A question for the Norwegian members or those living here

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Have you spotted any arcade machines with a shmup in them lately? (Might as well ask if you have spotted any machines at all)



And just to make this thread a little more informative - here's a picture of the kind of generic machines we used to have back in the mid to late eighties:



These machines where usually stationed outside a gas station or something similar. Since they where of Swedish make, I guess many of the Swedes here have fond memories of these machines too.

[rtw]

Have you spotted any arcade machines with a shmup in them lately? (Might as well ask if you have spotted any machines at all)

Not any shmups in public, there are some arcade games at the local cinema. Star Wars Trilogy + a few racers.

The Kenny cabinet is not Swedish. It was made in Italy by Aleph, but the Swedish importer bought so many he got his name on it "Kenny" is a part of adonbolagen.

And this type of cabinet was my first ever cabinet

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Thanks for the reply. I had a feeling the Kenny's wasn't originally Swedish - although the name certainly fits the Ikea style of naming.

[sven666]

theres a gamestore in oslo with two naomi cabs in the back.. they had virtua fighter 4 and something else last time i was there. no shmups tho but maybe they have some if you ask..

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theres a gamestore in oslo with two naomi cabs in the back.. they had virtua fighter 4 and something else last time i was there. no shmups tho but maybe they have some if you ask..

Was the shop called Spiderman ?

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Which gamestore is this? I'm currently living in Oslo, so I will definitely stop by some time. Just playing a game on an arcade cabinet will be a boon, shmup or not. I don't think I have actually done that since 94.

[rtw]

Which gamestore is this? I'm currently living in Oslo, so I will definitely stop by some time. Just playing a game on an arcade cabinet will be a boon, shmup or not. I don't think I have actually done that since 94.

Spiderman...

http://maps.google.no/maps?f=q&hl=no&q= ... &z=15&om=0

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[sven666]

i dont know what it was called.. i think it was an EB tho.. videogames wise they had nothing of interest which is a typical charatceristic of EB

[rtw]

i dont know what it was called.. i think it was an EB tho.. videogames wise they had nothing of interest which is a typical charatceristic of EB

What's the definition of an EB ?

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[sven666]

Electronics Boutiqe.. its a huge chain of stores all around the world..

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If it was an EB store, there is only two in the central part of Oslo - one at the railway station and one down at the docks (Aker Brygge).

[Mortificator]

It looks like the wall grew boobs.

[sven666]

umm i dont know, it was proboably a year since i was there.. i never go shopping in oslo, too fucking expensive

[Ozymandiaz1260]

That is the ugliest cab I have ever seen

[Tigershark]

All of Norway is too fucking expensive!

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That is the ugliest cab I have ever seen

It's not pretty, but it brought arcade games to the masses, since it was usually seen standing/wall mounted at a gas station. Many people, who would never have visited the typical seedy places where arcade games could be played, was exposed to arcade games this way.