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For the most part, do people think these are real arcade machines?
Jakobud:
--- Quote from: the3eyedblindman on September 11, 2004, 12:28:03 pm ---For all of you that have homebuilt arcade machines, do guests think they are real arcade machines, or right away do they know you built them? Just a question ive always had. (By real arcade machines I mean just an original of whatever game, like a mortal kombat or NBA Jam machine.)
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A normal person doesn't know the difference until you tell them.
skid_68:
--- Quote from: Jakobud on September 11, 2004, 02:32:37 pm ---
--- Quote from: the3eyedblindman on September 11, 2004, 12:28:03 pm ---For all of you that have homebuilt arcade machines, do guests think they are real arcade machines, or right away do they know you built them? Just a question ive always had. (By real arcade machines I mean just an original of whatever game, like a mortal kombat or NBA Jam machine.)
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A normal person doesn't know the difference until you tell them.
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lol! A normal person eh. What dose that make all of us. WERE ALL FREAKS. ;)
whammoed:
Freak, huh? I've been called worse. And no-one except an arcade buff would know that mine isn't a "real" arcade game. People are generally amazed when I tell them I built it. It is hard for them to even comprehend.
telengard:
--- Quote from: the3eyedblindman on September 11, 2004, 12:28:03 pm ---For all of you that have homebuilt arcade machines, do guests think they are real arcade machines, or right away do they know you built them? Just a question ive always had. (By real arcade machines I mean just an original of whatever game, like a mortal kombat or NBA Jam machine.)
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Hehe, the other day when showing my house (it's for sale) the guy said wow, cool, you have an arcade game. I've never heard of 'Sturcade' though. So I guess that means he had no idea I built it.
arcaic:
I have several original Arcade machines (Defender, Robotron, Joust, Starwars, Asteriods among them) and without exception anytime I leave them on by themselves I cant help being concerned that they are about to catch fire or blow up or simply pack up in some way.
The strange thing is with my Mame cabinet I just built I find myself having the same twinges of concern and have to remind my self 'it's a PC, it wont bust and if it does it'll only be 100 bucks to fix'!
I guess I'll get used to it and treat it like any other PC I have sooner or later.
Weird. ;)
Cheers
Andy