Last Week in Review: June 12th to June 18th
Monday, June 12th:
- Baby Pac-Man and Granny and the Gators added to the arcade floor
- Jamie Tibbetts set the Aurcade World Record in Dodonpachi II – Bee Storm: 953,878,140
- Fred DeHart set the Aurcade High Score in Gauntlet II: 36,710
SAGA OF THE HARDCORE BELT | |||
CHAMPION | RESULT | CHALLENGER | GAMER |
Mases Hagopian | DEFENDED | Marco Gorajski | Ironman Ivan Stewart Super Off-Road |
Mases Hagopian | DEFENDED | Mike McCarthy | Gun Survivor 2 |
Mases Hagopian | DEFENDED | Jamie Tibbetts | Killer Instict 2 |
Tuesday, June 13th:
KOMBAT KON RETURNS
- Mases Hagopian set the Aurcade High Score in Granny and the Gators: 98,740
- Pete Hahn set the Aurcade World Record in King of the Monsters 2: 133,290
Wednesday, June 14th:
- Check out this interview with ack from MGC 2017
Thursday, June 15th:
- QUESTION 1: Name 5 trackball games you can play at the Galloping Ghost Arcade.
- A: James White was the first to answer with these five titles: crystal Castles, Reactor, Centipede, Millipede, and Marble Madness!
- QUESTION 2: Name four members of Team GGA that represented us by playing Mortal Kombat (2011).
- A: No one had the correct answer for this one. We would have accepted:
Soonk, Han, Jeremiah, 16Bit, Dizzy, Medina, Moe, Fill Pops, Slips, Wafflez, or PPJ!
- A: No one had the correct answer for this one. We would have accepted:
- ESWAT has been upgraded to an original dedicated Dynamo cabinet with new cabinet art.
Friday, June 16th:
- Gradius IV is back up and running. We restored and rewrote ROM chips, and soldered on a new battery for the RTC chip. Expect major repairs to several games in the near future.
- Thanks to Q*bert creator legend Jeffrey Lee for bringing in this Chicago Tribune newspaper clipping from May 5th, 1982 about Tim Skelly, creator of games like Reactor, Armor Attack, Star Castle, Rip Off, and many others!
- Galloping Ghost Arcade mugs are back in stock! Get them while they last!
- Cabinet Repairs
- Xevious and Black Widow had joystick issues fixed
- Gauntlet: Dark Legacy got a new marquee
- Super Street Fighter X Grand Master Challenge got all new Cherry D44X microswitches. Thanks to Paradise Arcade Shop
- Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper got a new Naomi IO Board, fixing input issues
- Fred DeHart set the Aurcade High Score in Super Punch Out!!: 279,280
Saturday, June 17th:
- John Holton set the Aurcade World Record in The Real Ghostbusters: 640,500
- Pete Hahn set the Aurcade World Record in King of the Monsters: 188,070