The Secret Life of Arcade Machines, Alien Probe
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- Опубликовано: 8 май 2024
- This is the last of this short series of videos for the year. I hope to make some more next winter. year.
When I was younger, I struggled to make things properly, but never had problems coming up with ideas of what to make. But from the emails I get, I realise that many technically skilled people completely understand the components but don’t have ideas of what to make. So these videos are about my process of making specific arcade machines. I hope these videos encourage people to start making things even if they have no confidence in their initial ideas - certainly my ideas improve and change a lot while actually making anything. I also hope they help stop people getting discouraged if something doesn’t work. It happens to me all the time but I've gradually come to enjoy it as an interesting challenge and an inherent part of the process. I only learn something new when things don't work as I was expecting.
Alien Probe is currently at Novelty Automation in London. I'll update this description if it moves to The Under the Pier Show. 
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I see complaints about RUclips in videos and in comments, but I am hugely grateful to RUclips for suggesting an episode of Secret Life of Machines a few years ago. I'm in the USA, so I had never heard of Tim or his work. I binge watched every Secret Life video I could find. And now I watch each arcade machine video as soon as it appears. Thanks, Tim!
someone in a tech channel on discord told me about him a few years ago and has actually worked with/for him, i've been hooked ever since!!
I loved the phrase “ The Anal probe doesn’t have much power” Made my day. I love the engineering , comedy and the fun.. Fabulous
Can't call it an "Alien Probe" unless something goes up the users rear. And Tim delivered!
"Aliens don't have feelings. Probe at full power". That's fucking hilarious! 😂
Oh wow, another Tim Treat 😊
I really wish Mr. Hunkin had a Patreon account. I would definitely contribute to it if for no reason other than to recognize the incredible contributions he has already made via The Secret Life of Machines, The Secret Life of Components, let alone the newest content in the form of The Secret Life of Arcade Machines.
He used to have a donation button on his website. But look to have gone now.
I discovered Secret Life of Machines in the 90’s. I learned a great deal and had some hearty laughs at the same time. Thank you for sharing your creative genius and wit, Mr. Hunkin.
Easily the funniest arcade machine in existence, Mr Hunkin! Brilliant work.
Don't give me that "more UFOs in America" stuff! Who had Doctor Who, Quatermass, Avengers, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Alien...? You guys rock in the world of sci-fi! Just because we don't put it in the fiction section, doesn't mean....😄❤
Thank you and best wishes from North Carolina, US (redneckshire).
The first 5 mins of this video I wasn’t expecting any of that.
Tim I restore old electro-mechanical and purely mechanical arcade machines of yesteryear and recently I've been buying up small cabinets that I can makeover to look like early machines but with a modern 'odd' twist. I do love your videos chap. You and Rex were so inspiring and I'm so grateful you've been making this videos since "The secret life of". Love your art style too.
Tried that machine, when I was in London, last time. However, I did not push the lever very far. It reminded me of the Milgram experiment.
Live forever, Tim, you are so awesome, and creative.
Thankyou Mr Hunkin, Tim, you taught me a lot of the 'little' I know about how stuff works. Your weekly columns(?) in the Observer have kept me smiling and learning for years. I passed on your big book to my little brother who is now a computer genius, in part due to the book, and the course it set him on.
And then there have been the laughs. Thank you, for everything.
And I hope there is a lot more to still to come.
Thank you. I enjoyed the way you talk us through the concept and design. Used to love watching your videos with Rex
Cheers & Respect from North Carolina! You're a legend, Mr. Hunkin!
Side note: equating San Francisco with America is like equating Tower Hamlets with Britain. Technically they are part of the whole, but in reality not particularly representative. Better to just say “San Francisco”.
I have this enduring memory of Tim 'scratching' with the old channel 4 ident by pulling and pushing a piece of video tape in a VCR. 😎👍
This is a recording made with sticky tape and rust.
Great little series.
Was delighted to see you on the list of speakers at EMF camp in a few weeks.
Always appreciate someone who pronounces UFO's as U-Fo's!
I feel like its a reference to the TV show UFO by Gerry Anderson, but not sure.
Love your imagination and your work!
(A yank living in Thailand now.)
cant wait for more of your video's. Love it. Its inspiring.
Brilliant as always, a true inspiration!
Thank you Tim. Great as ever and always enjoy learning something that may come in handy one day.
The magnet in the tentacles made me think of Rex and his magnetic Polo mint from the original SLOM.
Brilliant, just brilliant!
Clever as always Sir Hunkin. You TRULY are a boon to how stuff works. Keep rocking it!
Stopping by Variety Automation next week! Can't wait to see some of your work IRL
The half-horse at the end might be a training tool for farm vets -- that's how you do a preg check on many larger animals, for example. It looks terrible, though!
i literally look forward to these videos
Hi Tim! Thanks for explaining in detail. :-)
Took me a while to realize this is from 2h ago! Wow! Tim's still rocking with the videos!!
Good old Tim - I love it!
Thanks so much Tim, another great insight to your methods and thoughts on the process. Like so many others I really look forward to anything you choose to do and share with us ! Cheers! 👽
That feedback mechanism on the power control is brilliant, I'm filing that one away for later!
Thanks Tim, I'm looking forward to the next series already! (and have finally planned a trip across the border to southwold with the kids!)
Awesome!
I was just viewing the Exploratorium periodic elements playlist item on Germanium where your transistor machine was shown.
And now I pick your Alien probe item on my subscription feed, to be transported right back to San Francisco!
Amazing, all this interconnectedness, and I've never been to SF or your pier.
I ❤️ your practical applications of technical knowledge.
Sweet! Thank you!
You're right Tim! We are disguised as human beings! Love your videos!
Brilliant.
Speaking as an alien in human disguise, i can confirm that we're all delighted with this first step in softening up the population of Terra. There is nothing to fear, the probe is for your own good, honest!
Thank you!
thanks for making this new series, can you show us the details of the guy who shoots smoke/steam out of his ears in the intro?? that is ALOT of vapor?? and i am curious how you obtain it regularly without a ton of maintainance
Thanks Tim as always from old New Orleans 😎
Aliens would surely very much like to probe Tim's fantastic vivid imagination!
that pier belongs on the bucket list
good man Tim
wow, this is brilliant
Brilliant as usual, I'm really enjoying this series, finding out more about the different machines. I;d be interested to know how long you work on a machine, I get the feeling development is non-linear with perhaps long periods of thinking.
Hey Tim, i know few people believe me, but i caught it all on my security camera but it really does suggest i was taken onboard a craft for 7 seconds
But i am pleased to report i didn't get a probing, so one day i might get to try your machine 😂
I've been inspired by Tim for years. So much so I would repurpose many a thing. I once took my mother's washing machine apart to construct a forced air induction on my Opel Manta when I was aged about 19 (1993/94). Killed me mams washer, but the car had improved acceleration at higher speeds and smelled nice and fresh with Daz soap powder tones 👌
i remember.Rex.🙏 thank you for the lessens. 🙏.
had you been my science teacher...
13:24 The joys of getting old.
Got to love Tim Hunkins inventions
Two words I never thought I'd ever hear you say 😂
Always a pleasure. How do you find the balance of all the nessesary elements of the design when you are creator and customer in one. As mentioned here, the story and the controls were a difficult weave. Life long fan.
I wonder how many people have a second go on that machine......... :P
I wish the probe had such force at the end that a waiver would need to be signed before playing the game lol
A wireless lavalier microphone would greatly improve your production quality. Love your work
Lol, Super Horse Exam II
Dude!
PSVR2 is really missing this feature.
Did you change the led in the projector, after all, you've kept it for over a decade! The haptic feedback with the lever could be solved with a potentiometer to control the speed of the vibrating motor perhaps? Interesting to problem solve
Nightmare inducing.
I’ve tried to acquire blank eyeglass blanks here in USA for a design project for years. All my attempts failed. Please help with sourcing.Thanks Mr. Hunkin
Tim, I think your numerous mentions of the 'probings' throughout this video is humorous in a somewhat disturbing manner.
Once again, thanks for the education, as well as the entertainment factor in all of your creations. ;)
Someone get this man a mic
Looks like a Total waist of time and money, Love It. Watched the Secret Life Of machines in the early 90s. Always enjoyed. Home shop machinist myself. Take care from Texas,usa.
Waist?
I think it's a great touch to have his granddaughter operate the machine. Imagine having Tim as your eccentric British grandfather!
I guess the 'orse's ar...' is something like the Haptic Cow that we did some work on a while ago at work... a training device used for haptic feedback to train vets (as opposed to the tradition method involving a live horse or cow... ruclips.net/video/KbQpkieT3mI/видео.html
You could sell a lot of those
LOL, that Brit actress struggling to talk American!
Did i hear Sam? Not Sam Battle from lmnc/ tmino 😄
👌🤣👍 ❗
I assumed, and made an ass out of me and me; but then I was right. I don’t know what is happening. I went to the dentist today for an extraction of an upper tooth; there was some kind of gray matter on it.
My imaginary uncle use to run a UFO valeting service, out 'Frisco way, he took to wearing iron pants to fraught the alien's constant attempts to probe his anus! Good times!
I am an alien, disguised as a regular human. No one knows.
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Turn off the video unless you want an FBI Party Van parked outside your home tomorrow.
Tim can you be my friend?
trypophobia
Cdb
Its a cool arcade machine, but the probing at the end is a bit rude. I find it creepy to design that with children in mind.
Right he designed it with adults in mind but then tested it with kids. . I think he should be showing adults testing it instead ... I even said this would be a great game to put in a gay bar. . He'd make so much money because all the gay guys I know would get their friends on videos playing it for the first time as a joke. . It's just the kids testing it that killed it a little
Rearing your grandchildren?
Rather like victorian animateonics, I find many of your contraptions somewhat creepy. This one is the worst !!! Hahaha
Brits faking American accents never gets old.