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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: postalp123 on September 17, 2006, 02:23:24 pm
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Mine, it was Black Tiger (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=57879.0).
Even during those "Drought Years" when I was too focused on building my career, I still thought about that one game until I finally got enough free time to pursue it again via MAME Building.
I swear, every time I load that game up on my Cab, I feel like I'm right back in that bowling alley...
Please, let us know your Fav.
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teenage mutant ninja turtles, and robocop :)
http://klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=10052
http://klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=9343
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Discs of Tron & CyberBall would be at the top of the heap, but being able to play the many other games I've played and forgotten and the thousands that I've never even heard of... that's just awesome.
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when i saw mr.do, moon patrol and then found you could use a trackball/mouse. Crystal Castles was the icing on the cake.
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Mostly the Street fighter series. But, Moon patrol and jungle king were up there too.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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 $$$ ago.
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Definitely Tempest, with Robotron a close second.
Early 80's arcades left a real impression, most of the games I play seem to be from that period.
Koz
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Robotron (on level 10, 30,000 per free man of course). A game that separates the men from the children. ;)
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Defender. Every night after dinner in college, my room mate and I played a couple of games.
Years later, when I got the chance to buy a real Defender, I had to have it. Only the real thing has that classic "graphics processor overload" when you really get the screen loaded with bad guys!
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Deleted out of stupidity.LOL
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While Galaga is one of my favorite all time games... the one game I wanted a cabinet for was Gauntlet. I never could have enough money to play that quarter sucking hog at the arcade. The gameplay isn't very strong now, but when it debuted - it had a powerful effect on me.
Now, my machine see's more action playing classics, fighters and party games like World Class Bowling.
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It was a search for Burgertime that led to my discovery of Mame. It was the need for two joysticks for Robotron and Crazy Climber that led to my building my own controls. :)
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Hey guys,
Most of my quarters got spent on Space Invaders and Battle Zone & Asteroids, until the color stuff started coming out. Us kids all talked about how "once we got some money we were going to buy one of these machines for our rooms so we could play them all the time!" Rember: this was BEFORE the Atari 2600 even!
Was also hooked on Vanguard, Donkey Kong and Pac-Man for a while, till they started jackin the patterns and speeding up the ghosts to get more $$$ out of us kids. Also liked Gorf, Defender, Tempest, and Robatron was real cool. Mostly for that 'on the edge of a siezure' feeling I'd get when the games really got 'interesting'.
I found mame by accident a couple years ago and am still figuring things out in it but know one thing for sure, it just ain't happinin on computer keyboard!
I would say it's them later ones that inspired me to do a cabnet. Just wanted to show em to my kids y'kno?
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Street Fighter II Championship Edidition.
I bought a working JAMMA cabinet with combatribes in it (sucks) bought a SFII CE edition board on Ebay which didn't end up working. Now I still want to play the game.
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For the NeoGeo's classic (Metal slug.. Neo Drift Out.. Puzze Bubble..) And old classic like galaga and pacmac.. or mario bros is alway's fun to play :)
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I bought a working JAMMA cabinet with combatribes in it
You did a service to the world that day that you "Retired" Combatribes.
That game was a ripoff.
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Three part Answer from 3 different portions of my life.
The first time I watched Silver Spoons as a kid I was like why does that bastard Ricky get an arcade, I want one.
Then my goal as a teenager was to one day own a Street Fighters cabinet.
And finally when I saw CmdrTaco, Jubei arcade cabinet a few years ago that was the final straw and I built one.
-FTen
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No games...I just have a fascination with buttons. ;D
Seriously I do, but to tell the truth, it was just the whole arcade experience I wanted to capture into my home. I have always wanted my own arcade game, I didn't care which one or how crappy it was. Having all of them was just icing on the cake.
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I'm one of those who "always" wanted one; I remember thinking about building a cabinet around my 2600 when I was a kid, and some company sold videogame shelves that were vaguely cabinet-shaped.
But oddly enough, it was pinball that got me to build a MAME cabinet.
One of my long-term harebrained schemes (again going back to childhood) was to build my own pinball machine, partially just to do it and partially because it would (so I thought) be cheaper than buying a real one. By now I was already playing MAME on my PC. I spent months designing circuits for pinball (with my primitive electronics knowledge) as I vaguely became aware of cabinet building. Finally on the Visual Pinball forums I saw Black's cabinet and the lightbulb went off: I could put all this work into pinball and end up with a machine that could play one game that was sort of like a real pinball, or I could build one MAME cabinet and have a machine that would play hundreds of games almost exactly like the arcade. A quick peek on eBay revealed a gutted cabinet complete with glasss, coin door and a fully-populated fighter control panel for 40 bucks in Atlanta, only 2 hours away. It bid up to $61 by the time I got it.
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no specific for me, but the last time i played galaxians before mame, was on a cocktail like this pic. so now that i have a cocktail like that, i have a special moment when i put galaxians on. i even make sure i ALWAYS insert a coin in the slot (",)
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Finally on the Visual Pinball forums I saw Black's cabinet and the lightbulb went off:
Pics ? LinK?
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I bought a working JAMMA cabinet with combatribes in it
You did a service to the world that day that you "Retired" Combatribes.
That game was a ripoff.
And a poor one at that. I bought the machine for the cabinet more than the game inside. Combatribes has a few moments..but it's a pretty bad "double dragon" esque ripoff with a very poor story. Of course the original game in the cabinet was BIO-SHIP Palidin - which was also another very poor ripoof and well not too fun :)
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I bought a working JAMMA cabinet with combatribes in it
You did a service to the world that day that you "Retired" Combatribes.
That game was a ripoff.
Ha! Look what I did to my Combatribes cabinet (They converted a Xenophobe! the horror!)
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=55021.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=55021.0)
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The game that started me off was Mike Tyson's Punch-Out. That started me into emulation. From there I found Mame, then onto here to build my own.
What a long strange trip its been.
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I bought a working JAMMA cabinet with combatribes in it
You did a service to the world that day that you "Retired" Combatribes.
That game was a ripoff.
And a poor one at that. Combatribes has a few moments..but it's a pretty bad "double dragon" esque ripoff with a very poor story.
Lets elaborate on how bad a DD ripoff it was, it was "Like DD" in every way except:
- The level was restricted to a non-scolling small area
- The graphics made everyone look "Squarish"
- Your health meter was that rip-off "Numerical" system that drained health even when you werent getting hit just to ensure you pumped more quarters in
- Fun? What's that?
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Crazy Climber. I just couldn't play it on a keyboard!
Todd
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Crazy Climber. I just couldn't play it on a keyboard!
Heck, I can't play it with joysticks! (Love the game, just suck at it)
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Mortal Kombat.
built one from scratch about 4 years ago when I got the PCB cheap.
Still have it and play it.
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after my Raven Games Supergun died (taking my bootleg SFII Champion Edition with it) back in 1993 I sold/gave away all the PCBs I'd collected.
wasn't until using MAME a few years back I had the chance to replay SFII CE and fell back in love with it, put together a machine for a mate and seeing how much better it looked compared to using hardware stretch on my PC wanted to do the same for myself.
I have neither the time or money yet so settled for ArcadeVGA + TV
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A long forgotten and little known game called Radar Scope.
I believe it was Nintendo's first release in the US and many were converted to DK's early on.
I have only seen 3 of 'em in the wild, but one was in the Roller Skating Rink my family owned. It stood along side a Gorf, a Space Invaders, and for a short time a Smokey Joe.
To be 15 again....
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Gunfight. My best friend's dad had a Gunfight machine in their family room. The day I saw it I vowed I was going to have my own arcade machine. It's taken a little longer than expected.
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Bombjack for me.
I have that game so wired I could play it with my eyes closed.
In the 80s in our own parlour I could play it all day on 1 credit.
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Simpsons & Aliens vs. Predator
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Once I found out about Mame my first thought was "Excellent, I can play Twin Cobra"
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Not a particular game made me decide to build a arcade cabinet. When I found out about MAME it took some years before actually started on one. I just wanted the feeling and experience of the old days when playing.
I tried, really tried to explain it to my girlfriend... forget it! ::)
Maybe someone could write a book: Why men build Arcade cabinets and women bye so much shoes :cheers:
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Maybe someone could write a book: Why men build Arcade cabinets and women bye so much shoes :cheers:
Book? I can explain it in 2 words:
"X Chromosome"
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Back in the day, I played a lot of games like Pac-man, Dig Dug, Donkey Kong, Paperboy, Asteroids and Bagman. It wasn't until about 5 years ago that I realized that regular people could actually own games like that for real. My first one was a Final Fight in a Phoenix cabinet (which eventually got reconverted to Phoenix). I don't have a MAME cabinet but I use it on my PC to play games that I don't have/can't afford. I think that cramming a bunch of games into one cabinet takes away from the authenticity of gameplay (not just with MAME but with multi boards as well). I'm into the uniqueness of the original cabinet design, artwork and such. It just doesn't feel the same otherwise :soapbox: As a result, I have 12 games. If I had my druthers, it would be 50. Anywho, Final Fight was the one that got me into collecting, Pac-man was the one that got me into collecting classics.
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My all time favorite arcade game is still Smash TV.
I downloaded MAME off and on over the years and it never occured to me that I could make a MAME cabinet.
In late 2003, I started looking for a Smash TV machine of my own. Every place I found one, they wanted $800-$1200. I discovered the BYOAC forums around the same time. I Think my initial thought was to multi-jamma a real Smash TV machine so that I could have Smash TV, Total Carnage, and Robotron boards in it at the same time.
In January of 2004, I went to my first amusement auction in hopes of finding a Smash TV machine. I didn't find one but I ended up coming home with a working Gigawing conversion machine in excellent condition for $260 with plans of turning it into a MAME cabinet.
Here's my post-auction post...
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=15606.msg122331#msg122331
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My all time favorite arcade game is still Smash TV.
I downloaded MAME off and on over the years and it never occured to me that I could make a MAME cabinet.
In late 2003, I started looking for a Smash TV machine of my own. Every place I found one, they wanted $800-$1200. I discovered the BYOAC forums around the same time. I Think my initial thought was to multi-jamma a real Smash TV machine so that I could have Smash TV, Total Carnage, and Robotron boards in it at the same time.
In January of 2004, I went to my first amusement auction in hopes of finding a Smash TV machine. I didn't find one but I ended up coming home with a working Gigawing conversion machine in excellent condition for $260 with plans of turning it into a MAME cabinet.
Here's my post-auction post...
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=15606.msg122331#msg122331
hate to make you cry, but my local arcade used to put price tags on all their machines during the Christmas season. For several years they put a $250 tag on smash tv. I wanted it, but I was just a kid. It is long gone now. ;D
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hate to make you cry, but my local arcade used to put price tags on all their machines during the Christmas season. For several years they put a $250 tag on smash tv. I wanted it, but I was just a kid. It is long gone now. ;D
When I was younger, there was an arcade in the Shore Mall in Egg Harbor Township NJ that used to do the same thing . I remember them having a Smash TV there as well, but I think it was $300 or $350. It was definitely out of my budget at the time.
Back in 97, I found a guy online who had a Smash TV machine and also a Total Carnage board. He wanted $600 for the package but he was in Chicago and I was in Oregon at the time. It was a little pricey but the shipping costs just made it too much.
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For me it was Tron & Tempest. I love both the movie and the game. So much so that I'm going to build a seperate CP just for playing Tron. I always hated those damn grid bugs though.
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Back in like 1996 I was surfing the web and thought, "I wonder if there is a version of Yiear Kung fu that I can play on my PC" I discovered emulation that night. I downloaded a emulator that played 1 game (Yiear Kung Fu). Then I discovered a Gauntlet emulator and shortly after Mame. It didn't take long to realize I would someday have to have some real controls. The rest is history.
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Galaga was my main game when I was a kid. On night a few years ago I decided to look for "Galaga" on a p2p client. I found a collection with Galaga and some others. It had always been my dream to own a cab, but I was always afraid I wouldn't be able to keep it running. Now with this Galaga game I immediately thought I should build a cab for it. Took me a month or so to find this site. I still don't have a cab, but at least I'm dreaming about it with some parts to show for it :)
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Wanted to play Sengoku again was one of the reasons.
Growing up, spent a lot of money/time on Double Dragon, SF2, Mortal Kombat, Punisher, Samurai Showdown, Fatal Fury, KOF etc...
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My personal motivation is to relive the past with my kids. :) And sitting at the computer with a keyboard or a hand-held control panel just doesn't cut it! So I started down my trek to build a custom system (by modifying an existing cabinet)
Some of my favorite games are .... Discs of Tron (DOT), Tempest, Defender, Galaga, Centipede, Karate Champ - A mix of different games!
My goal is to have a finished (or maybe working) cabinet by Christmas!
:)
David
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mortal kombat and
battletoads
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The Nnja warriors from TAITO there are still moments that i think to built a triple screen cab instead of a single upright.
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Marvel Vs Street Fighter and vector Atari games.
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Two steps:
My bro showed me mame back in the 0.37b# days. I was interested, but not very; only enough to play some games. Soon he bought himself a hotrodse and the play was a lot better. I wanted one myself, except for the price.
Then I tried to play cabal with his hotrod; I desided I needed a dual trackball CP. Super Sprint and Offroad added to the drive, and when I rediscovered Demolition Derby, I had to do the BYO control panels, even though they would cost more than the hotrodse. (However, I still haven't built the two 360 steering wheel CP even though it was one of the first I wanted. :P)
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Smash TV, Mrs. Pac-Man, and Tempest! :hissy:
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Well Im not as old as some of the people here :P so my "games that started it all" Were Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (first cab I ever bought, 4 player version) and Time Crisis, ohhh boy did that thing suck up the coinage so fast It is still one of my goals to own a Time crisis 2 player cab (singe or dual monitor style) problem is they are so friggin expensive, even to this day. But one day it will be mine!!! Next project will likely be to fix a Time Soldiers cab, was a really fun game but didnt play it as much as the others :)
Other goal is a pinball machine just another one of those "always wanted one to play"
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I'd have to say...too many to count. Actually the first arcade game I remember playing was Star Castles that was in an old auction barn. I would play that thing for as long as my mother could look around the place...which was a pretty long time. After that it was Battlezone, and PunchOut...Naturally those were the first games I tried on Mame (tm) and I was hooked from there on. One cabinet made...one in the works....infinite possibilities.
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Mortal Kombat. My first project was to convert it to MKII.
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Space Invaders. It's always been about Space Invaders.
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Galaga and Asteroids. I don't believe there were any other arcade games back then were there? ;)
Metal Slug was great too.
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"Gauntlet"...and "Tron"...and "Discs Of Tron"...and "Pac Man"...yeah. Those would be the biggies for me.
Oddly though...I don't play them much at all. I'm currently on a "Golden Tee" obsessive jag. :)
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Donkey Kong.
There are others, of course, Street Fighter, Galaga, Elevator Action, Robotron, Punchout, Super Mario Bros. . . . dozens upon dozens.
But Donkey Kong is the one.
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The Nnja warriors from TAITO there are still moments that i think to built a triple screen cab instead of a single upright.
another Ninja Warriors fan, wow
possibly the first one I've seen 8)
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Magical Drop 3 is what got me started, and 4 player action with the simpsons or x-men is what is motivating me to build a 4 player cab
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...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.
I'd love to start a thread on this. I loved MW3. It went in the crapper after that. I'd love to see it again with new technology.
....don't derail this thread though.
Gauntlet has a stong effect on me. I went on a trip to an amusement park when I was about 10 with my friends mother's school where she taught. It was an all girls school. That was memorable as a 10 year old boy. We ended up on the park's arcade playing gauntlet.
There were too many other games to pick one since we spent time on pool hall where the games rotated often. Magic Sword, Black Tiger, Ikari Warriors, and Superman all stand out in my mind. Definately Knights of the Round. And countless pinballs.