This is gonna FAWKIN happen. As soon as I get back from PAX.

And, er, the guys are ready for people to visit them. BUT THEN!

Oh yeah, you're in like Flynn. From TRON.

Whoa, then it's likely... ok, maybe possible... that when they get it to where they're happy with it... this could be a... a... ROAD TRIP!!??

I really need a road trip.

No, it's a private place. Technically, the previous incarnation was a private residence. To get in, you have to know someone who's been there.

But, hey. You know me. :)

Yeah, if they weren't already in shitty condition, I eventually have had to do something to all of them, except Tempest (and on that one, I installed the mod for Tempest Tubes).

So, the Phoenix Arcade there - that's not going to be open to the public? Am I remembering right that it USED to be, pre-fire? I bet I am remembering wrong.

My friends from Lawton (the guys who owned the arcade that burned down last year) were in talks with Peter at one point to either buy or co-locate his machines. It fell through at some point -- I wasn't privy to the details so I'm not sure what happened. All I know is, it was a possibility at one point and then it never happened.

I've never been there personally, but Peter's place looks awesome in every picture I've seen. Still, taking over that many machines at once would be a nightmare. I mean, it's all good as long as they're all running, but like I said in my book, if you want to own arcade games then you have four options: learn how to work on them, make friends with people who work on them, get ready to pay people to work on them, or enjoy your new broken games. No matter how good of condition games are, you're still dealing with things that are 20-30 years old. They all fail, eventually. I don't know about your games Jonsey, but I don't think I own one that I haven't had to do at least SOMETHING to.

By the way, not to derail but in case you didn't see it, I went down to check out the warehouse of the guys that owned the arcade that burned down. (That was an awful sentence.) Check it out; at the end of the page is a link to about 100 pix of their machines that I took on Saturday.

http://www.robohara.com/?p=2025

[url=http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=124570]Link[/url].

[quote="Peter"]The House, the Arcade, the games, the posters, the artwork, all on a 2 acre lot of beautiful mountain-top property with a gorgeous view. The house is 2 stories - cedar siding with stonework - roughly 3360 sq ft in the main house. The Arcade is 2400 sq ft on the main floor, the upper floor is roughly 1500 sq ft. There is a bathroom in the arcade, and the house itself has 3 bathrooms and 4 bedrooms. The arcade is also cedar siding with stonework to match the house.

Everything you see here:
http://www.lunacityarcade.com/

Here is the full list of games:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?k...iQ&output=html

Note that I am keeping some of the games. They are clearly marked in the spreadsheet.

Again, you get the house, the arcade, the games, the posters, the artwork - everything except the games noted in the spreadsheet.

PLEASE - somebody come take it over so it can stay as-is, and as it should be. It's that or the games get wholesaled and almost certainly parted out on ebay, and the building gets converted into somebody else's garage.

Sorry, but I will not piecemeal any part of this sale. You buy the house - you get everything else. That's the deal. I refuse to watch the collection walk out the door 1 machine at a time. I just can't do it.

I'm ready to move on and I need somebody else to run the Chocolate Factory.

Regards,
-Peter
peter@peterhirschberg.com[/quote]

Here's the website he made for his arcade: http://lunacityarcade.com/

[img]http://lunacityarcade.com/images/arcade/06132008/thumb_IMGP0068.JPG[/img]

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