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Awesome bro... Sierra Nevada being the #1 (Non Sam Adams) microbrewery.. I wanna try this. Love supporting Sierra Nevada.. Usually drink their Torpedo IPA.. Which you can get at ANY store in my neighborhood for a  reasonable price... Love it man!

Nice.  It's great stuff.  Not nearly enough love for Hefeweizens in the micro brewery world.  The unfiltered taste is awesome.  Hoping to see some options in the West Michigan brewing scene (which is completely legit by the way)


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I haven't watched the final video yet (it's in my queue), but I completely understand the sentiment.  These projects can been draining and finishing such a labor of love can feel oddly like a let down.  I have spent 95% of my game time restoring my 2 pins lately (months & months).  What do you do when an arcade/pinball machine is perfect? Play it?!  Don't get me wrong, I LOVE playing these games, but projects can easily consume the hobby.

Worse yet, what do you do when you feel like your game room is perfect and you have everything you want?

I can also relate 100% to having very divested interests (I have way, way too many).  John often talks about all his hobbies, and it's mind-boggling.   Imagine having a full time job, mortgage, kids, wife, on top of all that.  It all makes life worth living, but it's also a lot to juggle.

It's easy to want John to stay in his youtube box (or harp on him when he skips a week of podcasting), but it's a lot to ask of someone.

Personally, I've been a John fanboy since I started listening to VGO 8 years ago.  Between VGO, AO, WO, Midnight Caller, Youtube, Kill Screens, and John's Arcade website, that's hundreds of hours or freakin' free John-ertainment! (I did buy the KS album though). 

I don't think John's going anywhere, but if he needs to shift focus on his channel for the winter to keep things fresh, that's completely cool and respectable.  If he wants to sell 10 games and mix things up, that's cool too.  Honestly, he could take us on an hour long tour of Nintendo toys in his basement and I'd be totally into it.  He could do a series of videos where he tries to play his old Colecovision collection and I'd be into it.  He could shoot a 3 hour video of him & Matt drinking whiskey, playing games, and long boarding in the dark, and I would probably watch it.  He could devote a segment to proving how good he is at Call of Duty, and I'd watch that shit.   Like I said: John-ertainment!

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That is BEAUTIFUL.  It's huuuge too.  I would love this if I had infinite space/money.  It would go nicely next to a Mario Kart & F-Zero

Thumbs up!  If you were willing to sleep on it, you could easily fit another pin


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I love Vs SMB.  So much precision required to get a good score.  The "score" pressing techniques are really satisfying to pull off


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My favorite new find:

Bob Roberts deluxe Sanyo 20ez (audio caps included).  He may do a bulk price.  Not sure, I've never tried haggling with him


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You're fine -- The benefit of the big resistor is you only use 1 in line...  Better to have too much.  BTW, you may not hear the "pop" with this method.  Proceed with caution. 


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I have to do this for a B/W monitor soon.  From what I've read, 1 mega ohm (3-5 watt) is the ideal resistance.  I think it would be a standard axial style, but I'll let someone more knowledgable confirm.


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Wow, that's quite a find.  I didn't know there was a cocktail version.  Awesome

Would love one obscure Nintendo title in the lineup (Space Firebird, Space Demon, etc).  I've heard there is dedicated or kit version of Solomon's Key that I would love to get my hands on, but I'm not 100% sure it exists

As far as pins go, Mystery Castle would be awesome, but the prices continue to skyrocket if you can even find one in the first place.  I just got a nice Bally Vector that is pretty hard to find, so I'm happy.  Not very desirable for collectors, but I really like the game and the quirkiness.

Good thread.  I'll have to go Pure Michigan and say Founder's Pale Ale & All Day IPA, Brewery Vivant Farmhand, Bell's Oberon & Two Hearted.  When I'm feeling "exotic" I have Corona Extra w/ loads of lime, Landshark, & the occasional Red Stripe.

Game Boy!  -- just speaking strictly B/W Game Boy, I 2nd Kirby's Pinball & Zelda: Link's Awakening (top 5 all time Zelda's easily) and I will add Super Mario Land, Pokemon Red/Blue, Final Fantasy Legend series, Dr Mario...  Too many great titles

Just to reiterate Tighe's point, Popeye is a horizontally oriented game & DK is a vertical.  Popeye might be a better pairing with a Vs board or with Mario Bros (control panels would be different of course).  Vertical Nintendo games would include DK, DKjr, DK3.   Vector Labs has a switching system for Nintendo cabs where you could run Popeye in a Vs setup or all 3 Donkey Kongs in one cab, for instance.  It's a somewhat pricey & complex, but really nice system

Everyone should have one.  They are also easy to find.  For some reason, it is much easier to find a nice DK at a decent price than, say, a Pacman in my opinion.  Pacmans I see are either completely beat up or LCD'd with 60-in-1 boards & a $1800 price tag