Welcome to VidiotArcade.com. About 15 years ago my future wife Michele went on the hunt to find me an arcade game for a Christmas present(God Bless her!). Shortly after that, we knew we would have to get another one, and from there 10 were not too far behind. Thanks again wifey... just remember it's all your fault!!! And a little background on the Vidiot part of the name... I picked it up as a nickname "back in the day" and it's stuck. Some people think it's a reference to one of the main characters in the '80s movie, Joysticks, but it's really not. Although... that movie has been one of my favorites since the first time I saw it about 10 years ago. We now consist of a family of four with two great kiddos who like to game as much(or more sometimes) as their Daddy. Our high game count was 30 video games and 2 pinballs, which was *before* the kiddos were born. Currently we have 26 physical video games down in the basement VidiotArcade with room for one or two more. Through the years we have owned well over 50 different games and have had a blast meeting people from all over the northeast. We took an 4 or 5 year break from buying games while we raised our kids, but they are now old enough to know THESE GAMES RULE!!! UPDATE: 07-03-2010 The wifey saw a Tempest listed in the garage sale section of our local paper on Thursday and went first thing Friday morning to see what kind of condition it was in and how much they were looking to get. She called me about 8:15am and said it's an early revision Tempest in decent shape and the guy only wants $125... needless to say SHE bought it! Here are some pictures. Have I mentioned how much I LOVE the wifey? UPDATE: 07-01-2010 Added the Tron cabaret and Circus Charlie pages. UPDATE: 06-30-2010 Finally finished up the Xenon page. I also added information on our new Wizard of Wor cabaret on the existing Wizard of Wor page and created a Super Hang-On page. And there has been yet another addition to the fleet... a Sega Star Trek that was only owned by one person in it's life... and that person *WON* it in a cereal promotion back in 1983! Such an awesome story behind this game! UPDATE: 06-11-2010 I need help... I swear this whole hobby is just one giant addiction... Picked up a Lock 'n' Chase and two Space Encounters today from Buffalo, NY. The Lock 'n' Chase is working but the other two are not. Any idea where I'm going to put these? Geeeeeezzzze I need help! UPDATE: 06-09-2010 Picked up a mostly working Sega Super Hang-On last weekend. Been working on that and it's now fully playable... and an AWESOME game. I also put together the Gorf page and most of the Xenon page. Hopefully I'll finish the Xenon page tomorrow and get the rest of the pages up this week. UPDATE: 05-19-2010 Wow, talk about a lack of updates? The Arabian has been sold. The Gorf cabaret has been re-assembled and is fully functioning. The Xenon, Firepower, and Gorgar and all down in the basement and look awesome next to each other. I picked up a Wizard of Wor cabaret down in East Islip, NY this past Sunday morning and I'm picking up a Circus Charlie tomorrow afternoon. Then there's our second Battlezone upright out in the shed that I'm installing a non-periscope kit to. We also went to our first and second pinball shows over the past month in Rochester, NY then Allentown, PA. Talk about a good time! The family and I had a blast except I've discovered that my son is getting to be more and more like his Dad in that he's EXTREMELY competitive... and doesn't handle being tired very well. Now I see why there haven't been any updates... I've been too busy actually enjoying the games! UPDATE: 04-08-2010 Haven't updated the site in a few weeks even though we're still going strong. Picked up a whipped to poop Xenon last week. Also sold the Battlezone cabaret and got a Gorf cabaret carcass as a partial trade. The Xenon is being cleaned and repaired slowly. Right now it's actually playable but about 50% of the lights aren't working. The Gorf cabaret is going to be restored to it's former glory and right now I'm just gathering parts to make it complete. I'll update the site with pictures and such this weekend. UPDATE: 03-21-2010 Picked up another pinball machine this morning... Gorgar will be joining the games down in the basement this week! UPDATE: 03-19-2010 Finally got the Firepower up and running with a brand new MPU/driver combination board. UPDATE: 03-16-2010 Ordered a few shirts for the up coming video game/pinball show in Rochester, NY... see the top picture here for how they turned out. UPDATE: 03-11-2010 Finally received the complete Donkey Kong II kit yesterday. Now we just need to get another Nintendo cabinet to use it. We also sold off the Tempest project we had so that page can now be found on the "Old Games" page to the left. UPDATE: 03-06-2010 Well... in order to fit one more Nintendo game in "the row"... I had to move our water softener. UPDATE: 02-28-2010 Two words... Red Baron!!! UPDATE: 02-25-2010 Picked up a non-working Firepower pinball machine a couple days ago from a co-worker. The cabinet and playfield are in great shape but the backglass needs to be replaced due to missing/flaking paint. UPDATE: 02-20-2010 Replaced the control panel overlay on Mario Bros. yesterday. Turned out pretty well... have a look on the Mario Bros. page. Site maintained by: Jeff