SOMETHING THAT TRULY IS
UNIQUELY DETROIT.
TAKE A LOOK.
THE COOLEST PLACE ON
EARTH WAS THE ARCADE.
SKATEBOARD UP TO THE MALL
AND HANG OUT AND DRINK
SLUSHEES AND HIT ON GIVTS IT
WAS JUST AWESOME.
-- HIT ON GIRLS.
IT WAS JUST AWESOME.
THIS IS ROOM 103.
THIS IS THE ARCADE WORKSHOP.
FOR THE MOST PART WE JUST
FOCUS ON THE CLASSES.
MY NAME IS DON BEAM AND I'M
THE OWNER OF OFF ROAD
ARCADE.
I'M CONSTANTLY WORKING ON
THESE GAMES TO TRY TO
REFURBISH THEM AND BRING
THEM BACK TO LIFE.
I'M GOING TO START BY
MESSING AROUND WITH SOME OF
THOSE NOBODIES -- KNOBS SEE
IF I CAN FIX THIS ARE
VERTICAL HOLD ISSUE.
THERE WE GO.
YEAH.
AND I THINK ABOUT THIS STUFF
ALL THE TIME IN MY SPARE
TIME.
EVERY MOMENT I GET I'M
DEDICATED THIS PROJECT.
I ARE STARTED WITH ONE GAME
IN MY GARAGE IT WAS A BURGER
TIME GAME.
I WAS LIKE A HOBBY.
AND FINALLY I GOT IT WORKING
AND WAS LIKE ALL RIGHT WELL,
NOW WHAT CAN I FIX?
AND I WENT AND GOT ANOTHER
GAME AND FIXED THAT.
THAT'S IT.
AND BEFORE YOU KNEW MY
ENTIRE GARAGE WAS FULL OF
ARCADE GAMES.
THEY WERE JUST KIND OF
SITTING THERE AND THEY WERE
LIKE LITTLE PET PROJECTS
ONCE I FINISHED IT THEY WERE
JUST COLLECTING DUST I WAS
LIKE THIS ISN'T WHAT THEY
WERE MADE FOR THEY WERE MADE
FOR PEOPLE TO PLAY THEM.
JUST HAVE FUN WITH THEM.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
THIS IS LIKE MY CHILDHOOD.
THIS IS BY WHAT GREW UP WITH.
FOR ME IT'S AN AMAZING
FEELING.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE A DREAM
COME TRUE.
THE COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY
DIVERSE WHEN IT COMES TO
VIDEO GAME IN DETROIT.
I THINK THESE CABINETS ARE
REALLY WORKS OF ART AND SORT
OF LIKE THEIR OWN WAY.
SORT OF LIKE REBUILDING
OR SAVING A THESE OF MY
CHILDHOOD AND ALSO VIDEO
GAMING HISTORY YOU KNOW.
I THINK IT'S WORTH
PRESERVING.
OH, GOING BACK IN TIME.
I KNOW.
MEMORIES.
WE CAN HEAR THE SOUNDS
BRANDON IS OVER THERE
PLAYING DONKEY KONG.
DON IS HERE JOINING US LIVE
IN STUDIO.
WHAT DO YOU GET OUT OF THIS
IS THIS JUST SOMETHING THAT
LIKE BRINGS YOU BACK TO YOUR
CHILDHOOD?
OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I GREW UP IN THE ARCADES
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU
KNOW, I HAD SUCH A GREAT
TIME WHEN I WAS THERE
PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AS A KID
I WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH
OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T
PLAYED THESE GAMES OR MAYBE
THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT
THEM.
WHAT'S NORMAL AGES OF
PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE COME
PLAY THESE GAMES?
I KNOW I'M A LITTLE OLD I'M
52 AND I KNOW I LOVE PLAYING
THESE GAMES?
WELL, THE FUNNY THING IS
YOU REALLY GET ALL ABLES.
YOU GET PARENTS COMING WITH
THEIR KIDS AND THERE REALLY
IS NOTHING BETTER THAN
SEEING A 10-YEAR-OLD STEP UP
TO ONE OF THESE MACHINES
THEY'RE JUST AWESOME.
THEY ARE LIKE THIS IS A REAL
SCREEN I'M STANDING IN FRONT
OF.
I DON'T HAVE TO HOLD THIS IN
MY HAND.
IT'S REALLY GOOD.
IS IT HARD TO GET THE
KIDS TO LIKE THIS OLDER
TECHNOLOGY?
NO, THAT'S THE THING -- I
THINK IT'S STILL PRETTY DARN
COOL.
THEY REALLY SEEM TO ENJOY
IT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT PARENTS
AND KIDS CAN DO TOGETHER.
NOTHING IS MORE FUN THAN
SCHOOLING YOUR SON OR
DAUGHTER.
ON THE PAT OWNER HOW TO
DO IT.
HOW MUCH YOU'RE REFISHING
HOW MUCH DOES THAT COST?
OH IT VARIES WIDELY.
SOME GAMES GO UP TO $1,000
DEPENDSING ON CONDITION, AND
YOU KNOW COLLECTIBILITY.
BUT SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET
FOR A COUPLE HUNDRED OFF OF
CRAIGSLIST OR SOMETHING.
IT'S PRETTY RANDOM.
I JUST SEEN RECENTLY THEY
CAME OUT WITH A HALL OF FAME
RIGHT DIDN'T THEY FOR VIDEO
GAMES AND I THINK PAC-MAN
AND I THINK DONKEY KONG SOME
OF THEM MADE IT THEY CAME
OUT WITH A VIDEO HALL OF
FAME.
FOLKS WANT TO FIND YOUR
GAMES HOW DO WE FIND THE
SCHEDULE OR WHEN YOU WILL BE
PUTTING THEM OUT.
WE ARE ON-LINE AT
Facebook/OFFWORLDARCADE ALL
ONE WORD AND INSTAGRAM AS
WELL.
WE WILL BE AT THE CHECKER
BAR ON JULY 18th FROM 6:00
TO 2:00 A.M.
IT'S $5 YOU JUST COME AND
PAY $5 AND YOU CAN PLAY FOR
AS MUCH AS YOU WANT.
OKAY.
WHICH ONE ARE YOU GOING TO
TRY LOMAS.
DO YOU KNOW BURGERS DO YOU
KNOW HOW TO DO IT?
I DON'T.
CAN YOU GIVE HIM SOME HINTS
WHAT DOES BURGER TIME DO?
YOU'RE MAKING A BURGER.
I'LL PLAY YOU IN IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT A
QUARTER.
BRANDON HOW ARE YOU DOING ON
YOUR DONKEY KONG.
GREAT.
THESE GUY ALSO KEEP