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California Extreme Arcade Show Approaches 18

Posted by simoniker from the power-pill dept.
JM writes "The 8th annual California Extreme arcade game show is this Saturday & Sunday, August 7-8, at the San Jose Convention Center, Parkside Hall. Having been to California Extreme [not to be confused with Classic Gaming Expo, being held in San Jose on the 21st and 22nd of August] once before, I can tell you this is a 'can't miss' event for the fan of classic arcade and pinball machines. For one weekend each year, a massive collection of rare and classic arcade and pinball machines are together in one place, all set to free play, including never before seen prototype games, rare laserdisc games, plus some additional surprises, I'm sure. This year will be the CE premiere of Greg Maletic's documentary, 'The Future of Pinball', about Williams' ultimately ill-fated Pinball 2000 machines, as well as some great speakers and events, including an Atari panel with Ed Logg and others." Any arcade show with a playable Akka Arrh is good by us.
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  • If I had more dollars than sense, I'd go just to have a chance to play Marble Man [toadstool.net], the never-released sequel to Marbell Madness. The few people who have working boards have sadly never allowed them to be ripped to ROM.

    One day. One day...

  • Sounds very interesting and all (Score:4, Interesting)

    by Ayaress ( 662020 ) on Thursday August 05, 2004 @04:14PM (#9893684) Journal
    But am I the only one who gets a slightly off felling when I see words like "Extreme" anymore? Everything's "Extreme" "eXtreme" "Xtreme" "Xtreem" or "Xstream" now. The word's just lost all meaning to me.
  • Of course this is brought to my attention the weekend I have a date.. Hmmm, choices, choices......

  • I figure this is a Slashdot plot... (Score:5, Funny)

    by Chris Mattern ( 191822 ) on Thursday August 05, 2004 @04:26PM (#9893776)
    After seeing that site, you decide that Slashdot's colors aren't that bad after all....

    Chris Mattern
  • Depending on how long you stay and how many games you end up playing, someone could end up paying less than a quarter per game. Meaning, if the convention entry was $100 for one person and you ended up playing 1000 game instances, then you are paying $0.10/game, which isn't that bad of a deal!
  • Anyone else find this read as an advert? COME NOW EXTREME PINBALL WE'LL EXTEND YOUR PENIS TOO NOW NOW NOW! like?

    Seems alot of people are using Slashdot as a free geek becon.. I wonder... :)

  • Pinball... (Score:3, Interesting)

    by Saige ( 53303 ) <evil.angela@gmai[ ]om ['l.c' in gap]> on Thursday August 05, 2004 @06:22PM (#9894820) Journal
    Oh my god, the selection of pinball machines alone! *drool*

    It has been entirely too long since I've played pinball. This would be incredible.

    I still plan on buying some pinball machines sometime in the future, and learning how to repair them to keep them working. Hopefully I'll have a place with the room to start doing so soon.
  • I'm a little disappointed they only list "Neo Geo 2-slot" in the games section, but it still looks spiffy for all those Californians out there. Lots of classic fun, to be sure. Sinistar, anyone?

    I'm just wondering what kind of Neo Geo games they will have. The right selection of Neo Geo games, and I'd fly to California (from Hawaii) solely for that. Mmm, Blazing Star, Metal Slug, and Samurai Shodown....
  • Phear my mad pinball skills, punks! "It's not tragic, you have Merlin's Magic!"

    Of course, I get to play that game every day at the local watering hole, anyway.
    • Medieval Madness? Screw that. They got a Black Knight--and it's probably in perfect working order! (you know how hard it was for arcades to keep that thing in good repair?) Ah, I can still hear the hoofbeats as the ball rolled down the inlane...and the dark laughter when I hit the outlane save button too slow...

      But even more than that, they have an Addams Family! "The Mam-MOOSH-ka!" "Hit Cousin It!" "Fifty MIL-lion!" "It's not plugged in yet." "Back to the vault!" And, of course, "It's SHOWTIME!"

  • pinball 2000 (Score:3, Interesting)

    by British ( 51765 ) <british1500@gmail.com> on Thursday August 05, 2004 @10:52PM (#9896566) Homepage Journal
    ...failed just because there was so much focus on the screen. If I wanted that much focus on the screen, I'd play a video game.

    There was some pac-man themed pinball/arcade game 20 years prior and that never caught on. Why would they try again with pinball 2k?

    The sad part is, the pinball playfield on a 2k machine is so sparse(no "gimmicks", not many ramps, etc) the gameplay resembles pre-1989 pinball machines!

    To me the golden era of pinball started with Fun House, Diner, etc. Lots and lots of ramps to play with, and things got multi-level. I'd like to think I mastered Rudy's "Fun house" but NEVER could conquer Star Trek: THe next Generation. If i had the $$, one would be in my bar.

    Williams pinball machines reign supreme(all 2k machines aside). The "hook" pinball machine by data east got so boring to me I left it for someone else to play with 4 credits I earned. I was on a winning streak where I kept getting free game after free game. Boredom won.
    • There was some pac-man themed pinball/arcade game 20 years prior and that never caught on. Why would they try again with pinball 2k?

      You mean Baby Pacman? That was 1992 and it was and still is a pretty fun machine. Unfortunately it's not a good enough pinball on its own to justify playing it, and the fairly standard pacman video game on top only held your interest long enough to get you back on the pinball.

      Too bad they only made about 2000 of them... they come across the auctions and papers all too in

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