October 12 2009

Donkey Kong 2 – The Serial Number Tag

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A couple of weeks back I received an expected shipment from This Old Game with an unexpected surprise. My Donkey Kong 2 serial number tag. Knew it would arrive sooner or later but wasn’t in any hurry to get it…

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September 14 2009

Ice Cold Beer: The Side Art

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A couple of months ago I was talking with Chris Rhoades (Chris25810) and he was still trying to locate an Ice Cold Beer that had salvageable side art so it could be scanned and reproduced so that he could complete his own restoration (Be sure to read Chris’s blog post about his Ice Cold Beer restoration). I casually mentioned that if he lived in Michigan that I knew of two for sale. Next thing I knew we were in discussions on purchasing one of the machines and making this project a reality.

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August 10 2009

Frog Crossing Sign – "A Much Needed Sign… A little Too Late."

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Several months back Rich Lint from “This Old Game” came up with a clever yet simple design for a Frogger Gameroom Sign asking for feedback and trying to gauge interest. When I first saw it I just had to have one. I mean, think about all the frog lives that would’ve been spared in Frogger if the game designers would’ve thought of this when designing the game. Haa ha.

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June 19 2009

Donkey Kong 2 (D2K) Project Completed. – Part 1

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When I arrived home the other night I was pleasantly surprised to see a delivery from”This Old Game“. I am about ready to start my Frenzy restoration and assumed that this was the order I was waiting for to get going on that project. Not only did the package contain that order, it also included my Donkey Kong 2 side art. The last piece of my D2K restoration!!! YAY. Staring at the art in Awe for several minutes I decided to put away the art with the hopes to install it later that evening but that didn’t happen. However, tonight I was FINALLY able to install the side art.

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February 10 2009

ThisOldGame.com Donates Grand Prize for Q*bert High Score Competition

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Rich from “www.ThisOldGame.com” donated a one of a kind Q*Bert T-Shirt for whoever gets the highest score in the first official CoinOpSpace.com Q*bert High Score Contest which starts on 2-13-09 (Friday) @ 9:30 PM EST and ends on 2-15-09 (Sunday) @ 9:30 PM EST (48 hours). We thank Rich for his generous donation!!!

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