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Anyone interested in a Xevious?
by Sean McLachlan 02 Jun '04

02 Jun '04

I have an *extremely* nice Xevious if anyone is interested. Cosmetically it is in amazing shape. It really is a beautiful cab. Side art and CPO are in great shape, no significant damage, . Right now I am doing a cap kit on the G07 that is in it. The only drawback is the monitor has the Xevious name burned in it, but it does work. Serial number is 00095, which is kinda cool. There is no water damage. The worst part is the marquee. Someone sprayed it with clear coat, and it's in bad shape. The art was silk-screened on the top of the glass, so removing the clear coat removes the art. Repros are available, however, so it's not a permanent blemish. Trades preferred. Pics available if it looks like we can put together a deal. Sean McLachlan MIS Manager LithoFlexo grafics inc. 801.484.8503

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Lunch and Defender Bezel
by Sean McLachlan 19 May '04

19 May '04

Alright, Pete's back in. So mark your calendars for Friday the 16th, 11:30 am at the Atlantic Cafe Market. 325 South Main. Pete, Bret, Jeff and myself (Sean) are in, and I am hoping to see Bert Ankrom, Chris Strong and Kurt Mahan there too, cause I know them and they are cool guys. Not that the unmentioned guys are anything less than incredibly hoopy froods who always know where their towel is. Come one, come all, I say. And if anyone has a nice (doesn't have to be perfect, but nice) Defender Bezel, I'd like to trade/buy it from you. We could swap parts/lucre at the lunch. Sean McLachlan MIS Manager LithoFlexo grafics inc. 801.484.8503

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Re: Boise to be Video Game Capital of the World
by Pete Ashdown 04 May '04

04 May '04

> Boise to be Video Game Capital of the World Looks interesting, but it is a bit far away to donate all my crap to. It also seems anything but certain. If it does manage to go through, maybe a local collective is a better solution than an open museum. A space where we can all store our crap and also have room to work on them.

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Boise to be Video Game Capital of the World
by Jeff Peters 04 May '04

04 May '04

> News Release > > Boise to be Video Game Capital of the World > > May 4, 2004 - Today, Twin Galaxies' plans to make a video game contest > stadium in Boise were revealed on the front page of the Idaho Statesman, > Idaho's premier newspaper. > > A link leading to the Idaho Statesman new story can be found here: > http://www.twingalaxies.com/cgi-perl/breaking_news.pl > > In addition to the facts published in the Statesman news article, Walter > Day, Twin Galaxies founder, adds these points to the news story: > > Day says: "Not only is the Boise facility intended to be the olympic center > of video game competition - like Athens, Greece was to athletic excellence > thousands of years ago, but it will also maintain a complete historical > museum of video game history, similar to the role played by Cooperstown for > the baseball industry. > > The Video Game & Pinball Museum will stock between 20,000 and 40,000 > different titles for visitors to play, featuring ongoing promotions on > classic games as well as on today's hottest PC and console games like > Battlefield 1942, Halo, Counterstrike and Unreal Tournament. It will be a > hands-on facility and visitors will be invited to attempt to break current > world records on any game and win a listing in the next edition of Twin > Galaxies' Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records, the industry' > s official record book. > > "An historical resource of this magnitude has never been attempted before," > explains Day. "Usually, when a game has run its marketing cycle, both the > manufacturer and public abandon the game and it becomes just a forgotten > memory." > > "However, Twin Galaxies will be the only place in the world that keeps the > memory of all these forgotten games alive, offering contests and promotions > on not just today's X-Box live and PS2, but also on the original arcade > Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, Atari 2600, Sega Saturn and N-64." > > For more information, contact: > Walter Day > (641)472-1949 > walter(a)twingalaxies.com > http://www.twingalaxies.com > > Here is the story appearing in today's Idaho Statesman. > > > Idaho Statesman, May 4, 2004 > > Boise? World's video game capital? > Iowa firm may build gaming stadium, museum > > Eric Nelson > Special to > The Idaho Statesman | Edition Date: 05-04-2004 > > Athens is known for the Olympic Games and Cooperstown is known for the > Baseball Hall of Fame. But Boise? > > Move over potatoes, Boise may soon be known as the video game capital of the > world. > > Twin Galaxies, a company that has held championship video game tournaments, > kept player rankings and tracked video game world records since the days of > Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, wants to establish its headquarters in Boise, said > Walter Day, founder and chief scorekeeper of Iowa-based Twin Galaxies. > > The company's time frame "is ASAP," Day said. It's working on financing with > shareholders, and if everything goes according to plan Twin Galaxies could > be building a 12,000-square-foot "stadium" in early September to house a > historical gaming museum, weekly competitions and the annual video game > world championships. The company said it could hire as many as 50 people if > it moves from Iowa to Boise. > > "We'll build a stadium, we'll post statistics and results from video game > players throughout the whole world," said Day. "Almost every weekend we'll > have something big and every few weekends we'll bring a competition of > national caliber to Boise. This will bring thousands of people to Idaho." > > Day's optimism, however, should not be mistaken for a sure thing, city > representatives said. Twin Galaxies has not contacted the city's economic > development council or the Chamber of Commerce, said Shirl Boyce, vice > president of economic development for the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce. > > Local gaming facilities, such as Game World arcade, family entertainment > center Pojo's, and Pie nightclub have struggled to draw large crowds to > video game competitions. > > "To pull off what they're trying to do would be very difficult," Game World > manager Vince Dick said. "Competitions don't usually draw as many people as > they once did, especially with the way home game systems have taken off." > > But, Julia Roether, a spokeswoman for the video game company Nintendo, said > Twin Galaxies is well-known in the video game industry and has the ability > to draw competitors and spectators to Boise. > > Twin Galaxies has held more than 90 competitions over the past five years at > a variety of locations - Las Vegas, New Hampshire and the Mall of America in > Bloomington, Minn., to name a few - drawing from 100 to 100,000 spectators, > according to media reports. > > "Right now there's no unification in the gaming industry," said Bill > Cserjes, Twin Galaxies' chief operations officer. "But our plan is to put > the headquarters of a $24 billion industry in Boise and unite the industry." > > Cserjes moved to Boise several years ago. He said he's now researching > possible locations for Twin Galaxies headquarters, although the company > hasn't made any formal land inquires. Among the sites Twin Galaxies is > considering: The old Costco building at 8109 W. Franklin Road and land on > the western outskirts of the city, Cserjes said. > > "If they do start holding worldwide competitions in Boise, I can't think of > any negatives to the industry," said Gary Wood, co-owner of Pojo's in Boise. > "If anything, I think (Twin Galaxies) could really help the video game world > gain awareness, get people talking about video games again." > > > > Courtesy photo > Billy Mitchell, a world-famous video game player, is pictured in 1999 in > Tokyo with Masaya Nakamura, the father of Pac-Man. Mitchell is known for > scoring Pac-Man's first perfect game. Mitchell is the type of person that > competitions and other video game events would attract, say officials. > > About Twin Galaxies > In 1981, Twin Galaxies founder Walter Day visited more than 100 arcades > across the county and recorded the high scores he found on each game. Within > a year, he opened his own arcade in Ottumwa, Iowa, and continued to keep a > growing database of high score statistics, which he made available to the > public. > > According to the company's Web site, Day gained recognition from > high-profile game manufacturers such as Atari, Nintendo and Universal. > > Twin Galaxies continued to rank top players and Day was picked to edit > scores for the 1984-1986 editions of the U.S. Guinness Book of World > Records. Twin Galaxies also produced the first official rule book for > playing electronic games and established the rules and settings for each > game, according its Web site. > > Twin Galaxies is currently run by a handful of its shareholders. The company > expects to start up in Boise and hire about 50 people locally. Promotions, > sponsorships, membership, competition entry fees, investors and book sales > will help finance the Boise project, Day said. > The company tracks the scores for about 10,000 games such as Pac Man, Donkey > Kong, Crazy Taxi, Star Wars, Tony Hawk, Men in Black, Super Mario Bros and > Grand Theft Auto. > Day's book, the Official Video Game and Pinball Book of World Records, is > 984 pages with 12,416 scores from players in 31 countries. Day plans to > release an updated version in the fall. > >

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