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spocktwin:
:) Went an picked up the book at Barnes & Noble and I am about 1/2 through it and I think it is fantastic. I am a 44 year old noob who has lurked here without registering for months. I promise not to annoy but I recently purchased a pac man cabinet (the owner of the arcade company had never heard of mame) I am going to convert the cabinet for my kids to play the old games. Please don't flame me about changing this piece of history, its my money and I don't have the time to build the entire enclosure from scratch. Great Job Saint, I have turned on others here at work to you, your site and now the book!!
SirPeale:
Just don't bolt on a four player panel and you're okay with me.
spocktwin:
no worry there I plan on keeping the parts and not destructively modifying the cabinet. Not a fan of the huge honking 4 player control panels.....but I can't say enough about this site. Getting a chance to relive my younger years is almost getting to be too much!!1 :)
halonut:
So I take my 13 month old son with me to the bookstore. I'm there to buy HIM a book we can read together.
We've read through 3 chapters already, and he's just not getting it. When I show him the pictures, he gazes at me with the same blank look I get from his mother.
Saint, for the next revision, is it possible to include a chapter that helps other family members cope w/ your new obsession? When asked when I'm coming to bed, I can just refer them to page 542 or something. Is there counseling? A prayer they can utter? Free coupons for professional advice?
You've started a new hobby craze for me! I should say thanks, but ... my son probably wants his daddy back. :) (And before any of you flame me for that statement,...don't worry, my little buddy and I are as close as ever.) :)
Kind regards,
Halonut.
ChadTower:
Involve him! My kids know about the cabinets, they know how to get the coin bucket out, the doors open, they know how to get the control panel off. They're 5 and 2, BTW. Hell, just this morning my son asked me why our POW (a Dynamo cab) sometimes works with quarters and sometimes they get stuck. Then he asked me why the vf2 machine is on freeplay (yes, he said freeplay) and we use quarters for the others. When I told him it's on freeplay because it only accepts tokens and we don't have many, his response: "oh, we should go to Chuck E Cheese and get some, they have lots of them there". This is a 5 year old.
It's never too early, so long as you make sure they stay safe. My two year old has no problem putting in quarters to play, and then opening the coin door to retrieve them from the bucket when he runs out.
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