# Wiggling with nostalgic joy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiggling-with-nostalgic-joy/597974>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 29, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiggling-with-nostalgic-joy/597974 "2011-09-29T03:28:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiggling-with-nostalgic-joy/597974/21 "2011-10-05T19:39:32Z")

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That was my office, then I realized I do all my work in the kitchen…I may pitch the desk and turn it into the arcade. :WeNeedADevilSmiley:

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**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiggling-with-nostalgic-joy/597974/22 "2011-10-05T23:58:49Z")

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Watching the video, the boot-up noise totally didn’t make me squee. No one saw it, nothing can be proven!

…And Brookfield isn’t -that- long of a drive. Hm…

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiggling-with-nostalgic-joy/597974/23 "2011-10-06T15:46:35Z")

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Damn, I didn’t even realize I still remembered that sound until I heard it and my face absolutely lit up. Awesome!

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiggling-with-nostalgic-joy/597974/24 "2011-10-06T21:43:56Z")

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> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> There’s such a place (more or less) about 5 minutes from me. They charge a flat-rate admission fee ($15 regularly), but then you can play until they kick you out. I’m not sure that I’ve ever really gotten my $15 worth, if I were playing one quarter at a time, but it’s still a lot of fun. They have snacks and sodas, but no hot food (and no beer ☹ ).
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> [http://www.gallopingghostarcade.com/](http://www.gallopingghostarcade.com/)

I hope you realize that I’m seriously considering moving to Illinois, now. I’ve seen a couple of arcade games in various places around here, usually it’s a Ms Pacman and Galaga combo machine plus a crane machine plus one more game. They cost two quarters per game. I THINK that one game might charge a single quarter to continue the game. Still, I’d be spending time in the Galloping Ghost most nights. Most days, even.

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**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiggling-with-nostalgic-joy/597974/25 "2011-10-06T22:25:35Z")

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I’ve been thinking we hold to convention too much. A netbook running Mame wouldn’t REQUIRE the physical dimensions of an arcade cabinet. I’m wondering what the absolute minimum would be required to provide a stand that was stable, a control surface, and display?

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