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ElfShotTheFood:

A for pounding the desk,  those darn elves were always using their speed to go around me and steal all the treasure/potions/keys/food.  nothing better than warrior and wizard blocking a hallway so elf couldn't get past. 

as for keeping her out of the cost of it,,,,,  well she's an accountant.   that makes it really tough.

as for the harleys.  well my dad has an old 60somthing porche engine that he will give me if i ever find a nice old beetle to put it in.   thats about the only thing that would put the arcade cab on hold.

knave:


--- Quote from: ahofle on May 17, 2007, 05:43:31 pm ---Get her to play this game: http://www.download-free-games.com/puzzle_game_download/luxor.htm
Once she's addicted, tell her it's 10 times better with a spinner/trackball and an arcade cabinet.  My wife hates video games, but loves luxor.

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It took Puzzle Bobble/Bust-a-move to get my wife hooked.  Most evenings it's her idea to go out to the garage and play.  Yes, my cabs currently are in the garage.  While we might have room inside as long as the cabs are kinda grungy they will live in the garage happily enough. 

Since you are asking for suggestions.  see if you can get her to play some of the cool puzzle games head-to-head with gamepads via mame.  if she likes that then shoot for the "PuzzleCade". (lol) With my wife, once I recieved even marginal acceptance Two more cabs appeared.  ;D She didn't say much. And then came Puzzle-Bobble.

Oh and I also made sure that I tackled some of the "honey-do" list items.  Not giving her cause to resent my hobby is always a winning move.

ChadTower:


--- Quote from: ElfShotTheFood on May 17, 2007, 05:39:15 pm ---What reasons do you guys use on the wife/spouse/other to justify the expense and space required for these arc Thanks gade cabs and stuff?

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I paid for the house.

shorthair:


--- Quote from: ahofle on May 17, 2007, 05:43:31 pm ---Get her to play this game: http://www.download-free-games.com/puzzle_game_download/luxor.htm
Once she's addicted, tell her it's 10 times better with a spinner/trackball and an arcade cabinet.  My wife hates video games, but loves luxor.

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I thought this would be the case, but I actually prefer the mouse on this game.

elf: you may not realise you have an asset, there. Make it an team and adventure kind of thing, where she can figure the cost of everything, maybe even do the research on the parts, you just have to build it.

Or, if she asks the basic question, just say, 'cos I wanna'.

deadkenndys1105:

Well my mom hates my cabinets (what im 17 I can still live with my mom).  Right now I have my mame cabinet and a millipede in the basement and im looking into buying a defender and building a second mame cabinet.  She does hair in the basement so she kinda likes them also because they keep the little kids quite most of the time.  I have been collecting classic games for quite a long time now and arcade games was the next step for me.  I have to do quite a bit of talking before going out and picking a game up.  Right now I have a wall that is just for my cabinets and future cabinets.  As long as im paying for them out of my own pocket and I can get them into the basement she will let me keep them.

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