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I felt the same way about Robotron the first time I dumped a quarter into it. My 3 men died in about 10 seconds and I was about as insulted as someone who just stepped in dog poo with their brand new, white running shoes.

It's ok though. I've rolled the machine countless times since then. Keep practicing and next thing you know you'll be kicking butt at it. Check your sensitivity as suggested earlier. That may help.
torez:
Sodapopinski, that album is one of my favorites of all time  :cheers:

Mark
MYX:

--- Quote from: MYX on February 20, 2007, 06:41:51 am ---It is one of the reasons I built my cab. I finally realized that I was spending too much in the arcade. I really stopped playing most a lot of games when the price started going above 1 token.  Oh... and the fact that nearly my entire amount my (12th) birthday money went into a dagum Gauntlet machine because I had just learned how to use an ATM. Now, I feel like I can take a little revenge on Defender, Robotron, Joust, Asteroids...well...uh...all of them.

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--- Quote from: Glaine on February 20, 2007, 10:41:13 am ---You bought a Gauntlet at 12!?! Wow. Thats cool.

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No, I went to Malabu Grand Prix (which was in my mind pronounced ---punks--- at the time)and they had Gauntlet when it first came out. I would hit the atm (conveniently located there at Malabu) and get tokens. My friend would keep the game going so we did not have to start over. I would come back with a trough of tokens. It would be gone in like a half an hour and I would hit the ATM again. It was the year I made out like a bandit with birthday income (no job at that age) and it was blown in about 2 hours. Stupidity. Then 25 years later, I learn about this hobby and this website. So I drop 2k+ on "Building My Own Arcade Machine"... yeah, I learned my lesson.  Thanks a Lot Saint!!! You...you... Big Jerk.  ;)
leapinlew:

--- Quote from: MYX on March 05, 2007, 08:17:06 am ---

No, I went to Malabu Grand Prix (which was in my mind pronounced ---punks--- at the time)and they had Gauntlet when it first came out. I would hit the atm (conveniently located there at Malabu) and get tokens. My friend would keep the game going so we did not have to start over. I would come back with a trough of tokens. It would be gone in like a half an hour and I would hit the ATM again. It was the year I made out like a bandit with birthday income (no job at that age) and it was blown in about 2 hours. Stupidity. Then 25 years later, I learn about this hobby and this website. So I drop 2k+ on "Building My Own Arcade Machine"... yeah, I learned my lesson.  Thanks a Lot Saint!!! You...you... Big Jerk.  ;)

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ahh... that brings back some memories. One of the first things I did when I found MAME was to fire up gauntlet and drop in about 20 in quarters (even though all I did was hit the 5 key about 200 times).

DONG!

What a good sound.
unclet:
MYX:
Are you from South Florida?   I went to a Malibu Grand Prix all the time when I was younger ......
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