Colossus Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Am I the only one that thinks playing them is uncomfortable, annoying and they're just plain ugly? I don't know why, but it just doesn't really push my buttons. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daics3522 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 I don't know why, but it just doesn't really push my buttons. :D Your supposed to push the buttons in this relationship Colossus not the other way round............. :laugh: :lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colossus Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 Your supposed to push the buttons in this relationship Colossus not the other way round............. :laugh: :lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astroboy440 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Depends on what you grew up with I guess. They were popular long before my time so I'm not a huge fan either in comparison to the stand-ups, though I still appreciate them for their place in history and I don't mind the odd game on one when I come across it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootar75 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 What other machines can u safely rest beers on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolspot Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 What other machines can u safely rest beers on? up rights on the cp, sitdowns, pinball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colossus Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 up rights on the cp, sitdowns, pinball Agreed. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootar75 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 up rights on the cp, sitdowns, pinball nope none safely. I have tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKong Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 There is something special about sitting at a cocktail cab with a mate and a few beers mounting up all over. Not having to move when your go is over, not freaking out about spilling a beer down the CP. Watching the game from upside down when your pissed. Downside is the amount of room they take up, you need good seating space either end. I have one left from 4 I have owned but still love sitting down at a cocktail game to play, its the first machine the oldies see and say WOW I remember them, like it just jogged something in there memory. Great piece of the Arcade must have at least one. up rights on the cp, sitdowns, pinball No beers allowed to rest on my pinballs, ever cleaned out the dregs of alcohol from a spilt drink on a pinball runs straight down the glass and inside , not good :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator Foot Posted March 9, 2009 Super Moderator Share Posted March 9, 2009 Yep, it's about the vibe....walking into an arcade with the walls lined with pins and uprights and the cocktails lined down the centre, or the lone cocktail sitting in the corner store. Right now I have 3 of them (don't know how that happened), but it's two too many, I need the room back! Nothing get to rest on my new glass, not even the dust is game enough to try... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prktkljokr Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 You can stack them 3 high :D , so good shed space savers when they are projects, or for future sales. I have sold a fair few machines, and everyone asks for a cocktail before they ask for a upright :unsure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKong Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 You can stack them 3 high :D , so good shed space savers when they are projects, or for future sales. I have sold a fair few machines, and everyone asks for a cocktail before they ask for a upright :unsure Its the nostalgia , and they are great to play even my nephews who were 9 and 11 at the time would play the classics sitting at my Hankin when I had it. Chip packets all over the game one kid screaming to the other move here do this. Sits straight down when its his turn, then the other jumps up :lol I do remember the chicks would prefer the cocktails as well in the early 80's, so maybe its a wife push thing for you prktkljokr (you need an easier user name :D) Hubby says thinking about an Arcade cab, no your not having one of them in my house , what about one of those sit down table like ones hmm yes they are nice :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narf_ Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 mine is great acts as a stand for the kids TV cant get better than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKong Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 mine is great acts as a stand for the kids TV cant get better than that Retro furniture :cool: My Hankin (not working at the time) was my Imac bench (99) till one day when playing macmame and quite a few beers decided hey why use the key board when I can hook the Joystick, buttons up to a shitty old USB pad and play through the Cocktail controls (as they were sitting in front of me) sort of like the Apple on the head experience :laugh:, few solder points later and I was playing using Arcade controls. That was my first Mame to arcade hack boy I was proud :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narf_ Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 sadly mine fully works :redface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxpower Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Cocktails LOVE EM. That's what I remember most at the shops near me in Melb. Get 5 dickheads all yelling and shouting, while sitting around it. Plus there great ashtray holders! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Years ago when I was a young lad, this girl was babysitting my brother and I over the school holidays. The babysitter was trying to win tickets to a concert on the radio, well she won. So her, my brother and I climbed into her VW beetle and drove into Auckland city to Radio Hauraki to collect the concert tickets. Now Radio Hauraki was the coolest radio station in Auckland at the time with loads of history. In the reception area of the radio station was a galaxian cocktail cabinet. The Howard Stern of Hauraki was a bloke by the name of Kevin Black, he did breakfast. I walked over to watch Blackie play. I was mesmerized with him and the machine. Blackie got called away by someone, and he offered me the rest of his game. That was one of the coolest days up to that point of my life. That?s why I want and love cocktail cabinets When I get a Rocky and Bullwinkle pinball machine I will tell my stripper story. For me, some machines have a memory attached to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKong Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Years ago when I was a young lad, this girl was babysitting my brother and I over the school holidays. The babysitter was trying to win tickets to a concert on the radio, well she won. So her, my brother and I climbed into her VW beetle and drove into Auckland city to Radio Hauraki to collect the concert tickets. Now Radio Hauraki was the coolest radio station in Auckland at the time with loads of history. In the reception area of the radio station was a galaxian cocktail cabinet. The Howard Stern of Hauraki was a bloke by the name of Kevin Black, he did breakfast. I walked over to watch Blackie play. I was mesmerized with him and the machine. Blackie got called away by someone, and he offered me the rest of his game. That was one of the coolest days up to that point of my life. That?s why I want and love cocktail cabinets When I get a Rocky and Bullwinkle pinball machine I will tell my stripper story. For me, some machines have a memory attached to them Cool story Every Pub used to have a Galaxian or Rally X or Pacman or the poorer ones Space invader cocktail somewhere in there. Used to love going to Melbourne and Lygon Street in the eighties and going into the Italian restaurants and finding so many new games. That was my mission as a kid find the cocktail/arcade machine, I think Mum knew I would be amused for a few hours on a couple of dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingtipvortex Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Its the nostalgia , and they are great to play even my nephews who were 9 and 11 at the time would play the classics sitting at my Hankin when I had it. Chip packets all over the game one kid screaming to the other move here do this. Sits straight down when its his turn, then the other jumps up :lol sounds familiar, only we are a lot older now and its brews and smokes instead of chips:lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKong Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 sounds familiar, only we are a lot older now and its brews and smokes instead of chips:lol aint that the truth bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Gotta love the cocktail... Mine running the 48 in 1 that was in an upright just feels more authentic. Have to agree that the having the beer on top while watching your mate die is good fun.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shtonkalot Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Man, after reading this I've just realised how fond of the cocktail table I am. Used to hang out at the local fish and chip shop with my mate for hours playing Wonderboy in Monsterland. The owner of the shop even used to give us extra twentys to play with when we ran out. Good memories. I would love to have one as a coffee table and the more I think about it the more confused I'm getting about future machine making plans. Damn this site, I had a plan in mind when I first posted today. Now I'm so unsure as to what I want... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggeorge Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I find them horribly uncomfortable to sit and play games at.... But, as a piece of nostalgic furniture, they look damn nice. Especially when I sweep my wife's handbag, junkmail & other misc crap off the top of it, I can admire it for what it really is, rather than just being another flat surface to put stuff on. Grrrr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouser Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Me too I love the cocktail cab as well. Whilst not the first machine I ever played (the first was actually a space invaders upright!), they do represent a bulk of the earlier machines I had a crack at as a youngster and hold a lot of nostalgic memory for me. Being unable to obtain one so far at a reasonable price, I'm planning on building my own later this year. Besides, it's the only form of an arcade machine I'm going to be able to smuggle into the lounge room with the Mrs seal of approval (she loves Burgertime and Galaga) Score! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxpower Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 One more thing. Try and have a root on an upright. Doesn't work as good as a cocktail.:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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