mannin Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Yes! Funland! That old bald guy who was about 4' tall, remember him? Probably dead now.. He was called Jack Karran and yes he is dead now, a really nice chap. There is a pool cup named after him as he was massively involved in the local pool leagues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cret Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Were there 2 arcades around there? I can't remember the name but the one I used to go to was further along where I think River Island is now maybe? Used to have the starwars cabinet outside and the Monkey gift dispensing machine. Inside they had operation Wolf, and Darius, which was ****ing ace because it had 3 screens on it! Would love to play that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I'm currently playing through FF VI on SNES, but I doubt this is oldschool enough to qualify! I tried plugging my snes in the other day. My 6 year old was beside himself with excitement, but it didn't work. Went in the bin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Were there 2 arcades around there? I can't remember the name but the one I used to go to was further along where I think River Island is now maybe? Used to have the starwars cabinet outside and the Monkey gift dispensing machine.Inside they had operation Wolf, and Darius, which was ****ing ace because it had 3 screens on it! Would love to play that again. There were four arcades in town that I remember: Sun Valley - where Burtons is now The Leisure Inn - Still there Gah Can't remember the name of it, but opposite the leisure. Only had gambling machines and turned into the Golden Fry caf. Funland - pretty sure it's where capones is, but I could be wrong on the exact position. Yes funland had the 3 screen darius cab. WARNING A LARGE SPACESHIP APPROACHING! Best of times: Mad Planets in Sun Valley, the music was the fucking nuts. Oh and the day The I-robot machine arrived in the Leisure, solid 3d man, woo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutley Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I've a fully working Sega Megadrive, Atari ST and CBM 64 in storage. Also have a Sega Gamegear but the screen has gone a bit on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyconcrete Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Not quite as 'classic' but I used to like Rastan in Summerland! Didn't the Rendevous used to have arcade machines (possibly just gamblers?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I tried plugging my snes in the other day. My 6 year old was beside himself with excitement, but it didn't work. Went in the bin Bloody hell, I wouldn't like to be a child growing up in your house! Still, I suppose it's one less mouth to feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thargoid Killer Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Perhaps my nick is a give away? Old school retro gamer here. Horace goes skiing, Manic miner, Jet set willy, ik+, Elite, Kick off, sensible soccer etc etc played/owned all the classic computers/consoles. Arcades - Double Dragon, Space Harrier, Afterburner, Outrun, The Star wars games, Operation Wolf + Thunderbolt. Fucking ace days. And thanks to Xbox arcade and Mame - can still play em all. Swish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray marshall Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 run mame on me chipped xbox1....original robotron, i robot and way too many others to mention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Didn't the Rendevous used to have arcade machines (possibly just gamblers?) Your right, but I can't remember any games of note there. Did they have a defender? They had a proper 'buttons only' defender in Summerland. It was nails. Summerland had some seriously collectable classics that would be worth a fortune today, like that 4 player table football game and a tailgunner cab. Anyone remember any games in the Villa arcade? I've a vague memory of an Rtype machine, but that might have been in Onchan park (probably still there ) The 360's (and probably ps3) are great if you like retro, there's a good few remakes of retro games on Live with the visuals brushed up. Loads of retro classics on wiiware too. Thargoid: Elite on the zx spectrum was the first game where I woke up in the night believing I was a space ship commander, happy days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibaba Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Summerland had 'Return of the Jedi' with the ride on Speeder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theman Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 run mame on me chipped xbox1....original robotron, i robot and way too many others to mention oh yeah table top arcade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theman Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 run mame on me chipped xbox1....original robotron, i robot and way too many others to mention oh yeah table top arcade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2084 Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 Too many posts I want to quote, and I can't figure out how to do it! I have an R-Type upright; my favourite (if not fckn impossible) shooter. So many classic games mentioned here, really surprised at the interest and nostalgia to be honest! I can never be bothered trying retro games on Live or PSN - certainly the PS3 ones get crappy reviews. Nothing beats the real thing though, even tho I love MAME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theman Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 run mame on me chipped xbox1....original robotron, i robot and way too many others to mention oh yeah table top arcade lol there £1800.00 wtf http://www.retro-tech.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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