Video Outpost Discovered
I love a good road trip and taking a road trip with a friend is even better. Sure, the ride is long and painful on the knees, but the drive for arcade nirvana is always one worth sharing. This time I was headed down to St. Louis MO with Jeff R. We were bringing a Cinematronics Rip Off to Pat C’s place and picking up a HUO Pengo for Jeff. While I wasn’t picking up any games, I did get a great big box full of arcade paper, thanks to Pat. The box is full of fantastic bits of arcade history that I hope to share. Here’s the first piece:
If you are seeing this for the first time you’ve got to be saying what the heck is that? Apparently, All-Weather Amusements, Inc. thought that creating a giant enclosure to house a couple of arcade games was a good idea. Hmmm, extra locks and keys before getting to the coin box? I can’t imagine most Ops would care for that idea. I suppose the enclosure could be useful in a mall or other high traffic area that didn’t allow for constant, secure supervision. You wouldn’t have to worry about vandals getting into the back of the games. I’ve never seen one in the wild, so finding this flyer was fun. If you have ever seen the Video Outpost on location or even know of one still in use, add a comment, I’d like to hear your story.
EDIT: A Play Meter article about this bizarre product can be found here.
Tags: advertisement, documentation, flyer, video outpost
June 2nd, 2009 at 10:14 am
Ahha! Now I can expand my gameroom into the backyard!
(just kidding)
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:19 am
Not a bad idea actually! I do have some games that don’t have a home. The whole patio thing is highly overrated anyway.
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:07 pm
So that video game storage unit did say that all bolts were inaccessible…well, even though I’d like to know how, surely it is possible.
I do still find the anchoring part a little funny. Steel beams or posts right into the sidewalk? Seems like they rely on the customer too much…How many opportunities could an operator have had like that?
June 5th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
[...] know he’ll be posting information on his own arcade blog, kicking things off with his ‘Video Outpost Discovered‘ which is a flyer showing off an outside lock and key arcade storage unit that protects the [...]
June 7th, 2009 at 9:29 am
[...] already wrote about the outside arcade game outpost, which was another item in this box of fun history items. I think he’s planning on scanning a [...]
June 8th, 2009 at 11:16 am
I’d rather have one of those in my back yard instead of my shed! Hmmm…never thought to put a game in the shed before….