A perspective on having a home arcade:  Sometimes you reach what we call 'critical mass', and you've got to become a moving company for a while.  There are 13 or so machines in the arcade all the time, constantly rotating.  If one breaks down, it goes out and one comes in.  If a new machine comes in, one might have to get shrink-wrapped and go out to the shop.  Things never quite stay the same for more than a few weeks anyway.  But on Monday, Killerbrew sent me an email saying he was delivering a Pin*Bot that evening- so I knew I needed to assemble some of the "High Voltage Heroes", and get some things moved.  So after getting Spoon, the PowerGlove and Wink together, I had a good team to get things moved.  Of course, a plan of action needed to be formed first.  Over a few brews.  And Spoon appeared to have just eaten a bottle of 'Wait-Mate'.

It was decided that Defender would be removed from the current lineup, and get wrapped and ready for it's trip to Kansas.  Mike Horton of Dialin' Watts was looking for one for his house, and we're going to send ours up there for a while.  It needs to kick it in ICT for a while.   So anyway, we started to clear things out to make room for the Bot, and a few hours went by while I tried to decide on a new layout.  I wasn't convinced that XYBOTS was in the right place- but due to the fact it has a flat front screen area, I decided to move it over into the corner near the console shelves to free up space, and move Galaga down onto the entryway.  And Once Killerbrew arrived with Pin*Bot- doors had to be removed.  This is one serious machine.  Killerbrew replaces the door, and then he and the Wink carried this monster in.  Just the initial sight of it made me thrilled- one of my faves!!!

Then we started to set it up.  This game weighs in at a hefty 300 lbs, so we had to get the legs on quick, before holding it tore people's arms off.

Finally- like Frankenstein slowly rising from the slab- the backbox was raised and bolted into place- just about ready to plug her in and have a look!

KB wasn't going to wait any longer.  This was the maiden voyage on Pin*Bot at High Voltage, and by now there were about 10 people standing around waiting for this machine to switch on.  When the lights came on and the solenoids clicked, there was a cheer- it was so awesome to see this timeless classic alive and well!  And ready to play- after a slight adjustment to the ball kicker behind the front door.  A small amount of MPL was applied. Have a look at the clip below to see how well Pin*Bot and Black Hole play together!  We will make another video soon that is better!

In the last 24 hours, there have been 122 plays on the machine.  With the weekend coming up I can only expect that number to increase.  Until next time, cheers!!!