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shardian:

--- Quote from: vintagegamer on June 11, 2007, 01:24:37 pm ---You know SL,

I think you're totally right-  our basement was always dark and gloomy as much as I hate to admit it, so even when it was all cleaned up noone ever seemed to venture down there- but the garage is right by the driveway where everyone is walking in and out to the event, it's linked right to the main house, and it's viewable by almost everyone.  What moron decided to keep CARS in a garage?  :D



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My wife is FIRMLY against storing a car in our attached garage (our bedroom is above the garage. Fine by me, because that gets me a green light for a gameroom. >:D

Since I'm typing, I'll tell my story which I've told before on here.
I saw MAME when I went to a site that had a bunch of console/ old pc emulators. At first I thought MAME would be lame and an NES emulator would be soooo much cooler. A few years later, a friend I hadn't spoken to for a few years showed me his "MAME cabinet". That was one of those head smacking moments when I realized how impressive MAME could actually be. I got MAME, and eventually built a desktop CP. I wanted to build a project arcade based cab and was in the process of accumulating parts for it when I was introduced to a guy in Charleston that had a whole arcade in his basement. He sold me an empty Taito cab that had sat in his garage for a while. While deliberating how best to tackle my conversion project, I saw a guy on ebay selling two arcade machines for $50 each. I originally only wanted one of them but ended up with both. BTW, I asked the wife before purchasing, and she said YES! It feels much better to have the blessing of the misses before a purchase like this. ;) My addiction does not end with arcade games. I love the act of inserting coins just as much, if not more than the games themselves. I am always on the lookout for anything coin operated that can go in my gameroom. My goal is to have EVERYTHING coin operated in the gameroom. If I can find it, I even want a coin operated bathroom stall just like the crappy amusement park in my area used to have (coin operated toilets are just plain wrong IMO. If you didn't have the dime and nickel, you had to use the doorless stall at the end :angry:)
So there you go, the origins of yet another arcade/coin-op addict.

vintagegamer:
I actually am similar in respect to that- I love the fact that the quarter kicks it all off, and when I first got my Ms Pac, I was sure to line up quarters on the ridge between the control panel and the glass just like the old days..

My pin is missing the coin acceptors so I have to locate some to put back in it.  I hate having to open the coin door and hit the wire, and I don't want to set it to free!  Not looking to make money, just want to relive the history!

Jeff AMN:

--- Quote from: vintagegamer on June 11, 2007, 02:10:30 pm ---I actually am similar in respect to that- I love the fact that the quarter kicks it all off, and when I first got my Ms Pac, I was sure to line up quarters on the ridge between the control panel and the glass just like the old days..

My pin is missing the coin acceptors so I have to locate some to put back in it.  I hate having to open the coin door and hit the wire, and I don't want to set it to free!  Not looking to make money, just want to relive the history!

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Heh, my Donkey Kong is the same way. The cabinet is still 100% original parts and accepting quarters. I won't change that either. I love dropping a quarter in, hearing the clink, and slapping the 1p button. It's a good way to save up some change too.

shardian:

--- Quote from: Jeff AMN on June 11, 2007, 02:31:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: vintagegamer on June 11, 2007, 02:10:30 pm ---I actually am similar in respect to that- I love the fact that the quarter kicks it all off, and when I first got my Ms Pac, I was sure to line up quarters on the ridge between the control panel and the glass just like the old days..

My pin is missing the coin acceptors so I have to locate some to put back in it.  I hate having to open the coin door and hit the wire, and I don't want to set it to free!  Not looking to make money, just want to relive the history!

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Heh, my Donkey Kong is the same way. The cabinet is still 100% original parts and accepting quarters. I won't change that either. I love dropping a quarter in, hearing the clink, and slapping the 1p button. It's a good way to save up some change too.

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My machines will accept quarters and tokens. Quarters for my use, and tokens for parties and such. I'd like to think of it as the ultimate interactive bank. ;D

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