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ok let's all tell a story on how we found BYOAC.

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Gamecab:

X-Arcade was the cause.

SteveJ34:

Many moons ago I got an itch to relive my younger years and acquire a Galaga machine. This is probably my all time favorite. I made a few trips to Super Auctions in Dallas in the hopes of picking up something I could clean up and/or restore.

I was discouraged by the prices these beat up and some converted machines went for. I gave up on the idea because it was out of my price range.

I then got to thinking that I perhaps I could build my own replica machine, acquire the boards, monitor, controls, etc cheaper than the $800+ I used to see some really beat up machines go for.

Of course, google is our friend. I discovered MAME and BYOAC probably in the same surf session. Once I got a couple of games operational I was hooked.

Why build a single replica machine when I can build a multigame. I went that route and completed my first upright at what is probably 3 years ago now. I've built a few additional machines and bartops since then for friends and family....and I've still got plans to do a replica or restore on a Galaga at some point in time just for nostalgia sake.

Cheers!


RacerX:

I found it on one of the old search engines like HotBot or something.  1999 was a long time ago.

shmokes:

I stumbled across....aw damn, I can't even remember the name of the site.  It's the one run by that tool who used to go by Cyberpunk here, until he started making idle threats about having his team of lawyers shut this website down.  After that he pretty much became universally hated so rarely shows up here anymore.  Anyway, whatever else I think of him, I have to admit that I'm grateful that his site led me to this site.

I read the site a bunch of times before I stumbled across the goldmines that are the forums.  And I hung around reading them regularly for months before posting for the first time.

bossyman15:

why did he threated to shut this website down? ???

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