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The Dharma Initiative Arcade Machine

Yes, I actually built this.  In my garage.  Yes, I could probably outdo Hurley for the world’s biggest geek award.  But … it’s totally worth it.

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Note the custom Dharma logo it uses.  I know, that’s really awful, but… I had to.

Also note that it’s running Galaga.  That also happens to be the name of the submarine Locke blew up a couple seasons back.  It was so named, I’ve heard, because the writers played a lot of Galaga while they were brainstorming ideas for the show.

Oh, and it wasn’t planned from the start to have a Dharma Initiative theme.  I’ve wanted to build an arcade cabinet for years.  Thinking up a theme for the decoration came later, when I decided I didn’t just want another plain-jane “MAME ARCADE” theme for it.  Why build something crazy like that if you’re not going to be unique?  I bet I’m the only person in the whole world with a Dharma Initiative arcade game!

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Tesla Coils

One must be a consummate nerd to actually build something like this:

The Imperial March on Tesla coils

Then again, I’m the guy who built a working Dharma Initiative themed arcade machine in his garage, so I probably don’t have much room to talk.

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