video game frenzy continues...

[amuzulo]

So, now we see what happens to me when the girlfriend doesn't visit. ;) I get all nostalgic on arcade games. At least I'm not as nostalgic as this guy who bought a Galaxian 3 Theater. Whoa. I've always wanted to have a stand-up arcade game in my apartment/house, but this is a bit over the edge. But, I want to find out where he moves it, so I

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[ex_sonjaaa]

Mi elŝutis Scorched3D sed tute ne ŝatis. Mi preferis la originalan! :)

Provu la saltludon Icy Towers! :)

[amuzulo]

Mi ankaŭ preferas la originalan, sed la 3D-versio estas ankaŭ tre interesa laŭ mi.

Mi devas esplori pri Icy Towers, sed bezonas Vindozon, do mi atendos ĝis kiam mi havos Mac OS Leopard por provi ĝin.

[jiggery_pokery]

Hmm, that's tricky. I abruptly went off arcades about eight years or so ago due to a bad experience I don't really want to talk about, but in company then they're OK. My gut feeling, though, is that the Namco Stations in the UK ought to be good, the Trocadero centre in London used to host a Sega World indoor theme park, had a very impressive arcade and probably still does, but the best place to go would be Blackpool whose Golden Mile had, and presumably still has, a heck of a lot of arcades. In terms of your sort of arcade games and mine, you're probably as well off with a well-stocked MAME directory, some nice hardware (that I don't own) and good company as anything else.

Unrelatedly, msoworld.com is down - don't know why and it might be a problem at my end rather than the web site's end - but this year's MSO is something like Saturday 18th August to Sunday 26th August (maybe Friday 17th to Monday 27th, can't remember) in Potters Bar, just north of London. I'll be going to help out for the first four days or so.

[amuzulo]

Hmm, sounds like those are all arcades in England; I asked for arcades in Europe. ;) Sorry to hear about your bad experience, would be curious to find out how it was related... addiction, violence, etc., but if you don't want to go into details, I won't press you.

I looked into going to MSO, but unfortunately I have to give a presentation at FrOSCon in Bonn on Aug 26. Hmm, could be interesting to come for part of the beginning of it though... although I do arrive back from Taipei on Aug 13, so that would be a lot of travel. Since I work Tuesday to Thursday, I could even come for a few days (Aug 16-20) without taking vacation days... and I imagine I could get easily find a cheap flight to London. Interesting idea, what days will you be there?

Hurry up and get that website back online, so I can make plans! ;)