MICHIGAN forum members roll call.

[den68]

I've noticed several forum members from Michigan, Achika, Six Switch, Tempest, Ubersaurus, etc.

anyone else? and where in Michigan are you from?

I'm from Melvindale which is very near Detroit.

I was just curious and didn't really want to browse through all 23 pages of the memberlist!

[Achika]

I'm at CCS dtwn Detroit.....I'll be back in Flint in 2 weeks

Then I'm leaving MI at the end of January and becoming a Nu Yawka.

[congobongo]

Doesn't quite count but I grew up across the border from Port Huron Michigan. 8-)

[Six Switch]

I'm close to Birmingham,the stuck up rich people part of MI.Oh well,some of the people are cool I guess. >:( :D :/

[Tempest]

I'm in Novi, home of "The Mall" (tm). I just wish everyone would go home and leave me alone. The mall seems to attract the worst drivers and really screws up the traffic patterns.

Tempest

[Hep038]

I am from Ionia, MI but now live in atlanta... Georgia that is. Once when I was visiting family in MI, a guy asked me where I was from and I said atlanta. He said you sure talk funny if you are from atlanta! Then my dad told me their was a Atlanta Michigan. I had no idea. I just thought the guy was being rude.

[norkusa]

Im in Grand Rapids. The thriftin scene has been pretty good here lately too:^)

[ubersaurus]

I'm from Southgate. It's downriver from Detroit, right nearby. Really nice indoor flea market nearby too. I've met some of the other folk who collect in Michigan (from a couple other message boards), and they be good folk.

You won't be a new yorker for long...no one can stay in that city and retain any sort of sanity. ;)

[CrazyImpmon]

No wonder thrifting is drier than a good martini :P I'm from near Flint. I remember when I used to find at least one classic game related stuff at a Goodwill As Is store on Averil rd. (just north of I-69) almost every day. Now I'd be lucky to see just one Combat or one NES AC adapter in a whole month at that store.

[Zaxxon]

I live in Rochester MI. You could definately tell there's other collectors in the area. I used to go to the Dixieland flea market in Pontiac years ago and stopped when I noticed how all that was ever left was the most common junk. I've never found anything rare or valuable here in the wild. I've never seen a Vectrex system, cart or even a manual.

[ManekiNeko]

BOOOYAH!!!
Oh yeah, I'm a Michigan man! It's comforting to know that so many others here are too. I live in the center of the state, myself, in a teeny little town called Edmore. Actually, it's not as small as it used to be thanks to all the fast food restaurants... you know how they can attract other businesses.
We all need to get together sometime, I think. We just need to find a place to meet... I nominate Game Hits in Lansing for the meeting spot.

JR

[Tempest]

used to go to the Dixieland flea market in Pontiac years ago and stopped when I noticed how all that was ever left was the most common junk.

That's because I got it all! :D I usually find something good there everytime I go, but I haven't seen anything "classic" there in awhile.


We just need to find a place to meet... I nominate Game Hits in Lansing for the meeting spot.


I'm all up for meeting at an arcade, but Lansing is a bit far for most people in SE Michigan. Although I still have a ton of friends up at State so I could always visit them. Too bad the Pinball Pete's at MSU doesn't have much classic stuff anymore.

Tempest

[ubersaurus]

Pinball Pete's in Ann Arbor would work, except that I'm never out that way unless there's a Street Fighter tournament, which are currently on hold until they get the controls repaired.

There's also Wizzards in Warren on 8 mile, that's an arcade I rather enjoy, but it is a mite small. Has KOF 2k2 though ;p

[mitmoe]

I'm from Muskegon.....the armpit of the gaming world. Thriftin' is always bad!! Usually try to go to Holland or Grand Rapids. We have one used video game store and the prices are HIGH! One EB, and the Big Name Electronics stores and Walmart style stores. Goodwill and Salvation Army stores almost never have video game stuff.

[FABombjoy]

I'm from the East Lansing area (Haslett). Not much in the way of thrifts here, but a few decent pawn shops.

Unfortunately, I think that Lansing's Game Hits has the worst prices & service ever, and I refuse to support them. Too bad, considering they have a nice selection of modern and old stuff.

[Achika]

No wonder thrifting is drier than a good martini :P I'm from near Flint. I remember when I used to find at least one classic game related stuff at a Goodwill As Is store on Averil rd. (just north of I-69) almost every day. Now I'd be lucky to see just one Combat or one NES AC adapter in a whole month at that store.

So you're my competition? Damn how I miss being home.

[Sega Hitman]

I live in Rochester MI. You could definately tell there's other collectors in the area. I used to go to the Dixieland flea market in Pontiac years ago and stopped when I noticed how all that was ever left was the most common junk. I've never found anything rare or valuable here in the wild. I've never seen a Vectrex system, cart or even a manual.

I'm in Rochester too, and I've found tons of stuff LOL . I'm most likely your "other collector in the area". Last summer I found a Vectrex with 7 games at a garage sale for $15, and the lady made me take home the handful of 2600 carts she had next to it. I sold it all for about $150, thats not a bad little profit there :).

I can't help but find stuff at Dixieland. A few weeks ago I found a complete Night Trap and Final Fight CD, a few weeks before that I found a complete Metroid, Tyson's Punchout, and Castlevania, and a few weeks before that I found a complete 3DO with like 6 games. I guess you just have to have the eyes for it. It's insane how i can see a giant pile of useless shit and then pull a complete Night Trap out of the bottom.

And since all people from MI will probably see this, I've got an arcade cabinet you want badly LOL . It's taking up way too much space in my tiny room. If you're interested PM me now, a little more than $100 is all i'm looking for, and I'd probably go down on that too :).

-Hitman-

[ManekiNeko]

"Unfortunately, I think that Lansing's Game Hits has the worst prices & service ever, and I refuse to support them. Too bad, considering they have a nice selection of modern and old stuff."

The prices are a little high, and the service is... well, it depends on who you get. I know a lot of the guys down there, and it's fun to talk to them... but yeah, I've heard complaints about one of the clerks in particular. Guess I'm not making much of a case for the store, but I love to hang out there whenever I get the chance.

JR

[CrazyImpmon]

I'm all up for meeting at an arcade, but Lansing is a bit far for most people in SE Michigan. Although I still have a ton of friends up at State so I could always visit them. Too bad the Pinball Pete's at MSU doesn't have much classic stuff anymore.

I could suggest the Game Works at Great Lakes Crossing mall (about 20 minute SW of Flint on I-75 and short drive away from Pontiac) Last time I was there they had a number of classic games tucked away in a corner including Tron and Pac Man. Been a couple years BTW so someone will have to check and see what's still there. The mall itself is rather huge, just walking around took me almost an hour and that's w/o stopping in any stores.

Oh, and bring beers if we're going to someone's house. I prefer spiked drink like Mike's or Smirnoff. :D :D

[Nescollector]

Grand Rapids.

www.bmshrine.com

[spoon]

The Spoon man hails from adrian Mi.Right by the state line, also only 45 mins from Ann Arbor. I was also going to suggest the great lakes crossing mall as ameeting place :D It has a two story arcade and such!

[ubersaurus]

I live in Rochester MI. You could definately tell there's other collectors in the area. I used to go to the Dixieland flea market in Pontiac years ago and stopped when I noticed how all that was ever left was the most common junk. I've never found anything rare or valuable here in the wild. I've never seen a Vectrex system, cart or even a manual.

I'm in Rochester too, and I've found tons of stuff LOL . I'm most likely your "other collector in the area". Last summer I found a Vectrex with 7 games at a garage sale for $15, and the lady made me take home the handful of 2600 carts she had next to it. I sold it all for about $150, thats not a bad little profit there :).

I can't help but find stuff at Dixieland. A few weeks ago I found a complete Night Trap and Final Fight CD, a few weeks before that I found a complete Metroid, Tyson's Punchout, and Castlevania, and a few weeks before that I found a complete 3DO with like 6 games. I guess you just have to have the eyes for it. It's insane how i can see a giant pile of useless shit and then pull a complete Night Trap out of the bottom.

And since all people from MI will probably see this, I've got an arcade cabinet you want badly LOL . It's taking up way too much space in my tiny room. If you're interested PM me now, a little more than $100 is all i'm looking for, and I'd probably go down on that too :).

-Hitman-

Cabinet alone I assume? monitor, etc. with it?

Oh yeah, Ann Arbor repaired there sticks so I know where I'll possibly be friday ;p

[chrisballer]

I live in mid-michigan saginaw-baycity area.

[den68]

DAMN!!! we MI folk have quite a large presence here!

I vote for the Game Works at Great Lakes Crossing, although from now till Christmas that place will be a frickin' zoo.

I've been to Dixieland in Pontiac once. I mostly saw 2600, NES, and Genesis stuff. One guy did have a bunch of 5200 games but I didn't have one at the time.

There's a couple open air flea markets in the Taylor/Romulus area that are open from spring to early fall. Flat Rock Speedway has a HUGE flea twice a year. Everyone there thinks their stuff is gold though. You can find a good deal if you look hard enough.

@ubersaurus: were you talking about Gibralter Trade Center??

[ROBOTRON]

Hey everyone!

ROBOTRON is from the very bowels of Detroit, MI....Ryan and 8 Mile...home of the infamous M&M rapper named after a bag of candy!

Ubersaurus and ROBOTRON hold down Detroit and Southgate untill the year "2084"!

[CrazyImpmon]

:o Oh how many DP forum regulars are *not* from Michigan??? I'm betting about half of the regulars are Michigan.

[Six Switch]

It is because Michigan is just that good. :D ;) 8-)

[ubersaurus]

there's like a billion michigan people on atariage too ;p

[Tempest]

And yet I've never met any of you. We really have to change that.

Tempest

[den68]

yeah we do. any suggestions for when? we've had a few where's.

let's hear em'.

I vote for Gameworks/Great Lakes Crossing, sometime after christmas.

[ROBOTRON]

I host FNG "Friday Night Gaming" @ my house just about every Friday. A fun group of people who play classic as well as new games.

Maybe if you guys aren't afraid to dome to Detroit (Ryan rd. and 8 mile area near I-75) It would be great to meet cha! Ubersaurus is a regular guest at FNG....just ask him. Great time...great gaming (I have just about every system including Neo-Geo console w/40+ games) and I always order up great pizza! (Happys Pizza Rulez! Just ask Uber)

PEACE! :-D

[Six Switch]

I(Happys Pizza Rulez! Just ask Uber)

PEACE! :-D

Oh I know!I have had it a few times,and it is good!

And no I am not afraid to go into the D-Town,I go to school there everyday so it is no biggie for me. :D :o :-D

[Tempest]

I'm not afraid as long as I don't have to drive down dark poorly marked streets. My best friend is in a band that plays in dives all the freaking time so I'm no stranger to the more questionable areas of Detroit.

Tempest

[Zaxxon]

I'm in Rochester too, and I've found tons of stuff LOL .

I can't help but find stuff at Dixieland. A few weeks ago I found a complete Night Trap and Final Fight CD, a few weeks before that I found a complete Metroid, Tyson's Punchout, and Castlevania, and a few weeks before that I found a complete 3DO with like 6 games. I guess you just have to have the eyes for it. It's insane how i can see a giant pile of useless shit and then pull a complete Night Trap out of the bottom.
-Hitman-

Yeah, I've seen that stuff but I was strictly looking for stuff for the classic systems(pre-NES) I collect for. There are tables full of NES games last time I was there. I never look through them though. One of the last times I was there I saw a grocery bag full of INTV carts with the INTV corp late release end labels. I had never seen them before and didn't know enough about INTV to know what they were. Once I figured out what they were I went back and they were gone of course. I passed on a bag full of the INTV mail order releases like Diner etc.. >:( That hurt. If you're into the NES you may want to check out the pawn shops on Huron, West of Telegraph. I was in there years ago and they had TONS of NES carts piled up, waist high, on one side of a full isles length. They also had stacks of NES systems for $12 each.

[Zaxxon]

How about Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum as a meeting place? http://marvin3m.com/


31005 Orchard Lake Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48334, U.S.A.
(248) 626-5020


They have several classics as well as pinball and all the new stuff.

[Tempest]

Marvin's is great place (and not too far from me). I remember when that whole area was Tally Hall and Marvin's was a small little arcade in the middle (he still had those Chuckie Cheese robots though). Good times...

Tempest

[Six Switch]

Well if anybody sets anything up,let me know!I will want to come,even if I am younger than all of you it seems... :( :roll: :D

[Achika]

It will have to be over the next month or two, since I move to NY mid-to-end of January. After that, I'll be hanging with the NYC crowd.

Look everyone else is copying us... LOL

[Six Switch]

It will have to be over the next month or two, since I move to NY mid-to-end of January. After that, I'll be hanging with the NYC crowd.

Look everyone else is copying us... LOL

Even though I don't know you NOOOOOOO!Why leave the best state?

Well I guess we betetr do this soon!Just don;t have it at a bar or anything,cause I won't be able to join you all then! x_x :D X_x

[ubersaurus]

It will have to be over the next month or two, since I move to NY mid-to-end of January. After that, I'll be hanging with the NYC crowd.

Look everyone else is copying us... LOL

It's because we rule so damn much that they copy us! May as well have a roll call forum now ;p And I wouldn't look at her hiatus from michigan as an overly bad thing...it means we have a few months to try and catch up to her collection! Until, of course, she comes back with more stuff, but until then!

[CrazyImpmon]

I see by the writing on the board it's time for me to move out of Michigan. Too many damned competition! LOL LOL LOL I see no one from Alaska so far so I might try that.

j/k

[Achika]

I'll be back in 5 months or so from Nu Yawk. Just going for an internship. But I have to second the not-a-bar idea, as I'm 6 months shy of being 21.

Oh, and don't worry about catching up to my collection. Don't worry, they still have computers in NYC and I'll still be ebaying there. Also sleeping outside Multimeda 1.0 with a sign that says "Will Photograph 4 Videogames" ;)

[spoon]

We should all get together for sure, I'll bet we are the COOOLEST group on the board. A centralized(sp?) location would be best

[den68]

@ROBOTRON: I'm up for that, I'm only about 20-25 minutes from you.

[ROBOTRON]

Cool...I'll get together w/Ubersaurus and we'll cook up something. I might attend a centralized meeting if someone were to put it together...I understand some of your apprehention to come to FNG (Detroit).

[Six Switch]

We are too cool,they had to copy us.And now we must look down on them. >)
We have so many people who should have our own usergroup!That would be too cool,but it will never happen.
I am only 15,one of the youngest people here I think,so I am glad the bar idea is a no. :D :-D :P

[Six Switch]

Where do you all find your classic games?I have found like nothing,and I will not buy from Gamestop,high prices and I might get shot. :hmm: ;) :/

[ROBOTRON]

There are plenty of flea markets around, goodwill....Gilbraltar Trade Center...all good spots.

[Six Switch]

Gilbraltar isn't too bad,but alot of their stuff is overpriced. :D x_x @_@

[ROBOTRON]

Gilbraltar isn't too bad,but alot of their stuff is overpriced. :D x_x @_@

Rouch...! :hmm:

[ubersaurus]

I dunno, the trade center in taylor always gives me good deals...

Turns out that neo geo I won't get with those 5 games, but I will get it for 150 bucks. I could probably talk the games off the guy too though, at least one of em.

[den68]

I've got some good deals at the Gibralter Trade Center too. it's like 5 minutes from were I work.

If you get out that way soon there are 2 new EB Games stores. One is in Southland Mall, the other one is on Eureka across from Meijers.

[ROBOTRON]

I dunno, the trade center in taylor always gives me good deals...

Turns out that neo geo I won't get with those 5 games, but I will get it for 150 bucks. I could probably talk the games off the guy too though, at least one of em.

What games does he have for sale, Uber? :hmm:

[Six Switch]

At Summer Set mall I go to EBX.Not bad prices,but I would never buy any of their used stuff,accept for some DC games. :D :roll: ;)

[ubersaurus]

I dunno, the trade center in taylor always gives me good deals...

Turns out that neo geo I won't get with those 5 games, but I will get it for 150 bucks. I could probably talk the games off the guy too though, at least one of em.

What games does he have for sale, Uber? :hmm:

Fatal Fury, Fatal Fury 2, Baseball Stars, Cyber Lip, and one more that I can't remember. I think it was Burning Fight.

[Tempest]

Anyone going to be at Pinball Pete's in Ann Arbor this weekend? I thought of going...

Tempest

[ubersaurus]

I almost went yesterday to ann arbor, but plans fell through...and I doubt I'll be there this weekend, unless we decide to visit my friend Rudy, which probably won't happen.

Note-Uber can't drive

[ubersaurus]

Well, another grudge match has come and gone, and like the first one, I was victorious. I still hold the Michigan S-Groove championship, giving "Judgment-Day" a 3-0 shutout loss.

Also Robotron was busted on the Ultracade machine...no one is quite sure why. It just doesn't show up on the list anymore. On the upside, 1942 still works :D

[davidbrit2]

I'm from right near Grand Rapids. If anybody wants to meet me at Putter's in Kalamazoo sometime, send me a private message or an email. Now damnit. Come on, I have nothing to do. Don't you want to play Drummania, Guitar Freaks 6th Mix, DDR Max 2 and 5th Mix?

By the way, the word on the street is that there are plans to upgrade the Drummania to 5th Mix and link it with the Guitar Freaks. Make sure you pester the employees about it enough so they get things going. ;-)

[jamvan1000]

I'm James AKA jamvan & I live in Grand Rapids.

[brainerdrainer]

I'm originally from michigan. Should try to meet up next time I'm back visiting family.

[Tempest]

Holy resurrection from the dead. 10 years, that's got to be some kind of record.