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So a Dave & Busters recently opened by me and for those who don't know it is a chain of Barcades / Restaurant where you can take your kids out and drink alcoholic beverages(seriously there are tones of kids and parents drinking). Anyways what I saw was mostly all new / newer arcade games. It looks almost completely different from an classic arcade where the "traditional games" are gun games or driving games and what is left are mobile game ports using ridiculous slap buttons. I only saw one fighting game and it was the DC injustice but without a joystick and only the large slap buttons to do your moves. There was no skee-ball but there were a small assortment of carnival style games. I went to another arcade that was in a bowling alley and it was all the same things. except they had skee-ball but it cost ~$1 per play. What they do seem to have is a rfid card that you load credits in and tap your rfid card on a small screen that reads the amount of credits the game costs. They absolutely have no Atari Games or traditional arcade cabinets with a joystick style game. No more are the joystick games or classic arcade buttons no more are any hardcore skill games. In someways I get it but it seems as if decades of arcade games are just gone from any new arcade. I remember arcades always used to have the older games, in the 90s they still had the games from the early 80s. Gone are the arcade tokens a tradition reaching almost a century back is gone in a modern arcade, they will only appear as a novelty in the gambling coin push games. If that doesn't make you feel old I don't know what will. What are your thoughts on this and modern arcades? Has the Classic Arcade come to an end? Post any pics of classic arcades to keep it's spirit alive. But hey maybe I am just jaded and becoming an old curmudgeon.
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With life being more busy and complicated than ever a lot of us turn to portable systems to get in gaming fixes without having to be tethered to a television set, so I thought it could be fun to have a thread for people to show off and talk about the systems they use the most for modern gaming on the go. The key words here are "the most", since I'm sure many of us have collected several modern portables, so the question is which one do you actually take with you the majority of the time? Are you a fan of the Switch or 3DS, or maybe the Vita is more to your liking? Maybe you're happy just playing Atari 2600 games so an Atari Flashback Portable does it for you, or perhaps all of your portable modern gaming needs are now met by just a smartphone or tablet? In any case, snap a picture and let us know! My modern handheld of choice is a Galaxy Style New 3DS XL. I've had a bit of a love affair with the idea of stereoscopic 3D gaming ever since the original 3DS was debuted, but it wasn't until the New 3DS line of systems came along with face tracking technology to keep the 3D image in focus that the idea I was so fond of became a practical reality. Now I can play games in 3D all day long with no eye strain, headaches, or motion sickness like I used to get from the old 3DS systems after 15 or 20 minutes of playing a game in 3D. I also really like the StreetPass and Play Coin pedometer features of the 3DS systems, both of which are fun little additions that encourage you to take it with you wherever you go. The eShop and Virtual Console are pretty great too. If Nintendo ever releases a smaller and more pocket friendly Switch system I might give it a try, but in it's current form the Switch is just a little too big and bulky for me to carry around; so I'm quite happy just tossing my New 3DS XL in a slim travel case and letting it ride around in my pocket everywhere I go.
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Get the word out MGC dates set for April 7th to 9th ,2017 for more information http://midwestgamingclassic.com I won't ask for help for jagfest section yet, have to make sure I'm able to go,plus might have other plans for mgc. plus its too early to tell. when I'm ready for helpers I'll post a new topic as well as mention on avc online forum.
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Check out our latest mini story using the Nox Archaist engine to demo the newest features in the game: In the last episode the wizard Ojithar warned us that the nearby ruins contain a great evil. Of course that's where we are headed, there's bound to be treasure! Some new game play elements to look for in this video: *Combat Scenarios *Spellcasting Special Effects *New Tile Graphic Animations *NPCs Outside of Towns Check out our blog: http://www.noxarchaist.com Follow us on Twitter @6502workshop
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AVC Online Announces the new venue for Video Game Summit Chicago, IL 12:00pm 2/16/15 Remember how much fun you used to have playing Atari, Nintendo and all kinds of games on your computer? Well, you will have the rare opportunity to play these great games again at the Video Game Summit, Chicago 's premier video game trade show. In fact, dealers in retro games will be on hand offering games, controllers,systems and memorabilia and will be prepared to buy or trade for the games you have held onto since you were a kid. Who knows, you might just have an Atari cartridge worth $1000 or more collecting dust in your attic. "Retrogaming," the playing and collecting of classic video and computer games, is more popular than ever. In fact, a dedicated group of programmers still issues new games for game systems,such as the Atari 2600, last seen in retail stores over fifteen years ago. The Video Game Summit, now in its twelfth year, brings together classic and modern generation gamers from all over the country to swap stories, games and to compete in sanctioned tournaments and raffles. The event is open to the public and people of all ages with an interest in video games or computers are encouraged to attend. According to the event's organizer, Dan Iacovelli, "we plan to have many retro and modern game consoles for play”. After last year's show we found out that our venue for the past 10 shows was no longer available this year. So the search begun after the show ended last year. It was narrowed to at least three locations, two of the three weren't available. It almost looked like 2014 was the last show, luckily we found that our third venue was open. So are proud to announce the new home of VGS for 2015 is the Midwest Conference Center in Northlake,IL right off the expressway. The date of the show will be July 11th, 2015 from 10am to 6pm at our new location The Midwest Conference Center, 401 West Lake St. Northlake,IL 60164-2401. Admission is $10.00 per person (children 12 and under with an Adult are Free) Vendors are 60.00 each consist of one 6 foot black skirted table and two chairs and electricity) or 50.00 with out power Attendees and Vendors will all get the following: A. a copy of the normal print version of the 2015 program* 1 entry to the Ultimate Prize Package which consists of the following items: 1. 2015 Color Program 2. VGS shirt 3. Promotional posters from 2011-2013 4. Special Edition posters from 2011-2012 5. poster from this year 6. Gamestop e-card(e-mailed to winner) B. 2 entries in to our pick the package raffle, where you get to bid on smaller packages made from prizes donated by sponsors. *Those register online before the program is announced for sale at magcloud.com will be e-mailed a copy of the ebook version for free( once it's announced they will be sold online) you will be required to either print it out or have it on your mobile device when you come to the show (this cuts down on the printing of normal copies) To register for the show go to http://www.videogamesummit.net/?page_id=20 Connect with us: Video Game Summit Yahoo Group: http://gamesource.groups.yahoo.com/group/VideoGameSummit/ Follow us on our twitter: http://twitter.com/VideoGameSummit Facebook group page: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=93322237423 Squidoo page: http://www.squidoo.com/Video-Game-Summit Myspace page: http://myspace.com/videogamesummit Dan Iacovelli is available to answer any questions at (708) 688-4561 or VideoGameSummit@yahoo.com The Video Game Summit is sponsored by the following: AVC Online and ESGA Softwaorks About AVC Online: AVC Online (Formerly Atari Video Club Online) is am online club that has been supporting Atari Video games and computers for more then 13 years. We have also been involved with Atari Jaguar Festival since 1997. For more information on AVC Online visit: http://avc.atari-users.net END PRESS RELEASE
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From the album: My Game Collection
My ColecoVision Flashback, Bought new, $40, at Dollar General-
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Nintendo 64 in the box, from same deal as the SX-64.-
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Xbox console Given to me by a friend. works good. -
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2000 Slim-Style Sony PlayStation "PS1". works good. -
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Sony Playstation 1 Console, Given to me by my cousin in 2003.-
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Current modern game im playing, GTA 5.-
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My Xbox 360 Arcade Edition (standard) console. I have about 25 games for it. the modern (post 2000) console I play the most. I figured i collect for the modern stuff too! -
2014 Video Game Summit Announced The date of the show will be July 12th, 2014 from 10am to 6pm at The Heron Point Convention Center,665 West North Avenue , Lombard,IL (adjacent from the Fairfield Inn and Suites hotel) Admission is $5.00 per person (children 12 and under with an Adult are Free) and booths are $30.00 (a booth consist of three 2 x 5 tables 2 side tables and one front table). booth price includes admission for two and a choice click here for more Video Game Summit Crowd Funding Projects he Video Game Summit Staff and AVC Online announce our second of many crowd funder t-shirt projects to come. In October 13th, 2013 we started a trial run of Black VGS t-shirts which only ran for 2 weeks, that didn’t go well. We we brought it back for another try this time going for 21 days starting Dec 15th till Jan 5th 2014. the cost of the shirts are 18.00 (our goal is to sell 30 or more before end of the project)with the profits going toward the show. Also a new item has been added A Black Hooded Sweat with the same designs as the black t-shirts also going for the 21 days (same dates as black-t-shirt) at 34.00 (same goal as the shirt) Profits as well go toward the show. for more click here
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Hey everyone. This is Blake Leftwich, the creator of Prehistoric Times and Gamebot. I'm also the co-founder of Eggroll Games. We make kids apps for mobile devices. We're doing something new that's not a kids app. It's called Tappy Lander! It's influenced by the classic games I love and I'd like to know if you are interested, have feedback, etc. More screens, info, dev diary updates, etc. at http://facebook.com/tappylander I'd love to have your likes, follows and support, and want to hear your thoughts. Thanks!
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Does anyone have a different way of collecting? a "sub-collection" or just something cool they like to get they're games with? a sort of non-standard collection? Me, I enjoy having the price tag on my games, as long as they have a high price on them. I also enjoy having games in rental cases... I find that very odd. but its cool. :thumbsup:
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