Archive for August, 2008
Added Indianapolis Pinball Location – Mugshots
It was a long afternoon of updating my ‘Arcade Artwork Reproduction List‘ page, so I am copping out tonight in terms of a long arcade game post.
About a month ago I came across a working playable Harley Davidson pinball at Mugshots, a bar in Broadripple. Check out the original ‘Play pinball in Indianapolis, Indiana‘ post for updated information.
Updated – Arcade Art Reproduction List
It’s late, I’ll try to make this short.
I got the bug to update this page tonight. After adding in about 30-40 pieces of artwork earlier this week that Arcade Renovations made I finally conceded that this list is starting to be a fairly valuable resource. Making this realization I knew what had to be done next. (more…)
A new theory on who made the sideart Mr. Do!?
Edit Nov. 2018 – For several years I was actively trying to figure out what company manufactured a series of games in white cabinets with quirky artwork, and wrote a series of posts looking to surface new information.
Eventually in 2012, we were able to pinpoint that a company by the name of Glak created these cabinets based out of Rhode Island.
The owners of that company had formed several companies in the same building and were known by multiple names including Omni and Eagle.While we don’t know who actually manufactured the wooden cabinet itself for sure, it wasn’t Falcon or Orca that created the artwork or distributed the game. We have confirmation that Glak / Eagle had the facilities to create their own artwork at their headquarters in Rhode Island.
I had someone contact me on my post earlier this week on another mention of white Mr. Do! machines in upstate New York. They said that these Mr. Do! machines were very similar to Crazy Kong and Crazy Kong Jr. cabinets made by Falcon. Same cabinet design same ‘water soluble sideart’ (This was an interesting comment, the idea being that the sideart would come off with water whether it was soluble or not).
I checked Xmission for photos of the cabinet without any luck. I also posted on the Klov forums looking for better photos of the Crazy Kong cabinet. It was not surprising that I got little help. But I did find one other decent photo and I can see some of the similarities in the cabinet design. Here they are. (more…)
New Arcade T-Shirts – Chicago Trip
Back in late April I got my second arcade game themed piece of clothing when my Donkey Kong 2 t-shirt arrived in the mail. On my trip to Chicago for my Mr. Do! I also nabbed five more classic arcade shirts from Chris Moore.
Some people may have too much pride to take a ‘hand out’. I however sir, do not, especially when they are cool shirts and I have very few to speak of. (more…)
Mr. Do! control panel overlay artwork
With my final exam having wrapped up tonight, I had a good part of the day to ‘play’. I started this over the weekend, I felt like I needed a small celebration to start me off for my three weeks off from my masters program.
Yesterday I started vectorizing a scan of an NOS Mr. Do! control panel overlay. Today I finished that artwork. (more…)
Another White Mr. Do! Mention
It’s taken about six months or so, but this arcade game blog is starting to get the volume and type of traffic I had always imagined. I had always hoped that by having a public website, I would get emails from people all over the United States giving me snippets of information about different arcade game projects. This time, it’s my beloved Mr. Do!
I got one the other day from a guy in NY who says that at one time a buddy of his bought 15-20 of the rare white character sideart Mr. Do! machines in an auction. (more…)
Q*Bert Sideart Comparisons and History
Back in late May there was a couple page thread on Klov asking why Rich at This Old Game was remaking artwork for Gottlieb’s Q*Bert. Seeing as almost 7 years had passed since the first Q*Bert decals / artwork was reproduced there are a lot of people who vaguely knew there were different versions, but didn’t know who was selling the most accurate reproduction.
We put that thread to rest, but in case you are still curious here is an expounded history and a visual comparison of the Q*bert sideart that has been reproduced. (more…)
