A couple of cyclists found The Lost Arcade today. James was surprised to find his own head sitting next to the cash register. They were supposed to be heading north early in the day but ended up spending hours here, eating pizza, playing games and having fun.
The Lost Arcade has moved to the Rodeo R.V. and Country Store. In addition to arcade games we will also have gasoline and diesel fuel, pizza and other fun foods.
Opening Saturday, May 25, 2011.
This is a smaller space so we will be rotating games in.
Come by this weekend and have some fun!
We will also be open this Monday.
I got the Sega Top Skater fixed and moved over by the door. This is the largest game that we have and it’s a lot of fun. You get a pretty good workout playing it too.
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.
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.
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.
William had his birthday party today at The Lost Arcade. Everyone had a great time.
See more photos in the photo gallery.
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.
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.
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.
