We are filming a arcade documentary here in Denmark, and we've decided to call it Bit Brothers. It will be about the people hanging out at Chassis Arcade in Copenhagen, but more important, about our journey to get Svavar qualified for the Kong Off 3 and have him in the DK row. We will bring some other people to beat some arcade world records while we're at it: Kim Kanonarm = Gyruss and 1943: Battle of Midway & Michael Dyst = Puzzle Bobble. You can read all about it at www.bitbrothers.dk and www.facebook.com/bitbrothersmovie

There's a small trailer/teaser online now (and yes, we are working on subtitles for it)  

There will probably come a Kickstarter thing at some point, but will keep you guys posted. Thank you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NQM2ZuW8F_k

Before ordering one from arcadeshop.com, I thought I would try here first.

So hook me up if you have one, thanks

Thomas.

First of, I'm sorry for the crappy phone images, but it's all I've got.

But hi, my name is Thomas and I'm from Denmark! I've been lurking around the board for quite some time now, learning new stuff and just enjoy reading in here. Ever since I've tried a Centipede some years back, I told to my self, I need me one of these bad boys! Then I visited Muerto and really played the game, and I just got more sure. Since then I've been checking ebay etc for a Centipede, and finally I got lucky, and got in contact with a seller in Denmark that had one.

Oh yes, and one cold september day, I got ready for a roadtrip that was about 292 KM each way. As the rookie I am (only got 1 generic cab) I borrowed a trailer instead of a van, so the trip took just a little bit longer because of the speed-limits when driving with a trailer.

Leaving Aalborg:


As sad as it is, this is the only pic from the trip. As I was entering the city where the seller lives, my phone which I used for GPS (and photos), went dead. So with only the sellers first name and streetname, I was lost. But I got lucky, and when I was standing in the sellers street confused, some girl opened her window and asked if she could help. She kindly let me in her home, let me borrow her computer to check my mail and looking for the sellers adress. Off I went to the sellers house, talked a bit, loaded the cab and drove home again.

Called a friend of mine and told him to come over and help me get the cab in my apartment, and of course I have to live on the second floor. That won't stop me from getting a Centi, so we got it up there, and here it is:


The game works fine, but there is a problem with the PCB. Look at the 000's at the top of the game. They work like mushrooms when you play the game, and the highscore is scrambled because of them, any idea what causes the problem, please let me know. Oh yeah and I finally passed 100,000 mark


So that's my little story about my first dedicated cabinet. I hope I'll get better when the next cab is calling my name. 

If anyone remembers the short part in Chasing Ghosts, where Billy is talking about the Millipede competition between Ben Gold and Eric Ginner, and have not watched it yet, I recommend to do it. It was a cool show, too bad it did not make more episodes.

Ben Gold uploaded the pilot on youtube and write's this:
This was the pilot episode of the Video Game Challenge. While the series never took off, the interviews and discussions are nostalgic, especially when seeing how primitive the graphics were. Eric Ginner and I faced off in a Millipede competition.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj6a_4vfyFo&feature=related
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFh_b5fSjJc&feature=related
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg-wH_4xHEI&feature=related