Dig Dug Update

Well, not much has changed. Jeremy is the current leader with over 144,000 and finally today I managed to challenge him a little bit by getting 139,000. I lost my last man when I got stupid and greedy chasing a bonus item that would have put me ahead of him. A fool and his quarter were soon parted.

NEWS FLASH!! Scored 165,000 today, sweet.

Arcade Boards

There is something to be said about watching someone go through box after box of arcade PCB's reading off names like Q-Bert, Zaxxon, Donkey Kong, POW and Choplifter to name only a few. I was over at a friends house and his business is to put arcade machines into bars and such and also service those machines and the machines of other people. He's been in the arcade business for about 20 years or so and his place is INSANE. It is full of amazing machines, pieces of machines and PCB's.

Walking through the basement was a minefield of my past... careful, don't step on the Pole Position control panel.... so cool. (the pic is not his place by the way, just a cool pic)

It was a very good way to spend a Sunday morning going through all those boards, after testing a bunch I bought 6 and did so very happily. Really loving the arcade hobby.

Also it turns out he worked at the Imperial Arcade for like 10 years, that place was an Ottawa institution, lots of quarters went through their back in the day.

Nerd Blog!!

It's an affectionate name I have for this blog. The plan has been to make it much more detailed with actual reviews and such, but that has not happened yet. It may still faithful reader so don't give up on it.

The Dig Dug competition heated up since the last post, Jeremy foolishly took some vacation which allowed me to build some skill and pass his mighty score with my own.... 112,420!! I was pleased with this one. He's only been back for a day and only had 1 game today so I can't really sit back and enjoy the success yet.

I finished Gears of War 2 for the 360, GREAT GAME. I am shocked by the fact that my guy can't jump, but otherwise loved the game. It was on the easy side, but over the top and had an arcade type of sensibility to it. Easy to get into and get hooked.

I got Locks Quest for the DS for Christmas and am looking forward to working through that one, so far it is a mix of Rampart and a strategy RPG of some sort.

On the arcade scene all is pretty good, Ted dropped by on the weekend and we put the "Player 2" side of the machines through some actual use which was nice.

I also decided to rewire the 2nd Astro City. It's in good shape but sometimes there is a slight short somewhere, I am sure of it. Also the wiring is somewhat suspect so I think it's worth the few hours and $10 for the new JAMMA harness. Will hopefully tackle that this weekend.

Also gotta say that Vampire Savior 2 RULES, I love the style of this game.