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The OFFICIAL American Classic Arcade Museum @ PAX-East 2014 Thread

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  • aBByNormaLaBByNormaL Registered User regular
    edited 2014 03
    To quote Dr. Sheldon Cooper PhD ... "time to rock Mario old school" ... so looking forward to this .... kudos for keeping the dream alive

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  • mpsmps Registered User regular
    Thanks everyone for all of the kind words. Can you believe PAX-East is a week away?

    ACAM volunteer Scott Gaulin stopped in to get the Pole Position II prepped for the show.

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  • mpsmps Registered User regular
    Here is a look at the staging area for PAX-East. This will turn into a small mountain next week before we start loading our box trucks. For now, you can see a few of the games we are bringing. There are some old favorites we have had in the past like Bosconian and Punchout. However, if you look close, you can see two games we have not brought before: Dragon's Lair II, and a Nintendo Red Tent running Vs. Tennis.

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  • jdixon1972jdixon1972 Registered User regular
    OMG!!!! (ok, i'm acting like a tween :) ACAM is the highlight of the show for me!!! I have a few requests, if possible. I loved seeing Dragons Lair, Space Ace, & Mach Storm at previous PAXes. Do you happen to have Thayer's Quest or Cliff Hanger? I love laserdisc games, and have seen Cliff Hanger once, but I have never seen Thayers Quest. I don't know if you have one, but if you do, please, please, please bring it!!!! Also, the hologram game from SEGA would be awesome as well!!!! Oh, and is there any chance that any pinball units with be there this year?

    Lastly, thank you for doing this again this year. I could spend days in that room!!!

  • aBByNormaLaBByNormaL Registered User regular
    Believe they confirmed above that Cliffhanger will indeed be there ! A favorite for me as well.

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  • aBByNormaLaBByNormaL Registered User regular
    mps wrote: »
    aBByNormaL wrote: »
    Looking forward to it ! Played the heck out of Cliffhanger when it first came out in arcades (yes I am that old). Can't wait to experience the nostalgia again .... Though no doubt my reflexes have slowed somewhat lol

    Cliffhanger will be part of our Sunday panel session, so we will have it with us at the show.



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  • mpsmps Registered User regular
    jdixon1972 wrote: »
    OMG!!!! (ok, i'm acting like a tween :) ACAM is the highlight of the show for me!!! I have a few requests, if possible. I loved seeing Dragons Lair, Space Ace, & Mach Storm at previous PAXes. Do you happen to have Thayer's Quest or Cliff Hanger? I love laserdisc games, and have seen Cliff Hanger once, but I have never seen Thayers Quest. I don't know if you have one, but if you do, please, please, please bring it!!!! Also, the hologram game from SEGA would be awesome as well!!!! Oh, and is there any chance that any pinball units with be there this year?

    Lastly, thank you for doing this again this year. I could spend days in that room!!!

    We really don't do requests as it is just impossible to please everyone at an event as large as PAX-East. We try to bring a good mix of popular games, games with historical significance, and some rare treasures you may not have ever seen before. For example, we are intending on bringing a game called Flower, which is an ultra-uber-rare game from Komax. We only know of one other person in the world that owns Flower, and ours is the only one available on public display. Our game took three years to restore and was unveiled to the public in June of 2013.

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    We are bringing Cliffhanger. Our Sunday panel session is all about laser disc games with Warren Ondras from the Daphne & Dexter development team. If you like laser games, you should make a point of attending that panel. We will also have Dragon's Lair II and Space Ace.

    Pinball is so tough to bring to an event like PAX-East. Pins tend not to react well to being moved. We will have some pinball there, but probably not more than two or three machines.

    The Sega game you speak of is Holosseum, and sadly, we do not have one.

  • WuShockWuShock Lawful Good South BrownbackistanRegistered User regular
    As soon as the show starts, I'm heading in to play Tempest. I think I've played a grand total of three games of Tempest in my life, because 90%+ of the machines I've ever encountered were out of order.

    Thank you, ACAM, for all you do.

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  • KhaytorKhaytor MassachusettsRegistered User regular
    I always look forward to the ACAM, and better yet, after PAX East I'm headed up to Moultonborough with a friend. You know we'll be spending at least one evening at Fun Spot basking in the glory days of arcade gaming.

  • mpsmps Registered User regular
    Tuesday was truck loading day. Here, Jules Lawton (left) & Chris Ferguson (right) load up some pinball machines.

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  • mpsmps Registered User regular
    Here are the trucks....all ready to go. Look out PAX-East, we hit the road first thing Thursday morning!!

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  • ClannMorganClannMorgan Registered User regular
    Trucks full of games!!!! Can't wait to see what you guys bring!

  • KjeldorKjeldor Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Glad to see a red tent in the mix this year! I don't recall, does tennis link between both sides so you can have a 2v2 match?

  • zerzhulzerzhul Registered User, Moderator mod
    I am excite!

  • aBByNormaLaBByNormaL Registered User regular
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  • BUBBApaxBUBBApax iLLusionist Boston MARegistered User regular
    WOw this all looks so incredible!! Where exactly inside the convention center will the museum be located?

  • capnjackcapnjack Registered User regular
    What you guys do is incredibly important. I mod a Mame and BYOAC board, and as I much as I understand the decision to do so, I see a lot of classic arcade cabs gutted and modded into home Mame machines. Whatever, it's their property, but we really need ACAM to preserve the history of the classic arcade. Entire generations will never know what it's like to play these classics in an arcade with a pocket full of quarters and music blaring. I for one would love to be able to see an original Pac-Man or reflected hologram Space Invaders 50 years from now, or show my kids what Pong or Odyssey looked like (not on YouTube or Wikipedia).

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  • mpsmps Registered User regular
    BUBBApax wrote: »
    WOw this all looks so incredible!! Where exactly inside the convention center will the museum be located?

    Room 160. New location for us this year. We are in the same area as the console & handheld gaming spaces.

  • mpsmps Registered User regular
    Sorry for the delayed opening this morning & we appreciate everyone's patience. We had some electrical issues that needed to be worked out.

    It is always a challenge to take a good picture in our room as the laser lighting & video projectors tend to mess with the focus. This was the best panoramic photo I was able to take shortly after opening this morning.....

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  • mpsmps Registered User regular
    capnjack wrote: »
    ......we really need ACAM to preserve the history of the classic arcade. Entire generations will never know what it's like to play these classics in an arcade with a pocket full of quarters and music blaring. I for one would love to be able to see an original Pac-Man or reflected hologram Space Invaders 50 years from now, or show my kids what Pong or Odyssey looked like (not on YouTube or Wikipedia).

    This sums up exactly how we feel, and it is one of the reasons we work for months before each PAX-East to make the room feel as much like the early 80's as possible.

    Putting on this display at PAX-East is a very expensive proposition for us, and we really appreciate everyone who has dropped some cash in our donation kiosk. Saving these games for future generations & for our student groups takes a lot of time and money. Generally speaking, it costs somewhere around $1,000 to do a full restore on a complete game with no missing/broken parts. It can be double that, or more, for games with missing components. Some of the financial donations we took in during PAX-East last year went a long way to restoring the "Flower" game shown earlier in this thread. That is a game that no one has, so we wanted to bring it to PAX-East this year to show a good example of how we restore a game. We had countless people involved in that restoration including a graphic artist that recreated all of the artwork since none of it exists today.



  • mpsmps Registered User regular
    edited 2014 15
    Another PAX-East has come and gone. Wow, what a weekend!! Thanks to all who checked out our arcade exhibit and visited our panel sessions.

    I'd like to thank the ACAM volunteer staff staff that kept things running smooth all weekend:

    Scott Gaulin
    Zach Gaulin
    John Zabel
    Patrick Zabel
    Martin Bedard
    Dane Tullock
    Tom Kane
    Adam Pfeifer
    Chris Whiteside
    Chad Macleod
    Tina Gebhard
    Dan Dow
    Joe Rainone
    Dave Nelson
    Jenn Moore
    John Jacobson

    I would also like to thank our panelists for their wisdom and years of experience they were able to share with the attendees:
    Saturday "Arcade" Panel: Steve Golson, Jonathan Hurd, Carlos Smith, Marshall Peck, Gary Vincent
    Sunday "Laser Disc" Panel: Warren Ondras, Scott Gaulin, Gary Vincent

    Thanks as well to Bob Lawton, Jules Lawton, Chris Ferguson & John McGray at our host facility, Funspot.

    Special thanks to ACAM President Gary Vincent, the PAX-East Enforcers, the entire PAX-East staff, & especially Ryan Hartman. Ryan, it is a pleasure working with you on this event each year, and I appreciate all you do to help promote ACAM during PAX-East.

    Mike Stulir, Vice President
    The American Classic Arcade Museum



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  • vttymvttym Ardent Gamer Northern NJRegistered User regular
    Your room, as it is every year, was a highlight for me. I never spend enough time in it (I really should play every cabinet!), but a few friends and I have decided that a trip to NH is in our future now.

  • purevalpureval Somersworth, NH Registered User regular
    We had a blast in the ACAM room as always. Playing the actual music videos was a nice touch. I never realized how weird some of those videos were. Like a Surgeon was a special treat. My son loved the Fix-It Felix game, he played that every chance he got. One of your staffers gave him a PAX medal and it is now one of his prized possessions.

  • Thunderbolt7Thunderbolt7 Registered User regular
    edited 2014 15
    This was the first year my father came to PAX and having some time to play Zaxxon and Crystal Castles, two of the games we played together on our Commodore 64 when I was a child, was priceless.

    I've always made it a point to stop by and drop off a few dollars in the donation bin every year ACAM has been to PAX East, as far as I'm concerned it wouldn't be the same event without you. Thank you very much!

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  • UncleangryUncleangry ACAM Volunteer Registered User regular
    pureval wrote: »
    One of your staffers gave him a PAX medal and it is now one of his prized possessions.

    That would have been me, I'm so glad to see that it means that much to him. I tried to hand them out to the kids I saw coming in and playing the games. I can tell from the looks on their faces how much they really enjoy the games and I just wanted to try and make it that much more memorable to all of them. Thanks for coming in, and I hope we can keep making the next generation of gamers smile that much.

    The American Classic Arcade Museum Inc./, is a 501c3 non-profit corporation registered with the State of New Hampshire, which has been established to promote and preserve the history of coin-operated arcade games.
  • redfield85redfield85 Registered User regular
    Loved it. At one point on Saturday (I believe it was Saturday) I had the 2nd highest score on the Fix-It Felix, Jr. machine. I planned to make my way back to try for the current high score (which was 39k+), but never got around to it. I really hope that machine can make it back next year. And a weird thing. The high score during the game was one score, but on the high score screen a different score (which was higher). And I felt like I hit a glitch because at one point 2 rocks fell in spots that stopped me from getting the last window repaired (there were ledges blocking me from other ways).

    Anyway, this was definitely one of my highlights this year. Can't wait until 2015!

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  • purevalpureval Somersworth, NH Registered User regular
    edited 2014 16
    Uncleangry wrote: »
    pureval wrote: »
    One of your staffers gave him a PAX medal and it is now one of his prized possessions.

    That would have been me, I'm so glad to see that it means that much to him. I tried to hand them out to the kids I saw coming in and playing the games. I can tell from the looks on their faces how much they really enjoy the games and I just wanted to try and make it that much more memorable to all of them. Thanks for coming in, and I hope we can keep making the next generation of gamers smile that much.

    Thank you so much. We go up to Funspot 2 or 3 times a year and he loves it. So many of his tokens have gone into those Star Wars games.

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  • DolarrahDolarrah New JerseyRegistered User regular
    Honestly one of the highlights of the show. Thanks so much for the nostalgia

  • kube00kube00 SE WA StateRegistered User regular
    Didnt get a chance to come by the room but I did go the Panel! It was great! Wish I could have had more time on Sunday and made it to the ACAM Room.

    I think they have something similar at Prime but its usually Ground Kontrol out of Portland, OR

    1st PAX was Prime 2010. Made it to several more Primes/West. Been to East and South. Headed back to West in 2019 for my 12th PAX.

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  • ShaydeShayde Kitchen Staff Supervisor MargaritavilleRegistered User regular
    Fantastic job to everyone who made this possible. Again, one of my favorite things at PAX.

    Shayde

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  • mpsmps Registered User regular
    I want to thank everyone who attended the ACAM arcade Exhibit at PAX-East 2014.

    I should take a moment and mention all of the complaints we received during the show from our visitors regarding the location change. We have heard you. Believe me, we heard you. Having us in the same area as the handheld lounge was an unmitigated disaster. Between bean bags strewn all over the aisle in front of our doors and the 8 foot tables with the face painting, access to our area was incredibly frustrating.

    We will take it up with the PAX-East staff and see if we can get our old location back for next year.

    Here is a photo of our room. We will have more photos posted on our web site in the coming days.

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    Mike Stulir, Vice President
    The American Classic Arcade Museum
    http://www.classicarcademuseum.org

  • klzklz Registered User regular
    For what it's worth, I was working at tabletop with an exhibitor, so I could only come after hours, and I found it to be fine at at those hours. Awesome job as always, and being able to play Bosconian and Tempest again made it worth it! Thank you all for everything you do!

  • mpsmps Registered User regular
    Our photo gallery from PAX-East 2014 can be found at the bottom of this page.

  • WuShockWuShock Lawful Good South BrownbackistanRegistered User regular
    You brought Crystal Castles, and I did weep.

    Then I set the high score.

    Thank you, ACAM.

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  • ACAM GaryACAM Gary Registered User regular
    edited 2014 10
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    579 Endicott Street North - Laconia, NH 03246
    The first 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and display of classic coin-operated amusements
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  • thorgotthorgot there is special providence in the fall of a sparrowRegistered User regular
    redfield85 wrote: »
    Loved it. At one point on Saturday (I believe it was Saturday) I had the 2nd highest score on the Fix-It Felix, Jr. machine. I planned to make my way back to try for the current high score (which was 39k+), but never got around to it. I really hope that machine can make it back next year. And a weird thing. The high score during the game was one score, but on the high score screen a different score (which was higher). And I felt like I hit a glitch because at one point 2 rocks fell in spots that stopped me from getting the last window repaired (there were ledges blocking me from other ways).

    Anyway, this was definitely one of my highlights this year. Can't wait until 2015!

    Wow, it got that high? I got the high score of 34300 when the person before me got 34100. I think this was on Friday.

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