Arcade Resources
Transcript from Jeff Kulczycki (Donkey Kong 2) chat at Coinopspace.com
Back in March Jeff Kulczycki stopped by Coinopspace for a live chat with arcade collectors and specifically Donkey Kong fans. Jeff Kulczycki spent about an hour and a half detailing his decisions during the development of D2K (Donkey Kong 2). It was interesting to hear Jeff talk about his passion for Donkey Kong, the decisions he made in preserving the original gameplay, and what games might be next for similar treatment with new levels.
Sold the Pac-man, Space Invaders and Ms. Pac-man
Posted last night a Pac-man and Space Invaders were delivered to the house. This morning everything went according to plan, a newer collector out of Cincinnati area Ohio came over and bought both of them and my Ms. Pac-man, barely fitting all three in the back of a F-150.
Photos of Atari’s Gauntlet prototype cabinet
Today at 3pm EST is the live chat with Alan Murphy, who worked on Gauntlet while at Atari. At Coinopspace.com he actually shared some photos of the original on site Gauntlet test cabinet, which he owns due to a little luck. (more…)
Another Pac-man and Space Invaders Deluxe dropped by
The middle of week plans formed, and plans changed. This meant that all of a sudden a Pac-man and Space Invaders Deluxe would be making an appearance at the house. Didn’t I just get rid of a Pac-man arcade game here in Indy? Sigh. The plan is though that these two won’t be around for long. (more…)
New NOS artwork from QuarterArcade warehouse raid last year
QuarterArcade.com always has the goods. Last year Anthony uncovered a warehouse of games that most of us would have doubted still existed. In that warehouse were 40+ pinballs and 65+ arcade games, plus a ton of NOS artwork that sold for big bucks on eBay. Well, turns out there was a box of that NOS artwork leftover and Anthony listed it on eBay this week. (more…)
Tron jacket on eBay
You never know what will show up on ebay. This week it was a Tron jacket made by Adidas that ended up selling for $152.01! Crazy.
Tehkan licensed Mr. Do! and Ladybug from Universal
I finally got a break in trying to find out more information about these non original arcade cabinets with the weird artwork. I had said that my Mr. Do! does not have any paperwork, stamps, or any remnants of information that might give me a clue, but it turns out that Ladybug in St. Louis had a doozie of a clue – an official Licensor stamp. (more…)
