Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: Etienne MacGyver on May 11, 2009, 05:08:19 PM
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After a nice week of holiday to the greek island Crete (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crete), its time to post some pics of the arcade that i found there...
first thing is that its dificult to find an arcade these days i think.
the machines they have are mostly spending they're life displaying the attraction mode...
I guess its too warm there to play games :)
(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/arcadegreece1.jpg)
(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/arcadegreece2.jpg)
(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/arcadegreece3.jpg)
(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/arcadegreece4.jpg)
as you can see its a really busy place..... NOT!
anyway , there was also the pleasure of enjoying the nice views of the country.
(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/view1.jpg)
a nice piece of scenery taken from the boat wich we took for a trip.
this part was in front of our hotel.
(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/view2.jpg)
We only stayed one week , so it was time to go back again , and look what i found in the airport.
(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/r2d2lego.jpg)
For all you starwars fans, R2-D2 in Lego.
(for the people that are interested, i have the full resolution picture right here. 2848x2136 (http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/r2d2full.jpg)
Greetings
Etienne.
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thx for sharing, etienne. however, modern arcades all host the same kind of games: racing games and shoot 'em up games. where's the creativity that once roamed the arcades???
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thx for sharing, etienne. however, modern arcades all host the same kind of games: racing games and shoot 'em up games. where's the creativity that once roamed the arcades???
Yeah (http://www.opdenkelder.com/icons/exactly.gif), i get your feeling,
I also cannot say that i like it very much , and i preffer the "real" arcades , with classics like donky kong, pacman, galaga etc etc etc.
thanx god i bring my mini laptop ;D
(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/donkeykong.gif)
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Thanks for sharing your pictures :-*
A colleague of mine is just back from Greece, I'll show him your nice pictures ;)
Regarding DK on your laptop...
(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/donkeykong.gif)
Did you try to play it on 'tate' mode ::) :P ;D
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Thanks for sharing your pictures :-*
A colleague of mine is just back from Greece, I'll show him your nice pictures ;)
Regarding DK on your laptop...
Did you try to play it on 'tate' mode ::) :P ;D
I have alot more foto's here, but they are more "family pics" 8)
(http://www.opdenkelder.com/icons/vlag.gif)is there anyone that can explane to me the word 'tate' , i don't know what that means :-[
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Thanks for sharing your pictures :-*
A colleague of mine is just back from Greece, I'll show him your nice pictures ;)
Regarding DK on your laptop...
Did you try to play it on 'tate' mode ::) :P ;D
(http://www.opdenkelder.com/icons/vlag.gif)is there anyone that can explane to me the word 'tate' , i don't know what that means :-[
Tate mode -> VERTICAL MONITOR POSITION (like the old '80s classics)
From WIKI: TATE mode - the ability to rotate the game's display by ninety degrees while the player's monitor rests on its left side, for full-screen arcade size.
:wink:
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Yeah and then hook up one of those USB arcade joysticks ! :D
What time were you in that arcade ? It's usually busier at nights. I took similar pics when I was in Lanzarote. They actually had a number of "arcades" there....
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=70815.0
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Ah , ofcourse "rotate 90 degrees" i should have know that :oops: :oops:
anyway , its ofcourse possible, but that require indeed external controls wich i did not bring on vacation 8)
@level42, I was there around 4:15 PM, so it could be that there where more people in the night.
it was kind of an arcade/internet cafe, there where actually some people using the internet PC's
after reading your threat about your foto's in lanzarotte , i know what you mean with feeling strange taking pictures inside a arcade :D