Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Meetings, Exhibition, Events... => Topic started by: level42 on July 05, 2011, 04:44:07 AM
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Big open "bar" with a hard floor with "cantina" like tables in the center. Games along the edges. Bar on the right. Beers $5 and up, all US beers so....not a decent Belgian or German or Dutch beer in sight !!!!.....anyway, this kind of set-up would never work in Holland or most parts of Europe I guess.....too cold, no atmosphere...
O well...I get lucky and there's a free credit on Ms.Pac ! It took me half a millisecond to realize it's a speed-up hack $^%@^%*(@#&# B!!! :twisted: :evil: :twisted:
That's also why I easily break the day record, but I forgot the score...
- SW cockpit: HUGE burn mark in the center, makes playing harder. Discoloring on the right. Focus poor. Still set the 3rd place so normally that should stick for a while :P :P
- Q*bert !!! Poor Q*bert !! I wanted to take it with me to rescue it !!!. Played fine, but again bad discoloration on the lower right side. How the hell do you know what color it has to be turned to, if they are not correct, esp. on the higher levels !!!
ALso the bottom of the machine shows all the spilled drinks...Signs say no drinks near the machines, but you know people...
Biggest disappointment: No knocker :(
- DK: Geez....2 guys were playing it a couple of times and they didn't even manage to get up the first level !!!
They always make the same mistake....TOO SLOW.... if you're not a champ, then get up the levels ASAP...
Showed them how it was done, but still didn't get further then something like 78000 or something. Normally I should get around 100000, wasn't in shape I guess....still awed them :D
-some machines didn't respond to a coin like Joust (sad !!!) and Spyhunter (even sadder, never played that on real hardware !).
I do have to say that most of the controls were in good working order...very important. Only Frogger had some problem going down (important)...
Noticed that there are a lot of female players there (good !) but I was like their dad I guess (bad !)....
Anyway, I had good fun despite of all the remarks above. If you're in NYC go there for a couple of hours. Go at daytime...
However, don't expect games to be in collectors state. It's really like an old arcade I guess :)
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Is it just me, or is this report in need of some pictures? ;)
(http://images.cryhavok.org/d/14032-1/Pics+or+it+Didn_t+Happen.jpg)
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Well at least you was able to play some classics andre ! ;)
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Is it just me, or is this report in need of some pictures? ;)
(http://images.cryhavok.org/d/14032-1/Pics+or+it+Didn_t+Happen.jpg)
Bit hard, no laptop with me. Did take some quick videoshots though.
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O, and I think Bruno put up some pics of it here somewhere but I can't find the thread...
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O, and I think Bruno put up some pics of it here somewhere but I can't find the thread...
here:
https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=1217.0
:-* :-*
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Pity that the games were not in great shape, but you did get some time to practice for the real deal, didn't you? And then we expect a lot of pics, so don't give us an excuse like "Bruno already made tons of pics in that place".
We want fresh pictures. ;D
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Pity that the games were not in great shape, but you did get some time to practice for the real deal, didn't you? And then we expect a lot of pics, so don't give us an excuse like "Bruno already made tons of pics in that place".
We want fresh pictures. ;D
Hehe, as some of you know i have just been in the big apple, and last time i was there, we did´nt had the time to visit Barcade.... but this time.... :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace:
So, i´m a little ahead of André, as i visited it on Friday the 24th of June...
I have to give André right about the place, they could have done it so much nicer if they wanted to... - and the no drinks near the arcades........ pretty tough when theres a shelf between all of them for placing the drinks while you play.....
I´m sorry i didn't have the time to meet up in NY, but ill see you in September!
ok, enough talk, time for pics...
388 Union Avenue:
(http://www.opdenkelder.com/muerto/arc/Barcade7.jpg)
Inside.... (doh ;))
(http://www.opdenkelder.com/muerto/arc/Barcade6.jpg)
A Tapper and a Timber.....!!!! (even my girlfriend thought the tapper was fun! :o)
(http://www.opdenkelder.com/muerto/arc/Barcade1.jpg)
(http://www.opdenkelder.com/muerto/arc/Barcade2.jpg)
;D
(http://www.opdenkelder.com/muerto/arc/Barcade3.jpg)
(http://www.opdenkelder.com/muerto/arc/Barcade10.jpg)
When i was there, there was not an SW, and the Tempest was not working :'( :'(
(and sorry for the crappy photos.... iPhone suck when taking pictures inside)
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I think you were in the Brooklyn Barcade Muerto. I was in the Jersey City one. That one has the SW cockpit....
Sorry guys no pics, nothing, until I return. I'm back in "hickory county" right now where they think a telephone pole with some copper wires to transmit morse signals is the hottest thing in town..... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Ah, sorry about the confusing, maby a thread split is in order?? Bruno.. ::)
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O, and I think Bruno put up some pics of it here somewhere but I can't find the thread...
I think you were in the Brooklyn Barcade Muerto. I was in the Jersey City one. That one has the SW cockpit....
Sorry guys no pics, nothing, until I return. I'm back in "hickory county" right now where they think a telephone pole with some copper wires to transmit morse signals is the hottest thing in town..... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I was in Barcade, Brooklyn. I didn't know there was an other 'Barcade' somewhere else?
Anyway, an other good reason for you to publish pictures from that 'unknown location' ;)
Nice pictures Muerto... the games weren't exactly the same when we were there 1 year and half ago.
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As mentioned, I didn't take pics but did some video shots.
Here ya go:
http://youtu.be/zultewP-qDk
Be sure to switch to 1020p HD, looks awesome ! :P
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"what's this" priceless.
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As mentioned, I didn't take pics but did some video shots.
Here ya go:
http://youtu.be/zultewP-qDk
Be sure to switch to 1020p HD, looks awesome ! :P
Nice video, and ... in 1080 it's even better in full screen :-*
Out of topic : how to avoid 'the raster' when filming arcade monitors? I've the same problem with my Sony camera. Does it is a matter of 50/60hz? I mean our European camera are not configured in 'native' for that? How does it work? Can it be solved?
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As mentioned, I didn't take pics but did some video shots.
Here ya go:
http://youtu.be/zultewP-qDk
Be sure to switch to 1020p HD, looks awesome ! :P
!!!!! - What was wrong with Golden Axe??????????
that cab was quickly passed! and that is a quite fun game!!
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As mentioned, I didn't take pics but did some video shots.
Here ya go:
http://youtu.be/zultewP-qDk
Be sure to switch to 1020p HD, looks awesome ! :P
!!!!! - What was wrong with Golden Axe??????????
that cab was quickly passed! and that is a quite fun game!!
Really ? Don't know it, never played it...looks yukkie to me. 1989....WAYYY to new for me my friend :P So that's why I probably passed it very quickly.
Sorry about the 1020/1080 typo Bruno :P
The rasters: Well, my camera is filming 25 fps if I'm not mistaking, and the monitors are of course running on their own frequency (driven by the game PCB) but usually around 60Hz (even in Europe because the syncing is managed by the game PCB). Maybe I can switch the camera to a higher frequency but not sure if that will actually fix it because it hast to be EXACTLY in sync to now show it...as far as I know.