|


















|

|
07/12/25
- From the Vault!

|
|
I’ve
decided to pull out of my vault some old
road trips I never published. So let’s
start with this one I did three years ago,
where I went out in France 🇫🇷 to catch a
pretty rare cabinet: a Taito POLARIS cabaret
-
Darth
Nuno [read
the
full story here]
|
|
27/07/24
- Dragon's Lair 2, the
return!

|
|
After
all these years of collecting arcade games
(+25 years), finding the
ones I absolutely wanted to own but also
getting many from the what I
call the "nice to have" list, I didn't
think I'll once again get the
road to drive so far for getting an
additional cabinet! So what cabinet
is still missing in my 'collection'? 🤔
Come with me celebrating my 20th
Anniversary UK RoadTrip' - Darth Nuno
[read
the full story here]
|
|
12/05/24
- T2 - The Road Trip part
II...NO FATE!"

|
|
Let's
meet John Connor...and bring some T2 items
with me! Road to Comic Con 2024
Brussels..." - Darth Nuno
[read
the
full story here]
|
|
08/11/23
- Atari Gauntlet... a
Cimmerian RoadTrip!

|
|
Back
in September 2022, I have the opportunity
to get the legendary original gauntlet
arcade machine... -
Darth
Nuno [read
the full story here]
|
|
|
19/07/23
- Road Trip : YOU ARE
TERMINATED, F*CKER!

|
|
Back
in
June 2023 ...initiate red vision, it's
time for a new road trip done by a
T800...eh... I mean Sam & Myself...
- Darth Nuno
[read
the full story here]
|
|
02/05/16
- Galaxian3
: Attack Of The Zolgear...the flyer!

|
|
Finally
found the original Galaxian³
'Attack Of The Zolgear' flyer after so
many years or research... - Darth Nuno
[read
the full story here]
|
|
19/03/16
- Road
Trip : "Je suis CIRCUS Charlie in
Paris!"

|
|
"Je
suis Charlie!"
It was written by hand on the bezel of
this game! It's a Circus Charlie
cabinet, we are in Paris, and today the
fugitive has been arrested
today! -
Darth
Nuno [read
the
full story here]
|
|
|
02/09/15
- PIXELS
the movie : The 'Standee' Road Trip!

|
|
Back
in
August 2015 when I saw the PIXELS movie
for the very first time,
I've seen a wonderful and huuuuge standee
in front the cinema ..and I
thought how cool this would be to have
this such thing in my game room! - Darth Nuno
[read
the full story here]
|
|
13/08/15
- Road
Trip : BUGGY BOY *triple screen* by
Tatsumi !!!

|
|
Me
extremely happy! Finally had the
opportunity to get a Buggy Boy, a game
I played like a mad man back in the Days.
Get ready for the road trip
Guys, exclusively presented here in a
triple screen format! - Darth Nuno
[read
the full story here]
|
|
|
19/04/15 - COSPLAY :
Princess Daphne by Angi
Viper
|
|

We found a new Princess Daphne from Texas,
USA! [enjoy]
|
|
|
22/12/14
- 'CHRISTMAS'
Road Trip : DARIUS BURST EX by Taito

|
|
This
is
it, guys! After patiently waiting three
interminable months, THE
cabinet is finally arrived right away from
Japan by container, to the
seller's place in the Netherlands. The
time has come for me to bring
back that Japanese lady from Netherlands
into my game room in Belgium.
Welcome home... DARIUSBURST
EX! [read
the
full story here]
MERRY
CHRISTMAS & HAPPY
HOLIDAYS
|
|
|
13/10/14
- Road
Trip : THE DRIVER by Kasco

|
|
it's
a
game with a red car, movie style...like
Dragon's Lair you know? ...
but a movie, not a cartoon! Yeah! Must be
a laser disc game... what
else could it be?! No! It's NOT Data East
Road Blaster! So what? - Darth Nuno
[full
story here]
|
|
|
27/09/14
- UK
Road Trip #19 : FIREFOX COCKPIT!!!

|
|
And
here we go
again!
I'm back on the UK roads following an
*once in a life time* opportuniy
to catch an Atari FIREFOX cockpit! I
cannot miss it... I want
it... I need it... I'm a laser guy! so?
SO? Roadtrip time my friends,
right here, right now! - Darth Nuno
[read
the full story here]
|
|
|
07/08/14 - COSPLAY :
Princess Daphne
|
|

It's been a while... but... Yes! ...an
other princess found in Italy.... [enjoy]
|
|
28/06/14
- Galaxian3
Theater6 : Back on location...

|
|
"Seven
years
l8ter after this epic road trip, I'm
back on the original
Galaxian3 Theater6 location, at the
Belgium coast..." - Darth Nuno
[read
the full story here]
|
|
|
06/10/13
- Road
Trip : "JR & JR... Nintendos at
the St Bruno!"

|
|
After
his first successful import of dedicated
cabinets from United States,
Thomas aka 'Love' decided to continue this
'import' adventure. This
time, I took this oportunity
to bring back nothing less than TWO
Nintendo cabinets... hey! It's my
day today so... - Darth Nuno
[read
the full story here]
|
|
09/08/13
- Galaxian
Theater : From Zolgear to Dragoon

|
|
"Finally,
after
more than 20 years, I can play again one
of the most impressive
game inside THE most impressive arcade
game ever made by human kind.
Ladies & Gentlemen, please let me
introduce you : Galaxian³ Project
Dragoon!
When I discovered for the first time the
'theater' in a game room
located at the Belgium coast, it was
equipped with its original mission
called "Galaxian³ Project Dragoon". So
during my holidays over there
(1994/1995/1996?) if my memory serves me
right), I played it like a mad
man! A paly was very expensive at the
time: 50BEF / 1,25€ ...but it
didn't care, I played only that game..." - Darth Nuno
[read
the full story here]
|
|
|
18/07/13 - New Book
Available! Yes, Dragon's
Lair & Space Ace related!!! Yeah!
|
|

Dragon's
Lair
has captured the hearts and imaginations
of many video game
enthusiasts since it was first released
over 30 years ago. Space Ace
has has also gained a loyal fan base and
over the years there have been
many commercial products, games,
merchandise and so much more. This 170
page book captures virtually everything
that is available to obtain in
the Dragon's Lair & Space Ace
universes... [more
here]
|
|
|
25/05/13
- ROAD TRIP : Dayto
Blasto!

|
|
"Back
in November 2012, when I had the
opportunity to save a rare & fun
electro-mechanical game, that would be
perfect inside my game room!
Let's name it : Daytona 500. And
while I'm here, why not adding a lovely
Blasteroids
in my
collection...huh?" - Darth Nuno
[read
the full story here]
|
|
|
15/05/13 - 50th
Road Trip Celebration : DISCS
OF
TRON

|
|
"Damn
it! My Galaxian³ / Nuno's Lair V³ stories
took me all my free time
available for the Hobby these last 18
months that I didn't have time to
publish my road trips! So I missed the
...let's say... the
"celebration" of my 50th Road Trip done
for an arcade cabinet at the
time..." - Darth Nuno [read
the full
story here]
|
|
|
06/04/13
- ROAD TRIP : Irem
Kung Fu Master... from the
love boat!

|
|
"This
story has started in the middle of 2012,
when our member "Love" decided
to organize the import of dedicated
cabinets from USA! Despite the
complexity of the task ... HE DID IT!
Thanks to him, many members here
have now some of their dream cabinets! " - Darth Nuno
[read
the full story here]
|
|
|
20/03/13
- ROAD TRIP : XBOX
Demo Pod... into the wild!

|
|
"This
time it's not for an arcade cabinet!
Nope, just for a demo pod I wanted
to own! Not easy for me, Apple fan, to
highlight a Micro$oft product,
but... yeah... that one looks pretty
good, huh?!
|
|
12/02/13
- ROAD TRIP : Atari ASSAULT (but created
by
the arcade God : NAMCO)

|
|
Somewhere
in a pub, early in the 90s...'
Marty to Bruno (playing on an Assault
cabinet) : "One day you'll own
that cabinet at home... Believe me!"
Bruno : "Are you joking!? Yeah! Yeah!
...and I'm sure I'll also have a
Galaxian Theater?! Now let me play my game
quietly..."
- Darth
Nuno [read the full story here]
|
|
|
10/02/13
- ROAD TRIP : SEGA MONACO GP by
Bartie... and
his daughter!

|
|
"I
have a 'weak' for old arcade cabinets
who are broken and left alone.
The more they are broken and neglected
the more I love them... " - Bartie
[read
the full story here]
|
|
04/01/13
- GALAXIAN THEATER : Episode 5 'The
Reunion
Day'

|
|
The story continues on
this episode
5 from the "Galaxian
Theater Odyssey ".
Mission of the day, with the help of the
UGSF European Team, gather all
the Galaxian Theater parts inside a same
location : the Nuno's Lair V3
- Darth
Nuno [read the full story here]
|
|
|
26/11/12 - GALAXIAN THEATER :
Episode 4 'Before The
Gate'

|
|
And
here we
are...2012! FIVE years after the first
episode, the story continues... Galaxian Theater
fans! ready for a new trilogy? Ok,
here's the first episode of a new
trilogy called 'Before The Gate' -
Enjoy! - Darth
Nuno [read
the full story here]
|
|
03/11/12
- Road Trip : Quest for a special
Thunder
Blade by Baritonomarchetto

|
|
"Some week
ago a “weird” over-priced Thunder Blade
was listed on ebay: the cab was not the
common mini commonly used for
TB (the same used for Turbo Outrun) but
the After Burner upright cab!
Man, i was diggin for an After Burner
since day one!..."- Baritonomarchetto [read
the full story here]
|
|
|
07/10/12 - SEGA Astro City :
an Asian Road Trip by
Darth Nuno

|
|
I
always wanted a 'Japanese babe' at home
for many reasons! The time is
now, and now the wait is over : found a
lovely SEGA Astro
City not too far and
for a decent price... so? Road
Trip time! - Darth Nuno [read
the
full story here]
|
|
23/09/12 - 'A very short
road trip, with a great
outcome' by Slowcade

|
|
"As
the
title says, I've been on a very short
road trip, but the outcome
was great! I've picked up several
classic cabinets just minutes from
home!
But first, let me take you to the
beginning of this story. It actually
started some years ago. It was common
knowledge in the pinball
community in my town that an ex
operator had some old arcade cabinets
stored in his garage. Luckily the
pinball fans are just that: pinball
fans. They were not very interested in
these video games, and so the
games stayed untouched for years..."
- Slowcade
[read the
full story here]
|
|
17/09/12 - ROAD TRIP :
Quasar by Digimon

|
|
"Here
is
my first report of a roadtrip. It's my
first dedicated Zaccaria!
I've bought it for 50€ nearly three
weeks ago, but I needed to discuss
it with my wife;-) Today was the day
to collect it!" - Digimon [read
the
full story here]
|
|
15/09/12 - EUROCADE 2012
: The Darth Nuno's
report ...

|
|
Finally
finished to write the report of the
Eurocade 2012 meeting. More than
140 pictures, enjoy the ride...and
reserve a free week end around
September 2013 ;-) [read
the
full story here]
|
|
02/08/12 - ROAD TRIP :
Crazy Drivin' eh Climbin'

|
|
"in
order
to fully understand this road trip, I
have to take you back in
time! More than three years ago, I
felt the road trip frustration when
I came home empty-handed after what
had already been a done deal for a Crazy Climber cabinet..."
- Superully
[read the full story
here]
|
|
11/07/12 - ROAD TRIP :
Nintendo's Sheriff : Wanted - Dead
Or Alive...by Darth Nuno

|
|
"Once
upon
a time, I got an email from a member
who told me he was looking
for a good home for his boy. He didn't
have time anymore for that
one...and knew that the Nuno's Lair is
one the best 'arcade orphanage'
around!
Well, you can guess I can certainly
help him on this... my arms are
still wide open for a big boy like
that!
So in no time, I prepare my horse and
usual things for a such
adventure..." - Darth Nuno [read the
full story here]
|
|
|
20/06/12 - COSPLAY :
Princess Daphne by
Birghita13
|
|

Found
a
new Princess Daphne in United States!
Check out this *work in
progress* cosplay by Birghita13 [all pictures
here]
|
|
|
15/04/12 - Dragon's Lair
for Kinect!
|
|

A
"reveal" trailer for the Kinect edition of
Dragon's Lair - coming soon
to Kinect for Xbox 360. [watch
it]
|
|
13/04/12 - ROAD TRIP :
Ninten-TWO by Superully

|
|
"Almost
two
months ago, a guy put up a post on a
german arcade forum that he
had been given two nintendo cabinets
from a friend for free. They had
been sitting in a basement since 1989
- untouched! At first everyone
thought he was probably talking about
some generic cabs with bootleg
boards inside, but when he posted
pictures of the beauties..." - Superully [read
the
full story here]
|
|
07/04/12 - EXPO : the
King of the Jungle is Ully!

|
|
"After
a
restoration process of almost two
years, i am happy to announce the
end of the jungle king project. There
are some minor things to do like
applying new alu stickers (in case
they show up) or attaching the
wiring harness inside at various spots
(still waiting for the huge
cable fixes that heavy harness needs),
but apart from that the end has
finally come. And as always, here are
the money shots!" - Superully [read
the
full story here]
|
|
22/03/12 - Dismantling
a Galaxian Theater...

|
|
...in
less than 1hour and 30 minutes? Yes,
it's possible! See this video
made in Japan [read
the
full story here]
|
|
|
10/03/12 - LASER DISC
SYSTEM - The
Fyler/Presentation Book
|
|

Thanks
to Igorstellar, here's the the complete
'Flyer/Presentation Book' of
the famous LDG kit, made to play real
laser disc games on Amiga/ST/PC,
back in the days. Hope you can read German... [The
Book]
|
|
28/02/12 - ROAD TRIP :
'Short roadtrip for the
need of the Green monster'

|
|
"Hmm,
in
desperate need of a new arcade game...
let's see what Swedens
largest selling site has to offer..."
Dimmu--borgir
[read the
full story here]
|
|
12/02/12 - HISTORICAL
BULK BUY / ROAD TRIP !!!

|
|
I
thought I would never live again a story
as extraordinary as the Galaxian Theater
one... I was wrong! Thank to Oliver
'Alpha1' for letting us being a
part of the most amazing Arcade Life
Story ever done, already a part of
the Arcade history!
Come with us in an incredible
journey...inside the DUKE OF LANCASTER...[read
the full story here]
|
|
01/02/12 - ROAD TRIP : In
The Vector Zone

|
|
"before
this
roadtrip celebrates its first
anniversary, i want to share it with
you! this time, let me start with a
quote though : 'no gameroom is
complete without a vector game'..."
- Superully
[read the full story
here]
|
|
08/01/12 - ROAD TRIP :
Q*bert's QUBES by Muerto

|
|
"At
the
end of last year i got the opportunity
to get my hands on a rare
arcade...so, go now, make a cup of
coffee, or tea, you could even grap
a soft drink, because this is going to
be a hell of a roadtrip, through
the English countryside... cough
cough..." - Muerto [read
the
full story here]
|
|
|
07/01/12 - Kimberly 'the
statue' now available
for pre-order!
|
|

"Our
exclusive Space Ace Kimberly statue is
officially up for pre-order on
our 'Exclusive stuff' page on the
Electric Tiki web site. We're hoping
to have the same trio of Don Bluth, Gary
Goldman and John Pomeroy sign
the certificates..." - Electric
Tiki Design ...
[Pre Order me]
|
|
31/12/11 - ROAD TRIP :
"KRULL" by Darth Nuno

|
|
Ops,
I
almost forgot to publish that one! No
matter, I'm just in time for
publishing in 2011:-) Better than
movie...the KRULL video game, hell
yeah! [read
the full story here]
|
|
23/12/11 - Season's
Greeting ... Holidays ...
Hell Yeah'!

|
|
To all the friends here
on Dragon's
Lair Fans /
Arcade Life
Style website, to
everyone throughout the Arcade community
and beyond, Merry Christmas
and happy new year! Hope you all will catch your
'holy
graal' cabinet, finish your game room
and enjoy your games. Get ready
for the new year? Welcome
to the Fantasy Zone! ^^
|
|
20/12/11 - ROAD TRIP :
"WACKO" by Darth Nuno
& ChrisChris + guests

|
|
What
a picture isn't it? ^_^ No, this is not
a meeting, this is a UK raid!
Discover all the story, feature a lot of
guest stars from Belgium,
France, Netherlands and UK! [read
the
full story here]
|
|
19/12/11 - ROAD TRIP :
"How to spend a week end"
by Ckong/Gyruss

|
|
"I
felt bored last week, so I called a
good friend and asked him if he
wanted to have some fun. Sure, he
said, so off we went. And fun we had.
And not a lot of sleep either, about 4
hours in 2 1/2 day. But hey,
sometimes you have to be a crazy fool
to get something nice..." - CKONG [read
the
full story here]
|
|
03/12/11 - ROAD TRIP :
Atari Pole Position by
Superully

|
|
"Here's
one
of those roadtrips I
did quite a while ago but
haven't found the time to let you guys
in - until now!!!" - Superully [read
the
full story here]
|
|
|
02/12/11 - Dragon's Lair
Arrives on the Android
Market
|
|

Dragon's
Lair
for Android is now available Worldwide on
the Android Market.
Immerse yourself in the visually stunning
world of hand-drawn animation
adapted from the original smash hit arcade
classic. Transferred from
the original high definition master film,
you’ll experience this fully
arcade experience right in the palm of
your hand...
[Android Market here]
|
|
29/11/11 - Galaxian³ : The
press book!

|
|
Thanks
to the UGSF-SERIES website, here's the
full content of the Galaxian3
press kit released for the Osaka
exposition in 1990... AWESOME! [read
here]
|
|
13/11/11 - ROAD TRIP :
The BIG One Part II -
Return to the Island

|
|
"It's
been
over a year since i had been to the
island for The BIG
One
and although i promised myself lately
to limit my "cab income", there
were still a couple of cabs waiting
for me which i had bought quite a
while ago, so i thought it was time to
return for one more round of
arcade fun. and because i have to wait
for additional pictures to
arrive from my first-time travel
companion, i might as well tease you a
little bit before getting this report
'on the road' ..." - Superully [read
the
full story here]
|
|
20/10/11 - ROAD TRIP :
'Captain Ace Gunn &
Major Rock Hardy -vs- XYBOTS'

|
|
"I´m
very
happy to had made a nice catch. I had
found this cab already in
2010, but not planning a road trip at
this time. I don´t know exactly
why, but in this summer I had thinking
about it and contact the
seller... and yes, it was still
available! ... and for a good price:
DEAL!" - TimePilot [read
the full story here]
|
|
15/10/11 - STARBLADE :
Operation Blue Planet...
new footage!

|
|
AM
Show 2001: Star Blade: 'Operation Blue
Planet'. Namco unveils an
impressive new 3D polygonal shooter with
an unorthadox cabinet...what's
new in 2011? [read
here]
|
|
|
01/10/11 - Dragon's Lair
- 'The Complete Series'
MOD Release Goes On Sale
|
|

Warner
Archive
Collection has begun selling Dragon's Lair
- The Complete
Series as a manufacture-on-demand DVD
release. [available
here
at WBshop]
|
|
|
23/09/11 - COSPLAY :
KIMBERLY from Space ACE:
The first samples...
|
|

The
lovely
Zedela strikes back! After her wonderful
Princess Daphne
cosplay, she's back with the *highly
anticipated* KIMBERLY
cosplay... world Premiere!
This is the first Kimberly (from Space Ace)
cosplay ever done as far as I know!
Woooooooowwww [all pictures right
here]
|
|
|
11/09/11 - COSPLAY :
Daphne & Dirk alive at
the Dragon*Con 2011
|
|

"David
Terres
and I as Dirk and Daphne from Dragon's
Lair at Dragon*con 2011.
My hero rescued me..." - AlisaKiss
[all
pictures right
here]
|
|
05/09/11 - EUROCADE 2011
: Da report by Darth
Nuno...

|
|
"Aim
for the moon..." - Well, this 3rd
of September 2011, we
were all on the planet Arcade... [
full report here]
|
|
|
23/08/11 - DLFAN story:
The Quest For a Perfect
Video Game...
|
|

"I
just wrote a blog about my obsession
with Dragon's Lair ... what do you
guys think?" by Keith "Dekker"
Gleason [story
right
here]
|
|
|
22/08/11 - COSPLAY :
Princess Daphne by
Sirenirocco
|
|

This
time
the Princess is coming from United
States..Check this out this
cosplay by Sirenirocco [all pictures right
here]
|
|
|
21/08/11 - Dragon's Lair
custom cabinet in
Italy...
|
|

Thanks
to
Bela (aka Belike), here's the pictures of
an interesting Dragon's
Lair *custom cabinet* he discovered in
Italy, located inside the arcade
of Mirabilandia, the amusement park of
Ravenna. Dirk & Daphne are
still alive in 2011...hell Yeah! [all pictures right
here]
|
|
|
15/08/11 - UK ROAD TRIP :
'Grand Champion' by
Muerto

|
|
"Finally,
I
´m back with another cab cockpit....
and it´s a beauty!Imust say,
it´s a nightmare to make a descent
roadtrip in pictures, simply because
there´s nothing to take pictures of!!!
... " - Muerto [read
the
full story here]
|
|
|
08/08/11 - ROAD TRIP :
'Operation ThunderChris'
by ...ChrisChris

|
|
"Before
going
on vacation this year I felt the urge
to do something stupid and
impulsive... my choice went for: 'buy
a new cab!'.
I saw one on ebay and asked myself the
4 basic arcade questions: do I
want it? Do I need it? Do I have the
money for it? Do I have the space
for it? Please note that: as long as
you have at least one
positive answer to either one of these
fundamental questions, you're
good to go..." - ChrisChris [read
the full story here]
|
|
|
07/08/11 - ROAD TRIP :
'Video Pinball' by
Superully

|
|
"Ok
guys, you all know that i h-a-t-e
pinballs, but there comes a time in
every arcade collector's life when you
have to realize that no gameroom
is really complete without at least
one pinball. about one year ago i
was contacted by toralf "time pilot".
he told me about a german pinball
collector who had one for sale which
toralf though might be interesting
for me. of course i said NO..."
- Superully
[read the
full story here]
|
|
|
31/07/11 - ROAD TRIP :
'PLEIADS' by Gyruss

|
|
"Few
weeks
ago there was this ad on marktplaats
for a Pleaids
cabinet. Now I don't really like the
US Pleiads cab but the
Spanish/European version is definitely
a work of art imo. So i didn't
hesitate, called the seller and made
him an offer, which he gladly
accepted. The cabinet is located in
Neeroeteren, Belgium, about 2 hours
driving from my house..." - Gyruss [read
the full story here]
|
|
|
17/07/11 - DEFENDER :
Scratch Built Replica by
Scr33n

|
|
The
latest Scr33n's project "DEFENDER"
scratch built replica is finished...
after his last project 'Gyruss', I
told you it won't be the last one! ;-)
Absolutely fabulous... [read
the full story here]
|
|
|
14/07/11 - Exidy's STAR
FIRE : the Road Trip...or
a miracle in Belgium

|
|
Miracles
can
happen: finally done a road trip for an
ultra rare STAR FIRE
*cockpit* by Exidy - Darth Nuno [Comic
Book here]
|
|
|
13/06/11 - Space Invaders
pinball : 'Reveal the
mystery' Road Trip

|
|
Here's
the
pinball that reminds me the more
memories 'pinball related' ever.
It's not really the very first pinball I
played (I'm remembering a
mechanical pinball as the first one
played), but it's the one I really
...'enjoyed' first. Well, it's not
really 'enjoyed'... I should say
that it's the one who scared/fascinated
me first/most! At the time I
was something like 8 or 10 years old!
That alien face on the backglass
was the scariest thing that I've ever
seen! ... ok... enoguh blabla!
Road Trip time - Darth Nuno [start
the invasion here]
|
|
|
09/06/11 - ARTWORK : ROTJ
yoke overlay by
Etienne...now available!

|
|
Many
wanted it, many cried for it... and
Etienne did it! Yes, the
'impossible to find' Return Of The Jedi
yoke overlay artwork is now
available! Congratulation to Atarimania for the initial scan of
an new old stock one, and to Etienne for the vector
work! - [read
the full story here]
|
|
|
05/06/11 - ARCADE
WAREHOUSE RAID by Chrischris
& Kid

|
|
"When
my
friend KID
called me a few days ago to say that
he found a nest of cabs but wasn't
100% positive if it was interesting,
he sure knocked at the wrong
door...
How could I ever let any kind of cabs
live in such miserable
conditions, with no love, no capkit
and only a few pigeons to "play" on
them? Itold him we should go for it
and save the arcades at all costs!
So the next day the Belgian
Arcade Preservation Team
rented a vehicule..." - Chrischris [read
the full story here]
|
|
|
24/05/11 - Lazy Road
Trip Collection : Atari
Dragon's Lair by Darth Nuno
|
|

Back
in
time... 16th of January 2011... it's a
rainy day... I'm quiet in the
family house with wife, and new born
daughter. No time for a road trip
these days... but there are still
opportunities, new games to catch so
... Delivery is the only solution!
Around 8:00am ... the truck I'm waiting
for is here... [more
information right
here]
|
|
|
23/05/11 - ROAD TRIP :
'Star Wars *upright*' by
Atarimania

|
|
"Saturday....
5
am... it's time for a new Road
Trip!!!! This time with Ms. and Jr.
Jr. Atarimania..." - Atarimania [read
the full story here]
|
|
|
20/05/11 - ROAD TRIP :
'GREMLIN...s' by Superully

|
|
"I
guess it's time to release the Gremlins
upon you ... Twisted
honestly, I didn't really plan to get
any of the following items and
what you are about to experience is a
combination of sheer stupidity,
luck and "being there at the right
place at the right time"! ...more
detailed explanations as we "cruise
along" the roadtrip!" - Superully [read
the
full story here]
|
|
|
10/05/11 - ROAD TRIP :
'Cosmic Zero Hour' by
Gyruss

|
|
"Okay,
time
for another (short) road trip story. A
couple of weeks ago there
was a German wall machine for sale at
marktplaats. On first sight it
seemed to be another fake ad, but i
decided to give the seller a call
nevertheless. After communicating with
3 different people i finally
spoke to the guy who owns the machine
and we made a deal..." - Gyrusss[read
the
full story here]
|
|
|
23/04/11 - ROAD TRIP : 'A
Wild Excursion To The
West' by Bela

|
|
"Today
was
my name's day and we were planning an
excursion for this weekend,
we really wanted to move out from the
city. We took a day off from work
yesterday with my Gf. and escaped as
soon as we can in that nice sunny
morning..." - Bela [read
the
full story here]
|
|
|
02/04/11 - ROAD TRIP :
'GORF' by Superully

|
|
"Anyone
looking
for a Gorf? was the big
question André asked a couple of
weeks ago and since I was, i replied
with YES! A Gorf arcade
cabinet had been offered for sale on a
pinball forum and with the help
of some guys from our fabulous
community I managed to strike a deal
with the seller which of course meant
roadtrip time - again!
Unfortunately, the seller's location
was pretty far out for a single
daytrip, so I decided to ask my best
friend Charlotte to come along for
the ride. Parts of her family live to
the north of paris which would
give us the chance to spend a nice
evening in France with them and stay
the night at their place.
..." - Superully [read
the full story here]
|
|
|
26/03/11 - ROAD TRIP :
'Free Dig Dug' by
Superully

|
|
"Last
saturday,
a euro Dig Dug
was offered up on a german arcade
forum for nothing more than a crate
of beer. The first binding promise
would get it! although I prefer the
american dig dug over the euro
version, nothing beats free. PLUS only
recently I had picked up a cocktail
table glass bezel for the "seller",
so this would be a nice chance for the
exchange. even better: the
pickup location was pretty close! So I
typed my reply, waited a couple
of hours and finally got the answer I
was hoping was: it's yours,
Ully..." - Superully [read
the full story here]
|
|
|
13/03/11 - Tron Legacy :
The 'Standee' Road Trip

|
|
Back
in October 2010... few months before
the release of Tron Legacy
in Europe.
I have the idea to make something
special for the release of that
movie, and of course...Arcade + Life
Style related! On the numerous
trailers of that upcoming movie, you can
see the original Tron arcade
game... So why not display that cabinet
to the new movie audience and
let them (re)discover that game in 2011? - Darth Nuno [read
the full story here]
|
|
|
28/02/11 - Neo Legend,
the shop @ Paris / France

|
|
I was in Paris last days...
why not to pay a visit to the new NEO LEGEND Arcade shop? Caution!
Wallet warning ... Goodies
inside - Darth
Nuno [read the full story
here]
|
|
|
06/02/11 - Rescue Mission
: "Zaccaria's Space
Pirate" by Superully

|
|
"As
you
guys know, our beloved hungarian member Bela
is on a mission: he's trying to
collect all the zaccaria cabs ever
made! He has already made a lot of
progress, but the further he
proceeds, the more difficult it gets
to find the missing games, because
they get rarer and rarer. at the end
of the last week bela contacted me
because of a posting he had spotted in
the classified ads section of
ebay germany. on offer there was a dedicated Zaccaria
Space Pirate..." - Superully [read
the full story here]
|
|
|
18/01/11 - GALAXIAN³
'Project Dragoon' LD rip
*WIP*

|
|
"I
finally had some time this week to
work on this, and have most of the
capturing done. I am going to do a
couple more captures with different
settings, but we're almost there..."
- Warren
Ondras [read
the
full story here]
|
|
|
14/01/11 - ROAD TRIP :
'The Raiders Of The Lost
Zacc' by Etienne

|
|
"This
is
the story of the 2 guy's that teamed
up to save a part that was lost
during transport.
This is a real story, and is based on
true events that occurred..."
- Etienne
[read the full story
here]
|
|
|
10/01/11 - Princess
Daphne Statue *Artist Proof*
edition
|
|

This
special Artist Proof edition is limited to
50 pieces and comes with a
special certificate signed by animation
legend Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
& John Pomeroy...be quick! [more details here]
|
|
|
24/12/10 - Season's
Greeting ... and ...XMAS Road
Trip / XMAS Arcade tree!

|
|
To all the friends here
on Dragon's
Lair Fans /
Arcade Life
Style website, to
everyone throughout the Arcade community
and beyond, Merry Christmas
and happy new year!
May your each and every Christmas wish
be granted to you as a gift that
is with you throughout the holidays
and overflows into your new year
and beyond! Let me finish this year by
a very special road trip for a
very special game ... have you ever
heard about a game call PONG? ;-)
[read
the full story here]
|
|
|
06/12/10 - ROAD TRIP :
'Rally' by Superully

|
|
"...when
'Time
Pilot' toralf put up a for sale thread
for a very rare pong clone
called RALLY, I couldn't get
that game out of my mind. So
eventually a deal was struck with the
seller!" - Superully [read
the
full story here]
|
|
|
01/12/10 - ROAD TRIP :
After Burner & G-Loc
*deluxe* by Polderarcade

|
|
One
road trip, two monsters made by Sega,
three vehicles, a lot of games in
a new game room... follow the crazy Polderarcade's
Week
Off [read
the
full story here]
|
|
|
21/11/10 - ROAD TRIP :
Saving Darth Maul by Darth
Nuno...a Sith story ;-)

|
|
"I've noticed something
strange with my mini Darth Maul
statue, located on the top of my Return
Of The Jedi Cabinet. Since few
weeks already... I don't know why but if
it's like this statue wanted
to tell me something... here's what
really happened last month : The
statue became a real hologram! Darth
Maul is NOT dead ! He asked me to
save him quickly". Follow us, Darth Remy and myself in a long journey for
saving one of our Sith brothers,
trapped in UK... [read
the full story here]
|
|
|
13/11/10 - New Princess
Daphne Cosplay by Moe
|
|

"Hi,
my
name is Moe! I am 18 years old. I
actually am a MAJOR Don Bluth and
Gary Goldman fan and love all their
work. So, when I found out that
they created a video game and I had to
play/cosplay it..." - Moe
aka 'funnygirlmoehunt'.
Exclusive pictures &
interview! [everything
here]
|
|
|
07/11/10 - ROAD TRIP :
Gun Fight by Superully

|
|
"Just
recently,
Colin from Belgium had picked up not
one, not two, but three
gun fight cabinets! For those of you
who aren't family with those
games, Gun Fight
is the predecessor to Boot Hill. The
gameplay is a little bit weaker
and the monitor doesn't have the
wonderful colourful back-lit plastic
background, but hey, it is the
original game! Remembering that I had
been on the lookout for the cab since
my boot hill got destroyed. Colin
contacted me and asked me if I was
still interested ..." - Superully. Great road trip
featuring guest stars ;-)
[read the full story
here]
|
|
|
04/11/10 - Dragon's Lair
HD for iPad
|
|

Dragon's
Lair HD - iPad Edition, published
by Digital Leisures Inc... now available!
[additional
information right here]
|
|
|
03/11/10 - Galaxian³ at
the 30th JAMMA Amusement
Machine Show... in 1992

|
|
"Galaxian
3
by Namco is, quite frankly, like
nothing you have ever seen! The game
uses an advanced 32-Bit processor
which generates some of the smoothest
polygon graphics seen to date...
Everything about this game is
revolutionary!" -
Electronic Gaming Monthly in November
1992... [read
the full story here]
|
|
|
01/11/10 - ROAD TRIP :
Gun! Fight! Invaders! by
Chrischris & Liquidx

|
|
"A
few weeks ago, Liquidx and I were enjoying a
little glass of whisky in our
favourite Saloon..." - Chrischris. Great road
trip told in the good old Western
fashion style! [read
the full story here]
|
|
|
30/10/10 - ROAD TRIP :
Crystal Castles by
TimePilot

|
|
"Today
was
a fantastic day. I could now pick up
my favorite device, a Crystal Castles
from Atari. I have long searched for
this cab, and had already before
more than a year contact with the
seller. Unfortunately he did not sell
then the cab, or only for too high a
price..." - TimePilot [read
the
full story here]
|
|
|
24/10/10 - ROAD TRIP :
Pole Position by
Funkycochise

|
|
"It's
automn,
without nay doubt, weather doesn't
seem to be with us today...
Go ahead to catch my partner for this
road trip, like last time, it's
'Une ombre noire' (a black shadow)..."
- Funkycochise. Follow the
boys (Ombre
Noire as
guest star) for their quest for catch THE
racing game : Pole Position [read
the
full story here]
|
|
|
15/10/10 - GYRUSS CENTURI
CAB - Scratch Built
Replica by Scr33n

|
|
The
latest Scr33n's project "GYRUSS CENTURI CAB"
scratch built replica is finished... and
as usual, the result is great!
Now he claims he's officially out of
space... but I'm sure I won't be
the last one! ;-) [read
the
full story here]
|
|
|
14/10/10 - ROAD TRIP :
Berzerk...the Last...but
the First !

|
|
Back
in June 2010... got an opportunity to
catch (and save) an other Classic
game... BERZERK!
The seller is located in a nice region
of the France I've never
visited... so why not to combine road
trip with a touristic visit after
all? Berzerk "the last...but the
first"... the stories will
never end ;-) [read
the
full story here]
|
PREVIOUS
HEADLINE

This website
(version 5) was created by Bruno "Darth
Nuno"
Biordi, 2001-20012. All trademarks and copyrighted
materials are
property of their respective owners.
|










Join us on Facebook!

|
|