Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: StilgarISCA on October 27, 2016, 07:46:06 AM
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Hello All,
I'm sure like most of you, I've been a fan of arcade machines since I first laid eyes on one in the early 80s. I never thought about the possibility of owning my own arcade machines until I discovered the rec.games.video.arcade.collecting Usenet group many years later in college. The problem then was that I didn't have any damn money or storage space. I more or less forgot about this dream until I stumbled across Todd Tuckey's TNT Amusements channel on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/tntamusements/videos), and I was hooked in again. Of course, now that I have some money, the prices have gone up beyond what I'd like to pay for a decent machine. Then I found one of scr33ns scratch build videos and I started to believe that I could do that.
Earlier this spring I set out to build my own Track and Field Cocktail. While I am trying to be relatively accurate, I'm not going for 100%. I know that posting pictures and updates in forums like this are a typical way to share out your builds with the masses, but I hate how image links grow stale and the build out pictures get lost over time. So I set up a blog for my build. I've been trying to post about some of the details, including the parts that aren't quite going as planned because I think that's interesting too. There are a few WTFs I've decided I can live with and most people other than myself probably wouldn't notice without close inspection.
Anyway, I wanted to share it out with the community and just see what people think. I'm new to the forum here (other than reading anonymously for a while), so I hope it's acceptable to post a link like this:
https://www.classicarcadeprojects.com/ (https://www.classicarcadeprojects.com/?utm_source=dlf&utm_medium=forum&utm_content=group&utm_campaign=feedback)
I'm hoping to get this thing wrapped up before winter, but between my kids, the weather and other responsibilities it's generally taking me a lot longer than I thought it would to get this built. But I've had a good time doing it, and I've learned quite a bit, so I'm already considering another scratch build of a Gauntlet II.
I'm a little bit father along than I have updated in my blog posts, but not too much.
-StilgarISCA
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Very nice! One of my fav. cocktails! can´t wait to see more results. :)
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Thanks for the encouraging words.
I was thinking I might ask at work if they'll let me put it into one of our kitchenettes for a while so my coworkers can enjoy it too. Might leave it as coin op play and donate any money to a local charity or something.
I kinda thought I might need some sort of vending license, but I couldn't find anything in the local law books that indicated I would.
-StilgarISCA
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Enjoyed reading your blog. Well done, it looks like it is gonna be a beautifull cocktail. Keep posting and don't for get some more pics....We love pics.
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Thanks!
Here's a image that's a little closer to where I'm at in construction. I'm really happy with how it's turning out.
(https://www.classicarcadeprojects.com/img/tnf-forum-mostly-complete.jpg)
More updates soon!
-Stilgar