Author Topic: WIFE, GIRLFRIEND, OR SIGNIFICANT OTHER (Read 7000 times)

MameMaster! · « **on:** July 28, 2003, 02:43:39 pm »

Greets all.

I don't know if this poll has come up yet, but I thought it would be fun to see the results.

Personally, at first my wife thought it was interesting that I pulled it off (my fully functional cab) .....but.....now that it's been almost a year of tweeking; redoing the wiring; now decorating the environment.... etc. etc. she thinks I'm a total geek.

Oh well, at least I'm not at the nudie bar (Uh, OK....just sometimes).

The MameMaster

nighthawk2099 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 28, 2003, 02:48:14 pm »

My wife wants me to hurry up and finish the first one so I can start the second and third.....

She's even talking about how we can redo the basement to create a arcade room..... $

?$

GAWD I love her......

AlanS17 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 28, 2003, 02:48:42 pm »

My girlfriend was more interested in the beginning, but she's getting tired of hearing about it now when she asks what I did today and I tell her "I won an Ebay auction for more arcade parts" or "I was just messing with my machine".

SNAAAKE · « **Reply #3 on:** July 28, 2003, 03:06:44 pm »

I always get "omfg...how much did you spend"
I am like...really wanna know ?

said7 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 28, 2003, 03:20:49 pm »

The misses is pretty cool about it. Just gotta hide those reciepts

At first she really didnt want it and insisted that I make a tiny one cause it was gonna be too big and clunky.

But I think shes grown to appreciate it.

I say all this and its not even up and running yet

Apollo · « **Reply #5 on:** July 28, 2003, 05:26:46 pm »

I get quite a lot of "no you can't have an extra $100/week to spend on it".
However I originally bought a cab for a 19" vertical monitor back when I was only going to build the one cab ( quite an old classic looking cab ). I recently bought a huge modern cab with a 26" horizontal monitor and my wife says the 19" is now hers and when am I going to finish mine so I can work on hers and she can play MsPacman and Frogger LMAO.
So it's all good, she's a cool chick ( and she has been telling me to get a hobby, so she only has herself to blame lol )

APFelon · « **Reply #6 on:** July 28, 2003, 05:38:08 pm »

I am working on my second cab. My first cab took very little effort outside of the internals and software. The cab I am working on now was a Pac-Man converted to a Gun.Smoke converted to a Time Soldiers converted to a Superstars of Wrestling. It was covered in a horrible yellow formica, the bottom had heavy water damage, and the cab under the formica had deep, heavy scratches in the plywood. Needless to say, I have put a lot of work into the cabinet.

I wait until my wife is sleeping before I work on the cab. Not good enough. She hates it. I usually work on it five hours a night so I get to bed pretty close to three A.M. I then wake up tired and feel worn out for the rest of the day. However, I can't work on it during the daytime because my wife finds any reason to harass me while I work.

It took several years for her to come to terms with my computer gaming hobby. Now she is having trouble with me sitting behind a cabinet with a wire stripper and a soldering gun instead of sitting in front of a computer conquering Europe. But I enjoy it, it clears my head, and I feel productive while I am on summer break.

As for my old machine... She has played Tetris on it a few times, and I introduced her to Bubble Bobble (which she liked) but otherwise, it is just another piece of my junk in the basement. :/

APf

Brax · « **Reply #7 on:** July 28, 2003, 07:17:02 pm »

Who are you guys trying to kid? Girlfriends! Pfffft, suuuuuure.

AlanS17 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 28, 2003, 07:22:24 pm »

Quote from: APFelon on July 28, 2003, 05:38:08 pm

I am working on my second cab. My first cab took very little effort outside of the internals and software. The cab I am working on now was a Pac-Man converted to a Gun.Smoke converted to a Time Soldiers converted to a Superstars of Wrestling. It was covered in a horrible yellow formica, the bottom had heavy water damage, and the cab under the formica had deep, heavy scratches in the plywood. Needless to say, I have put a lot of work into the cabinet.

I wait until my wife is sleeping before I work on the cab. Not good enough. She hates it. I usually work on it five hours a night so I get to bed pretty close to three A.M. I then wake up tired and feel worn out for the rest of the day. However, I can't work on it during the daytime because my wife finds any reason to harass me while I work.

It took several years for her to come to terms with my computer gaming hobby. Now she is having trouble with me sitting behind a cabinet with a wire stripper and a soldering gun instead of sitting in front of a computer conquering Europe. But I enjoy it, it clears my head, and I feel productive while I am on summer break.

As for my old machine... She has played Tetris on it a few times, and I introduced her to Bubble Bobble (which she liked) but otherwise, it is just another piece of my junk in the basement. :/

APf

Some people will never understand it or appreciate it... Most people can't even understand what an accomplishment it is, and SOME poeple have never played an arcade game in their life except maybe once or twice cuz it was there.

SirPoonga · « **Reply #9 on:** July 28, 2003, 08:19:38 pm »

Hehe, I don;t have a significant other right now

However, my roommate's girlfriend like my arcade, probably because it is mine and not my roommate's:)

AlanS17 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 28, 2003, 08:29:12 pm »

Quote from: SirPoonga on July 28, 2003, 08:19:38 pm

Hehe, I don;t have a significant other right now However, my roommate's girlfriend like my arcade, probably because it is mine and not my roommate's:)

Dude, she's hitting on you!

Apollo · « **Reply #11 on:** July 28, 2003, 09:31:13 pm »

Quote from: AlanS17 on July 28, 2003, 08:29:12 pm

Quote from: SirPoonga on July 28, 2003, 08:19:38 pm
Hehe, I don;t have a significant other right now However, my roommate's girlfriend like my arcade, probably because it is mine and not my roommate's:)

Dude, she's hitting on you!

I concur, she wants some Poonga lovin man.

jakejake28 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 28, 2003, 09:34:04 pm »

lost my control panel in the divorce...

SirPoonga · « **Reply #13 on:** July 29, 2003, 12:00:47 am »

Quote from: Apollo on July 28, 2003, 09:31:13 pm

Quote from: AlanS17 on July 28, 2003, 08:29:12 pm
Quote from: SirPoonga on July 28, 2003, 08:19:38 pm
Hehe, I don;t have a significant other right now However, my roommate's girlfriend like my arcade, probably because it is mine and not my roommate's:)

Dude, she's hitting on you!

I concur, she wants some Poonga lovin man.

Hehe, No

She just wants bubble bobble and puzzle bobble.

Ghoul · « **Reply #14 on:** July 29, 2003, 01:44:53 am »

Quote from: SirPoonga on July 29, 2003, 12:00:47 am

She just wants bubble bobble and puzzle bobble.

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

)p( · « **Reply #15 on:** July 29, 2003, 01:55:07 am »

Ok i asked here directly...answer..."evey man needs his hobby"

she does not care about videogames at all...but as an artist and architect she does agree with me that games like tempest are works of art...and sometimes even watches it while i am playing it...

OH and she loves our bk2k pinball so much we have it in our living room...

peter

AlanS17 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 29, 2003, 02:10:07 am »

Quote from: )p( on July 29, 2003, 01:55:07 am

Ok i asked here directly...answer..."evey man needs his hobby"

she does not care about videogames at all...but as an artist and architect she does agree with me that games like tempest are works of art...and sometimes even watches it while i am playing it...

OH and she loves our bk2k pinball so much we have it in our living room...

peter

Then you might be able to interest her in a newer Midway machine. Those things always have such nice sideart. Mmmm... Orchid... *drools*

Tailgunner · « **Reply #17 on:** July 29, 2003, 02:12:18 am »

Quote from: )p( on July 29, 2003, 01:55:07 am

OH and she loves our bk2k pinball so much we have it in our living room...

peter

How hard are bk2k's to come by these days? I have a BK table and would like to acquire one to complete the set.

Apollo · « **Reply #18 on:** July 29, 2003, 03:08:11 am »

She watches you while you are playing with it! OMFG dude.

)p( · « **Reply #19 on:** July 29, 2003, 03:20:30 am »

Quote from: Tailgunner on July 29, 2003, 02:12:18 am

Quote from: )p( on July 29, 2003, 01:55:07 am
OH and she loves our bk2k pinball so much we have it in our living room...

peter

How hard are bk2k's to come by these days? I have a BK table and would like to acquire one to complete the set.

no idea they are pretty rare here in europe...

MameMaster! · « **Reply #20 on:** July 29, 2003, 10:40:55 am »

Quote from: AlanS17 on July 28, 2003, 02:48:42 pm

My girlfriend was more interested in the beginning, but she's getting tired of hearing about it now when she asks what I did today and I tell her "I won an Ebay auction for more arcade parts" or "I was just messing with my machine".

Ain't that the truth!...I can't tell you how many times my wife has given me a "look" when she asked what I was up to (usually playing with or tweeking my machine).

Last night I just discovered a new love ZiNc. Not as cool as mame, but a new thing for me to add to my cab!

Aceldamor · « **Reply #21 on:** July 29, 2003, 04:27:41 pm »

My fiance was VERY skeptical at first regarding the cost. I would get excited when the frame was together, or when parts arrived, and she would just roll her eyes. Now that the thing is remotely together and she can actually play it, she likes it allot. And is very supportive of my hobby now.

She's a huge fan of the Tetris Plus series, and now that I got my trackball in finally she is hopelessly addicted to the Irritating Maze...

She plays quite a bit of Monster Bash in VP also.

Now she's buggin me to get the Steering wheels hooked up so she can race me in Ivan Stewart's Super Sprint, and all the others.

The other day I mentioned that I want to conquer a cocktail cab next, then covered my head expecting to get hit, but she's kinda excited to see what it will be like.

I guess i'm one of the lucky ones

Chris · « **Reply #22 on:** July 29, 2003, 04:50:56 pm »

My wife was initially very reluctant, but once I put a jukebox in it, she brightened up. She will play the occasional game of Centipede, but plays the jukebox all the time. Since she's seen how much our daughter and her friends have enjoyed it, she's become much more supportive of it, although she still plays it only rarely.

AlanS17 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 29, 2003, 05:53:08 pm »

Well I've got a gf, but no wife. So I don't have to worry about someone else's permission and acceptance of the thing. However, she still doesn't like that sometimes I end up spending more time working on that thing than with her (even though it's while she is in class or work or doing something else).

I used to keep her updated and she used to be interested. I keep telling her I'll let her be the first person to play it. However, I don't really think she cares anymore. This upgrade has taken almost 2 months now, and I'm not done.

I think our relationship has improved a little since I ran out of money to fix that thing. (Here we go again, though. Just got some cash for my bday.)

rampy · « **Reply #24 on:** July 29, 2003, 06:28:14 pm »

Quote from: AlanS17 on July 29, 2003, 05:53:08 pm

Well I've got a gf, but no wife. So I don't have to worry about someone else's permission and acceptance of the thing. However, she still doesn't like that sometimes I end up spending more time working on that thing than with her (even though it's while she is in class or work or doing something else).

I used to keep her updated and she used to be interested. I keep telling her I'll let her be the first person to play it. However, I don't really think she cares anymore. This upgrade has taken almost 2 months now, and I'm not done.

I think our relationship has improved a little since I ran out of money to fix that thing. (Here we go again, though. Just got some cash for my bday.)

rampy cues up Whitesnake's "Here I go again on my own" for alan

If i had more time i'd parodize it but... g2g

Rampy

Frostillicus · « **Reply #25 on:** July 29, 2003, 07:10:28 pm »

When I have women over at my place, be it a friend or a date, they always think the arcade cab is cool. I think just about everybody has that one arcade game they love, be it from their 7-11, mall, local bar, what have you. They just think the idea is cool, and I'd have to agree with them

Valence · « **Reply #26 on:** July 29, 2003, 09:44:15 pm »

I've started getting a lot more support now that my wife has rediscovered Frogger/ Now I can barely get her off my cp.

SNAAAKE · « **Reply #27 on:** July 29, 2003, 10:35:54 pm »

I have some friends that are "girls" from school and I get lot of "WOW ! ! !"

.
I also have a steering wheel and most loves the racing games.
because racing games are easy to understand.
step on gas padel and move the steering wheel

.

spidermonkey · « **Reply #28 on:** July 30, 2003, 01:54:40 am »

I had to hide my money order receipts from my fiancee but wouldn't you know it ? she found one in the console of my truck and of course it was one from a complete tron control panel that I had got on Ebay which was over a hundred bucks.

She blew a gasket cuz I was supposed to be saving for the wedding.

. The first machine has been done for a while and she now has a little list of all the games she frequently plays.

Sooner or later they get hooked on at least one game. You just have to keep them in the dark when it comes to the financial end of the project.

paigeoliver · « **Reply #29 on:** July 30, 2003, 03:18:38 am »

My current (sort of) girl lives out of town and has never seen any of my games. I have talked about them a bit though. She is kind of too young (22) to remember the classic era though. It was over before she was old enough to reach the panel.

Previous girlfriend, totally and completely ignored the line of games in my dining room. I don't even think she ever even played the Turbo (and everyone plays Turbo!)

The one before that, looked at them, and was supportive, but never played them, but would giggle sometimes when the Star Wars cantina music would waft in from the other room while we were in bed.

My friend's wife on the other hand. She totally ignored the row of 4 games (mine) in his basement, except that sometimes she played Turbo, and she wanted them out by the time they got married. That changed slightly once I switched one for a pinball. I sold the other 3, but she plays the pinball all the time. (I am kind of scared she is going to wear the thing out before I can even get it over to my place, last I checked it had racked up 2800 games since I brought it over there). She has (multiple times) expressed much interest in the area of Ms. Pac-Man cocktail tables, If she was my woman I would buy her one, but she isn't, so I am not going to.

Magnet_Eye · « **Reply #30 on:** July 30, 2003, 06:12:41 am »

the 4 girls I date (alternating fun) don't seem to mind the cab in my house....or the bar!!! hehehe...

and they love to play around with the joystick, if you know what i mean!

games are a good time...i love games!

Nailz · « **Reply #31 on:** July 30, 2003, 12:12:02 pm »

My FIVE girlfriends from Canada all think it's the greatest thing ever, and they all love me so much they give me free money and like to share me whenever they can and......

*slap" wake up stupid!!!

Whoops, oh yeah..... my wife thinks it's sorta cool, but that I spent too much money and won't let me keep it in any common area because it "doesn't go" with anything.

So I actually would need to be able to select more than one item. LOL

MameMaster! · « **Reply #32 on:** July 30, 2003, 12:40:42 pm »

Isn't it funny that your Wife or Girlfriend (or both if you're lucky!

)....doesn't hestitate to spend $100. bucks on shoes....(at least 1 a month)....but when you spend $50 bucks on stuff for your hobby.....

she freaks.

.....oh well. That's what the pimp hand is for......

(just kidding guys.....if there's any discipline in my house....my wife dishes it out....I guess she has the pimp hand then!).

The MameMaster

Raleigh · « **Reply #33 on:** July 30, 2003, 12:58:47 pm »

My wife does not appreciate my cabinet and gets upset when people come over and take a tour of our new house and all gravitate towards my cabinet. And any time I want to purchase something for it I am like, "um, honey, um you know that handbag you saw at the store, the new Kate $pade, why don't you get that for your self, and by the way I saw this coin door that would be perfect for my cabinet and is dirt cheap, I will even sell some old video games to cover the cost." I am so whipped!!!

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #34 on:** July 30, 2003, 01:32:01 pm »

Quote from: Raleigh on July 30, 2003, 12:58:47 pm

My wife does not appreciate my cabinet and gets upset when people come over and take a tour of our new house and all gravitate towards my cabinet. And any time I want to purchase something for it I am like, "um, honey, um you know that handbag you saw at the store, the new Kate $pade, why don't you get that for your self, and by the way I saw this coin door that would be perfect for my cabinet and is dirt cheap, I will even sell some old video games to cover the cost." I am so whipped!!!

Ditto

anthony691 · « **Reply #35 on:** July 30, 2003, 11:57:19 pm »

Quote from: SirPoonga on July 29, 2003, 12:00:47 am

Quote from: Apollo on July 28, 2003, 09:31:13 pm
Quote from: AlanS17 on July 28, 2003, 08:29:12 pm
Quote from: SirPoonga on July 28, 2003, 08:19:38 pm
Hehe, I don;t have a significant other right now However, my roommate's girlfriend like my arcade, probably because it is mine and not my roommate's:)

Dude, she's hitting on you!

I concur, she wants some Poonga lovin man.

Hehe, No
She just wants bubble bobble and puzzle bobble.

That's all they aare ever after!

Sasquatch! · « **Reply #36 on:** July 31, 2003, 11:19:58 pm »

Whenever I get wrapped up in a cabinet project, my wife joking refers to it as "the other woman". She's cool with it though, and she just got me a new Ryobi router for my birthday that I'm dying to try out.

And I also used the line of "At least I'm not out blowing money on cocaine and hookers!" So yeah.

Apollo · « **Reply #37 on:** August 01, 2003, 12:05:38 am »

That's a good one. I do something similar, whenever I get complaints about cost I remind her about her best friend husband who recently took up SCUBA diving, now there's an expensive hobby.
She's usually says something like "BUT I'M NOT MARRIED TO HIM I'M MARRIED TO YOU!!!!" LMAO

madk · « **Reply #38 on:** August 01, 2003, 12:28:00 am »

My wife doesn't like my hobby at all...

but my girlfriend loves it.

Magnet_Eye · « **Reply #39 on:** August 01, 2003, 06:34:59 am »

weird.. my main squeeze only plays puzzle bobble too!

whats with chicks and puzzle bobble (busta move)?

they like the shiny balls? pointing guns at shiny balls? making the balls drop?

i don't get it!


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Author Topic: WIFE, GIRLFRIEND, OR SIGNIFICANT OTHER (Read 7000 times)