Mr. Do! Instructions Artwork Finalized

Monday was a long day, studying for a Marketing Strategy midterm, so when I got home I needed to zone, watch some baseball and I also picked this vector artwork project back. After a couple of months, the Mr. Do! instruction artwork is vectorized and ready to roll. Here are a couple of the challenges I encountered with this particular piece.

Fall Indianapolis USAmusements Auction October 2008

Overall I was generally impressed with the USAmusements arcade game auction that took place in Indianapolis last Saturday. There was about the same amount of classic arcade games, but in terms of volume I would say that there were about 20% more games than usual, and quite a few more pinballs. I got photos of just about everything, and prices for a handful of items.

Interesting Arcade Links – 2008-10-12

• Galaga 3 conversion for $200 on Cincinnati Craigslist (Clermont Co.). Might be worth about that, maybe less. – http://snipr.com/44mx0 #
• Donkey Kong arcade game for $250 – Pittsburg, PA Craigslist. Even with economy should still be worth $350-$400 – http://snipr.com/45bfv #
• Pole Position working Louisville Craigslist – $375 OBO. Economic times & given history of PP, worth closer to $275 – http://snipr.com/46xax #
• That Galaga 3 conversion I mentioned earlier in the week? Price drop to $100. Good value,

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How to vectorize arcade game artwork

Earlier in 2008 when I was really pushing to see what sort of traffic I could get on this arcade blog, I was starting to gather the best arcade artwork resources here under one roof.

I had contacted Tom Van Horn to see if he would let me reproduce (with credit of course) his very nice tutorial PDF on how to use a vector program to trace and then reproduce your arcade game artwork. I thought that this resource could be more easily found if made into HTML pages will a greater density of keywords and keep the PDF as a compliment to download and easily read offline, print, whatever was needed. A pretty good idea I thought.

Rotheblog Arcade Game Shirts

Just in time for the Indianapolis auction, I got a couple of my newly designed arcade game t-shirts in the mail. I also got some professional photos taken and got a couple of those in email tonight. For now, I chose one for the ‘Rotheblog About‘ page. This may change, but for all of those who have been reading and were curious to see what I look like now’s your chance.

Preparing for a USAmusements arcade game auction in Indianapolis

As the next arcade game auction here in Indianapolis approaches this Saturday, I have had a couple of questions come through about what to expect at the fairgrounds if you have never been before. Well, here are couple of things that may seem like common knowledge to most and may be talked about somewhere if you are willing to hunt for the information, but what fun is that? Let’s just talk about USAmusements right here.

Rotheblog makes Gameroom Magazine

Granted, my understanding it was just a blip. But I heard that my “15 Most Valuable Classic Arcade Games” post made Gameroom Magazine that was released this month October 2008, probably the November issue? Can anyone help me out? Send me a scan of the little article mention? Or maybe a photo?