Thanks Randy for sharing. For all the new fans of Randy out there, Randy will let you know when something is for sale otherwise it is not for sale. Ask yourself this, would you walk into a museum and ask to buy an artifact? He wants the world to enjoy these things as he has the time to share them with you. Can’t do that if it’s stuck in your basement.
What an amazing collection. I have a feeling setting up a museum is easier said than done, and Randy has difficulty letting go of his "friends", but it's a shame to see those games collecting dust too. Those games were meant to befriend more people.
When nobody cared; I cared. No one has helped; only me. They might be correcting dust, but that is the judgment on society. A few years left to write the end of the story
@@MainStreetRANDYLANDI know... the scope and complexity of what you are doing is so overwhelming. I don't think anyone else could manage it. I don't know how you do it. It's clearly the labour of love. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Man, I would love to have a Shark and a Bombs Away. Very great games. On a another note, the game you were describing wasn't Flim Flam, but it was Clean Sweep by Ramtek. Flim Flam is essentially Gyro-Pong. I'm very lucky and glad to have a Clean Sweep in my collection of games. Your collection is unlike any other ;)
Space Fury was such a cool game, Ive never seen one for sale. I did have a Congo Bongo board set somewhere. My favorite early video game was “Boothill”
It is a hands on amusement museum, with both things to play, and see for the experience. You need not label things for them to be what they are... My Retro Arcade and Fascination on the boardwalk can be many things without such identifying title... Churches come in many shapes and sizes... Sometimes in the shape and size of Retro Arcade/Fascination Amusement Museums....
Really enjoyed this.. Randy please can you show us one of the old mechanical car games that had that spinning wheel. I have never seen one of them sense the 70's. Thanks again I love all your collection.
This is AWESOME. I was born in the mid 80's, so I was raised on video arcade games. Late 80's-mid/late 90's have some of my favorite arcade games of all time and I really, really miss playing them, so much. I was always fascinated with the "older" , 70's/early 80's arcade games as a kid. Even then, I was very much into the evolution of games, graphics, gameplay, cabinet art, sound, music. By the mid 2000's, home games caught up (surpassed even) arcade graphics. But NOTHING can beat playing a friend, or a stranger, in an arcade game. I have such fun memories of some arcade games in Wildwood in the 90's, I talked about some of them in my recent vacation video.Thank you as always Randy!
I enjoyed learning about these games. I was not interested in them when they were made and placed in arcades because I never hung out in arcades. As always I enjoy the history of items and you being the host is the cherry on top. Thank you.
I remember Space Fury saying "is there no lawyer mightier than I?" Which I thought was rather a strange thing to say. I now realize I was mishearing it, and it was probably saying "is there no warrior mightier than I?"
Have you ever seen the Horror film Dawn of the Dead (1978) the main characters play in a 70's arcade with a bunch of old games. You should check it just too see if you know any of those games
Early Sega, when Sega was actually Sega before being purchased by Gremlin, made great electro mechanical games! My biggest memory of Sea Devil is an odd one, as I remember it being in line of games on a thin spir entrance into the Carousel Arcade in Seaside Heights... It had a dark look to it when not in play, and not many people played it... It had a unique sound when played which I could hear even far from the game's location... When I a teen and I started fixing games at 5gd Carousel Arcade, I remember pulling it out to work on it, and while repairing a problem, I noticed that the projected fish was not moving because a small piece of plastic had broken off of the disc which had the images printed on.... For years the game operated without this fish animation projector running, and people never knew it... It was an interesting design to create a film like motion picture using a rotating ring with fish printed as different frames of a film... However, to create the STOP motion of the spinning disc, so the light could be uncovered to shine through and project that frame, the plastic disc had special cuts, and semi-circular bites all along the outer edge; if any part of this plastic would snap off, the rotation would stop at that point, and never be able to begin again. Only a replacement film disc could Correct this, and I would bet they didn't make parts that many years after the game was produced. Plexi glass was subject to cracking off, and many of these machines had this problem. Today's lexan would have done wonders to keep this in operation.
@@MainStreetRANDYLAND My memory was late 70's/early 80's an arcade in Lake George NY had this in the backroom (kept away from heavy light, but gave it the spooky atmosphere). They also had a Death Race player game. They did not have these when I visited in the 90's. Yes. I can see why there would be very few around in working order. If I had money, and skill I would recreate one from the ground up, and just use an original marquee (if found in good shape).
You are a wealth of knowledge in the Amusement Industry and your page here on you tube is sensational. I really enjoy listening to you share all your information about your amazing collection. If anyone deserves a TV show, it's you. Thanks so much for sharing your lifetime of collecting. Keep up the great work!
Interesting machines! Curious do you have a collection of Bally/William pinball machine classics? Adams Family, Theatre of Magic, Twilight zone era games?
People collect what has associated meaning in their personal life; the games you mentioned are not my era of growing up with games. While they are nice, they do not hold the connection for me, and my history... It's all about our experiences.
as a collector is it a pain to keep these types of games working? Are they worth anything broken or people just buy them cheap for parts? So you never fired up those old black and white games to see if they work? Hope you got them at a steal not knowing they may not work
Buying something not working is always cheaper. If I had not been given the ability to fix them, I could not have done any of what I have done all the years. It was God's plan.
There are way too many items which are "crowing jewel" items, astounding that I was able to acquire, and which I am so completely thrilled that I have, as they are milestone parts of achievement from a lifetime... The best way to answer your question is to say the "crown jewel" is the Memories associated with the items, combined with the life experience of having been associated with these items, and then having acquired these very same items. What seems to separate what I have is that a very large part of these things are THE ACTUAL ONES which I played as a youth, or the ACTUAL ONES which I worked with; not just one like it... Example being: the actual Fascination Game System which I first learned to play one, and was banished from playing when I was a kid because I was too good at playing it..., The Actual games I played in arcades as a young boy, which were my favorites.., The actual Main Street Omnibuses which I drive up and down Main Street USA at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in my mid-twenties... My actual first pinball machine for home... Each item has some sort of connect because I have it, but items which don't have the prior deep connection from my youth, where I had played them so much, and later purchased them, have the crown jewel connection, as compared to items I collected perhaps in group purchases, having perhaps never actually played the game before... What I collect and preserve is MY HISTORY, and the STORY OF LIFE. I hope you understand what I mean, because there is far too great of a deep connection to MANY of my things, to ever call ONE, the "crown jewel" over the rest. If there is a crown jewel, it might be me, as to all the things I have preserved, it is I who kept them alive, and not being forgotten. Even my treasures which have been packed away for 40+ years, are not forgotten; for I know they are there waiting for my return someday, so we can see each other again. Even if time has ruined any of them, my love for them remains, for they have not been forsaken all of this time. To what avail does this all con down to when my time here is done? Perhaps it is simply having done so, for a dedication of a lifetime.
I played tons of games before I ever found Fascination... And when I opened my first arcade in 1980, it was after my first fascination... I played tons of games from that point too, however, almost exclusively machines I was operating in my own arcade. Fascination is the very best of all games because you not only sit and relax playing, but you are involved with others who might be playing at the same time... It's not the same defined by different circumstances, but at all times it is something you become part of. Arcade games are basically you alone. There is a place and time for that too.
Thanks Randy for sharing. For all the new fans of Randy out there, Randy will let you know when something is for sale otherwise it is not for sale. Ask yourself this, would you walk into a museum and ask to buy an artifact? He wants the world to enjoy these things as he has the time to share them with you. Can’t do that if it’s stuck in your basement.
What a cool collection. Such history. Thanks for sharing.
That racetrack is awesome!
I used to love the one with the 2 gunfighters popping off shots amongst the cacti's and stagecoach.
What an amazing collection. I have a feeling setting up a museum is easier said than done, and Randy has difficulty letting go of his "friends", but it's a shame to see those games collecting dust too. Those games were meant to befriend more people.
When nobody cared; I cared.
No one has helped; only me.
They might be correcting dust, but that is the judgment on society.
A few years left to write the end of the story
@@MainStreetRANDYLANDI know... the scope and complexity of what you are doing is so overwhelming. I don't think anyone else could manage it. I don't know how you do it. It's clearly the labour of love. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Man, I would love to have a Shark and a Bombs Away. Very great games.
On a another note, the game you were describing wasn't Flim Flam, but it was Clean Sweep by Ramtek. Flim Flam is essentially Gyro-Pong. I'm very lucky and glad to have a Clean Sweep in my collection of games. Your collection is unlike any other ;)
Space Fury was such a cool game, Ive never seen one for sale. I did have a Congo Bongo board set somewhere. My favorite early video game was “Boothill”
Randy you ought to make your boardwalk randyland into a museum.
It is a hands on amusement museum, with both things to play, and see for the experience.
You need not label things for them to be what they are...
My Retro Arcade and Fascination on the boardwalk can be many things without such identifying title...
Churches come in many shapes and sizes... Sometimes in the shape and size of Retro Arcade/Fascination Amusement Museums....
I've never seen any of those older games before. Amazing collection. As always thanks for sharing, otherwise I never would have known they existed.
Gee, thanks for making me feel really old. 🤣
Really enjoyed this.. Randy please can you show us one of the old mechanical car games that had that spinning wheel. I have never seen one of them sense the 70's. Thanks again I love all your collection.
This is AWESOME. I was born in the mid 80's, so I was raised on video arcade games. Late 80's-mid/late 90's have some of my favorite arcade games of all time and I really, really miss playing them, so much. I was always fascinated with the "older" , 70's/early 80's arcade games as a kid. Even then, I was very much into the evolution of games, graphics, gameplay, cabinet art, sound, music. By the mid 2000's, home games caught up (surpassed even) arcade graphics. But NOTHING can beat playing a friend, or a stranger, in an arcade game. I have such fun memories of some arcade games in Wildwood in the 90's, I talked about some of them in my recent vacation video.Thank you as always Randy!
What a great collection of vintage arcade history. The artwork on The Monsters is fantastic!
I enjoyed learning about these games. I was not interested in them when they were made and placed in arcades because I never hung out in arcades. As always I enjoy the history of items and you being the host is the cherry on top. Thank you.
They had a Domino at the Polynesian hotel game room.
I remember Space Fury saying "is there no lawyer mightier than I?" Which I thought was rather a strange thing to say. I now realize I was mishearing it, and it was probably saying "is there no warrior mightier than I?"
Yes, I don't think the robot alien was thinking about lawyers! 😂
Those games are what we need for todays kids.
We have them, even in retro cabinets. They're also available for computers, cell phones, and consoles made to look like old game systems.
Feeeeeeeet Friday
Have you ever seen the Horror film Dawn of the Dead (1978) the main characters play in a 70's arcade with a bunch of old games. You should check it just too see if you know any of those games
My dream is a basement arcade with a dark corner reserved for a Sega's Sea Devil 1972.
Early Sega, when Sega was actually Sega before being purchased by Gremlin, made great electro mechanical games!
My biggest memory of Sea Devil is an odd one, as I remember it being in line of games on a thin spir entrance into the Carousel Arcade in Seaside Heights...
It had a dark look to it when not in play, and not many people played it...
It had a unique sound when played which I could hear even far from the game's location...
When I a teen and I started fixing games at 5gd Carousel Arcade, I remember pulling it out to work on it, and while repairing a problem, I noticed that the projected fish was not moving because a small piece of plastic had broken off of the disc which had the images printed on....
For years the game operated without this fish animation projector running, and people never knew it...
It was an interesting design to create a film like motion picture using a rotating ring with fish printed as different frames of a film...
However, to create the STOP motion of the spinning disc, so the light could be uncovered to shine through and project that frame, the plastic disc had special cuts, and semi-circular bites all along the outer edge; if any part of this plastic would snap off, the rotation would stop at that point, and never be able to begin again.
Only a replacement film disc could Correct this, and I would bet they didn't make parts that many years after the game was produced.
Plexi glass was subject to cracking off, and many of these machines had this problem.
Today's lexan would have done wonders to keep this in operation.
@@MainStreetRANDYLAND My memory was late 70's/early 80's an arcade in Lake George NY had this in the backroom (kept away from heavy light, but gave it the spooky atmosphere). They also had a Death Race player game. They did not have these when I visited in the 90's.
Yes. I can see why there would be very few around in working order. If I had money, and skill I would recreate one from the ground up, and just use an original marquee (if found in good shape).
You are a wealth of knowledge in the Amusement Industry and your page here on you tube is sensational. I really enjoy listening to you share all your information about your amazing collection. If anyone deserves a TV show, it's you. Thanks so much for sharing your lifetime of collecting. Keep up the great work!
Interesting machines! Curious do you have a collection of Bally/William pinball machine classics? Adams Family, Theatre of Magic, Twilight zone era games?
People collect what has associated meaning in their personal life; the games you mentioned are not my era of growing up with games.
While they are nice, they do not hold the connection for me, and my history...
It's all about our experiences.
as a collector is it a pain to keep these types of games working? Are they worth anything broken or people just buy them cheap for parts? So you never fired up those old black and white games to see if they work? Hope you got them at a steal not knowing they may not work
Buying something not working is always cheaper.
If I had not been given the ability to fix them, I could not have done any of what I have done all the years.
It was God's plan.
Randy. What in your opinion is the crowning jewell of your collection?
There are way too many items which are "crowing jewel" items, astounding that I was able to acquire, and which I am so completely thrilled that I have, as they are milestone parts of achievement from a lifetime...
The best way to answer your question is to say the "crown jewel" is the Memories associated with the items, combined with the life experience of having been associated with these items, and then having acquired these very same items.
What seems to separate what I have is that a very large part of these things are THE ACTUAL ONES which I played as a youth, or the ACTUAL ONES which I worked with; not just one like it...
Example being: the actual Fascination Game System which I first learned to play one, and was banished from playing when I was a kid because I was too good at playing it...,
The Actual games I played in arcades as a young boy, which were my favorites..,
The actual Main Street Omnibuses which I drive up and down Main Street USA at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in my mid-twenties...
My actual first pinball machine for home...
Each item has some sort of connect because I have it, but items which don't have the prior deep connection from my youth, where I had played them so much, and later purchased them, have the crown jewel connection, as compared to items I collected perhaps in group purchases, having perhaps never actually played the game before...
What I collect and preserve is MY HISTORY, and the STORY OF LIFE.
I hope you understand what I mean, because there is far too great of a deep connection to MANY of my things, to ever call ONE, the "crown jewel" over the rest.
If there is a crown jewel, it might be me, as to all the things I have preserved, it is I who kept them alive, and not being forgotten.
Even my treasures which have been packed away for 40+ years, are not forgotten; for I know they are there waiting for my return someday, so we can see each other again.
Even if time has ruined any of them, my love for them remains, for they have not been forsaken all of this time.
To what avail does this all con down to when my time here is done?
Perhaps it is simply having done so, for a dedication of a lifetime.
Ure videos are too short please make them 30min + great videos feed me.
They actually want them 5 to 10 minutes, or shirts like 30 seconds ...
But that is impossible
You played something other than fascination? Traitor!
I played tons of games before I ever found Fascination...
And when I opened my first arcade in 1980, it was after my first fascination...
I played tons of games from that point too, however, almost exclusively machines I was operating in my own arcade.
Fascination is the very best of all games because you not only sit and relax playing, but you are involved with others who might be playing at the same time...
It's not the same defined by different circumstances, but at all times it is something you become part of.
Arcade games are basically you alone.
There is a place and time for that too.