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June 17, 2013 By 21 Comments

This week’s assignment from the League: The Ultimate Arcade

league arcade game

This assignment was offered up by League member, Jason Gross of Rediscover the 80’s. I’ve got a pocket full of quarters and I’m heading to the arcade…

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You’ve decided to build an addition onto your house, a rec room that will feature your very own fantasy video arcade. What games are on your shopping list?

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The League is always open to new members! Got a blog? Write a post in response to the weekly challenge, and you’ll be included. It’s that easy!

REMEMBER!:

league logoOnce you put up a post on your site add a comment below with the URL. Next Monday, I will put up a post here on Cool & Collected with a list of all the contributing blogs. Once that list is posted, if you haven’t already done so, try to incorporate at least three of your fellow League members’ links (but more would be great!) into the article you wrote on your site.

By cross-posting like this, we will help each other out by sending new readers to each other’s sites. Have fun!

(Wondering what the heck this is all about? We’re recruiting for this loose-knit, rag tag crew! Here are the details for contributing to The League.)

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  1. ClassickMaterial says

    June 17, 2013 at 10:43 am

    WHAT??!! I did this one already.

    http://coldslitherpodcast.com/2012/09/16/the-arcade-collector-the-league/

    Very well, I suppose I could write a sequel… more to come!
    (Great pick, Jason!)

    Reply
    • Brian says

      June 17, 2013 at 10:46 am

      Ha! Well, it’s a great inspiration for the rest of us! 😉

      Reply
  2. Shawn Robare says

    June 17, 2013 at 8:42 pm

    I’ve rigged all the cabinets so there are no tokens needed!

    http://brandedinthe80s.com/11305/no-tokens-needed

    Reply
    • big J says

      June 18, 2013 at 9:08 pm

      Take it from a former arcade employee, that is amazingly easy to do.

      Reply
  3. Dex (@Dex1138) says

    June 17, 2013 at 9:15 pm

    Dude, come on! I need a size limit, otherwise I’ll be posting all day! I’ll try to limit myself when I get around to writing it…

    Reply
  4. Paxton Holley says

    June 18, 2013 at 10:18 am

    Oh man, great topic, but I did this once already.

    I’ll submit that previous article (Wow! Was that TWO years ago?!):

    http://blog.paxholley.net/2011/03/25/what-10-video-games-would-be-in-my-dream-arcade/

    PLUS, I’m in the middle of Superman Week so I don’t think I could get a sequel done anyway.

    Pax

    Reply
  5. Paxton Holley says

    June 18, 2013 at 10:29 am

    FYI, I updated my old article with some links to Shawn and Classick Material’s articles.

    Pax

    Reply
  6. Rich (The Nerd Nook) says

    June 18, 2013 at 3:04 pm

    I’m in! New name and all =)

    http://fortuneandglorydays.blogspot.com/2013/06/league-of-extraordinary-bloggers-arcade.html

    Reply
  7. Kal says

    June 18, 2013 at 4:01 pm

    http://calvinscanadiancaveofcool.blogspot.ca/2013/06/the-league-of-extraordinary-bloggers.html

    Reply
  8. big J says

    June 18, 2013 at 9:15 pm

    Well I have a bit of a headstart on THIS project, let’s see how far my wife will let me get!
    http://nrmachine.blogspot.com/2013/06/league-of-extraordinary-bloggers.html

    Reply
  9. Jason says

    June 18, 2013 at 10:53 pm

    Here’s a start, but you might have already guessed my choices if you’ve hung out at RD80s for awhile…

    http://www.rediscoverthe80s.com/2013/06/extreme-makeover-arcade-edition.html

    Reply
  10. Kal says

    June 19, 2013 at 12:55 pm

    Here is mine http://calvinscanadiancaveofcool.blogspot.ca/2013/06/the-league-of-extraordinary-bloggers.html

    Reply
  11. Pop Rewind says

    June 19, 2013 at 6:30 pm

    This one was fun:) Got some pinball action in there, too: http://www.poprewind.com/the-league-the-ultimate-arcade/

    Reply
  12. Crooked Ninja Turtle Gang says

    June 20, 2013 at 8:23 pm

    Awesome one this week, I brought quarters for everyone!
    http://www.crookedninja.com/2013/06/league-of-extraordinary-bloggers-arcade.html

    Reply
  13. The Goodwill Geek says

    June 20, 2013 at 9:26 pm

    http://goodwillhunting4geeks.blogspot.com/2013/06/league-of-extraordinary-bloggers.html

    I singled out pretty much just ONE game I HAD TO HAVE. You’ll see why.

    Reply
  14. Chrisloc1701 says

    June 21, 2013 at 1:59 pm

    Building up my future man cave with arcade gold (in my opinion)
    http://www.randomnerdness.blogspot.com

    Reply
  15. The Trash Man says

    June 21, 2013 at 7:32 pm

    Tougher than I thought to pick just a handful of titles, but here ya go…

    http://poppopitstrashculture.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-league-and-ultimate-arcade.html

    Reply
  16. Todd Franklin (Neato Coolville) says

    June 22, 2013 at 2:04 am

    Great League assignment! Here’s my fantasy arcade – http://neatocoolville.blogspot.com/2013/06/if-i-had-home-arcade.html

    Reply
  17. Brian says

    June 23, 2013 at 7:07 pm

    I’m going the pinball route for my cave: https://www.coolandcollected.com/pinball-machines-for-the-man-cave/

    Reply
  18. Kevin Hellions says

    June 24, 2013 at 12:21 am

    I had to make change!

    http://teamhellions.com/2013/06/24/home-video-arcade-the-league/

    Reply

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