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Oldest MAME-ish cabinet around?
jeffsgames:
Nice shorts! :applaud:
protokatie:
--- Quote ---It's not the oldest but the topic reminded me of the NES cabinet.
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patrick, I cant believe you found the guy's site who made that. That small picture in Nintendo Power back in the day was when I first realised that 1. it was possible to make your own "arcade type machine" and 2. That I HAD to make one!
When I was a kid, I even drew up a simple design plan based on the NES cab, but my stepfather wasnt interested in helping me build it so it never happened :<
So basically that guy is responsible for me being here all these years later; now you know who to blame :laugh2:
EDIT: Looked over the guy's site more, apparently he is a member here!? Cool! Edit2: Didnt realise that a poster a few posts above me IS the guy who made that O.0
Nannuu:
--- Quote from: protokatie on April 08, 2008, 08:52:56 pm ---
--- Quote ---It's not the oldest but the topic reminded me of the NES cabinet.
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patrick, I cant believe you found the guy's site who made that. That small picture in Nintendo Power back in the day was when I first realised that 1. it was possible to make your own "arcade type machine" and 2. That I HAD to make one!
When I was a kid, I even drew up a simple design plan based on the NES cab, but my stepfather wasnt interested in helping me build it so it never happened :<
So basically that guy is responsible for me being here all these years later; now you know who to blame :laugh2:
EDIT: Looked over the guy's site more, apparently he is a member here!? Cool! Edit2: Didnt realise that a poster a few posts above me IS the guy who made that O.0
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That's funny, I am actually the reason I am here too! Strangely I get emails occasionally about that cabinet. I'm glad I still have it and made a page for it, seems like a lot of people read Nintendo Power.
Thanks for the comments guys. Yes, those shorts were awesome, they kept the girls away for sure :P
ark_ader:
Back in 1984/1985 my dad had a photography store in Whittier CA. All my summer and holidays was spent in that store driving the old guy nuts. So he knew I liked going to Sega Centers and built me a console for my Atari 2600.
My brother glued the joysticks to a board and I had an old BW TV set on a pedestal. Yep it kept me quiet to hours. When I went home I disconnected the 2600 played it there.
I cannot count that as one of the first arcade cabinets as the thread suggests, but it was some of the coolest things my dad did for me to keep me off his back. Thinking about it now he must have saved a small fortune in quarters. Only 3 games kept me busy: Yars Revenge, Demon Attack and when my pop had his lunch - Tank.
My Dad been dead for nearly 15 years now, and that 2600 is still around and we get it out at Christmas, yet my brother can still beat me at Tank. ;D It shows how those old games still have the magic.
JKJudgeX:
ark: lovely story... goes to show how deeply entrenched our culture is becoming in video games... a very good thing!
Yar's Revenge... let me just tell ya... I spent so many hours trying to get through that game as a kid... gah, loved it... I'm glad you mentioned it, because now I'm gonna have to go over to my cabinet, load up stella, and give it a bashin :).
Breakout, River Raid, Hero, and Empire Strikes Back were also my jams on the ol' 2600