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Friday, August 22, 2025

The Miller Collection - Huge Arcade Picture Treasure Trove Discovered

Large detailed collection of mid 70's Arcade photos found

     I'll be clear: In no way did I discover this, it was uploaded by u/doodlebuuggg on reddit from the r/DHExchange community. The blog post on how these photos was discovered is located here. For those not familiar, this is a data hording sub that is very interesting and making sure things don't disappear. All the pictures are scans of candids from an employee of the company, and have the look and the feel of someone just snapping pictures that is hanging out. Nothing professional, just lifestyle pics of someone who seems like or work in arcades. 

TLDR;

  • 1024 High resolution photos and negatives were found
  • Contain pictures of Time Out, Station Break, and other related arcade chains
  • Includes concept sketches
  • Pictures of all known locations storefronts
  • Arcade images- tons of little known machines
  • Pictures of people working, playing, hanging out at the arcades
  • Documented signage, logos, etc
  • ...and so much more.
I'll post a few of the pics below I thought were interesting or different, but if you want to download the whole archive from Dropbox in HD TIFF files, or JPEG, click those links. I'm attempting to archive them on other platforms so they don't just vanish. Here is a google drive link, Imgur link, and Google Photos link, just in case. 




Thursday, August 14, 2025

Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (Full Series!)

It's better than you think.

     Obscure 90's and 2000's cartoons is where it's at. Sherlock Holmes and the 22nd Century existed right in between Mummies Alive and Princess Guinevere and the Jewel Riders in order of relative obscurity. Mummies Alive being the better show, but only marginally. Mighty Max was another show that is not talked about enough, but saw a little more airtime and had a superior intro rock soundtrack that still blows most 35 year old men's vasectomies off, even today. 

A modern whodunnit. 

   Sherlock Holmes, preserved in honey for 200 years is brought back to life, and is joined by a cast of characters to include a fully android Watson who is OP and can hack the planet. The soundtrack was a banger, and animation was better than average for the time. I watched this at 5am when getting ready for high school, waiting for the bus to arrive. This was the only time you could catch these unknown cartoons in Florida, so I would wake up early just for that.