Eurocade..2013 !

[level42]

We've been mentioned in Eva Jinek's new TV show last Sunday on Dutch national TV:

http://www.uitzendinggemist.nl/afleveringen/1364277

Scroll to 31.21 to see the brief mention............


Personally I wouldn't have mind to bring a cab or 2 to Eva's show........at all........

[Etienne MacGyver]

Okay, Thanks to Anunaki, we now have english subtitles to the video :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTM2Lev1m3Q

[level42]

And in another national newspaper of today, NRC-next:

[Blanka]

Does any of the attendees have some universal adapters with 6V? I need to power many games. Better than buying 100 C-batteries.

[Etienne MacGyver]

i can bring one, but it does not have any connector, just 2 bare wires

[level42]

Uh....rather late to bring this up now.....can't help you either. I suppose these things have all kinds of connector and voltage configurations ?

[Luigi]

Okay, Thanks to Anunaki, we now have english subtitles to the video :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTM2Lev1m3Q

Thanks to both of you!!


But hey, Breakout is no that old...it's not from 197 A.D. 

[anunaki]

  some characters were lost somewhere between me and Etienne

[Luigi]

Will there be 70s/80s music? If you want to create an arcade-like atmosphere there definiteley has to be some music of the golden age

[level42]

In theater 2 (main arcade room) Yup !

[Blanka]

i can bring one, but it does not have any connector, just 2 bare wires

Well, then that one can power Q*bert on the battery springs

[Blanka]

I suppose these things have all kinds of connector and voltage configurations ?

They either have mini-jack 2.5mm tip positive 6V (gakken) or EIAJ-2/3 both inside (bandai) and outside (tomy,epoch) positive.
If I have 4 or 5, then I can run that amount at the same time, and sometimes swap with games inside the desk.
Guess I will bring a couple of junk ones I can leave behind, but I also want to have some holy-moly's available for real fans.

Guess the basic line-up will be:
Tomy Pac Man
Gakken Puck Monster
Gakken Frogger
Bandai Zackman (digdug clone)
Tomy Kingman
Gakken Super Cobra
Nintendo Donkey Kong JR. new widescreen
Space Guardian Gundam
These games I have in pretty used condition, so I won't mind an extra scratch.

Specials on request (these are in great condition, but I want to let big fans play them):
Bandai Burger Time (this one does 200€ loose).
Bandai Frisky Tom
Bandai Zaxxon
Coleco Ms. Pac Man
Gakken Crazy Kong
Bambino UFO Master Blaster Station
Donkey Kong JR. Table top
Parker Q*bert
Gakken Amidar
Epoch Star Force
Entex Stargate
Coleco Zaxxon (should I bring that one? game sucks)

Are most covered in the real arcade versions too?

[anunaki]

I'm going to try to break the WR on Space Zap. The current high score is 244.250, my personal best is around 227k and I only played it a couple of timesd at Nozomi.

won't bother filming it, but it would be fun if I could break it at the RGE

[level42]

Uh, we do hope that people are decent enough to play one or two games and then allow others a chance on that cab....this event is about telling about our hobby, sharing our passion for the machines, and having fun playing the games, not about WR's.

This is also why we decided for a time limit for the DK competition. We feel that everyone deserves to have a go on the Donkey Kong.

And if the current signs are correct, it's going to be quite busy  

[anunaki]

Well, Space Zap is a really frustrating game so I will only play a couple of times in the whole weekend. So no worries

I played it maybe 20 times at Nozomi over the last couple of months and it turns out I'm quite good at it.

What is the DK time limit btw?