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Houston Arcade Expo & I finally got to meet the King Of Kong!
« on: November 28, 2014, 10:54:48 PM »
It's been a while since I've made a post, not much going on lately... until Houston Arcade Expo this year!

Got To Meet The King Of Kong!  He was cool, and I got to ask some questions to him!  Yes, Everything in KOK was for dramatization!  (he was not mean to Steve)  Also, was able to meet Walter Day of Twin Galaxies Fame!! It was so cool to meet them both.  They were very nice and eager to talk to everyone! 



Got some goodies for the game room, personalized also!!



Stacy got a warm welcome from Billy!   ;D




And besides the usual, Playing fun classic arcade games and pinball, Got to try Oculus Rift!   Finally, What was seen in The Lawnmower Man is becoming a reality!!!



What A Great Time!!  :D

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Re: Houston Arcade Expo & I finally got to meet the King Of Kong!
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2014, 10:57:24 PM »
Cool !!!

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Re: Houston Arcade Expo & I finally got to meet the King Of Kong!
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2014, 08:15:33 AM »
really really cool! :)
Looking for Dragons Lair 1 or 2, Space Ace, Double Dragon, Robotron and yeah... a Shinobi would be cool, too!

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Re: Houston Arcade Expo & I finally got to meet the King Of Kong!
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2014, 09:23:38 AM »
Very nice, and thanks for remembering me the lawnmower man, i like that movie  :D

Time to look thatone up again  :spaceace:

About KOK, yeah i think everybody already knew that they made a entertaining movie and not a real documentary..

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Re: Houston Arcade Expo & I finally got to meet the King Of Kong!
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2014, 06:58:56 PM »
Must be a great honour to meet these two arcade dinosaurs in person! Great pics, thanks for sharing! :)


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Re: Houston Arcade Expo & I finally got to meet the King Of Kong!
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2014, 07:20:08 PM »
nice report, i think billy mitchell is a piece of art. so many people are totally mainstream - he is not ;D
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all i need is ... PONG - and a select few others: TOUCH ME, DRAGON'S LAIR, JOUST, ROBOTRON, MR DO, SAN FRANCISCO RUSH THE ROCK!!!

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I enjoy reading about arcade cabinets. I don't own one though... :(

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Re: Houston Arcade Expo & I finally got to meet the King Of Kong!
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2014, 09:17:53 PM »
That is really great Barry!  :)
Very happy to see you & Stacy still in these 'Arcade Life Style' stories!   :)
Billy is a really funny guy, and a very nice person.

This reminds me the very similar 'experience' I had with him few years ago, see   :P :arrow:


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Re: Houston Arcade Expo & I finally got to meet the King Of Kong!
« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2014, 07:36:13 AM »
Here's a few shots of some goodies I got signed for the Game Room!

A Poster...  (where to hang it... got to find space) lol



A DVD


And a DK Control Panel,  Lovingly Used, Signed by Billy and Walter BOTH!!   ;D



AWESOME!!!!   ;D ;D

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Re: Houston Arcade Expo & I finally got to meet the King Of Kong!
« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2014, 01:51:56 PM »
pretty sure jon stoodley (pac-man legend) was there, coz theres pics on his facebook of himself with BM!

*edit* they met in florida lol
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