You might be an Arcade Addict if...

[Teebor]

... you are sitting here at your desk at the end of the working day reading this list, rather than going home...

(while wishing you had an arcade button in your pocket so you could click it)

Oh so true

.....You need to start wearing glasses becuase you have been playing with your joystick too much   

[rovingmind]

there is no such thing as playing with your joystick too much

[RandyT]

...every time you see a kiosk-like box with a screen in it (bridal gift registry, employment application terminal, pay phone, etc.,) you start thinking about how you would go about gutting it and attaching the proper controls


RandyT

[vrf]

...every time you see a kiosk-like box with a screen in it (bridal gift registry, employment application terminal, pay phone, etc.,) you start thinking about how you would go about gutting it and attaching the proper controls

I'm so glad I'm not the only one. Thought I was weird. (Or at least MORE weird than what I already knew about.)

There's these little kids kiosk games in a mall near my place. Boys and girls version. Something about dragon card fighting and dressing up a princess. Anyhow, these little cabs have a frackin' sweet profile. I'd love to lop off the bottom and make a portable cabinet out of one.

The pink would have to go, of course. Black or red would look nice.

Now how to get one...

[rovingmind]

...every time you see a kiosk-like box with a screen in it (bridal gift registry, employment application terminal, pay phone, etc.,) you start thinking about how you would go about gutting it and attaching the proper controls


RandyT

same goes for bartop fruit machines

[crashwg]

... you skip work to go to Fun Spot! 

[ChadTower]

I've done that.

[ArtMAME]

...you dispose of your old PC monitors by building MAME cabinets for them.

[rovingmind]

...you dispose of your old PC monitors by building MAME cabinets for them.

picking up disposed of monitors to build mame cabinets for?

[ArtMAME]

...you walk into your garage, and turn right back around because there is no room to work on anything, then go straight to your PC and surf Ebay looking for more project machines.

[ahofle]

...you don't giggle when seeing phrases like "joystick stiffness", "shaft length", "button plugs", "frosted translucent replacement balls", etc.

[deadkenndys1105]

You go to a local arcade and only spend 3 bucks and you were there a few hour and played the full time.  <-- Just got back home.

[Luigi]

...you buy that generic cab with a PCB you already have at Ebay...not because you need it but because it is just 30 minutes of driving! 

[rovingmind]

you spend 7 hours of your work day at this forum or looking at arcade stuff on ebay

[deadkenndys1105]

This is for the guys that are my age.

You teacher is the first to know ether what game your getting next or what your plans are for the next build because of your notes.

[shardian]

you spend 7 hours of your work day at this forum or looking at arcade stuff on ebay

You know, several of us have talked with saint, and is able and willing to temporarily ban you so you can get projects done. I haven't used this service yet, but I might be soon.

[ArtMAME]

... you can recite all the quotes from Gauntlet, and you can make up new ones using the correct annunciation...

For example:

"VALKIRIE needs FOOD...BADLY..."

or

"VALKIRIE will trade SEXUAL FAVORS for FOOD..."

[ArtMAME]

...you think the Valkyrie from the Gauntlet sideart is HOT...

[ArtMAME]

...you think the Valkyrie from the Gauntlet sideart is HOT...

Anybody else???

Please don't tell me I am the only one who thinks that...

[rovingmind]

Your not the only one,  she is definitely a hottie

[rovingmind]

golden axe, heh heh

[Level42]

....you just had a visit from your bank's mortgage advisor to talk about extending your mortgage to build a concrete and brick "garage" in your garden to make a game room and workplace in it......

...you re feeling miserable because you are tailing your "white whale" and the seller is NOT contacting you back as he promissed...

...you get complaints from your wife because you go to bed and take your Centipede PCB with you to check it for track faults...

...you get annoyed because you ordered a CPO and payed for it and there's no sign on when it's ever going to be shipped, despite the fact the seller is contantly in mail contact (come on Rich....)

...you rent a car, drive over 4 hours and stary over at a motel at Weir's beach while being on holiday with your uncle and aunt, just to visit Fun Spot...

...you drive 3 hours to someone you only know through the internet, to visit his game room, play his games, but most of all TALK ARCADE (next sunday, can't wait Darth Nuno !!!)...

[ArtMAME]

golden axe, heh heh

OH YEAH!!! 

Just checked her out on MAME...

mmmmmm...CHEESECAKE...

[AMDman13]

You walk in to your city's last arcade with a tape measure in your pocket rather than pocket change.

[deadkenndys1105]

You walk in to your city's last arcade with a tape measure in your pocket rather than pocket change.

I have done that one once or twice.  I love the look on some peoples faces.

[modessitt]

You tell people you got some "new videos" and they ask, "Did you get Pulp Fiction?"

[ArtMAME]

You walk in to your city's last arcade with a tape measure in your pocket rather than pocket change.

I have done that one once or twice.  I love the look on some peoples faces.

I did that back in the 80s... I still have the drawings for a Kangaroo and a Robotron cabinet that I did.  You see, I lived in Panama where arcade cabinets were mostly generic... When my family would vacation in the US, I would make my pilgrimiges to the arcades, and on some occasions, I drew up some plans for some machines because I had just taken a mechanical drafting course in 7th grade.

I actually had a carpenter in Panama build me a full-sized arcade cabinet from the plans, then I stuck my Sony 13" TV (which I still have and still works) and hooked up my Atari 800 to it so I could play games on it... I basically held the crappy original Atari joystick on the CP with my left hand, and moved the joystick with my other hand... Never did device a good mounting scheme for that darn joystick... my engineering skills were somewhat limited back then...

But hey, we have come a long way since then...

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=54556.msg534997#msg534997

[Crowquill]

You just ate dinner off of your Ms Pac cocktail.
You appreciate the gameplay of Gal's Panic
You lie awake at night wondering what joystick is best.
You lie awake at night wondering what trackball is best...and how you should interface it
You know what a "kick harness" is
You see the significance of games designed by Technos, Irem, and Toaplan.

[ArtMAME]

You HATED 80's music when it came out... but now you LOVE it!!! 

[rovingmind]

You HATED 80's music when it came out... but now you LOVE it!!! 

you actually remember girls in the arcade wearing those shorts

[ArtMAME]

You HATED 80's music when it came out... but now you LOVE it!!! 

you actually remember girls in the arcade wearing those shorts

How about those skimpy little halter tops...

[rovingmind]

You HATED 80's music when it came out... but now you LOVE it!!! 

you actually remember girls in the arcade wearing those shorts

How about those skimpy little halter tops...

The skimpy little halter tops were much better than the shoulderpad sweaters

[(+_+)]

You walk in to your city's last arcade with a tape measure in your pocket rather than pocket change.

I have done that one once or twice.  I love the look on some peoples faces.

LOL, I did that as well and felt out of place doing it.

For a while there, every time I'd go out to the Movie theatre, I'd tell my friend or family members to hold on a sec. I just want to take a look at something and do the head nod gesture toward the arcade. They understood and knew that it wasn't even to play a game. It was to spec out some cab build detail or something.

[u_rebelscum]

A little dated now, but happened when I was a teenager:

You worked weekends to get "quarter money."

You stopped going to your local 7-11 when it stopped having arcade games.

While playing at your local 7-11 (before above), you don't even turn your head from your game to look out the window when somebody says, "Dude, I think you bike is being stolen." ...

... until you get to a break between levels.

Standing outside the 7-11 after your bike was stolen, you aren't sure what you're more pissed at: losing your bike, or losing the two lives you had left when you ran outside after looking between levels when it was too late anyway. 

[rovingmind]

you take apart a cabinet your restoring for somebody else in order to measure it and record its dimensions for posterity (and fellow arcade addicts)

[SavannahLion]

While playing at your local 7-11 (before above), you don't even turn your head from your game to look out the window when somebody says, "Dude, I think you bike is being stolen." ...

I think I knew the kid who took that bike.

[mailman3028]

You live in a small house with no room for cabinets, and yet there is a primal rage cab smack in the middle of the living room, and hopefully a nice gauntlet next to it soon....

Back a few years...you risk losing your most excellent job at Burge King by giving the local arcade attendant free food in exchange for the use of his master key for a couple hours, ah now that was sweet!

[FrizzleFried]

...you are seriously considering moving because the area you live in has a total of maybe 10 enthusiasts total and there are rarely any damn cabinets for sale on craigslist.

[sphetr2]

...you wear shirts with the logos of emulators on them...

...you are seriously considering moving because the area you live in has a total of maybe 10 enthusiasts total and there are rarely any damn cabinets for sale on craigslist.

Heh. Yeah, speaking of that, I just realized how lucky I am to live near Tampa. There is a Tampa arcade collectors forum!

[AMDman13]

Your Mame Cabinet resides in your Masterbed room! Still can't believe my wife let me do that!