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We are SC3, "Southern California Classic Collectors," your local Classic game collector's group serving the Metropolitan Los Angeles, San Diego and Inland Empire areas. We invite all those who can come to our meetings for play, trade, showing off your precious rares to an appreciative audience, or just to be amongst those who beat you to that Vectrex at one of the local flea markets a few months back. Whether you're looking for your first 2600, or an Intellivision Computer Module, we'd like to see you there!

Next Meeting: TBA Q2 2008

SC3 was on hiatus for a while, but last October we came roaring back! Collectors from all over SoCal gathered in Claremont (near Pomona, in Los Angeles County) to swap games, check out consoles ranging from the Magnavox Odyssey to an XBox modded into a complete media center, and to play the DOZENS of arcade machines set on free play! Our next meeting will take place at the same Claremont location on (TBA Q2 2008), and will feature EVEN MORE vintage arcade cabinets. Not excited by that? How about Wii on a 65-inch HD screen? How about classic gaming videos on a projector?

Tentatively Scheduled Attractions

    MANY Coin-ops on free play Arcade game tournaments DS Wi-Fi Multiplayer Fun! Over 5 ft. of Wii Classic gaming videos projected outdoors! Multiple home consoles, games, and oddities Game trading! Bring your tradebait! Guitar Heroes room of doom!

What all can you expect at this meeting? Steve's incredible coin-op collection is once again going to be the centerpiece (you can't have a garage full of dozens of top-quality cabinets and expect it not to be). Steve's busily cramming even more machines in there even as we write this, if you can believe it. But we operate on the philosophy that "more is better," at least where games are concerned, so we've also arranged to have a full complement of MAME titles playable on a 65-inch HDTV screen. We're also keeping the row of historical home consoles we displayed at the last meeting. Vectrex, Atari 2600, Intellvision -- we'll have 'em, and more.

Bring Your DS!

If you have a Nintendo DS, bring it! We're hoping to assemble as many DSes as we can to engage in some head-to-head wi-fi merriment! So, obviously we could use some wi-fi enabled games as well (Mario Kart DS will definitely be on hand).

Arcade Games At SC3

Steven Hertz lives the dream: a fully-stocked, amazingly high-quality arcade right in his garage. And he's graciously invited SC3 attendees in to play them -- for free! Going into Steve's garage is like stepping back through time, into an '80s arcade, except that the controls actually work and no quarters are required. The games run the gamut from all-time classics like Ms. Pac-Man and Q*Bert to laserdisc games like Dragon's Lair and Cliff Hanger, to obscurer titles like Professor Pac-Man and Mad Planets, to games with specialized controls that just don't translate well into emulation, such as Star Wars and Tron. Most of the cabinets are in such good condition that they look like they were manufactured recently -- not over 20 years ago. But don't take our word for it... take a look at our photo slideshow below!

Steve's not the only arcade collector to come to our meets. At the last meeting, our friend Jason brought Kangaroo, Dig Dug, Vanguard and more. How's THAT for selection? Even we don't know all the great titles that might be on hand for our next meeting! Take our word for it: you just aren't going to see this many classic coin-ops, of this level of quality, anywhere else but SC3!

How To Attend

If you are interested in attending the next SC3 meet, add us to your friend roster then you will get an invite with additional information.

Meeting Atmosphere

SC3 has made a point of keeping our meetings relaxed and informal, but the atmosphere will include some beer drinking and there may be some R-rated game content. This is an adult get-together where supervised minors will be accepted. Parents should take this into account and please let us know if you have questions.


My Interests

Classic video games. Movies, Music, and TV from the late 70's through the early 80's.

I'd like to meet:

People who are in to classic video games.
Here are some video's from our 9-15-07 party provided by our friends at EndgameRadio!

Music:

70's and 80's new wave, pop, metal, punk, hip-hop. 8-bit Weapon, Computeher, the Minibosses

Movies:

The King of Kong, Chasing Ghosts, High Score, Joy Sticks, Tron, Wargames, Cloak & Dagger, The Wizard, Nightmares (only the Bishop of Battle part ;-) )

Television:

Starcade, Saturday Supercade, Pac-Man, Dragon's Lair, Pole Position, Whiz Kids

Books:

Supercade, The Ultimate History of Video Games, Arcade Fever, High Score!, The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Power-Up, The Encyclopedia of Game Machines, The Medium of the Video Game, Digital Retro, Collecting Classic Video Games, The Video Game Theory Reader, Electronic Plastic, i am 8-bit, The Complete Pinball Book, Collectible Microcomputers

Heroes:

Nolan Bushnell, Ralph Baer, Al Alcorn, Toru Iwatani, Shigeru Miyamoto, Steve Wozniak, Ed Logg, Tim Skelly

My Blog

Video arcade museum party

This was videotaped at the Videotopia warehouse in NJ.  Take a look... ...
Posted by SC3 on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:28:00 PST

I wanna go back arcade video

This video brings tears to my eyes =-(    Thanks to Brentradio for the vid. ...
Posted by SC3 on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:21:00 PST

Houston Arcade Expo

Houston Arcade Expo Houston Area Arcade Group http://www.arcadecenter.com/ November 30-December 1, 2007 The Houston Area Arcade Group (HAAG) is holding their 6th Annual Arcade Expo on December 1st an...
Posted by SC3 on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 10:33:00 PST

Classic Arcades Coming Back!!

Cool video to watch.  The live segment is painfully awkward though ;-) ...
Posted by SC3 on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:31:00 PST

"Joy Sticks" movie this Saturday in Hollywood

The 80's b-movie classic "Joy Sticks" will be playing this Saturday at New Beverly Cinema in Hollywood on October 27th.  See you there!! ...
Posted by SC3 on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:51:00 PST

SC3 party highlights and pics on 9-15-07

The September 15th SC3 meeting was all about MORE. More attendees, more arcade machines, more home consoles, and more of something that looked almost like professionalism. Yeah, we hardly believe it e...
Posted by SC3 on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:21:00 PST

EndgameRadio.com on SC3

Our friends from EndgameRadio.com attended our SC3 party this past weekend.  They have a nice review, videos and pics of SC3.  Check it out at...http://endgameradio.com/2007/09/17/sc3-event/...
Posted by SC3 on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:53:00 PST

The truth about the King of Kong??

Copied from the Digital Press website told by Todd Rogers...___________________________________________________ ______________Greetings All, I really don't know where to start on this topic of King of...
Posted by SC3 on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:27:00 PST

Lupin the 3rd: Castle of Cagliostro in theaters!!!

Giving everyone a heads up. Lupin the 3rd: Castle of Cagliostro will be in theaters for a one night event on 9/26 as part of "Anime Bento", a series of anime films that will be shown at select theatre...
Posted by SC3 on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:39:00 PST

Check out this event: SC3 / Arcade party in SoCal

Hosted By: the SC3 teamWhen: Saturday Sep 15, 2007 at 6:00 PMWhere: Steve Hertz's houseClaremont, CA 91711United StatesDescription:the SC3 team Click Here To View Event...
Posted by SC3 on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:10:00 PST