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# Last Minute
I went visiting Lastminute.com this morning. I was waiting in the reception. A bloke comes and delivers an 1983 style arcade machine. Apparently an employees brother had won it from the Channel4 website and has nowhere to put it. And so LM are going to auction it on their site.

Sorry for the dullness of this post - I just fancied saying hello really.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 18:22, archived)
# There's a Bubble Bobble arcade machine for sale in m3ss3ng3r's
Spanish Flea Market.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 18:23, archived)
# Find me an Amidar
or that one where the bloke climbs up the side of skyscapers dodging falling plant pots, and I'll be interested.
(I helped save b3ta! gfreeman is only here for the beer, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 18:24, archived)
# That site
gives opera the shits.
(I helped save b3ta! EvS, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 18:24, archived)
# 1983 - good year !
what game was it Rob ?
(I helped save b3ta! Darryn.R, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 18:26, archived)
# time stack?
time spack?
space spazz?

I dunno. It's in a nice big box with a steering wheel tho. I'd love to have it but it's just so bloody big.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 18:28, archived)
# I'd like Tron myself..
Don't suppose I'll ever get one though..

(I helped save b3ta! Darryn.R, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 18:30, archived)
# oooh tron
that sounds nice. Did it look much like the film?
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 18:30, archived)
# the TRON Arcade
was great!! especially the light cycles...unfortunately, it didn't LOOK anything like the film...

maybe they should redo it with the technology we got now...that would look so cool!
(djmothra, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 18:32, archived)
# they are
Tron 2.0 for pc.. look it up
(I helped save b3ta! Darkedge, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 18:35, archived)
# I've found a link
www.csh.rit.edu/~jerry/arcade/tron/

Yep - doesn't look as pretty as the film.

Shame, as a tempest style visual treatment would have been pretty smart.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 18:35, archived)
# A bit..
..Well - No.
But it did have laser bike races and a bit where you got to blow up the evil computer overlord at the end..

There was a second Tron machine in which you played the disc tossing game, but that was a surround machine you stood inside.

We have a Jukebox and a Mad fruit machine already, a retro vid game is next on the list.. If you see a Tron, or at a push (We are lacking space here) an 'OUTRUN' please let me know..

If I can find a Tron remake online I'll mail you a link Rob.
(I helped save b3ta! Darryn.R, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 18:35, archived)
# it's on mame
daren't download it. that would be the evening gone.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 18:41, archived)
# Get yerself a standard Jamma cabinet
And throw in a PC running mame. That's wot I dun.

I've now got a machine that has over 3,000 arcade games on it. Proper arcade monitor, coin slot, 2 player with six buttons each.

Class.
(I helped save b3ta! kaydup, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 18:56, archived)
# Rob
cheeky question

me and koit were wondering if you could blog the cheltenham b3ta bash?
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Mon 17 Feb 2003, 18:33, archived)