So what I wanna ask you all, That feeling of those icons, those machines being so special, impossible to own etc.
I used get really excited about going to the arcade and play a game of OutRun, Space Harrier,Super Hang on, Rolling Thunder, Shinobi and Golden Axe to name a few.
Well now I own 4 cabinets and a lot of boards, I play my cabs and I like to but....
It just ain't the same, That exciting feeling is not there anymore, it's fun though and I just wonder... Is it possible to get that exciting feeling back again, do any of you get the same exciting feeling playing a game or seeing a certain arcade machine as they did 20 years ago??
Don't get me wrong, I still think it's fun to play and own my games but that extra feel i had back then, can it still be obtained without drugs afcourse
What does it for me is when someone comes over that hasn't seen a home game room before. As meager as mine is, a few people have gone nuts (three friends now have games as a direct result of it).
Its funny when it strikes at random too. I had a heater guy out and he saw the MAME cab in my computer room. This stoic, 50-something guy looked like a 10 year old when I showed him it could play Robotron.
Sometimes you get jaded and just have to be reminded how cool this hobby is.
