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What arcade game "Did it" (AKA: Started/Motivated you down the MAME/Refurb path)
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Hockeyboy:
Two years ago I had no idea anyone could make an arcade-style cabinet that would house literally thousands of arcade games... my best recollections of games were Moon Patrol, Donkey Kong, and Cliff Hanger and Space Ace (never did finish Dragon's Lair and I probably put about $500 in quarters in that damn game!). Oh yeah, trying to memorize patterns for Ms. Pac-Man too...hehe... :angry:

Now, today, after buying my first home that is also brand-new, the wife has given her blessings to start such a project. The only rule is it can't look slapped together and I can't go crazy with the money. Fair enough. I told her I'd love to make a devoted Mechwarrior cabinet that you sit in and have blinking lights and controls, but we'll get through a MAME one first and then see.
ppilot:
This is probably the most generic answer ever, but for me it's Pac-Man.  I remember spending quarter after quarter on that game trying to figure out patterns (now all it takes is a google, but back in 1980?  It took lots of time and money.)  I remember they had a machine at my county fair in the arcade tent, and spending hours playing that thing, people behind me watching in awe (Ohmigod!  He got to the key!  Ohmigod!  The monsters don't even turn blue anymore!)

And you know the best thing?  Those patterns are still in my brain and they still work on my mame cab, after 25 odd years!  That opening music after you press the start button just brings me right back to the fair.
ArcadeMaze:
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releasedtruth:
This will blow you away....  Okay, it won't really. I just wanted to hype it up too much, but for me it was Simpsons/Final Fight/Raiden.   I never really got to play much when I was a kid, just watched other kids play.  "Who's the tough guy now Vinny! sluuurrrp!" -Zoidberg
johnm160:
I remember when it all started.......

I was in a printshop that a friend owned when a guy came in and asked him to print some side art for his MAME Machine. Ok I feel stupid....what is a MAME Machine?

You mean I could have Donkey Kong, Tempest and Pacman all in my house???

I was a gonner in 15 minutes........that was four years and many $$$ ago.
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