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