Like a kid on Christmas day

[Connorsdad]

I'm in the process of wiring up my cp, having got as far as grounding all the connections and wiring up Player 1 joystick and buttons I couldn't resist the urge to try it out.


Wow, just, wow. It's been a long long time since I've played a genuine arcade game using genuine arcade controls and I absolutely loved it )
Felt like a kid again lol.

Can't wait to get my cab finished now.

[drventure]

Ooohhhh. First mistake. Making it playable before it's finished 

Now you'll never finish it up!

Congrats on getting it going!   

[Dawgz Rule]

Once you are hooked, you are hooked.  That is how I managed to start collecting pinball machines. 

[CoryBee]

Once you are hooked, you are hooked.  That is how I managed to start collecting pinball machines.

Please don't remind me of pinball machines. A customer I did the 4-Player build for had a bunch of really really nice ones and I almost got hooked into starting a collection. Unfortunately a much more expensive addiction hobby than MAME\Arcade machines.

[Dawgz Rule]

It all started with the wife saying, "Go ahead and buy it.  You've always wanted one."

[ids]

It all started with the wife saying, "Go ahead and buy it.  You've always wanted one."

Seriously?  She said that?  Dude, is she single?  Got a phone number?  ...just kidding, and/or jealous

[UFO]

Yea .... this is something I am really putting off because of the fear of never finishing!

Im the same though - it's be years since I bashed buttons and cannot wait!

[Dawgz Rule]

Seriously?

Seriously.  My wife is pretty cool about my assorted hobbies.  Her only complaint is the noise but I am slowly getting the game room sound proofing done.

[ids]

Seriously?

Seriously.  My wife is pretty cool about my assorted hobbies.  Her only complaint is the noise but I am slowly getting the game room sound proofing done.

must be nice.  Tho to be honest, my wife has only one complaint as well: me and anything I may be interested in

as to the OP, drventure nailed it- you broke the rule.  The first thing I did was a crude but workable CP i stuck on a desk in front of a computer.  Mame cab was significantly delayed.

[rpgposer]

Seriously?

Seriously.  My wife is pretty cool about my assorted hobbies.  Her only complaint is the noise but I am slowly getting the game room sound proofing done.

must be nice.  Tho to be honest, my wife has only one complaint as well: me and anything I may be interested in

as to the OP, drventure nailed it- you broke the rule.  The first thing I did was a crude but workable CP i stuck on a desk in front of a computer.  Mame cab was significantly delayed.

Mine hates video games, but will watch me play resident evil.  She found my cab at an auction, won it for $30.  Turned out to be Midway's Strike Force in an Angle generic cab.
I need to add 3 buttons per player the the CP, but it works, so I play it and the buttons never get added.

[Connorsdad]

Ooohhhh. First mistake. Making it playable before it's finished 

Now you'll never finish it up!

Congrats on getting it going!   

So want to have just one more go lol but I won't. It gives me even more of an incentive to get my cab finished now

[Dawgz Rule]

It works both ways.  She has her hobbies which are dog agility and gardening.  I make her agility equipment for her and one of our major projects this year was a pergola so she is a happy camper.  Even when building your own equipment, agility can get expensive. 

[paigeoliver]

The thing about buying the pinball machine is that it isn't mostly just money down the drain (like if you bought a new Jet Ski or something), it is just parking the money in pinball form for a while. As long as you pay a fair price for your pin and maintain it then it isn't going to lose any value and is even likely to go up (unless you bought a brand new pin, in which case you are going to take a little bit of a bath when you resell it 5 years later).

[Dawgz Rule]

The thing about buying the pinball machine is that it isn't mostly just money down the drain (like if you bought a new Jet Ski or something), it is just parking the money in pinball form for a while. As long as you pay a fair price for your pin and maintain it then it isn't going to lose any value and is even likely to go up (unless you bought a brand new pin, in which case you are going to take a little bit of a bath when you resell it 5 years later).

Agreed.  I don't own anything newer and my machines vary from 71 through about 95.  I actually enjoy them a great deal. 

[thefox]

Wow, just, wow. It's been a long long time since I've played a genuine arcade game using genuine arcade controls and I absolutely loved it )
Felt like a kid again lol.

Can't wait to get my cab finished now.

I remember that feeling. Its a fantastic sensation. When I first powered my CP, it had been about 20 years since I had last spend any length of time with a proper joystick and buttons. Amazing.

Incidentally, we live in a small house. I am building a bartop at the moment. My wife understanderbly said she doesnt want me to build a full size cab until we have more space... Our house in now on the market !