Moisabamf Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 and 2 Wii games took me 25 dollars, plus countless blood sweat and tears. me and 2 buddies were dominating that machine. you had to stack lights and make a tower, and if you got to the top, you won an expensive prize. we were screaming at the machine, at each other, but we got them. we were sitting there for soo long. best part was we were getting the dirtiest looks from the employees. we must have screwed them out of about 520 dollars:D now i have money to buy my SU manifold:lol: totally makes up for the crash on the 1200 Quote Link to comment
ariascarlos1990 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Nice! they have one of those at the local fredmyers. Whats the trick? :D Quote Link to comment
Moisabamf Posted November 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 scream and slam your head on the controls:D it took 50 tries (2 tries for a dollar) and good timing Quote Link to comment
ariascarlos1990 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 I dont think im going to be doing that in the lobby at fredmyers. lol They have some cool stuff in there also. There was a couple ipods, a nintendo ds, and some games and stuff. ill give it a try. lol Quote Link to comment
pope_face Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Nice! Best arcade game story ever... I've never tried those things, but I've seen them. I always wondered if they were a scam. Good to know it's actually possible. They're sorta like Tetris, right? Time to break out the NES and get some practice... Quote Link to comment
Thomas Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Nice! Best arcade game story ever... I've never tried those things, but I've seen them. I always wondered if they were a scam. Good to know it's actually possible. They're sorta like Tetris, right? Time to break out the NES and get some practice... Wait... Tetris? Hey Jeff, want to head over to the Fred Meyer? ;) Quote Link to comment
ppeters914 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Tempest was the best arcade game...and the one with the tank. I wasn't very good, but I still dumped plenty of quarters in those machines. Quote Link to comment
rat tail dragger Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 tempest was a killer game the one with a tank was battlezone and donkey kong rocked just throwin that out there hahah Quote Link to comment
Nissan_Boy85 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 The one with the tank....Moon Partol? Quote Link to comment
ppeters914 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Naaaaaa.....I'm talking 80's classic arcade games. It was kinda like (crap! can't remember the name), only 2D and slower. Quote Link to comment
rat tail dragger Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 did you shoot other tanks and periodically shoot ufos that was battlezone another one was combat battled against another tank Quote Link to comment
ppeters914 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 I missed your post...yeah, BattleZone. Quote Link to comment
rat tail dragger Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 sweet game i play it all the time use to have the full upright version now i just have it on the atari got 64 games they all work ecxept donkey kong remeber centipede ,missle command i could go for days hahha good times Quote Link to comment
Nissan_Boy85 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Oh man, I got an emulator for all these games. The emulator is called MAME32. It's got so many of the classics like Tempest, Donkey Kong, and all those great 80's games. Keep in mind I'm only 18... :lol: Quote Link to comment
Cuts metal like mad Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 and 2 Wii gamestook me 25 dollars, plus countless blood sweat and tears. me and 2 buddies were dominating that machine. you had to stack lights and make a tower, and if you got to the top, you won an expensive prize. we were screaming at the machine, at each other, but we got them. we were sitting there for soo long. best part was we were getting the dirtiest looks from the employees. we must have screwed them out of about 520 dollars:D now i have money to buy my SU manifold:lol: totally makes up for the crash on the 1200 Whats the name of the machine... :D Quote Link to comment
LeX Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 I hate those machines, they are basically rigged. On the final one when you get to the top they kind of 'stutter' to try and get you to mess up but looks like you beat it hehe nice job. I always end up at the top and miss the last one :( Quote Link to comment
Cuts metal like mad Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 So I did some research... apparently these machines can be set so that the win:loss ratio is anywhere from 1:20 to 1:800... OUCH! Also the win:loss ratio can be reset eveynight if the owner of the machine chooses... I used to run an arcade in the mall back when I was 18... heh... and the ticket machines had similar settings, as well as the "prize" machines, but it wasn't THAT cruel. For those who are determined to try it anyway... theres an online flash version you can use to try it or practice... http://www.stoopidgames.com/index.php?changeGame=bildyblox Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 hey man what type of ipod? mine broke and i need a new one :D Quote Link to comment
nismopu Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 hey man what type of ipod? mine broke and i need a new one :D GO figure! They break all the freakin time. Quote Link to comment
pope_face Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 I've had my ipod for a long time... I've got a 4gig first generation Nano. I bought it open-box and after they'd already started selling the second generation, so it was cheap enough. It's pretty beat up, but I only use it in my car so I've got no issues with it... other than the fact that it doesn't like to turn off, and it won't hold enough music... =P Quote Link to comment
dat521gatherer Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 get a archos better known as the ipod killer. Quote Link to comment
Nissan_Boy85 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Yeah Archos!!!!!!!! :lol: Quote Link to comment
Moisabamf Posted November 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 I always end up at the top and miss the last one try bieng at the last one 10 times:D we almost got kicked out for screaming at the machine:D Quote Link to comment
Gensaiken Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 hmm, looks like i'm not too bad at this game. If i'm ever at the arcade I may give it a try. :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
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