5/18/12 - Arcade and Neons go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly
A cool month ago I hit up an Arcade Super Auction. I bid on a few games but I didn't win any auctions. However, the day was not lost. Right next door to the auction
was Brewmania. While the standard fare was beer related, there was also other stuff for sale. I managed to snag this working Pepsi neon for a price so low that I'm just not going to tell.
This neon is bright and absolutely gorgeous. I certainly didn't go home disappointed. I gave the neon a center place of honor in the arcade because of its beauty. Besides the neon glow which
gleams off the arcade machines in a quintessential array of colors, it also fits right in with the vintage Pepsi machine that resides outside the doorway of the arcade. Arcades and Neons.
Peanut Butter and Jelly. Just do it. Now I'm hungry...and thirsty. I think I'm going to get a soda out of the soda machine and play this Joust right below the Pepsi sign.
5/11/12 - Game Day Video ~ Kids say the darnedest things
You saw the pictures, now its time for the video! This was from a church gameday at the Vintage Vault Arcade on 4/22/12. I
couldn't resist adding the opening clip with the games in the background. Crazy kids. Enjoy!
5/04/12 - Vintage Vault Arcade and Gameroom ~ Game Day
It was that time of year again. The big day was April 22, 2012. Time for another church gameday at the Vintage Vault Arcade and Gameroom. For those that might not know I am
a childrens pastor. Not all families can afford an unlimited experience at Chuck E. Cheese. But everyone can afford the Vintage Vault, its all free! Parents and kids alike look
forward to this day. This was the biggest crowd yet with 55 people in attendance. The only machine with an issue was the candy crane and I think thats because the girls were overloading
the game with credits or just plain running the motor non-stop. After hours of non-stop use it appeared to be jammed up. I turned it off for an hour to give it a breather and it came back up
no problems for the rest of the day.
Here is a breakdown of the top free earners of the day. The 9 driving games were running pretty much constantly. The Simpsons and both Megatouches always had someone on them. Vs Super Mario was
taken most of the time. Not surprisingly, the gun games VS Hogans Alley and Terminator 2 had a lot of play also.
I was surprised that pretty much every classic game in the gameroom was played multiple times over. Also, the Baby Pacman, Ms Pacman, and Galaga corner would always be filled with three people.
We ordered 12 large pizzas and they drained the soda machine of about 150 cans of soda. This was on top of candy, cookies and chips. It WAS a great day. This time I took plenty of pictures. 72 pictures to be exact.
Enjoy the photospread because everyone had a blast!
