Archive for 2008

This guy on the local Minneapolis Craiglist circuit has 4-5 empty cabinets for your MAME building pleasure They’re empty–so they are truly for starting out fresh.

Link. Phone calls only. No emailing.

Posted under: Arcade & Coin-Op
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Team Fortress 2 should of looked like this, or at least given you the option.

TF2 girl red team

Or you can join the Blue team. I found my new desktop wallpaper.

I stumbled upon this cool streaming radio podcast. Music and commercials all related to Retro Arcade Gaming. Old music and new music mixed in with some rare retro arcade sounds. Game music, new and old. Right now Tron 2.0 music is on.

The Podcast description is as follows: “Retro Arcade Radio – A playful musical celebration of the ’80s arcade gaming scene. Streaming exclusively retro gaming related nonstop musical madness, mixed with period gaming commercials for added fun!”

Check out the site and visit the link.

I am back from my trip to the Vermont and New Hampshire area.  I made a couple stops at Funspot.  No brushes with fame or tremendous high scores to share.  But I did take pictures.

Funspot

How does the Buckner and Garcia song go?

I got a pocket full of quarters, and I’m headed to the arcade.
I don’t have a lot of money, but I’m bringing ev’rything I made.
I’ve got a callus on my finger, and my shoulder’s hurting too.
I’m gonna eat them all up, just as soon as they turn blue.

This weeks SYDKYN may not be Pac-Man related but it is small and it does fit in your pocket. What if you could carry real ATARI games on your keychain? Well now you can. And I have…
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