Main > Project Arcade - the book!
Get ready for the great flood !
greven grevs:
I am actually really excited about the coming flood of people that the book will bring. Granted there will be new and annoying people but there will also be people with great new ideas. Also by taking the book into the "mainstream" maybe we will see growth in companies that support our hobby. Granted I love my IPAC but what if there were more companies with similiar products? Could mean price drops , compition is healthy for the consumer. Just my 2 cents.
Now , back to studying for my promotion test!
DarkKobold:
The fact that they have (hopefully) read the book, means they are more informed than the typical "n00b." I think that there will be plenty of people who have may never thought of building a mame machine, but after a book store encounter, they catch the "itch."
I need to get some powder to get rid of my "itch."
j/k
jr76:
Congrats! I will be buying the book for sure! I don't see any problems with you making a profit...if it weren't for your time and effort with this site...many of us would be lost in the dark. By far the best forum (for content, timely answers, and attitude of people in general) that I have come across. I can only imagine how great the book will be!
teef two:
Hey Howard I'm 35 an I haven't had my mid-life crisis yet! :)
Still, I can feel it creeping up on me. Any day now I'll be wanting to get back on a motorbike again.
I think the 35 year old remark might, in all seriousness, be a major part of the market for a book like this. Certainly all those of us who grew in in the late seventies/early eighties were the first generation to really get into electronic games. We are also now likely to be the ones who can most afford the hobby. All we have to do is convince our wives of the necessity of such a project.
Perhaps Saint should consider a companion volume entitled "How to persuade your wife to let you build an arcade machine!" :)
saint:
Heh :) Unfortunately, I don't know enough to write that book! It would be really short.
Page 1: Beg.
Page 2: Turn to page 1.
--- Quote from: teef two on February 04, 2004, 06:07:25 pm ---Hey Howard I'm 35 an I haven't had my mid-life crisis yet! :)
Still, I can feel it creeping up on me. Any day now I'll be wanting to get back on a motorbike again.
I think the 35 year old remark might, in all seriousness, be a major part of the market for a book like this. Certainly all those of us who grew in in the late seventies/early eighties were the first generation to really get into electronic games. We are also now likely to be the ones who can most afford the hobby. All we have to do is convince our wives of the necessity of such a project.
Perhaps Saint should consider a companion volume entitled "How to persuade your wife to let you build an arcade machine!" :)
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