Luskmonster from Atlanta, Ga.

Luskmonster

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Hello!

I have been a reader of the forums here since purchasing my first machine over three years ago. I now have five machines and questions come up often enough that I should start being more involved in the forum here.

First, the hardware:
Ladybug (rewired for JAMMA, multicade)
Stern Trident
Bally Mr and Mrs Pacman
Frogger cocktail
Millipede

When I was young there was an Aladdin's Castle within biking distance. I spent a lot of time there.

As an adult I've become a lover of pinball, and I've gained a new appreciation of arcade games from the past. Like Marshall McLuhan said "the medium is the message", and there is an experience to playing the games on a cabinet that is unique and palpable. I also have less and less time in life, and can no longer justify playing epic console games that require 30 hours of gameplay where at no moment in that process are there any stakes. I like that arcade games are short, until you get good, and when you die in a classic arcade game you are given no quarter. I have time for this, and enjoy the process of improving my performance.

I also used to play music, but now I just jam with my daughter and my wife. My daughter is about to be five and she named our band "Wizard Scissors" because that's an awesome name.

I have a degree in journalism, a minor in drama, and I also studied chemistry for a while. Taught myself programming after college and have been a web monkey/technologist since. For the most part I'm an autodidact but I did complete the Coursera JHU Data Science program recently.

I once showed Queen Latifah where the coffee maker was, somehow managed to get co-nominated for an Emmy and had the pleasure of seeing an album I played on mentioned in tiny print on the last page of a Rolling Stone. This is the closest I have come to greatness.

I believe triple-entendre technology is possible.

Grew up in South Carolina, so I apologize ahead of time for that. Currently live in downtown Atlanta, so I apologize ahead of time for that, too.

It's so nice to see all of you.
 
Nice to hear from you man!

I work in Midtown, so let me know if you ever wanna meet for lunch or something and talk arcades.

Welcome to the forums.
 
Welcome to the forums!

Here you will find yourself among the multitudes of Georgia folks.
 
@groffdaddy I can't remember if I have a profile on seacf, I'm a member of GAPAS and heard of Preston's forum from there. I need to make a little time to spend there too.
 
A little more about me that is arcade game specific

Like many other people I hope to one day own a Discs of Tron. I've loved it since the beginning, there was a chopped version at the Aladdin's Castle I frequented tho I remember playing an environmental somewhere. Before I got into the hobby I had no idea it was so sought after. It makes sense, it's a great game and it's a game that you can only truly experience via the cabinet.

A big fan of Gaplus/Galaga 3. There are literally dozens of us.

I love vector games. Another big wish for me is to have a Star Trek one day. I wasn't very good at it when I was a kid, but there was something about it. I'm actually pretty decent at it now. Tempest is a classic.

I spent a lot of time playing Heavy Barrel because they had one at the video store near me when we briefly lived in Hilton Head. This has to explain why I still have a lot of love for this game.

I love playing Alien Syndrome with a partner, too.
 
Hi there nice to meet someone else new at least to these boards. People know me as Darkcat but my name is Jon. I had some problems for the last year but thinks are looking up since I have a new job that should start soon. I had four games and now I'm down to three since I sold my 4p xmen conversion. I have a Playchoice 10, A Galaga '88, and a Sega Die Hard...and a slight dislike of emulators. My plan is to try to get a Neo Geo MVS, a real Konami 4P cab(I'm trying to build a Bucky o Hare), and an upright driving game. I don't have a ton of space but I wasn't planning on grabbing every vid I see but I do have the "if I see it for a decent price I'll buy it and keep it for awhile" list ^^
 
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