Realizing that the construction of the
permanent Atari Museum will not become a reality in the short
term and having extensive rare coin-ops in storage currently
being unplayed, Curt Vendel donated several coin-ops of Fun
Spot's Classic Coin-op museum.
Mike Stulir of Back in Time Classic Gaming Webcast
comes down to Staten Island, NY and meets up with
Curt Vendel for the big move of remaining coin-ops
in the last of the AHS storage containers.
The 24' Uhaul truck just barely fit all of the
coin-ops loaded up into it. Everything from Breakout
to Skydiver to Basketball, Nightdriver and many
many more.
The truck is loaded to the max and everything
is ready to roll. First stop... Curt Vendel new
home up north of NYC to drop off some of the equipment
and coin-ops that will be part of his new home
arcade and game room. Then onto New Hampshire
and Funspot.
Gary Vincent and Dave Nelson start to unload the
coin-ops from the Uhaul once Curt and Mike had
driven it around to the workshop. Basketball is
one of the first to be unloaded.
Basketball is a pretty big game and rather heavy
too. However Gary's kick-ass coin-op handtruck
makes easy work of it.
The workshop is like a candy store and we all
felt like kids! Wow is this place big and man
there are some games that noone has seen in 20-30
years. Gary prepares to unload another game from
the Uhaul while Mike checks out the amazing stash
of treasures.
Dave helps get the Skydiver ready for Gary to
wheel off of the truck. Super Breakout is the
final game in the truck to be unloaded. Other
games included Super Bug, Le Mans, Tank II and
Outlaw.
The final games are unloaded into the workshop
at FunSpot. Gary and Curt pause for a moment for
a quick photo with some of the games donated to
FunSpot.... they couldn't have gone to a better
home and I am very happy to know that they will
be played and enjoyed by many people looking to
relive old memories and for a new generation of
gamers to experience there treasures of the past
and try them for the first time.
