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Video Games Live at the symphony
by Sean McLachlan 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

I went on Sat. night, and it was OK. Console heavy, but there was enough coin op/NES to make it interesting. No mention of the 2600, but I guess when most games didn't have any music for that platform, you have to understand why. There was a ton of game music that I had never even played the game from, like Final Fantasy, and WoW. The MC (Missile Command? No, Master of Ceremonies) was some guy who worked composing music for games, and the last couple of songs he pulled out a guitar and played along. He pranced around the stage like he was a rockstar, but it really just made him look like a doofus. Biggest hit of the night was some guy who played the SMB music on the piano while blindfolded . D00d had l33t skilz. Anyone else go? -- Sean McLachlan

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DK jr on ksl.com
by Sean McLachlan 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

$375. Showed up yesterday, if anyone is interested. -- Sean McLachlan

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New game, funny request
by Jeff Rivera 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

Ok, so first things first. I ended up buying that Star Wars cabinet, but I did manage to talk the guy down from his $700 mark a bit. I got some hi-res shots of the cabinet and they looked great. Some of the issues I had noticed were just due to photo compression and the like. The board had just been serviced, so that's always a good thing. Anyway, I'm just getting shipping quotes now, and it should be here in a little over a week, depending on the shipping service. Secondly, does anybody have any photos of the interior of the 49th Street Galleria before it went downhill? I'd really like some photos of the place, especially of the arcades and the miniature golf. My memory is a little blurry, but I seem to remember a pretty high number of games being there, and quite a few cockpits and sit-down versions of games. I definitely remember playing a Star Wars cockpit there. Oh, and to satisfy curiosity, does anybody know where all those games ended up when that place closed down? -- ---Jeff Rivera--- jeff(a)i4.net jar155(a)gmail.com jar155(a)yahoo.com

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Gold Mine
by Christopher Strong 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

Sean McLachlan wrote: > Wow, Chris! That's great! Some one give me a memory check on this. > Is this what you guys remember? I know Pete went there, anyone else? > It seems to me the x-roads mall had a stylized pic of a mining cart on > it also, but it's been a long time. I *know* it was remodeled at least twice, and I remember a sign change. I think this sign might be the older one, though I'm not sure. I remember a cart at some point. I think it may have been a "Tilt" at one time as well. Same company. I used to go there, mainly in 1983-1986 when I was shopping for Atari 800 software at Video Concepts (just below Radio Shack on the second floor, next to Sunset Sports that later became Borders). The Crossroads Mall Gold Mine is where I was introduced to Peter Packrat. -Chris

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FW: New game, funny request
by Bert Ankrom 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

Is is just me or does it seem like the lease holder should have extended the lease on the Galleria Property or Utah Fun Dome toward the end. Granted not a lot of people were going to the Galleria but look at the property now. It's been a couple of different schools, a Vegas style buffet restraunt, and now sits vacant and has for the last year. Curious what changes were made to the inside during the last 6 years since it closed. I never saw the Galleria in it's heyday the first time I saw it was in 1992, and again after I moved here in 1995. I'd like to see some pics if any exist too. Did a quick search and found the following video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrRuWdd_7Ok&feature=related Apparently 49th street Galleria was a chain. Here's a video from 49th street Galleria in Philly. The look is very similar. You may want to turn down the soundtrack. Add pet hospital to latest list of uses pretty sure it will either be vacant or something else by the end of 08. Why a 200,000 sq ft pet hospital?? Sheesh? http://www.scribblevillage.com/?p=1125 ________________________________ From: utvgg-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utvgg-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Rivera Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:25 AM To: UtVgG Subject: [UtVgG] New game, funny request Ok, so first things first. I ended up buying that Star Wars cabinet, but I did manage to talk the guy down from his $700 mark a bit. I got some hi-res shots of the cabinet and they looked great. Some of the issues I had noticed were just due to photo compression and the like. The board had just been serviced, so that's always a good thing. Anyway, I'm just getting shipping quotes now, and it should be here in a little over a week, depending on the shipping service. Secondly, does anybody have any photos of the interior of the 49th Street Galleria before it went downhill? I'd really like some photos of the place, especially of the arcades and the miniature golf. My memory is a little blurry, but I seem to remember a pretty high number of games being there, and quite a few cockpits and sit-down versions of games. I definitely remember playing a Star Wars cockpit there. Oh, and to satisfy curiosity, does anybody know where all those games ended up when that place closed down? -- ---Jeff Rivera--- jeff(a)i4.net jar155(a)gmail.com jar155(a)yahoo.com

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Selling Pontiacs with Spy Hunter style
by Sean McLachlan 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1454928825 Jeff R, do you have anything to trade for a Spy Hunter? -- Sean McLachlan MIS Manager, Quality Manager LithoFlexo grafics 801.484.8503 sean(a)lithoflexo.com

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Fair price?
by Jeff Rivera 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

Ok, so I've been trying to hunt down a Star Wars and I was just checking to see if you guys felt that this was fair. The guy is willing to sell it to me that will put the final price (shipping included) at just around $700. The game is working well, has recently had the board serviced, and the monitor is looking good. Here are a few pics: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/jar155/BYOAC/7e856a39.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/jar155/BYOAC/03d95e6e.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/jar155/BYOAC/2f7e852e.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/jar155/BYOAC/412a8cc6.jpg Any opinions? Also, I'm looking for a Spy Hunter. Just a heads up on that one... -- ---Jeff Rivera--- jeff(a)i4.net jar155(a)gmail.com jar155(a)yahoo.com

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Williams Predators
by Pete Ashdown 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

I ran across this page today on another search. Interesting stuff. Jeff I'm sure you'll feel vindicated. http://www.retrokade.com/cabs/predators.htm

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Haunted Ms. Pac-Man - FREE
by Pete Ashdown 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

I'd take it just for the haunted part: http://kotaku.com/366370/the-haunted-ms-pac-man

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SL County has a real arcade again
by Bert Ankrom 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Ok, not real as in dark, marquee lit dungeons of the late 70's and early 80s but something better than the storefront warehouses of conversion hell of nickelcade. I was really jonesing to play some games at an arcade so I took the family to Nickel Mania in Murray over the weekend. I had driven by several times over the last couple years but the redemtion games area that is visible from the street really turned me off. I finally decided to give it a try anyway. The place was packed on a Saturday afternoon lots of "new" games for the young ones but the thing that got me was a very respectable classic collection of about 40 games and 15 pins in their orignal cabinets that A: actually worked and B: appeared to be well maintained (Tron still had complete side art and the black lights and marquee were lit) I think the only faux pas was Galaga in a Galaxian Cabinet. Nickelcade it was not. Most classics were set to 2 nickles and the pins were set at either 3 or 4 nickels. I didn't talk to the people at the desk but it seemed like it was a family run business. Anyway, we blew 2 hours and 80 (yeah, big spender) nickels most of which went to redemption hell via my 4 year old. But it was good to find an arcade with a lot of the 80s staples that weren't painted black and actually had capped their monitors since 1985. It wasn't perfect but it's the best arcade in Utah and the maintenance of the classics was close to the quality of GroundKontrol in Portland (only 600 miles closer). There was nothing to get excited about collecting wise but you never know what you might be able to dig up by talking to them.

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