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| spiffykyle:
I was visiting a friends house and was completely blown away by a full sized arcade cabinet just sitting in his living room. Then, just to up the ante, he showed me it could play TONS of games! After spenging entirely to much time playing golden tee and metal slug, I helped him wire a couple of new joysticks and decided right then and there I had to do it for myself. He referred me to this website, where I discovered Saint had written a book!! Now that the book is completely dog-eared, written in, and full of post-it notes, I am embarking on my own build. God bless the internet. spiffykyle |
| Donkey_Kong:
I stumbled upon this place and it was right when 'woodworking' was new. Yea, only a few months ago. Anyway, I thought this place was kind of a dump and how everybody on here was pretty retarded and stuff. Figured I just needed a quick couple answers from 'woodworking' and I would build my stuff and get the f-outta here. For Good! Yea. For good. I haven't left once since about my 3rd day and now I kinda just run around here constantly spinning my wheels and generally wasting bandwidth. Just kidding guys. This place is the cats ass and don't you forget it. To everybody involved in the upkeep and what-not: :cheers: |
| MikeQ:
I had just finished the last page of my book, "Project Arcade, Build Your VERY Own Arcade Machine". I went to setup a web site so people could trade information and recommend my book to each other. :) I decided on arcadecontrols.com. I found that the domain was taken so I typed the URL into my browser and DOH!!!!!!! Years of writing my epic novel down the drain!!!!! CURSE YOU SAINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No, actually, my wife bought me and the kids a JAKK's game for Christmas one year. I got re-addicted to Galaga. Already knew about MAME from its early days. Decided I was going to build a cabinet. Started looking for parts and found ArcadeControls.com Now all I get for Christmas is clothes. CURSE YOU SAINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| QuixoteQuest:
--- Quote from: DrumAnBass on November 23, 2005, 01:28:20 pm ---For me, I found this site fairly recently - maybe 3 months ago I had played with Mame on my Mac Quadra 840av in the 90s - when it was in its infancy and thought it was the coolest thing ever...! But of course the keyboard interface always bugged me. I recently saw the "Arcade Legends" machine on costco.com. I hit me that there has got to be a way to build something similar for a lot less money - so off to google I went. Eventually ended up here, and I have been obsessed with the idea of building my own arcade machine ever since. --- End quote --- I started playing MacMAME on my Mac Quadra 840av back around 96, downloading simple roms via AOL and a 28.8 connection from JoseQ's Emuviews or later, MAME.dk. I remember how amazingly choppy most fighter games were. But Galaga and other classics of its day played great. It was so sweet. Especially loved all the Japanese stuff since I was living there in the late 80s, and MAME was the way I could relive nostalgia from my youth from both sides of the Pacific. I've played MAME off and on since then, my interest in the hobby waxing and waning with the times. MacMAME has always in my apps folder of each subsequent Mac desktop and laptop I've owned--to be something to pass the time here and there. Always wanted a real cab so I've been frequenting sites like these for a lot of years--thinking of the day I'd have the guts to take the plunge and build one. Finally saw the Arcade Legends cabs in Cost-Co this holiday season and thought: that cab blows. I could build something better myself for cheaper or pay someone else to build it for not much more and have it exactly how I liked. So I bought a cab for Christmas. In the process of setting up the computer it's got me back to sites like this and BYOAC. Finally my lingering fascination with MAME has been reignited in to a full on love-fest. I had the cab for a week and already started to plan what my next mod for it is gonna be. I've slipped down the slippery slope I fear. |
| rubberpoultry:
I bought a pinball machine from a guy who had a huge collection. He also had a Mame Machine. I had know about MAME for a long time, and had played it in the early 00s. Anyway...my pinball machine reading lead me to Retroblast. What a great site! I check visit there daily. So that lead me to BYOC. Now I visit here almost daily! RubberP |
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