{"id":8209,"date":"2022-12-07T11:37:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T10:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/07\/infinite-lives-the-company-saving-old-arcade-machines\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T11:37:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T10:37:17","slug":"infinite-lives-the-company-saving-old-arcade-machines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/07\/infinite-lives-the-company-saving-old-arcade-machines\/","title":{"rendered":"Infinite lives: the company saving old arcade machines"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a generation of players, these colourful cabinets house not just ailing electronics, but formative memories. Meet the people who save them from landfill<\/p>\n

On a rural industrial estate five miles outside Honiton, under the flight path of a nearby aerodrome, sits a rather nondescript warehouse. Only one feature marks it out: in front is a graveyard of stripped arcade cabinets, slowly rotting in the cold and damp.<\/p>\n

I am here to visit Play Leisure, a company that restores and sells old arcade games<\/a>. It has a compelling TikTok account<\/a> where it shares new discoveries \u2013 a recent post showed off a Deadstorm Pirates<\/a> machine with its enormous sit-in cabinet and giant cinematic display. I\u2019ve dragged my friend and fellow arcade fanatic Joao Sanches along, and now I\u2019m feeling nervous and responsible because, walking up to the unmarked entrance, I\u2019ve no idea if they will have anything interesting in stock after our 90-minute drive.<\/p>\n

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\nFor a generation of players, these colourful cabinets house not just ailing electronics, but formative memories. Meet the people who save them from landfill
\nOn a rural industrial estate five miles outside Honiton, under the flight path of a nearby aerodrome, sits a rather nondescript warehouse. Only one feature marks it out: in front is a graveyard of stripped arcade cabinets, slowly rotting in the cold and damp.
\nI am here to visit Play Leisure, a company that restores and sells old arcade games. It has a compelling TikTok account where it shares new discoveries \u2013 a recent post showed off a Deadstorm Pirates machine with its enormous sit-in cabinet and giant cinematic display. I\u2019ve dragged my friend and fellow arcade fanatic Joao Sanches along, and now I\u2019m feeling nervous and responsible because, walking up to the unmarked entrance, I\u2019ve no idea if they will have anything interesting in stock after our 90-minute drive. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For a generation of players, these colourful cabinets house not just ailing electronics, but formative memories. Meet the people who save them from landfill On a rural industrial estate five miles outside Honiton, under the flight path of a nearby aerodrome, sits a rather nondescript warehouse. Only one feature marks it out: in front is …<\/p>\n

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