Wow, a pink Rage Racer. You can tell that's been in the sun.
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Yeah I think parts of Rave Racer are meant to be pink, but it is definitely a cab that's seen better days too. I first sat down not realising that the seat wasn't held on a platform as you'd expect, and instead it scraped against the floor. Something funky was going on with the pedals too, at one point the accelerator seemed to be throttled.
Originally posted by importaku View PostOh fuses collection way outstrips my own he has way more import stuff than me
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So we're coming back to the UK tomorrow for our first post-COVID summer visit. Partly because I need to collect a PVM, partly because we need to see my mum after so long, and partly because we want to go to one of the Arcade Clubs. I've been hyping up Arcade Club to my boy for what seems like years now, and we're both dead excited about going. We just booked a B+B in Blackpool so that we have two full days, with one reserved exclusively for the arcade visit.
Only, I just checked their site for the exact location and learned that they're closed Monday-Wednesday, the days we're there. Awesome.
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It would be an interesting summer challenge to see what the oldest, most impressive old school arcade machine find people can locate would be. A working unit in an arcade but it has to be 'in the wild' and not in a place like an arcade club where the intention is to have those machines there. I wonder if anywhere happens to have something interest still running by pure happen-chance
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There is a tiny traditional seaside arcade in Brixham, south Devon, that until pretty recently still had a fully working Aquajet (albeit with some screen burn).
OK, it's hardly ancient (1996), but its size and mechanical complexity means that I'd consider it a fairly unusual one to see around.
Unfortunately I think it eventually gave up the ghost as last time I went in there it had disappeared
There was also a pretty excellent arcade in Brixham that shut down in about ~2015 that right up until its closure had a full two player Rave Racer setup. Was in great nick, too.
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Originally posted by dataDave View PostSo we're coming back to the UK tomorrow for our first post-COVID summer visit. Partly because I need to collect a PVM, partly because we need to see my mum after so long, and partly because we want to go to one of the Arcade Clubs. I've been hyping up Arcade Club to my boy for what seems like years now, and we're both dead excited about going. We just booked a B+B in Blackpool so that we have two full days, with one reserved exclusively for the arcade visit.
Only, I just checked their site for the exact location and learned that they're closed Monday-Wednesday, the days we're there. Awesome.
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Originally posted by Neon Ignition View PostIt would be an interesting summer challenge to see what the oldest, most impressive old school arcade machine find people can locate would be. A working unit in an arcade but it has to be 'in the wild' and not in a place like an arcade club where the intention is to have those machines there. I wonder if anywhere happens to have something interest still running by pure happen-chance
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Interesting news feature where a mum saw an old arcade machine where you ride a horse and shoot Indians and complained.
It's clearly ancient and from a time when "Cowboys and Indians" hadn't been reassessed, but I can't help but feel that this is written in the style of "Lefty snowflake ruins everyone's holiday!"
"A seaside 'cowboys and Indians' shooting game has been removed from an arcade after a mum complained it was racist.
Emily Crossing, 30, wrote to bosses at the Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare in Somerset following a family visit.
She spotted the game which featured a saloon with a cowboy on the backdrop, and a gun for shooting moving Native American figures while the player sat on a horse.
The adult social care worker from Oxford wrote to pier bosses and told them she thought it was "extremely racist" and "outdated".
Emails appear to show bosses replying to say it was a "legacy piece" - and then later saying that nobody else had complained, and it was up to parents to police use.
However, when approached for comment earlier this week, a spokesperson said the game had been removed.
Emily, from Oxford, said: "It's clearly racist. It's absolutely shocking.
"Mum and I both just had our mouths open when we first saw it - we were in absolute shock.
"The figures of indigenous Americans were in full-on headdresses and there are little 'cowboys' everywhere.
"I can't believe the managers have no idea about cultural appropriation."
Emily says she first emailed the company on May 29 after a visit earlier that month.
She claims then then contacted the Grand Pier again over a month later, as she hadn't heard back.
She says she then received a reply, which she says claimed the game was a legacy piece the company inherited when they bought the pier.
Emily then posted on Instagram where she says she received messages of support.
And she said: "This is 2022 - that game is racist whether you chose to play it or not. It's outdated and extremely shocking."
As of July 12, the game was still available on the pier."
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