Where an adult can be a kid.

Posts by Zoyx

Those Midway Cabinets at Target

According to sources on a retro arcade newsgroup, those Midway Cabinets didn’t sell so well at Target. Apparently the original plan was to only stock these for 6 weeks, ending shortly after the New Year. No clearance sale for the unsold units, just being sent back to the manufacturer. Here is the newsgroup thread. Curious to see where these cabinets will end up. Any theories?

I tried one of these units at the local Duluth Target, and would have to agree with most of the points made in this review. Although, with that said, I might still purchase one if I find a good clearance price.

Posted by on January 5, 2006 at 10:41 am
Comments (5)
Posted under: Arcade & Coin-Op
Tags:

New Years Eve LAN Party

I am trying to organize a New Years Eve LAN “bender”. I started a thread on the coyote forums (Bombo the Cat = Xenolith). Don’t know where this LAN will be yet, but we will find a place. If interested, send an e:mail to my xenozoyx gmail account so I can add you to the mail-list.

Posted by on December 7, 2005 at 2:11 pm
Comments (6)
Posted under: Announcements / Events
Tags: ,

Marble Craziness

I’ve gone and done it. I purchased a Marble Madness machine on ebay. Sooooo… who wants to help me pick it up? Boy am I gonna get the chicks now {winking emoticon goes here}.

Posted by on November 30, 2005 at 9:36 pm
Comments (6)
Posted under: Arcade & Coin-Op
Tags:

Mutant Storm

For those looking for some Robotron-like action using a modern game engine, try Mutant Storm. A total of 89 levels of 3D arenas to fight through. Well, not really 3D arenas. All action is taking place on a 2D plane like Robotron, just that the POV changes as you move. The game uses the Torque engine, which was the base for Tribes 2.

Mutant Storm is over two years old, so some of you may have already heard of it. I have been playing Mutant Storm since January of this year, and still fire it up if I want some quick arcade action.

You can use a mouse and keyboard, but that just doesn’t cut it. I recommend a dual stick game pad. I use a Saitek P2500. This way you will get an experience closer to playing Robotron.

Game is available at Garage Games, and at Pom Pom Games. Yes, it is a multi-platform game. But if you go the linux route, make darn sure that your game pad has linux drivers.

Posted by on November 19, 2005 at 6:17 am
Comments (1)
Posted under: Computers & MAME, New Games
Tags: , , ,

Retro Game Controller

I bought a SlikStik controller for playing mainly arcade games. I didn’t enclose it into a cabinet, but I still have a good set up. Here is a picture of that set up. Can you name the game? The game represented is my all-time favorite.

Posted by on August 24, 2005 at 4:43 pm
Comments (3)
Posted under: Computers & MAME
Tags:
Next Entries »