{"id":31265,"date":"2023-07-28T15:25:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=31265"},"modified":"2023-07-28T15:37:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:37:12","slug":"brian-j-s-recycler-tour-intersects-with-real-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/28\/brian-j-s-recycler-tour-intersects-with-real-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian J.&#8217;s Recycler Tour Intersects with Real Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, we went to 1984, the local vintage arcade, as part of my beautiful wife&#8217;s birthday celebration.<\/p>\n<p>As in years past (<a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/14\/am-i-in-the-video-gaming-elite-yet\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">2017<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/30\/brian-j-s-a-10-strategy-for-getting-high-scores-at-the-local-arcade\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">2018<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/08\/another-victorious-turn-at-1984\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">2019<\/a>), we visited right after the arcade reset its annual high scores, and everyone in the family was able to get a high score on something.  My wife got the high score on Joust again, of course.  <\/p>\n<p>One of the machines I got a high score on was Sinistar, but I did not register it immediately, as I was going to make just one trip to the counter as I was only going to get one free voucher and pin no matter how many high scores I set.  When my oldest said he&#8217;d beaten the arcade&#8217;s high score, I went to look to see if it was higher than mine, and it was.  So that triggered the boys&#8217; sibling rivalry, and they swapped high scores on it for a while until the youngest blew us all out of the water.  But by making a quick trip to the desk, the oldest secured a voucher for having a high score that did not last long at all.  So we all ended up with vouchers.<\/p>\n<p>How did I do?<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/bsgfx\/1984HighScores1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/bsgfx\/1984HighScores2.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/bsgfx\/1984HighScores4.jpg\">\n<\/p>\n<p>I got high scores on the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arkanoid<\/li>\n<li>Asteroids Deluxe<\/li>\n<li>Circus Charlie<\/li>\n<li>Commando<\/li>\n<li>Elevator Action<\/li>\n<li>Spy Hunter<\/li>\n<li>Xevious<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They might not stand for long.  Hopefully not.  We were there early on a Wednesday evening for roughly two hours, and the very light crowd turned over a couple of times.  The number of games that were offline was a bit concerning, and many of these machines are 40 years old, so I imagine spare parts are getting thin.  A lot different than when I dabbled in video game collecting 20 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, the intersection with the recycler tour comes from something I posted on Facebook and on this blog on July 27 and 28, <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/28\/another-fun-thing-for-your-social-media-stream\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">2011<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/bsgfx\/lostsinistar.jpg\" target=\"_new\"><\/p>\n<p>I sent the image to both of the boys.<\/p>\n<p>Here in 2023, I don&#8217;t have to explain the forty-year-old game from 1983 that they&#8217;ve recently played.<\/p>\n<p>I will have to explain Farmville on Facebook and the teaser of the wandering sheep.  Or no, perhaps it&#8217;s better if I not try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, we went to 1984, the local vintage arcade, as part of my beautiful wife&#8217;s birthday celebration. 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