Comments on: Childhood dreams, revisited http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/01/30/childhood-dreams-revisited/ Science, science education, and other things ... with a distinctly Southern drawl Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:41:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Kellie http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/01/30/childhood-dreams-revisited/#comment-11246 Kellie Sat, 03 Feb 2007 03:16:29 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/01/30/childhood-dreams-revisited/#comment-11246 Was it the Addams Family machine or the Jurassic Park (STAMPEDE!!) pinball machine or both? Or did y'all send the Addams Family machine into retirement before I got there to see the constant daily abuse of the Jurassic Park machine? Wonder what they have now...because I know the Jurassic Park machine didn't survive the lifting/dropping/TILTing... Was it the Addams Family machine or the Jurassic Park (STAMPEDE!!) pinball machine or both? Or did y’all send the Addams Family machine into retirement before I got there to see the constant daily abuse of the Jurassic Park machine?

Wonder what they have now…because I know the Jurassic Park machine didn’t survive the lifting/dropping/TILTing…

]]> By: Rick http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/01/30/childhood-dreams-revisited/#comment-11194 Rick Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:36:41 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/01/30/childhood-dreams-revisited/#comment-11194 Must've been '92 - since that's when that Addams Family pinball first came out. Also in that arcade, Golden Axe (timekiller for when pinball was in use) and 4-player Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Hey, it was a small room. Must’ve been ‘92 - since that’s when that Addams Family pinball first came out.

Also in that arcade, Golden Axe (timekiller for when pinball was in use) and 4-player Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Hey, it was a small room.

]]> By: Rev. BigDumbChimp http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/01/30/childhood-dreams-revisited/#comment-11123 Rev. BigDumbChimp Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:02:20 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/01/30/childhood-dreams-revisited/#comment-11123 I have a feeling her love of that machine came from the exact same one you spent time on. She's a Clemson (91 or 92 can't remember) grad as well. I have a feeling her love of that machine came from the exact same one you spent time on. She’s a Clemson (91 or 92 can’t remember) grad as well.

]]> By: Rick http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/01/30/childhood-dreams-revisited/#comment-11114 Rick Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:42:29 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/01/30/childhood-dreams-revisited/#comment-11114 <i>Oh come on. Where is Joust in there?</i> Joust was not made by Konami. :) (Actually, that was in the <b>other</b> Big Electronics machine - the more expensive "Midway" machine with the craptastic screen.) <i>My wife will go one better. She’s fixated on an original Adams Family Pin Ball machine. Ouch.</i> My buddies and I played the hell out of an Addams Family machine in the University Union at Clemson. If I'd saved all those quarters, I might've been able to buy one myself. Oh come on. Where is Joust in there?

Joust was not made by Konami. :)

(Actually, that was in the other Big Electronics machine - the more expensive “Midway” machine with the craptastic screen.)

My wife will go one better. She’s fixated on an original Adams Family Pin Ball machine. Ouch.

My buddies and I played the hell out of an Addams Family machine in the University Union at Clemson. If I’d saved all those quarters, I might’ve been able to buy one myself.

]]> By: Rev. BigDumbChimp http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/01/30/childhood-dreams-revisited/#comment-11113 Rev. BigDumbChimp Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:01:55 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/01/30/childhood-dreams-revisited/#comment-11113 Oh come on. Where is Joust in there? My wife will go one better. She's fixated on an original <a href="http://www.gameroomwarehouse.com/pinball/addams_family.html" rel="nofollow">Adams Family Pin Ball machine</a>. Ouch. Oh come on. Where is Joust in there?

My wife will go one better. She’s fixated on an original Adams Family Pin Ball machine. Ouch.

]]> By: Rick http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/01/30/childhood-dreams-revisited/#comment-11085 Rick Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:33:20 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/01/30/childhood-dreams-revisited/#comment-11085 You could always cover all of the bases with <a href="http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=6987" rel="nofollow">one of these</a>, wb. You could always cover all of the bases with one of these, wb.

]]> By: wb http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/01/30/childhood-dreams-revisited/#comment-11084 wb Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:20:38 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/01/30/childhood-dreams-revisited/#comment-11084 Huh.. My ultimate dream was to have a PINBALL machine in my gameroom. Scuz me, it's time for my Geritol..... Huh..

My ultimate dream was to have a PINBALL machine in my gameroom.

Scuz me, it’s time for my Geritol…..

]]> By: eric http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/01/30/childhood-dreams-revisited/#comment-11064 eric Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:16:40 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/01/30/childhood-dreams-revisited/#comment-11064 i still remember playing galaga at the gas station and winning a can of coke and a bag of chips for getting the high score. those were the days. e+ i still remember playing galaga at the gas station and winning a can of coke and a bag of chips for getting the high score. those were the days.

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