out there. Dick Trauma posted:Would you settle for Stargate? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQYyhreWFD4 The big money trick was picking up all ten humans before finally warping. That sound of the warp, followed by overlapping extra man sounds is forever embedded in the happiest parts of my brain.
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Pubic Lair posted:I learned all about fixing pinball machines because a customer bought one and assumed because I can fix IT I can do pinball machines and I like a challenge so I rebuilt it for him. The tilt switch is a plumb bob in a ring. If it goes off that easily it needs to be dropped further down the rod. Or if it's in your house like that one appears to be just disable it by removing the plumb bob or one of the wires. My understanding is that the slam tilt mechanism is just a springy piece of metal that completes an electrical circuit like a switch. If the coin box is slammed, that metal strip flexes and opens the electrical circuit, causing a slam tilt (game ends, complete system reset including loss of all credits). I've heard that on some machines when a slam tilt occurs the cabinet will not reset automatically and the operator has to unlock the coin box and flip a switch to get the machine back online. I've also seen some machines that look like they have a more sophisticated tilt system - it'll warn the user at first if it detects tilting before the tilt trips. (I saw a machine that played a "Careful! Careful!" warning voice.) Three-Phase has a new favorite as of 03:49 on Sep 10, 2016 |
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http://www.updownmpls.com/ This place in Uptown (super hipster area in Minneapolis) opened up several months ago. Haven't been there yet.....but assume I'll check it out. Decent selection of arcade and pinball games. Skiball! Projected N64 console games.
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Turdsdown Tom posted:Speaking of huge arcades, anyone heard of/been to Funspot in New Hampshire? Formerly the world's largest arcade, they also are the home of the American Classic Arcade Museum, which restores and features games up to 1987. I mentioned it a few pages back when I brought up the pinball hall of fame. Both are hands down the best of their kind. My BIL likes funspot so much they bought a cabin 1/2 hour away as a vacation home so he didn't have to drive all the way from boston to visit. It's pretty neat the upstairs arcade room has 80s music pipeed in and it's kinda dim. If it was dirty and had clouds of cigarette smoke it would be a perfect 80s arcade experience. It's featured heavily in king of kong and the chasing ghosts documentaries because they hold the annual championships for all those old games there every year. my turn in the barrel has a new favorite as of 04:42 on Sep 10, 2016 |
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Three-Phase posted:My understanding is that the slam tilt mechanism is just a springy piece of metal that completes an electrical circuit like a switch. If the coin box is slammed, that metal strip flexes and opens the electrical circuit, causing a slam tilt (game ends, complete system reset including loss of all credits). It's hard to be definitive because in the 90s Bally, Williams, Gottlieb, Data East, Sega, Stern, and Capcom all were making piball machines. Most tended to use similar parts/designs as others created by that company but the star designers like Pat Lawlor would bounce around and bring their own trademark ways of doing things across companies and some bought out the others when they died. The tilt documentary has a bunch of the back story if you're interested. There is also a guy on YT named shaggy that has a pinhead DIY pinball channel that covers lots of the basics if anyone ever needs to learn how to work on one.
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RestingB1tchFace posted:http://www.updownmpls.com/
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I've never been but supposedly Galloping Ghost is an awesome arcade if any Chicagoons are feeling left out. Also Barcade but I've heard galloping ghost is better.
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Pubic Lair posted:It's featured heavily in king of kong and the chasing ghosts documentaries because they hold the annual championships for all those old games there every year. Two fantastic documentaries! Anyone who likes arcades even marginally has to watch them.
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Pubic Lair posted:All the pinball companies have closed except stearn in chicago. They make 1 or 2 scaled down machines every year. These are super basic playfield designs compared to what was the norm in the 90s. Pat Lawlor, the guy who designed addams family and twilight zone pinball machines is still in business and has an office in my hometown and designs every other machine stearn puts out. If you peek in his office blinds you can see a collection of machines he designed and prototypes of new stuff. Sadly, no tours are allowed, only reason I found out was he noticed a friend playing one of his machines in the bar across the street and introduced himself. Stern makes 2-4 machines a year, usually based on recent movies or trends, with one machine design making up for 3 or 4 of their releases but with different artwork and play field stuff. They're not bad machines, but repetitive for obvious reasons. They aren't super basic though and pretty similar to most machines from the 90's, but not as elaborate as Addams Family or ST-TNG, etc. The 90's had some really crazy machines, but Stern's releases are on par with the majority of what was around back then. There's an arcade auction held 3 or 4 times a year in my town, and the new Stern stuff is always there, selling for around $3500 new. I have a decent collection of arcade games (and one MAME machine) but still have yet to pick up a pinball machine because anything decent is way overpriced or requires so much work that the price isn't worth it. Pinball machines are difficult to sort through in auctions unless you really know what you're dealing with, and I've been afraid to pull the trigger on one because of the additional work and upkeep that a regular arcade game doesn't require. empty baggie has a new favorite as of 05:30 on Sep 10, 2016 |
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empty baggie posted:Stern makes 2-4 machines a year, usually based on recent movies or trends, with one machine design making up for 3 or 4 of their releases but with different artwork and play field stuff. They're not bad machines, but repetitive for obvious reasons. They aren't super basic though and pretty similar to most machines from the 90's, but not as elaborate as Addams Family or ST-TNG, etc. The 90's had some really crazy machines, but Stern's releases are on par with the majority of what was around back then. I haven't looked into it in 5ish years, good to hear stearn is putting out more machines. If you find a deal on a recent machine grab it. The only real maintenance is wiping the play field with novus 2 every month. You will eventually need to replace the rubber and adjust the reed switches but that's not going to be more than once every few years. That shaggy guy has some good videos. I Think they are called "this old pinball" or something like that. The biggest one is how to remove the legs and transport a pinball machine by yourself. The trick is standing under the machine and using your back to hold it up while you remove the legs. Hard to explain without a video. The only machine i worked on was a Gottlieb Rescue 911 that was trashed and other than bulbs, bumpers, a rubber plunger tip and some novus it didn't need much to get back to 100%. Things like the switches are easy to adjust because the whole playfield flips up so you can get to the guts. Also if you run into problems the community is pretty great. I sent an email to Pat Lawlor with some questions on a machine he didn't even design and he gave me some good advice.
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Three-Phase posted:My understanding is that the slam tilt mechanism is just a springy piece of metal that completes an electrical circuit like a switch. If the coin box is slammed, that metal strip flexes and opens the electrical circuit, causing a slam tilt (game ends, complete system reset including loss of all credits). Yup, the slam tilt is supposed to be quite hard to trigger, it's there as penalty for idiots who really abuse the machine by picking up the front and slamming it on the floor. I'm glad it exists, because on my home pinball I rewired it so that I can trigger it by pushing the coin return button on one of my coin mechs to quickly reset the machine if I don't want to keep playing  The number of regular tilt warnings is configurable by the operator, modern pinballs from the 80s and forward has a lot of configurable options like how long the ball save should be active, the score requirements for extra balls, max number of extra balls etc. Tilt warnings are cool because it makes the risk vs reward an extra exciting challenge when playing tournaments. You *might* save your ball by nudging the machine hard but you could also lose your ball AND the entire bonus for that ball, which is a disaster during tournament play.
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A guy makes a Pinball Machine out of Meccano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDXcaqouFI4
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i found out about quake rally. its uh... it really works a lot better than it should. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw84T2eCek4 not to say its not a mod from 1997 but i didn't expect to be able to play a fun racing game on quake homebrew ports. i raelly shouldnt try to do something dumb since im already working on seals *makes pinball table map and mod in quakec*
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nigga crab pollock posted:i found out about quake rally. its uh... it really works a lot better than it should. Quake had the best mods. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X173LZkEgYc
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I watched Chasing Ghosts last night on the recommendation of this thread.. I thought it was a lot better than King of Kong but fuckin' Billy Mitchell is still an unparalleled doucher.
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Turdsdown Tom posted:my favorite classic arcade game is the cockpit Roadblasters Some of those old arcade cabinets were absolutely awesome as far as how they were built and designed.
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That's really cool. I loved that game but only ever played it in a regular cabinet.
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nigga crab pollock posted:i found out about quake rally. its uh... it really works a lot better than it should. I'm watching that video and I can visualize in my head the LAN parties where kids played that for hours on end.
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Efexeye posted:Pinball is kind of a tech relic, right? Are there any companies still making machines? Jersey Jack: A newer, independent manufacturer that's good at introducing new technology like LCD screens and internet connectivity, but not so much at releasing anything on time. Their releases are Wizard of Oz and The Hobbit. Spooky Pinball: A small family business that's gained inexplicable success as of late from teaming up with old industry veterans. Recently put out a limited edition Rob Zombie table, currently finishing up, of all the goddamn things, a Dominos Pizza table. There are a few other companies, but they're tend to fall into the trap of being really good at taking people's money and not so good at finishing and releasing anything in return.
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Man Quake Rally and AirQuake really bring back the memories. MegaTF was always my jam though. Really bummed me out when TF2 came out. It's a great game don't get me wrong, but it's like Overwatch, and MegaTF was always something more.
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Portland (Oregon) has at least 2 barcades that I know of. They're both pretty good, depending on what you want. One is even expanding to 2x its current size. Really good beer, too. Huge numbers of pinball machines at both of them.
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