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So ... How do you explain your cabinet when guests arrive?
Thenasty:
me: pick any game you want, nay game.
them: Does it have Ms.Pacman
me: yes, like I said, any game you want.
them: holy crap, does it also have galaga ?
me: why don't you just shut up and pick one.
them: oh man, this is awsome, what the heck is MAME ?
can you build one for me, I'll give you 200 dollars.
me: 200 dollars, you mean you just want the joysticks, trackball ? :D
end:
That would be the last conversation will have till night falls and they are ready to go home. ;D
Stingray:
Hmm. I just tell most people it's got a computer inside and it can run classic arcade games. That pretty much takes care of it for those who don't really understand electronics. Most of my friends are knowlegable enough to understand what it is without having to ask. Those types usually are interested in what kind of encoder I used, how I hacked the mouse, stuff like that.
-S
Nailz:
I always end up playing the 4000 game question when I tell them what it will do...
Will it play Centipede? yes...
Will it play Pac-Man? yes....
I bet you don't have.... ummm... Zaxxon! yes....
Will it play..........
And on and on and on ;D
SuperGunGuru:
--- Quote from: bjk7382 on August 08, 2005, 11:47:11 pm ---I have the opposite problem. I don't have any mame yet, so I find people coming over either, get bored with games really fast and moving to the next dedicated game, or they don't take intrest in them at all. ::) Maybe I just have them set up to my difficulty, and they just die a lot so it isn't fun, but I hate changing the dips all the time so they can just learn like I did.
And they are totally baffled by flicking the coin switch to put credits on them.
I can only imagine trying to explain a mame setup.
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Heh sounds like the same problem I have. We had family visiting us from Vegas and it was mostly my little cousins that played any of my cabs. It was kinda surprising since they never grew up with any of the games and probably haven't seen a lot of arcade machines before. The adults who I thought would remember some of the games didn't seem to care one bit. Tron appeared to be the favorite game during their visit.
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: Thenasty on August 09, 2005, 11:18:40 am ---me: pick any game you want, nay game.
them: Does it have Ms.Pacman
me: yes, like I said, any game you want.
them: holy crap, does it also have galaga ?
me: why don't you just shut up and pick one.
them: oh man, this is awsome, what the heck is MAME ?
--- End quote ---
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