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

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Jakobud:

Geez all you youngins.... my Mame and BYOAC obcessment started with this small Slashdot article back in mid 2002:

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/25/1815202&tid=10

dag2000:

fortune cookie

MustardTent:


--- Quote from: Jakobud on August 11, 2005, 06:39:21 pm ---Geez all you youngins.... my Mame and BYOAC obcessment started with this small Slashdot article back in mid 2002:

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/25/1815202&tid=10

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Yep, that's the one that got me started too.

jerryjanis:

I read about the Hanaho HotRod joystick, and bought one immediately.  It blew my mind.  After I bought that, I started digging deeper, and read about some of the arcade cabinets and modular control panels.  Meanwhile, I was becoming increasingly aware that I couldn't play a satisfying game of Ikari Warriors, 720, or Discs of Tron with the HotRod.  Somewhere in there I encountered this web site and started asking questions.  With this message forum, there's always a team of people working on my silly little problem with me, and it's sure been fun.

JONTHEBOMB:

I was watching the movie Soylent Green, about a year ago and saw the Computer Space cabinet.  That spiked my interest and I decided to research the history of it.  Through much Googleing I ended up at this excellent site and was amazed at the community that was apart of this hobby.  I then got sucked in that night and read the entire Step by Step Newbie Guide.  I thought to myself "I have to build myself a cabinet."  I looked over that Newbie Guide at least 10 other times the next day and still sometimes go back to it.  A couple of months after I started reading the Main Forum maybe once a week, but now it's increased  to everyday I must visit the Main Forum, Software Forum and Consoles at the very least.  I love this site!!! ;D

Thankyou, Saint for providing this site.  I probably would have never gotten started without this site and the book.

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