Saturday Night Freeplay Fever

Posted on July 30th, 2010 by Chris  |  2 Comments »

We need to get more people to come out and see what’s going on at “The Lost Arcade”, so for a limited time we are having $4.00 “Saturday Night Freeplay Fever” from 3:00 PM to 10:00 PM on Saturday nights.
Pay $4.00 to get in and all of the video games are on freeplay so you can play as many as you want as many times as you want. This is a good way to practice up for one of our upcoming tournaments where you can win prizes. We have a pool table too (it’s $1 to play). Also if you have never played arcade games before come out and we will help you get started and give you some pointers.

The more people that show up, the more fun everyone will have.

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Well, there’s your problem

Posted on July 9th, 2010 by Chris  |  No Comments »

I was trying to figure out why the Midway S.A.M.I. we have was totally dead. I already figured out that the main power switch was bad, and bypassed it. It turned out to be a loose wire inside the auxiliary power outlet on the back of the door.

Click the image for More pics of S.A.M.I.

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Yabba Dabba Do!

Posted on July 1st, 2010 by Chris  |  No Comments »

Ryan asked me to get one of these lucky egg machines working, so I did. I think we have 5 Fred Flintstone ones and one Chicken. This one was the most complete of them all. I had to replace the plug and grease the gear motor. Dino thanks you.

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Happy Birthday William!

Posted on June 26th, 2010 by Chris  |  1 Comment »

William had his birthday party today at The Lost Arcade. Everyone had a great time.


See more photos in the photo gallery.

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Here We Go!

Posted on June 26th, 2010 by Chris  |  No Comments »

I’ve been doing a lot of rearranging, cleaning, fixing etc. and finally have the place looking decent. We have our first birthday party tomorrow. We are now open on Saturdays from 3PM to 10PM New Mexico Time. For those of you who are not from around here, we are located right on the border of New Mexico and Arizona, so we have to always say which state’s time we are going by. It can get confusing for half of the year while New Mexico is on DST.

I want to thank Mary Evans, one of our first volunteers, for helping me out getting the place ready for the birthday party. You might just get the “Volunteer of the Month” award.

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Arcade Museum Sneak Preview

Posted on June 5th, 2010 by Chris  |  4 Comments »

Saturday June 5th. Noon to 9 PM.
Some games will be on Freeplay.
Come to the Sky Gypsy Complex. We are in the north hanger.

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Lots of new (and newer) games

Posted on May 29th, 2010 by Chris  |  No Comments »

Sorry I haven’t posted lately but I have been really busy fixing games. Lots of them. A whole semi-truck full.
Originally I just wanted 80′s games but since we already have some from the 60′s, 70′s and 80′s I figured why not have some from the 90′s and even newer, to show how games have changed and make the place more fun for everyone.

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More games from a shed.

Posted on March 21st, 2010 by Chris  |  2 Comments »

Rosanne called me up and said she had some video games in her shed that she wanted out so she could make a craft room.
Ms. Pac-Man, Pleiads, Super Cobra (in a Pac-man cabaret cab) and an empty defender cab.
Also there was a dart game, and a few vending machines including an old cigarette machine, a Rock-ola 454 Jukebox and a change machine.

There were also quite a few boxes of parts, some manuals and a box of VHS tapes of Randy Fromm’s Arcade School.

More pics of the shed
Pics of games back at the workshop

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1963 Midway Slugger….almost home.

Posted on February 25th, 2010 by Chris  |  1 Comment »

I want to thank Ruben and his wife (I didn’t get her name) in Phoenix, for giving me such a great deal on this game and holding it (much longer than I expected) until I could get someone to pick it up.
I also want to thank John (jawhn) in Phoenix, for picking it up for me and holding it until I can get someone to bring it here or one of us to drive back to Phoenix and pick it up.
We had plans to pick it up but due to some circumstances that were beyond our control it just didn’t happen. So thanks again to everyone who helped make this happen.

I saw a Craigslist ad for a baseball arcade game that looked like a pinball machine. After a little googling and talking to the owner of the game I found out that it is from 1963, the same year I was born. That made me want it even more. Unfortunately most of the game buying budget was gone. These things add up really quickly, and that’s without adding the cost of all the parts and materials to fix them, fuel to get them, etc. Anyway Ruben was really nice and wanted to help me be able to have this in the museum so he said for me to make him an offer. I was actually embarrassed because I couldn’t offer very much. Ruben said he would talk to his wife and then call me back. His counter offer was barely any more than my offer so I accepted and he said he would hold the game for a while until I could find someone to pick it up.

I was really feeling bad that we couldn’t go pick up the game or find someone to do it and then John was nice enough to go and get it so I feel much better about the whole thing now.

While I’m thanking people, I also want to thank my wife, Kathleen, she knows that I’m crazy, but somehow can live with that. Even though she doesn’t really understand why I like these game so much, she is being very supportive.

I really can’t explain why I have such a passion for these old games, but I do. It’s almost like an obsession. When I go to get a new game there is such a feeling of excitement, like finding buried treasure or opening presents on Christmas morning. Maybe it’s because my Dad was manager at Shakey’s Pizza when I was growing up and I was there so much. I can remember when we got Pong and Tank and there were always new pinball machines coming in. I worked at another Shakey’s years later and pumped more quarters into the machines that were there. I’ve worked at an Aladdin’s Castle arcade, played lots of arcade games when I was a carny (first time I played Dragon’s Lair), traveling with the shows, there used to be arcade games everywhere you went. I would always try to find the local arcade or even that one machine at 7-11 or High’s (I lived in VA. too).

Now, I rarely see arcade games anywhere and when I do they are usually fighting games, hunting games, redemption games, there are a few driving games, but I usually just pass them by.

Hopefully other people will enjoy this arcade game museum as much as I know I will, as I already am, just buying and fixing these old gems.

And since this post was supposed to be about the 1963 Midway Slugger baseball game, here are some pics that John took.

Here are a few links I found about it too.
Flyer
http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=14874
http://www.marvin3m.com/baseball/slugger.htm

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Sidetracked by Zombies

Posted on February 6th, 2010 by Chris  |  2 Comments »

Someone asked me if I could photoshop an EMERGENCY ZOMBIE DEFENSE STATION
sign for them and I thought maybe other people would want a customized sign, so I made
zombiesign.com where you can create your own in seconds.

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