VIDEO GAMES, BINGO, AND A RENDEZVOUS WITH ROYALTY. >> 56. ANTHONY: WEDNESDAY NIGHT BINGO AT FUN SPOT IN LACONIA, A BUSLOAD OF VETERANS IS IN THE HOUSE. AND SO IS AMANDA LEDOUX, MISS LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE 2017. HER JOB TONIGHT, DOLING OUT THE DOLLARS TO THE LUCKY WINNERS. >> I GO TO LET C COME AFFAIRS AND PARADES, PUMPKIN FESTS. IT IS ALL PART OF THIS DIFFICULT JOB. ANTHONY: SHE WON THE CROWN, THE SASH, AND CASH. >> SERIAL NUMBER FIVE KASICH -- ANTHONY: WHICH SHE IS USING TO PAY OFF COLLEGE LOANS. WHILE THE MONEY IS GREAT, SHE SAYS ON UNEXPECTED BENEFIT HAS BEEN LEARNING HOW IMPORTANT HISTORY AND TRADITION ARE TO THE LAKE REGION. >> I AM THE 93RD MISS WINNIPESAUKEE. I BELIEVE IT IS THE OLDEST PAGEANT IN THE COUNTRY. ALL THE HISTORY THAT COMES WITH THAT IS A LITTLE OVERWHELMING. BUT I’M FLATTERED TO HAVE THE TITLE. ANTHONY: ELSEWHERE AT FUN SPOT, WHAT IS BILLED AS THE LARGEST ARCADE IN THE WORLD, AND WITHIN THE ARCADE, THE AMERICAN CLASSIC ARCADE MUSEUM. PRESIDENT GARY VINCENT PITCHED THE MUSEUM CONCEPT IN THE LATE 1990’S, HAVING WORKED AT FUN SPOT SINCE HIS COLLEGE DAYS. >> IN THE FALL OF 1998, I WAS AT A MEETING WITH THE OWNER OF FUN SPOT. AND I BROUGHT UP THE IDEA TO HIM OF STARTING AN ARCADE MUSEUM BECAUSE I DIDN’T SEE WHERE THE HISTORY WAS BEING PRESERVED IN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD READILY ACCESS IT. ANTHONY: VINCENT HAS MANAGED TO COLLECT SOME 450 CLASSIC GAMES FROM THE 70’S AND 80’S, ABOUT HALF OF WHICH ARE ON THE FLOOR, ALL WORKING THANKS TO A SKILLED TEAM OF TECHIES. >> WE HAVE A VARIETY OF PAC-MAN MACHINES. PAC-MAN JUNIOR, PAC-MAN, PAC-MAN PLUS, PACK MANIA, PROFESSOR PAC-MAN. THIS PAC-MAN WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR. >> MARIO BROTHERS, VERY POPULAR. AND THE CHARACTER OF MARIO WHEN HE FIRST WAS IN DONKEY KONG, THEY REFERRED TO HIM AS JUMP MAN. THEN LATER ON WHEN THEY DID MARIO BROTHERS, THEY NAMED HIM MARIO AND HIS BROTHER LUIGI. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE WHOLE MARIO FRANCHISE TOOK OFF. ANTHONY: CHLOE BOY, ROAD RUNNER, MOON PATROL, BOAT -- GHOSTBUSTERS, IT IS A NERD’S PARADISE. AMONG THE OLDEST GAMES, THE 1971 COMPUTER SPACE, AND ONE OF THE RAREST GAMES, THE VINTAGE 1976 DEATH RACE. >> VERY CONTROVERSIAL AT THE TIME BECAUSE YOU BASICALLY WERE DRIVING OVER WHAT LOOKED LIKE PEOPLE. THEY SAID NO, THEY ARE NOT PEOPLE, THEY ARE ZOMBIES. THERE WAS A SEGMENT ON 60 MINUTES ABOUT THE VIOLENCE OF VIDEOGAMES. ONE OF THEIR FEATURED GAMES WHETHER THE -- WAS DEATH RACE. A LOT OF ARCADES AT THE TIME PULLED THE DEATH RACE MACHINES OUT AND DESTROYED THEM. ANTHONY: VINCENT SAYS WHAT MOST IMPRESSES HIM ABOUT THE OLD GAMES, THEY ARE EASY TO LEARN, BUT DIFFICULT TO MASTER. HE SAYS NO MATTER HOW FLASHY THE LATEST GAMES BECOME, THESE ARCADE HEIRLOOMS WILL ALWAYS HAVE A FOLLOWING. >> IT AMAZES ME WHEN I SEE HOW FAR PEOPLE WILL TRAVEL TO COME HERE TO PLAY THIS COLLECTION OF GAMES. THAT THIS BRINGS PEOPLE AND LITERALLY FROM AROUND THE WORLD. ANTHONY: IN WOLFEBORO, TWO OTHER MUSEUMS, THE RIGHT MUSEUM OF WORLD WAR II, AND UP THE ROAD, THEY NEW HAMPSHIRE BOARD MUSEUM WHICH HOUSES DOZENS OF A WOODEN RACING AND LUXURY BOATS. MUSEUM TRUSTEE, RICK CORIAN. >> BOATS HAVE A BIG HISTORY ON THIS LIKE. IT WAS GOING TO PRESERVE THAT CULTURE OR THAT WAY OF LIFE. THEY GOT TOGETHER AND THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A PLACE TO SHOW WOODEN BOATS. ANTHONY: THE JEWEL OF THE COLLECTION THIS 1929 MAHOGANY PASSENGER BOAT WORTH ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF $1 MILLION, BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS IT RARE, IT IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. >> IT IS REFERRED TO AS A LIMOUSINE BOAT. . THEY NEW HAMPSHIRE BOAT MUSEUM SPONSORS ANTHONY: LESSONS AND A VINTAGE RACE BOAT REGATTA. ALL IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE LOVE OF THESE OLD WOODEN BOATS ALIVE. >> IT’S PRESERVING A WAY OF LIFE THAT WAS HERE. A LOT OF PEOPLE VERY PSSIONATE ABOUT IT. SHAYNA: JUST RECENTLY, THE BOAT MUSEUM HIT MORE THAN HALFWAY POINT OF A $5.5 MILLION FUNDING DRIVE TO BUILD A NEW MUSEUM. ANTHONY: THEY HAVE JUST RUN OUT OF SPACE. THEY REALLY HAVE ONLY A FRACTION OF THEIR COLLECTION THAT IS ON DISPLAY. THEY WANT TO HAVE MORE. THEY HOPE TO BREAK GROUND ON THE NEW BUILDING NEXT SPRING. IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN THE THAT IN THE TAKEAWAY PROGRAM NEXT WEEK. SHAY