Interview with Rusty Key - Game Preserve COO

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Published on September 15, 2023 8:00:08 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spIstpTpSjI

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Interview with Rusty Key - Game Preserve COO

Welcome to our interview with Rusty Key! An video arcade and pinball expert with decades of experience, Rusty Key is the co-founder and COO of The Game Preserve arcades in the Houston Area, as well as the owner of Key Arcades LLC.

Clover and Saturn join Sam and ATG in the Game Preserve Woodlands Workshop in Spring TX as we talk about the financial, logistical and technical challenges that go into running an arcade. Besides that, we explore the secrets of the mysterious Jank Machine and cover a few obscure games like Paddle Ball, Star Rider, Gaplus and Fix It Felix Jr. This is a highly informative video series that retro arcade enthusiasts will not want to miss!

Games we discuss: Fix It Felix, Gaplus, Gorf, Mystic Marathon, Star Rider, Paddle-Ball, Centipede, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, Tekken 6, Blaster, X-Men... others!

Interviewee
Rusty Key
https://www.youtube.com/@UCpL44QwsPRSa9548gKiLTsg
- http://www.keyarcades.com/

Interviewed by Sam Gonzalez, A.T. Gonzalez, Saturn PM, Clover Boy

Video Edited
by A.T. Gonzalez and Sam Gonzalez

Game/Pinball Footage by A.T. Gonzalez, Sam Gonzalez, Saturn PM, Clover Boy, Crazy Pandah, Rosinka V and Chaz Montenegro

Voice Over by
Doodlebard
https://twitter.com/heyhaydenVA

Other Footage/Editing/Help
Common RAM Error - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5w4TljrJQnq7hIjd7zdWBg
Tom Plough

Image Edits by
Rebecca M. Rosenhaus
https://www.youtube.com/@rebecca.m.rosenhaus/

Time Code/Transcriptions by
The Secret

Special Thanks to
All Game Preserve Staff

https://twitter.com/TGPHouston
https://gamepreservehouston.com/

Patrons
Michelle B
Nick B
Ryan E

Produced by
Chaz Montenegro
Sam Gonzalez
A.T. Gonzalez

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0:00 - Intro/Soundbyte
0:16 - Overview with Doodlebard
0:32 - Interview with Rusty Key
1:01 - Tell us about Fix It Felix Jr. (How do you find games niche?)
5:30 - "Come for video games, stay for the pinball" / Competitive pinball
9:48 - What are Rusty's all-time favorite pinball games?
12:25 - What are Rusty's favorite modern pinball games?
15:19 - What goes into purchasing a pinball game
18:32 - The challenges of transporting arcade games
20:05 - Star Rider/Ken Graham's Work at Williams Electronics
25:36 - The inside of Star Rider / Laserdisc replacement
29:55 - Paddle-Ball repair / Williams' first video game / Pong clones
35:48 - Centipede cocktail repair
38:16 - Second half
38:19 - What is the Jank Machine (Namco System 357/Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike)
43:22 - The challenges of repairing games?
47:18 - Adding games to The Game Preserve
50:29 - Repairing Blaster and X-Men Arcade (Proprietary hardware)
52:57 - It all started with having too many games (Meeting Ken Graham)
59:58 - Doing a co-op (Game Preserve top brass)
1:06:42 - Running an arcade in a pandemic
1:10:02 - Outtro/Credits
1:10:26 - Help Software Agents TV/End Screens

#GamePreserveHouston #RetroArcade #StarRider

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