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all over the first and second floors! Apparently, the rain washed all of the new bark mulch into the Scoreboard
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storm drains and plugged the grates up solid so all the water and mud ran into the building! It looked
hopeless, to say the least. But through the efforts of our employees and every cleaning company we could
find, we had everything re-opened within 8 hours! About 40 of our employees rushed in and we broke up “Classic” Status A+
into teams to get everything back in shape again.
Facility A+
CGM: How do you stay true to your roots as a classic arcade and attract new people? Game Selection: A+

GV: It's tricky sometimes to maintain the best of both worlds. I am in the process of developing a Classic Quality of Games: A+
Museum here at Funspot. The eventual goal will be to show the evolution of the arcade up to and includ-
ing the Golden Age and also show off some of the classic home consoles just to round out the entire Fun Quotient: A+
game experience. "Home consoles in an arcade, are you nuts?" is what I am sometimes asked. They
were a part of the history so I am going to develop a display just for them. Several gamers have donated
systems to us already. Robert Mruczek of New York even donated a full size Galaxian game to our pro- Summary:
ject. Dwayne Richard of Alberta, Canada donated a Stern Super Cobra to the museum effort.
Funspot sets the standard for “classic” family
CGM: What are your plans for the future of Funspot? entertainment centers/arcades. It’s clean, well
kept, well lit (though too well-lit for some pinballs
GV: We do not plan on any additional locations at this time. We really want to concentrate all our efforts and uprights), has a ton of classic games and
here at Weirs Beach. We do have future plans to add a hotel and convention space so we can expand our fun things to do for the whole family! You won’t
market. find a more friendly, helpful staff than Gary and
his crew. You be the judge; visit Funspot and
If you would like to help Gary with his Classic Games Museum effort, or just want to get direc- take in some of New Hampshire’s natural beauty
tions, please contact him at: gvincent@funspotnh.com. while you’re there.

(Photos for article courtesy Ken Jong and Gary Vincent)

Classifieds Midnight Magic (c)1986, Saving Mary, Wanted: Cartridges for all Atari

Shooting Arcade (Atari) 1984 Rev A
poster/catalog ANY Atari-related mer- consoles, Intellivision, Colecovi-
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chandise, Atari Music CD's vols. 1 & 2, etc… Commons and rare alike. Also
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