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Oak Creek man builds ultimate old-school gaming paradise (WI)
Los Abrazos Rotos:
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--- Quote from: pinballjim on May 29, 2012, 03:30:02 pm ---Someone go tell him about MAME and explain how it could replace all that crap with one cabinet.
If he acts disinterested tell him your next stop is explaining it to his wife unless he gives you $500.
$$$!!!!
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Whenever possible, I'd take the vinyl over the MP3, the cartridge over the ROM, and an arcade full of original cabinets over MAME anyday.
And no software is replacing those pinball machines anytime soon...
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Absolutely.. I'm quite tempted to go down this road myself.
While its fun to build cabs & play mame, nothing can compare with being in an actual arcade with the real games..
I bet this guy isnt completely happy with what hes got - you cant emulate your youth however hard you try.. What it felt like to be in those arcades in the 80s cannot be recaptured.
mytymaus007:
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on May 29, 2012, 10:42:55 pm ---
--- Quote from: mytymaus007 on May 29, 2012, 08:48:32 pm ---LOL I only think about doing that but only think, I feel bad for that dude all that time and money collecting all those old Cab's. I would like to know if he knows about MAME, if he doesnt and finds out that would suck. Hopefully he finds out before he gets divorced so he can sell them off and build a MAME CAB for his new Apt after his wife gets the house! :lol :lol :lol :lol
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You people are kidding right? I love MAME. Love. It. But that's because I don't have the room for 100+ dedicated machines. If I did then I'd be rocking that. I'd have a MAME machine too, for the other few thousand, but playing on the dedicated machine with (hopefully) the original controls, in a dedicated cab with a great scratchy sound system takes me the ---fudgesicle--- back. That's what MAME does, it helps take you back. That is what this hobby is about. That dude is so far back he's rocking a Stryper Tee for chrissakes. The Franklin Mint is making a plate about this dood as we speak. Order it COD while you smoke in a hospital. Bammo!
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LOL Exactly if you had the room. I to would love to have my own Arcade! Arcade is the keyword. Usually all the Arcades I have been to were in a store front or in a mall LOL not in a shack where this guys lives. Of course I love dedicated original cabs.
capsule:
Amazing collection. And i insist about the word COLLECTION. MAME is great but MAME is not a collection. It's like comparing a collection of vinyls with a hard drive full of mp3. These are real objects, not a software emulation.
+1 for the pinball comment, there's absolutely no way to emulate the real feeling a pinball machine, and from what I've seen in this video, he has plenty of them!
gamer2112:
...but if he traded all that for a MAME cab, he would have more room for his Harley collection!!
TOK:
MAME is cool, it got me into the hobby and I still play those cabs all the time but there is nothing like walking into a room full of games running at the same time.
You need to have the dedicated versions of at least your top 3 favorite games. :cheers:
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