#coin-op

[arcadebroke]

時間に取り残された少女戦士の姿に、少し胸が痛くなった。

[zippocreed501]

...images from the lost continent of cult films, b-movies and celluloid dreamscapes

Coin-Op Heroes: Arcades in 80's films

Tron (1982) Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) Wargames (1983) Joysticks (1983) Nightmares (1983) The Last Starfighter (1984) The Karate Kid (1984) The Goonies (1985) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

[monsters-conquer-the-world]

Save Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum!

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum is an insanely cool collection of vintage and antique animatronics, pinball machines, arcade cabinets, penny-arcades, nickelodeons, and a million other creepy-cool-crazy old coin-op contraptions from yesteryear. It's a one-of-a-kind exhibit and I love that it's right here in Michigan. If that sounds cool to you, please consider signing the petition linked above. Here are a couple local news stories that sum up this delightful slice of mechanized whimsy and automated buffoonery:

Plan calls for demolition of historic Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum in Farmington Hills

Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum, a historic and popular attraction in Farmington Hills, could be demolished under a proposal that will

"Wouldn't the world be better off if we took nonsense more seriously?" -Marvin Yagoda

[c86]

Kids in a Video Game Arcade, Hollywood, 11 August 1982

[radicallyretro]

Star Trek Arcade Coin-Op Arcade Flyer (1972)

A clone of Computer Space (1971) by Nutting Associates. 

Note the name on the Star Trek cabinet... “For Play” & “Computer Space” was manufactured by “Nutting Associates”... what’s with the naming here folks?!?

Flyers via FlyerFever.com

[2000dc64]

[turbinepaints]

[thirtytwoelvismovies]

Coin-Op Carnival #1 by Ryan Claytor and Nick Baldridge. I am very excited to read this.