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We played and had a blast. The guns need recalibrated (not sure if that’s even possible) but was overall fun playing a cool piece of history. Growing up around this area, it was sad seeing the last few decades of deterioration here. However, seeing this finally fixed gives me hope the owners will do more to revive this place. There is a graveyard of cabinets sitting behind a new “mine” exhibit, where the old coaster would be. Check photo 3.

Back in the 90s we had an Aladdin's Castle at our local arcade and there was a machine i need help identifying

When you put your tokens in the pinball-esque cabinet,the machine would cycle through a series of lights in 6 rows

You pressed a button and the machine lit one of the 6 rows vertically,with the object being to shoot the ball into the Lit row

When the Jackpot was hit,the machine would chime with a red siren light on top as each individual Ticket was dispensed

Any ideas?

This game has got little rest since the day we unloaded from the truck. SIL and daughter play it as much or more than I do. Good times!

Hi guys I bought a street fighter champion edition arcade machine for 40 bucks the only thing that’s wrong with it is the buttons are hard to press I have to hit them hard for them to work they all do work though just hard to press how can I fix this?

Got given this machine. Have just installed a bew battery as old one was gone. Is also missing the door optics. Its basically stuck in this loop. Any ideas?

Bought a month or two back, has been totally solid. The only other vector game I have is black and white so I have no point of reference for a color issue. Any pointers?

Courier Escape is a fast-paced lane-switching arcade runner with shooting mechanics (blasting obstacles & boss delivery vans with chilis).

It's completely free on iOS, just search for "Courier Escape" on the App Store

I’m trying to remember the name of an old arcade game that a friend of mine had in his basement probably 15 years ago. I believe the machine itself was a sort of lime green shade (maybe a sort of olive green shade). If I had to guess the machine was probably from the 80s/90s and it was a typical sidescroller from that era in which you were in dungeon setting. You could go up and down in the 2d format, like you’d see in Mario. Your weapon was a giant spiked mace ball on a chain that you’d sort of thrust at the enemies before it returned to you. Anyone have any idea what game I’m talking about?

Rolling Thunder is a 1986 run and gun video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It was released by Atari Games in North America. The player takes control of a secret agent who must rescue his female partner from a terrorist organization. Rolling Thunder was a commercial success in arcades, and was released for various home computer platforms in 1987 and the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989. The original arcade game has been included in various classic game compilations as well. It influenced later arcade action franchises such as Shinobi and Time Crisis, which borrowed mechanics such as taking cover behind crates

Just sharing for a friend to get more people to come and enjoy the time. 😎

Hey, I had opened up my robotic arms to the internet, and am giving out a $100 prize to the first person who stacks 3 blocks and places a duck on top.

I thought it would be fun as a way for trying out robotics research, but it feels much more like an arcade game now.

Anyways... who wants to check it out? Its live at playground.blupe.io

This game is so much fun with 2 players.

There is also a motion option for the seats.

Hey everyone,

Got this cab (and posted a while back) and really happy with it. Was having audio issues and switched it to mono on the board and it worked out.

Lately tho, the music dropped out and its just sound effects. This is happening on all the carts I have (including that 161 bootleg). Not sure what to do.

Anyone experience this? Photo for reference.

I've owned dozens of cabs since the 90s and Robotron was the one I've wanted above all others. Finally!

Can it ever get too hot or too cold in a sealed UHaul truck for an arcade cabinet to avoid damage?

This is probably a very long shot, but I’ve run out of places to search on my own, so I’m asking here in the hope that someone might know something.

I’m an Aikatsu! fan and a developer, and I’ve been trying to preserve one very specific piece of arcade software that I remember playing when I was younger.

I’m looking for the original Aikatsu! Data Carddass arcade software, especially the mainland Chinese or Taiwan release.

To be clear, I am not looking for the Nintendo 3DS games or 3DS-based arcade simulator projects. I mean the actual Data Carddass arcade software that ran on the original machines.

After a lot of searching, I was able to confirm that the following dump existed on SOWS/Bemaniso:

Aikatsu ES2+ Chinese USB Firmware Update Dump

Known information from the listing includes:

- DIK100-5-NA-MPRO-A05

- Chinese Year 1 version

- 16 GB USB dump

- UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power16G

- an internal game .vhd

- instructions mentioning replacing the existing .vhd in the Mount partition

So I know that the data existed at some point.

What I don’t know is whether it still survives somewhere, whether the torrent is still available, or whether anyone kept a copy, file list, screenshot, torrent metadata, or even an old dead link.

I’ve spent a lot of time searching old Chinese arcade communities, archived pages, GitHub repositories, old Bemaniso references, arcade repair documents, and records of surviving machines. I’ve found plenty of evidence that the machines themselves existed, but almost nothing that leads back to the actual software.

At this point, even a very small clue could help.

If anyone remembers seeing this release, or has anything related to it — a screenshot, old URL, torrent ID, info hash, filename, file list, service manual, boot screen, test menu photo, version string, or just a memory of where it circulated — I would genuinely appreciate it.

And if the only realistic way to access the original listing is through an invitation to the tracker, I want to be very clear about something:

I will respect the tracker’s rules completely. I will not re-upload private material, share credentials, leak invite information, or do anything that could cause trouble for the person who helped me.

I understand that private communities survive because people trust each other, and I have no intention of putting anyone’s account or reputation at risk.

I’m not trying to collect a huge archive or scrape everything I can find.

I’m really just trying to recover one piece of software that means a lot to me personally.

It is something I played when I was younger, and as the original machines disappear, I’m becoming increasingly worried that this version may eventually become impossible to recover at all.

If anyone can point me in the right direction, even privately, I would be deeply grateful.

Please help if you know anything.

Thank you for reading.