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Warning: this video is not for the squeamish.

As ridiculous as it might seem, what you're looking at is a gigantic crane picking up an Asteroids arcade cabinet and tossing it into an industrial-sized  shredder. The machine (which was donated to SSI Shredding Systems) was not in working order, but that doesn't make this any more bearable to watch.
 
I mean, come on -- you don't see us throwing dead bodies that "no longer work" into a shredder, do you? I'm pretty sure that happened in The Punisher game by Volition and yeah, it was pretty damned cool, but come on. Asteroids?

I'm appalled. I bet these SSI bastards eat puppies, too.

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Cokeman170's Avatar
Cokeman170 at 03/18/2007 12:05
Those Bastards! I would put that in my house just for looks at least!
tazarthayoot's Avatar
tazarthayoot at 03/18/2007 12:07
Why didn't they just fix it? What was so wrong with it that the only possible choice was to obliterate it completely?

Makes me sad, it does.
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icarus at 03/18/2007 12:15
Oh my god, they killed Asteroids. You bastards!

Seriously though... I can't imagine the thing was beyond restoring or at the least like Cokeman said just to have for looks. Sad. =(
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witthaus at 03/18/2007 12:17
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witthaus at 03/18/2007 12:18
at least most of it broke when it hit the side of the container before it was shredded
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 03/18/2007 12:26
~pours out a 40 on the ground~
Joseph Leray's Avatar
Joseph Leray at 03/18/2007 12:27
"For my homies."
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fedaykin_warrior at 03/18/2007 12:39
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!1111111111ONE!!
tazarthayoot's Avatar
tazarthayoot at 03/18/2007 12:45
This one's for ASS.
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Justice at 03/18/2007 12:46
Damn, they should have put all the E.T. games from the mexico/ nevada landfill in there instead
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Justice at 03/18/2007 12:46
lolz at tazarthayoot
Lezbro's Avatar
Lezbro at 03/18/2007 13:10
God is dead.
Joseph Leray's Avatar
Joseph Leray at 03/18/2007 13:12
Nietszche is dead.
DrRockso's Avatar
DrRockso at 03/18/2007 13:14
I'm pretty sure I cried at least once.
joeisremy's Avatar
joeisremy at 03/18/2007 13:23
I just pour a Bawls down the curb for our lost hommie
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0bshaky at 03/18/2007 13:59
DAAAAMN!! How would a living person look if they fall inside that machine? The head would explode, the intestines would get stuck in the cilinder teeths, and in the conveyor a boody pulp with cloth and hair...

I bet the people who work with that machine everyday must have seen some accidents like that.
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agent b at 03/18/2007 14:00
i think i heard it screaming
Grimspoon's Avatar
Grimspoon at 03/18/2007 14:32
There goes somebody's perfectly good MAME cab project.
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teknohed at 03/18/2007 16:10
Yeah...Punisher shout out!!! I spent three months of 16 hour days testing that GAME!!! I remember one morning I was walking ot my car at 4AM (after getting there at 8AM the day before) I slipped on the ice fell right on my back and was so tired I just feel asleep on the sidewalk...that is delerium folks!!!
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Mxyzptlk at 03/18/2007 16:10
@ Grimspoon:

My thoughts exactly. The cabinet artwork even looked to be in great shape.
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ecto311 at 03/18/2007 17:33
thats not a crane. its a track hoe with a claw attachment +5 construction equipment knowlege
Nick Chester's Avatar
Nick Chester at 03/18/2007 17:46
teknohed:

Thank you! I enjoyed the Punisher quite a bit!
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Burnt Meatloaf at 03/18/2007 18:58
Logic time: Can the shredder shred a shredder?
GENACON's Avatar
GENACON at 03/18/2007 22:06
Yes, Yes it can.



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Such a waste though.
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Cokeman170 at 03/18/2007 22:34
haha, Genacon's comment pwns. Shredder wamy have finally found his one real match. Sorry Donatello.
Lezbro's Avatar
Lezbro at 03/19/2007 00:18
Last meal:

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Lezbro at 03/19/2007 00:19
I hope GameJew writes an opera about this.
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Lezbro at 03/19/2007 00:25
Please reference James Cagney as Cody Jarrett in White Heat as the Asteroids Machine. Edward G. Robinson as Johnny Rocco in Key Largo as the Shredder.

Cagney: "Look, Ma! Top of the world!"

The love interest should be a Ms. Pacman cocktail cabinet.
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ShortBus at 03/21/2007 16:25
The cabinet for Asteroids alone is worth some $$$ .... I just died a little inside.
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