Old Arcade memories! Some custom pinballl machine.

[KTrain]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

I remember the 6 player X-men game at (I think) Laser Illusions at Marlborough Mall. I was blown away by how awesome that game was.

Yup. That was my favourite as well.

http://www.racketboy.com/gamerooms/2...t-cabinet.html

[GreenTeaFrapp]

I can remember multiple occasions where the guy in the change booth at an arcade got arrested by the cops for dealing.

[krazycanuck]

In Vegas there is a pinball hall of fame a little bit off the strip.

http://www.pinballmuseum.org/

I've planned on going there multiple times, however once I land in Vegas I'm usually too drunk to do anything but drink.

[ResAlien]

I spent far too much money in that Xenophobe game at Lloyd's as a kid



Man I've got to find that sucker again.

[Deelow]

Was the Wizard's Castle once called Laser Illusions?

[Hack&Lube]

[CMPunk]

Originally Posted by Deelow

Was the Wizard's Castle once called Laser Illusions?

In Marlbrough...yes

[Nage Waza]

Who remembers the big fat guy with the beard at Wizard's in Chinook? That is old school.

[Kybosh]

[I-Hate-Hulse]

This had to be one of the best pinball machines of all time. You could play this thing for hours... Remember the torpedo ball launchers? Williams always churned out a quality machine.




Calgary Airport has the best pinball left in the city. Not a lot of places but they can be counted on to have at least 6 machines in various "arcades" around the airport. They don't have this baby.

2nd best would be this bad boy: C-H-A-O-S

[habernac]

Earthshaker ftw

[onetwo_threefour]

Twilight Zone was great. Anybody remember 'High Speed' with the police bubble? That thing came in and started going off and all the dealers in the Arcade/Pool Hall I played at in high school would start looking at the door.

For video games, Gauntlet II, R-Type and Afterburner were probably my all-time faves. Honourable mention to Darkstalkers for a fighting game.

[Bertuzzied]

Hey so with pinball machines, can they tilt the playing surface to be steeper?

My fave arcade game as a kid was Space Harrier and the Star Wars game. Oh and Tron.

[Rifleman]

I liked the Star Trek TNG arcade, but I also liked the TOS version. I can't find a picture of the whole thing, but the top looked like this:



My dream would be to own a big enough house to eventually get a few of these machines and turn a room into an 80's style retro room.

[Roast Beef]

Originally Posted by onetwo_threefour

Twilight Zone was great. Anybody remember 'High Speed' with the police bubble? That thing came in and started going off and all the dealers in the Arcade/Pool Hall I played at in high school would start looking at the door.

For video games, Gauntlet II, R-Type and Afterburner were probably my all-time faves. Honourable mention to Darkstalkers for a fighting game.

R-Type is my favorite game of all time.

[Redliner]

Originally Posted by Roast Beef

R-Type is my favorite game of all time.

R-Type is awesome. Apparently it's available from Xbox Live arcade now - I'm going to have to look that up.

Honourable mentions to 1942, Double Dragon, and Black Tiger. Double Dragon was the first game I could ever finish on one quarter.

[Gobsgraham]

Dragon's Lair was my favorite game growing up. I used to play it at all the time at Village Square Leisure Centre when my older brother was playing hockey.