enticing a new potential KLOVer

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At my bbq yesterday, an old friend came by who I worked with some time ago. He's never seen my games, and he played every last one of them..

In conversation he mentioned that up the road from him as a kid there was a 7-11, and in it they had a 1942 machine and a Rush N Attack. He said he'd love to have one of those if he ever came across one.

I did a sneak peek this morning on CL in the area, and there's a 1942 machine nearby for $150, but it's not in an original cab. I really can't swing that kind of buy right now for someone, but I'm wondering if via trades or something if I could surprise him with one of those machines. I think he'd flip. He's one of those sheeple like many of us were, myself included, before finding this site. He believes these games are for the rich elite only.

I'll have to put my thinking cap on and see if I could make something like this happen. I could tell he had a blast playing yesterday.
 
dude, it is like crack. little info bout me, im 28yo, getting my MBA, run a console video game repair shop.
I found my first cab at the thrift store for 15 bucks last week and have been up til 4 or 5 in the monring reading everything i can about this stuff.

cant wait to get it up and running so i can buy another.
 
I would suggest just pointing him to the cl ad and let him take it from there. Maybe offer to help him pick it up.
 
If I do he'll never do it. Great guy, but not much of a "go getter".

That would be the test for me. I would just invite him over to play unless he showed signs of wanting to do it on his own. This hobby takes a lot of time and energy to keep games from sitting nonworking and unused.

You could always loan him one of yours to see if it gets him interested. Most people who are not crazy like we are will just let it sit unplayed after a couple of months at most.
 
That would be the test for me. I would just invite him over to play unless he showed signs of wanting to do it on his own. This hobby takes a lot of time and energy to keep games from sitting nonworking and unused.

You could always loan him one of yours to see if it gets him interested. Most people who are not crazy like we are will just let it sit unplayed after a couple of months at most.

+1000. My brother went gaga for my MAME setup after I first did it. I drove w/ him to pick up an empty cabinet so he could do his own. 6 months later, it's still an empty shell in his spare bedroom.
 
+1000. My brother went gaga for my MAME setup after I first did it. I drove w/ him to pick up an empty cabinet so he could do his own. 6 months later, it's still an empty shell in his spare bedroom.

Does he need your help to build it?
 
Does he need your help to build it?

Shouldn't (and says he doesn't); it's actually a very straightforward job. The cabinet was in flawless condition -- needing no work -- so all it needs is a computer, monitor, and harness. I gave him a bunch of buttons and joysticks at Christmas. He's very tech-literate, so that's not the issue either.

I think it's a matter of his priorities. That is to say, there's a big difference between walking up and playing someone else's machine than creating/maintaining your own.
 
My plan to get my brother hooked seems to have worked so far. And it seems like your guy is in a similar mode.

I picked up a zaxxon cab from Zud and a couple of boards from other places. I restored about 95% of it so it was working, but left a few minor things undone. (fan in the back, test switches, side art) Made plans to have my dad bring his truck and drop it off at his house. This took most of the effort out of the situation for my brother.

About a week later I get an e-mail from him as he has been scouring ebay, and the internet for the few remaining parts to make it complete.

I think my job is done here. :D

So you guys in Rockford (caddillacman, and john rambow) treat him good.
 
There's no way I'd want to be responsible for some other non-go-getter type of person getting into this hobby. Sucks fixing other people's stuff for nothing in return.
 
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