nerdygrrl
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The arcade gods smiled down upon me in ways I never thought imaginable this weekend. I spent my entire weekend off delivering a couple of games for a friend. Yesterday I had to drive to Albany, NY to drop off a Neo Geo "on the way" to help another friend work on some games. We all know how that goes. If you are going to get lost it's probably dropping off a game "on the way" somewhere and I did.
Today, I was scheduled to go to hell on earth, AKA Boston to deliver an Altered Beast to another guy.
I am a wicked girl driver when I have to deliver games. I HATE it. I have a Nissan Pathfinder and it is next to impossible to see anything. It is non stop stress from the moment I leave until the god damn thing is out of my car. It is like this for the entire trip. I would take a week in prison over game delivery.
So that is how I spent my weekend off.
Flash back to yesterday, I was in the middle of one of the above mentioned episodes when my phone rings. Well, I was screaming like a little bitch so I couldn't answer it. My god, what would people think? What of my bad ass reputation?
I pulled over to check my voicemail and it's a friend of the guy I was going to Boston to meet, "Hey my buddy has a centipede and a galaga 88 and he needs to get rid of them. Are you interested? It's right down the street from where you are dropping off the game tomorrow"
Interested? Hell yes, I am interested. My buddy buying the Altered Beast has been looking for a Centipede and who wouldn't want a Galaga 88.
So fast forward to today. After a few more screaming episodes I arrive in Beantown. Walk into the first op's garage and he asks if I have a Jamma tester, I said no and he sold me this BAD ASS PUPPY! This alone made the entire trip worth it, but oh yeah, I am going to look at a Galaga 88.
So we leave house 1 to go over to house 2 to look at the Centipede and the 88, walk up take a look, my friend is cool with the Centipede, I am cool with the Galaga, we pay the man, load up our cars and ride off into the sunset.
As you can imagine my trip home, which for most would have been filled with extreme joy was a little overwhelming. I got lost, I got passed by a woman in her nineties, and I was almost hit by falling debris from a fire truck (don't ask)
The game is in fab shape. I think it may be an actual dedicated version, but will know more tomorrow. Sorry for the crappy little cell phone pic. I will upload some high res beauties tomorrow. I haven't fired it up yet.
What an awesome weekend (screaming and all)!
Thread update with high res photos can be found here: http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=212582
Today, I was scheduled to go to hell on earth, AKA Boston to deliver an Altered Beast to another guy.
I am a wicked girl driver when I have to deliver games. I HATE it. I have a Nissan Pathfinder and it is next to impossible to see anything. It is non stop stress from the moment I leave until the god damn thing is out of my car. It is like this for the entire trip. I would take a week in prison over game delivery.
So that is how I spent my weekend off.
Flash back to yesterday, I was in the middle of one of the above mentioned episodes when my phone rings. Well, I was screaming like a little bitch so I couldn't answer it. My god, what would people think? What of my bad ass reputation?
I pulled over to check my voicemail and it's a friend of the guy I was going to Boston to meet, "Hey my buddy has a centipede and a galaga 88 and he needs to get rid of them. Are you interested? It's right down the street from where you are dropping off the game tomorrow"
Interested? Hell yes, I am interested. My buddy buying the Altered Beast has been looking for a Centipede and who wouldn't want a Galaga 88.
So fast forward to today. After a few more screaming episodes I arrive in Beantown. Walk into the first op's garage and he asks if I have a Jamma tester, I said no and he sold me this BAD ASS PUPPY! This alone made the entire trip worth it, but oh yeah, I am going to look at a Galaga 88.
So we leave house 1 to go over to house 2 to look at the Centipede and the 88, walk up take a look, my friend is cool with the Centipede, I am cool with the Galaga, we pay the man, load up our cars and ride off into the sunset.
As you can imagine my trip home, which for most would have been filled with extreme joy was a little overwhelming. I got lost, I got passed by a woman in her nineties, and I was almost hit by falling debris from a fire truck (don't ask)
The game is in fab shape. I think it may be an actual dedicated version, but will know more tomorrow. Sorry for the crappy little cell phone pic. I will upload some high res beauties tomorrow. I haven't fired it up yet.
What an awesome weekend (screaming and all)!
Thread update with high res photos can be found here: http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=212582
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