MY NUKE Arcade machine where you fill the reactor with fuel and dispose of your nuclear waste
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- An arcade machine in Novelty Automation.
Encouraged by the enthusiastic reception of my latest Component videos, I’ve upscaled some videos of my machines in use.
For details about the process of making the machine visit:
www.timhunkin....
I find that writing down the process is a way of letting go of a project so I can move onto the next one.
For details about the process of making the machine visit:
www.timhunkin.com/a162_nuclear-arm.htm
I find that writing down the process is a way of letting go of a project so I can move onto the next one.
That licence certificate tho...
I've never been to England, but if i ever get the opportunity, seeing your machines in person will be first on my list
His two arcades are totally worth a visit, all the machines are hilarious and charming.
I'd be interested to see how the game resets itself!
So many design challenges would have to have been overcome.
My guess is that the lid acts as a 'scoop' to flip the fuel back into the box. You can see the folded metal chute to direct dropped fuel into the lid. The box lid runs on a shaft to off screen, this is probably dual purpose: eccentric weighted to ensure once cracked open it falls back fully to the set collecting point, and driven to close the lid once game over. The final piece to the puzzle will be a set of cylinders mounted behind the fuel rod holes on a plate that sweeps froward at the end of the game to clear out any placed by the player so that they fall down. They are then handled the same as dropped ones. Probably the green LEDs and presence detectors (IR perhaps) are on the end of these cylinders as well. Would be interested to see behind the scenes!
that was my first thought too
I've watched in a bit more detail - I don't think this is the case. Looks like the *lid* and *box* are two separate parts. The lid resets from the shaft driving it, but then I think the entire box lowers down. The ramps keep the fuel pressed against the sides of the box until the box lowers to be below the chute, then the pallets fall into the box by gravity. The box then raises back up to re-join the lid. Very nice design. Probably the same cylinder does both actions, and the rising action flips the lid closed.
Just as someone suggested, looking how far down the box goes and how high the bottom of it is, I think the game resets by pushing all the pellets out from behind, they fall to the ramp and then the bottom of the box goes down and collects the pellets
I recently had the pleasure of playing this game, I mean loading the reactor in London.
I completely loaded the reactor but it thought I needed to do more so I dropped my second fuel pellet on purpose. But I didn't get my nuclear waste to dispose of properly. Oh well.
Loads of fun and a beautiful piece. Definitely going to do it again next time I'm in town.
I live in the USA and was able to visit the London arcade last month. I LOVED this machine. It was so clever, well designed, challenging, and FUN! Great machine!
Brilliant machine Tim,
It combines all the elements of a great game --- mechanics, electronics and comedy :-)
That was tense!
Great game, your inventiveness of your creations never ceases to amaze me!
Tim, Every bit of this is brilliant. I am not that familiar with the other machines, but this was thought out super good. How do you 'unload' the pellets back to the bin for a reset for the next 'engineer'? I would like to see similar shorts like this for every game. Hard for me in the USA to visit the pier in the UK :-)
BTW, love the muster location; your sense of humor is the best.
There used to be a video showing it; it's a rather ingenious mechanism where the bottom half of the box drops down and collects the stray pellets -- you can see in the video how the floor is slanted towards the box to allow the pellets to collect
I really would just go to England just to play in that arcade! I really miss the analog arcades.
Love it. This wouldn't have been out of place in the Futuristic Zone of the Crystal Maze.
The 'ol gal did pretty damn good!
I think I just found the perfect reason to visit the UK again; I absolutely MUST give this a try.
Excellent. The reset must rate a video by itself. Is that in London, as a commenter said, or Southwold, as the escape map suggests?
Fantastic Tim! One has to wonder the flavor of the candies :^)
Beautiful! Be sure to click the "making of" link in the description, it's definitely worthwhile.
Awesome!
Gives you a sense of fear and dread once the game gets going!
Your intent is amazingly built!
Very good game! And such a fun prize for causing a meltdown!
As I read the title while waiting for my internet to catch up (it's early evening, peak use time), I found myself wondering just how Tim would design this Arcade game and I figured that there would be some sort of remote control loading system. I didn't come up with a guess for the nuclear waste disposal system and was pleasantly surprised by Tim's boiled lolly solution. I get the impression that this could be a very popular machine. If it issued the Trained Operator Certificate then it could be even more fun as well as draw in more business when people get to read someone's mounted Certificate. This machine would also make for an interesting video as it combines multiple areas of machine/human interaction.
Mark from Melbourne Australia
I would love to have an arcade like this! I really enjoy your work.
Good video as always
Wait, what does nuclear waste taste like?!
Chicken.
@@JCWren I deserved that.
Absolutely awesome Sir!!!
Brilliant! Such fun while getting over important information, mustering on the moon was so unexpected & effective. Thank you for building!
And the impossibly rapidly scrolling disclaimer :-)
I loved playing this machine. I still have the sweet as well :-)
These are great!
That's ACE... I used to love to play nuclear power plant when I was a kid... this would have been just perfect but I'd need to put plastic bags on my hands..... :)
He is a legend.
I would very much enjoy a collaboration between Tim Hunkin and Laurie Anderson - two geniuses of our day.
Excellent !
Super fun game, I like that the instruction screen becomes the game
Dear Tim, I have been watching your videos for a while now with great joy but this is so marvellous, it made me whoop with happiness! What a great idea, and how well implemented, I want one, I want it now! Congratulations, this is so good!
You've raised the bar and set the standard for interacting with machines. Awesome bravo.
Amazing. This one might be the best of all.
Great idea!
Tim Hunkin is a true mechanical artist. Your arcades are on my bucket list when I get over to England.
The tick tock of the clock would drive me crazy.
This one is very clever. Loved it.
I loved playing this at Novelty Automation, it was so well executed. It looked like a massively involved project.
Keep making machines and videos. You're the best Tim!
Great idea Tim!
👍
Where have you been hiding? CZcams needs a slapped bottom for not showing me your channel sooner. Excellent channel and slightly jealous of your builds... :)
That is genius 😀 must visit your arcades soon!
AMAZING PRODUCT!!!!! What an incredible amount of time just to put together ONE of a kind. WOW!!!!!
i didnt know that roboform made forms for robots ;) love it tim, this is uniquely retrofutureism!
i am about to ride one of my creations 400 miles, wish me luck
@@frogz
Good Luck!
Superb on so many levels. Wow!
Wonderful! Wonderful machines!
I’m loving these game demo videos. Keep it up, please.
Tim, you're an inspiring inventor. Thank you for sharing your years of wisdom and advice! It's invaluable!
This is my favourite!
0:17 _THE NUCLEAR FAMILY_
I see what you did there...
I finally completed this machine today!
I would love a video behind the scenes on how this machine works.
Absolutely awesome. Please can you make a video on how this machine is constructed?
Ingenious!
This is fantastic!
Feels like there is more of a reward for losing then winning here
True!
very good.Thanks for sharing.
Awesome machine!!
Brilliant!
When a mommy atom and a daddy atom love each other very much...
That's so cool!
What a hell... Really awesome channel!!!!
T H E M A N I P U L A T O R !
Brilliant 👏 I'd be interested to know how you swap between live video and the animations - is this something you can do with the PLC or something else 🤔
muster station = moon LOL
This reminds me of the movie THX 1138
My dog hated this video.
I enjoyed it
Its must be fun
So let me guess after the practice, you get three chances to fill the reactor without dropping any fuel
1st Drop Amber Alert ( continue as normal )
2nd Drop Red Alert ( radiation, shield deployed continue while Seeing the Screen )
3rd Drop Critical Alarm ( Meltdown And Evacuation ) ( Game Over )
Tsunami Warning ⚠️
I want one.
Tim do you still get the nuclear waste candy reward if you fill the reactor all the way?
Great! I'd been wanting to see some of those machines in action, and going to visit them in person is not an option just now. Watching a flurry of new vids is so much more convenient....
One quibble: surely a reactor of such construction (built to allow easy ongoing swapping of fuel assemblies) would be meant to produce weapons-grade plutonium, so the fuel would be uranium, no?
Not in this case, since it's primarily made to create edible radioactive candy, and as you know plutonium candy doesn't taste as good.
@@carpespasm Ah, right. For neutron activation of candy, a plutonium-fueled reactor makes sense.
Omg it's amazing 😍
Knowing you Tim, it surely is mostly all made mechanically with pulleys and levers which in this day and age is a dying art.
yesh!
What about the Fast Breeder Champion Edition where you can burn say 98% of your fuel...
The Pebble Bed II is really underrated, sure it generally lacks the life and death excitement of other game releases... But it's just too nice... Too easy most of the time...
Shame people were put off by the difficulty of some of the other games.
Didn't split any atoms, just the infinitive at the end. Tut tut.
Really? The machine dispenses actual candy as "edible nuclear waste"?
Are you some kind of multi billionaire, Mr. Hunkin? You appear to have more time and money than most. Did you get those edible nuclear waste sweets made for you?
😂