Eurocade..2013 !

[ckong]

I am ready for day two. Yesterday was very cool, hundreds of visitors just for us and all having fun. I spoke to guys who played certain games, like Galaga for the first time in 30 years.  Best compliment that I heard is that lots of visitors to the Eurocade Arcade Room said that it was just as they were back in an Arcade in the eighties.  

That is what this is all about, having fun and let other people have fun on our games.

I showed a lot of personal friends from outside the hobby and relatives all the great stuff that we had to show and they were all amazed. Boy, I felt so proud. And all our games ran without trouble all day long.

Yesterday evening we were on national TV, so I am sure that today will be even better than yesterday.

[level42]

yeah guys, we made it to Dutch national TV yesterday evening. The Eurocade in-crowd watched it in the bar of the hotel and when it was finished everybody cheered and applauded, great fun


Here you go guys, scroll to 12.40 to see "us" !!

http://www.sbs6.nl/video/LJKpzpmmUjES/hart-van-nederland-late-editie

[Tup]

I watched SBS at home with wifey last night and she loved Pieter's interview and seeing the whole setup of Eurocade. And this afternoon I visited my parents and even they had heard about Eurocade on the radio!!

A HUGE thank you to all the ladies and gentlemen of the Eurocade crew who made all of this possible. A job perfectly done!!! I loved every minute of it and I enjoyed meeting and talking "live" to my friends from the forum very much. I just wish I could have stayed longer on Saturday.

Looking forward to meeting up with all of you again next year (and hopefully even sooner, with all this containers still to come)!

P.s. What was the highscore on the Donkey Kong competition?

[Etienne MacGyver]

more than 30000 in 5 minutes by Bela

[Tup]

more than 30000 in 5 minutes by Bela

Cool! Congrats Bela!! So cool that it was "one of us" who won  (of course a shame it wasn't me  )

[anunaki]

The actual score was 34.700 by Bela, great result for a great guy

I just came home from the event and I'm ready tired now. I will open a thread with my story and pics later. For now I just want to thank the guys for making this happening. I met new people from Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Noprway and the Netherlands and I had a great time with them

[xentraz]

I've had a great time! It was nice meeting you all  thank you for making this possible

[level42]

Yeah guys, I am home a few yours now and really tired too, but what a weekend !!

I hope to write a bit more tomorrow but it was exceeding my expectations in every way possible.....

I normally dont like to use big words, but I think it's fair to say we wrote a piece of European arcade history.

The goal we had, like Erik said so well, sharing and promoting our hobby in a fun and high quality way was met in all it's aspects.

The look of a guy in his mid twenties walking into the arcade room, his eyes opening up wide and exclaiming a soft "Wow" !...
A father with his small kid on his lap playing the Star Wars cockpit...
The total respect that the people showed for the machines in the way they played them...
People who played one game on a machine and then politely gave the chance to the next guy or girl waiting...
The smiles on people's faces...
The enthusiastic spontaneous reactions...

Those are the things that made it all worthwhile.

Hundreds and hundreds of visitors proved it:
We showed arcade gaming is not dead.....not for a long time !

[DarthNuno]

   

[level42]

I've had a great time! It was nice meeting you all  thank you for making this possible

Very nice meeting you and Vond you guys are two awesome people ! Shame we couldn't finish our two player game, but we will do a rematch for sure !!!

Béla, of course you are lucky that crew-members couldn't compete on the DK competition

[PunkRockCaveman]

The Cavemans arrived savely at home again ... I'm pretty sure, everybody who was there will share the same feelings that we have about this weekend. Only one word before we go to sleep: EPIC.

[level42]

The Cavemans arrived savely at home again ... I'm pretty sure, everybody who was there will share the same feelings that we have about this weekend. Only one word before we go to sleep: EPIC.

Wow that was fast !

As always it's a huge pleasure to have you and Mrs.PRC around !! Any arcade party without the famous cowboy-hat is no arcade party
Thanks for bringing the Amidar I love that game and actually managed to play it a couple of times before opening hour

And thanks for explaining the meaning of "Video Pinball" in German 

[Thwocker]

Simply an amazing achievement: Beeld en Geluid proved to be the killer location for the event, an absolutely smashing combo!

Fantastisch gedaan mannen!

Cheers, Marco

[Ronald Reagan]

The best part to me was sunday morning
The arcade in combination with the perfect music, some visitors and a good temperature

[level42]

Simply an amazing achievement: Beeld en Geluid proved to be the killer location for the event, an absolutely smashing combo!

Fantastisch gedaan mannen!

Cheers, Marco

Big thanks for providing the Computer Space and coming over Marco ! Despite the small control problem it had, people loved the cab for sure !!