Blurry Pics From Last Night's HOUSTON ARCADE EXPO '06 Attendance

[Damaramu]

A friend and I attended Friday night's Houston Arcade Expo 2006. This was my first time going. Overall, I'd say it was a blast. They had a wide assortment of pinball and arcade games. There were a few MAME cabinets there as well. I got to play a ton of games, including a few pinball games that I hadn't played in years. Except for the Donkey Kong machine. Two goobers were hogging that game all night. Fuckers.

Here's a few pictures I took. I apologise in advance for the blurriness of the photos. There were various lighting effects in the darkened room that had an adverse affect on the digicam I was using. Only two shots came out "ok".

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[Damaramu]

Dumb 4 pics per post rule.

Here's the rest:
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A nice lady had a table set up with various 80's knick knacks. Here's what I scored:
For $1
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For $8
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[smork]

Shitballs, and I wasn't at home in Houston then. Looks like fun!

I'll have to call my arcade-freak buddy who lives in the Heights and tell him about it so he can pull his hair out in frustration :) I'm sure he didn't go or I would have heard about it...

Is this an annual even, then?

[Emuaust]

Your blurry pics look about as drunk as I feel!

[Flack]

SteveW was planning on attending as well, but I didn't see (or at least couldn't make him out) in any of your pix. How was the event overall? What kinds of games were there, and how many people were there? What, if anything, did it cost to attend?

[Damaramu]

I'd say the even was a success overall. A huge turnout while I was there. A lot of girlfriends/wives were dragged along it seems as there was many couples in attendance. I paid $15 admission for a one day only fee. I will definitely be going again!

Here's the list of games that were there:



Pinballs

The Addams Family
Big Shot
Black Knight
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Buccaneer
Bumper
Cirqus Voltaire
Contact
Cosmic Gunfight
Demolition Man
Doctor Who
Dungeons & Dragons
Firepower
Firepower II
Fish Tales
Gorgar
The Getaway: High Speed II
Guns N' Roses
Hercules
High Speed
Joust
Joust
The Lord of the Rings
Major League
Miss-O
No Fear: Dangerous Sports
Party Zone
Safe Cracker
Scared Stiff
Slugfest
Starship Troopers
Tales of the Arabian Nights
Theatre of Magic
Top Card
Varkon
Vegas
White Water
The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard

Arcade Machines

Air Combat (big screen)
Arabian
Asteroids
Asteroids Deluxe
Battlezone
Berzerk
Blaster
Bubbles
Centipede
Cruis'n Exotica
Cruisin' USA
Crystal Castles
Defender
Dig Dug
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Junior
Dragon's Lair II
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters
Flim-Flam
Frogger
Galaga
Gauntlet
Golden Tee '99
Gorf
Gyruss
Hydro Thunder (sitdown)
Joust 2: Survival of the Fittest
Kangaroo
Lethal Enforcers
MAME
Lunar Lander
Mappy
Magic Bomb 8-liner (video slot machine)
Make Trax
Millipede
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat 3
Mortal Kombat 4
Ms. Pac-Man
Multicade
Phantom
Pong
Popeye
Q*bert's Qubes
Q*bert
Rally-X
Robotron
Scramble
Sea Wolf
Sinistar
Space Ace
Space Invaders (mini)
Space Invaders Deluxe
Star Castle
Star Fire
Stargate
Star Wars (upright)
Star Wars Arcade (sitdown)
Tapper
Tempest
Top Hit
Track & Field (cocktail)
Tron
Two Tigers
39-in-1 Multicade
34-in-1 Multicade (with trackball)
39-in-1 multigame
39-in-1 multigame (cocktail)

[Damaramu]

Almost forgot, there was a DJ there blasting late 70's thru 80's music. I was a little disappointed that there weren't any Street Fighter II machines there. Also, one of those 3D Fatal Fury fighting games was tucked away in a corner. Plus, only a handful of kids were there.

[Fighter17]

Almost forgot, there was a DJ there blasting late 70's thru 80's music. I was a little disappointed that there weren't any Street Fighter II machines there. Also, one of those 3D Fatal Fury fighting games was tucked away in a corner. Plus, only a handful of kids were there.

People told me that the the 3D Fatal Fury game is meh.

[Damaramu]

People told me that the the 3D Fatal Fury game is meh.

It certainly looked it. :wink 2:

[Iron Draggon]

well where the hell was it? wish I had known about it... I would've gone too

[Damaramu]

Sorry ID! I was going to make a post about it in the EVENTS section.....but alas the forums were down!