New guy saying hello. I didn't see a place for introductions, so I'll do it here. I was referred here by someone on another forum. I'm 45 years old, which means I was a kid/teenager during the late '70s/early '80s and spent much of my time in the arcades of the day. I haven't been into the gaming scene since then, except for buying Xbox/Wii games for my kids.
I recently decided to try arcade machines for the home when I found a local arcade was selling off old machines at pretty good prices to make room for new ones. So I acquired my first three arcade games over the last couple of weeks. They're in good shape and work fine (except for one that's having a small problem), so all I'm doing to them is small stuff like replacing marquees and light fixtures. There's another machine I've got my eye on, if it's still for sale when I have the money at the end of this month.
But I feel a bit overwhelmed by it all. I don't have any experience working on these machines and I don't know anything about how they work. I've been reading some threads and I'm seeing all kinds of technical terminology and buzz words that I've never heard before. It's almost like another language. So I hope I don't sound too stupid when I ask questions, 'cause I'm having a hard time following the discussions when I don't know what half the words mean.
Anyway, glad to be here.
I recently decided to try arcade machines for the home when I found a local arcade was selling off old machines at pretty good prices to make room for new ones. So I acquired my first three arcade games over the last couple of weeks. They're in good shape and work fine (except for one that's having a small problem), so all I'm doing to them is small stuff like replacing marquees and light fixtures. There's another machine I've got my eye on, if it's still for sale when I have the money at the end of this month.
But I feel a bit overwhelmed by it all. I don't have any experience working on these machines and I don't know anything about how they work. I've been reading some threads and I'm seeing all kinds of technical terminology and buzz words that I've never heard before. It's almost like another language. So I hope I don't sound too stupid when I ask questions, 'cause I'm having a hard time following the discussions when I don't know what half the words mean.
Anyway, glad to be here.


