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tommyinajar:

LoL I bet she jumped at a prenuptial, he might have just declared the pins and cabs as "His"!


(That might have been what I would have done)

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: molton on June 01, 2012, 08:34:52 am ---that is f**king beautiful.  That is why roms and mp3's are great, 100 games, 5000 games, who cares, it's just information.

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And that is just sad ... failing to see the difference between information and experience ...

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: lcmgadgets on May 31, 2012, 07:25:02 pm ---I didn't know!:cry: I just went looking--when did this happen?!? I've dreamt for years of making a road trip (from here: London, Ontario, Canada). Okay, I'm going hunting for details...

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Hey, you live in London ... arcade capital of Canada.

Quit bitching.

molton:

--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on June 01, 2012, 03:49:12 pm ---And that is just sad ... failing to see the difference between information and experience ...

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Your experience is determined by the information your brain receives, if your brain is hung up on bragging rights and having the best of the best quality then sure, mame cabinets and mp3's are total ---shoe---.  If however you don't let the original side art not being on the side of the arcade cabinet you are playing or not hearing the music at the best possible audio quality ruin your experience, then mame cabinets and mp3s are great.

also, mp3's are a lot more convenient than 8-tracks

also, to re-iterate, there's nothing wrong with collecting awesome things like vinyl albums or arcade machines, but there's definitely nothing wrong with convenience.

DaveMMR:

--- Quote from: molton on June 01, 2012, 05:36:27 pm ---also, to re-iterate, there's nothing wrong with collecting awesome things like vinyl albums or arcade machines, but there's definitely nothing wrong with convenience.

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Convenience is awesome.  I have unlimited music available at my fingertips and I can play most any classic arcade game anywhere I want.  I wouldn't want to go back. But understand there's a HUGE difference between having a record (or CD) collection and having a drive full of MP3s much in the same way collecting original hardware is way different than having thousands of MAME roms at your disposal.

What I think a lot of younger generations can't appreciate is the thrill of the hunt. Time was I had to scour the record stores to complete gaps in my record and CD collections. Nowadays, you can just hop on the internet and buy anything you need without breaking a sweat. No challenge = less appreciation.

I know it sounds silly and it may be hard to explain, but it's really satisfying to find that "holy grail" you've been searching for. So much so, I think, that I'm collecting consoles and cartridges and am actively avoiding playing their emulated counterparts (even the legal ones like Wii VC). It's the whole package, not just the "information" stored therein. Popping in the cartridge, sitting on the couch with the original controller, looking at the artwork - stuff like that paints your nostalgic haze better than just loading a file on your computer.

Then again - I'm old.   :P

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