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Location: St Paul MN
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Originally Posted by Baz View Post
Back in the 80's when I had a gig as a vocational instructor at the local community college in Daytona, I'd hit up the Chucky Cheese in the mall nearby after class to play their Asteroids machine.

I became quite proficient and really enjoyed the overall concept of the game more than any I'd ever played - including pinball. Nothing like blasting rocks and space ships in outer space using a laser!

Fast forward to the late 90's and I decided to go ahead and just buy my own.

It's in my living room and works great! I did have to send out the AR and main logic board for repairs about 3 years ago plus replaced the big blue capacitor. Used a guy from an arcade facebook group.


Brother from another mother...

I have a Donkey Kong in my living room! Can’t say I really play it much, but it was my favorite as a teenager in the ‘80s

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