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Play Classic Video Games In NY, At Home

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the emulating-the-classics dept.

Iphtashu Fitz writes "If you'd like to play classic arcade games from the 1980s, then it might be time for you to take a trip to New York, according to Wired News, since the American Museum of the Moving Image is holding an exhibition called Blip! where you can play a selection of the classics, including some of those referenced in an earlier exhibition. Also mentioned on their site is the X-Arcade cabinet for playing arcade-style classics at home through emulation." Much easier than building your own cabinet.

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  1. What bout those spaceinvader Tables? by random_culchie · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I remeber years ago in a pub in Ireland they had glass tables that had space invaders underneath. Way Cool

  2. Ouch by FortKnox · · Score: 4, Interesting

    From the X-Arcade site:
    Want to download Mame Rom games directly?
    Easiest = Using Kazaa, or P2P engine
    Type MAME in a software search.
    Download Any MAME Related Searches

    Encouraging people to pirate roms. That can't be good for business (well, good for business until the government comes knocking).

    Or am I out of the loop and its all alright now?

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    1. Re:Ouch by British · · Score: 1, Interesting

      Hey, it's not like I could play all those obscure 80s games(ie the ones not emulated on PS2, or those tv-game consoles) now, or legally buy them. Many of the vendors I assume are out of business.

  3. Ten games? Try 200. by pashdown · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ten games? Come to the yearly California Extreme and see all those plus another 190 vids and pins.

  4. Classic Arcade Games in northeast MA/southeast NH by krog · · Score: 2, Interesting

    For people not far from the MA/NH border where it meets the Pond, Hampton Beach and Salisbury Beach have large numbers of old arcade machines ripe for the playing. They've got the standards (Pac Man, Centipede, Galaga, Pole Position, Asteroid, etc) as well as some more obscure titles like Subroc 3D.

    It's worth the trip, as long as white trash doesn't bother you.

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  5. Sounds like Videotopia by OECD · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This sounds like the traveling Videotopia exhibit.

    It's quite a hoot to play games you used to rock at. I think they had Pac Man (not a fave of mine), although it's been a year or two since they came to my town.

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  6. HACKING video games! by Vo0k · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well, playing them was cool, but I always looked for ways to find hidden possiblities. Not only hidden treasures and easter eggs, but authentic bugs.
    Some way to squeeze through the wall outside the play area, walking endless desert then, or in a space shooter I found a position where I can kill all newly appearing enemies easily and managed to kill them all (yeah, just flew through empty skies without anything to shoot at, until I reset the machine with power switch), or climbing a ladder and shooting some object till I filled my score counter, or trying to earn enough extra lifes that they would overflow the screen...

    It's always fun to (purposedly) crash an "embedded device" :)

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  7. Get Midway Arcade Treasures for PS2 by woody188 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I just picked up Midway Arcade Treasures for the PS2, and it rocks! It has support for the multitap, and comes with great games like:

    Gauntlet
    Joust
    Defender
    Spy Hunter
    Smash TV
    Rampage

    in all, something like 25 titles. It's only $19.95. You can build a cabinet and stick the PS2 in it, and then you can have all these classics for super cheap!

  8. The Museum Rocks by happyfrogcow · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I went there not too long ago, though the subway ride was a pain in the arse from borklyn, er um brooklyn, and flat out broken on the way back (fire someplace nearby in the subway). A lot of interactive stuff, and good for kids and the young at heart. There was (maybe still is) an exhibit of Tim Burton's paintings. Fun stuff too, like making flipbooks of yourself goofing off in front of a camera, making little stop motion animations on computers with little plastic "actors", dubbing your voice over real movie scenes, fiddling with soundtracks, etc. Lots of fun stuff. They also had, for all you trekkies, an exhibit of hundreds of star trek action figures (and other movie/tv action figures).

  9. Re:No Pac Man I hear! by pomakis · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is something I've always wondered about... Why do I see Ms. Pac Man games everywhere, but hardly ever the original Pac Man? Back in their days, Pac Man was immensly more popular than Ms. Pac Man. Why, then, do I not see more original Pac Man games around? I'd especially expect to see it at an exhibition like this! But no, it's Ms. Pac Man again. WTF?

  10. Re:No Pac Man I hear! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    There is a special path one can take in Pac Man to beat every level with zero chance of the ghosts catching you; theoretically a person could play for hours on a single quarter.

  11. Re:No Pac Man I hear! by jcoleman · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Ms. Pac Man actually had more machines produced, was a bigger seller, and was a bigger profit-maker. The thing was that girls played Ms. Pac Man too.

  12. Re:No Pac Man I hear! by galaxy300 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Maybe part of the reason is that the Pac Man games were so popular that they all got worn out. The Ms. Pac Man games, being played less, are now in better condition and there are more of them to go around.

    Just a theory, anyway.

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  13. Re:Anyone bought that X-Arcade cabinet? by PantyChewer · · Score: 2, Interesting
    My Cabinet cost me around $1200 canadian to build, and that includes the TV and computer unlike the X-Arcade. The X-Arcade is for people with more money than time. I found building the thing at least as much fun as playing on it.

    As mentioned BYOAC(Build Your Own Arcade Controls) Is a great site for MAME cabinet related information.

  14. Online 80's Games by Valiss · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Classic 80's games can be played here too:

    http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/games.html

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