Scottish Pinball Open and Arcade Expo Nov 2012

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Scottish Pinball Open and Arcade Expo Nov 2012

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the scottish pinball open
and arcade expo

will be held on 24/25th of november


in the coachman hotel
4 parkfoot st
kilsyth
G65 0SP

telephone 01236 821 649

website www.coachmanhotel.com

Tickets are priced at £10 per day, with the proceeds going to charity.

We are hoping for 70+ machines, there will be competitions and raffles-looking for some raffle donations too.
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Re: Scottish Pinball Open and Arcade Expo Nov 2012

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Any idea what machines?

I'm interested in the arcades. Totally shit at pinball :D
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a few confirmed cabs so far:

Outrun
◦Defender
◦Robotron
◦Stargate
◦Centipede

NeoGeo 1-slot with:
◦KOF'97
◦KOF'98
◦KOF'2003
◦Blazing Star
◦Garou
◦Neo Turf Masters
◦Super Sidekicks
◦Samurai Shodown
◦Samurai Shodown 2
◦Puzzle Bobble
◦Sengoku 3
◦Metal Slug 3

PCBS:

◦Rodland
◦1000 Mile Rally
◦Parodius
◦Street Fighter II HF
◦Street Fighter Zero 2

◦Final Fight

lots more to come!

Facebook events page: https://www.facebook.com/events/365163723559697/
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I'm up for heading along to this (if I can find an easyish way to get there as I don't drive)

I'd love to have a go on 'Revenge From Mars' again :)
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Wee update from the facebook page:


a wee update on all the info we have.

we have at the monent approx 22 pinball pledges and about 12 candies, with hopefully 28 wooden cabs. i will be contacting all pledgers in the next week or so to arrange uplifts of the pledged cabs. we would like 30 pinballs im still rounding up cabs, so its not too late to pledge them.

for our english freinds, the heavy on tap is john smiths, a good pint im told lager wise its tennents, carling, stella and i think carlsberg.


we have got the software and a projector for the scoring nope its not me handling this cosine "mike" is helping out on the software thank feck and malc from schmups.com is supplying the projector

there will be competitions all weekend i8ncluding "the NBA fastbreak tournament this is 2 pinballs linked for head to head action. its a very fast paced game of pinball, high octane stuff. no limit to the number of balls you use, if your ball goes out of play, it is sent back into the game, think basketball using a pinball table to play. a major thanks to "northern lights pinball" for bringing this to scotland, its a first for us up here, well worth an entry. anybody can win this comp

the scottish pinball open, this will be held over 2 days. entry is free, but you must register on the saturday for this. on satrurday all players will take 1 credit each on 4 pre-selected pinballs. the top 8 players will play in a final heat on sunday with the top 3 getting awarded trophys. the tables for both days will be drawn from a hat, each table considered viable will be given a number and placed in the draw, an independant person will make the draw.

for the video heads, we will hopefully be hosting a classic high score competition. i need to price things but at the moment its looking like "the jammaplus classic" this will be much the same as above. we will also be doing 1 or more high score competitions with a buy in yes indeedy this will cost you 100 yen or maybe 50 yen, it depends on the slot each credit will cost you 50 new pence, at the end of the day the highest score wins the money will be split 30/70 with the 30% going to charity im not saying anything about these games, but we might need to bat grobda from them these comps will be run over both days. so if you fancy yourself as a "bit of a player" this is your chance to make some cashback

we will be having a piper to play out the prizes and hopefully some media coverage too, so comb your hair.
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Just back from a spiffing afternoon at this. There was about 20 cabs and the same again with pintables. There was also a very small selection of console and computers to play. Cracking getting to play Robotron, Centipede and Defender the way they were intended. Here's hoping this becomes an annual thing.
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mamemeister wrote:Just back from a spiffing afternoon at this. There was about 20 cabs and the same again with pintables. There was also a very small selection of console and computers to play. Cracking getting to play Robotron, Centipede and Defender the way they were intended. Here's hoping this becomes an annual thing.

shame u couldnt stay longer matey! I won just what i wanted from the raffle on sunday afternoon, i won the zzap 64 reviewer portrait which will probably become my avatar on EVERY forum i go on!!! :)

some girl in her 20's won the mobility scooter service, she wasnae very chuffed so i gave her one of my models for free - such a gent i know :D

theres already been talk of an event next year, possibly more in the summertime but thats all i can say for now.
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Was the bird in question the pretty little Gothy one?

I did spot one of your models beside her when she was playing the NES. So what lucky person won my Galaxy Invader?
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mamemeister wrote:Was the bird in question the pretty little Gothy one?

I did spot one of your models beside her when she was playing the NES. So what lucky person won my Galaxy Invader?
that one was won by someone from saturday, its waiting to be posted :)

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Soz for the necro but...



Are there any plans for this event or similar happening again this side of the border ?
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k345y wrote:Soz for the necro but...



Are there any plans for this event or similar happening again this side of the border ?
we had planned to do another one last year, but it was gonna cost too much
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Aw, that's a shame :(
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im sure you'll have heard that play expo glasgow is happening at the braehead arena in june!
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