gutsman004
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Welcome to the forum and the hobby! There are tons of great,super helpful people on here,so you picked a great forum to join!
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As some have said, if you are just wanting a quick start and don't want to spend a lot of time learning how to repair games then you can get in quickly and, perhaps, be more happy by spending money on games that have already been restored or at least fixed up.
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phrenzy
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Well, this seems to me to be one of those hobbies where the worst possible position to be in is to have a 'complete' game room. The fun part is acquiring/fixing up/getting something working/putting in new black light carpet/whatever.
I suppose I *could* just buy a completely restored working game... but then I'd miss out on hunting for the perfect marquee or whatever.
I suppose I *could* just buy a completely restored working game... but then I'd miss out on hunting for the perfect marquee or whatever.
dc2010
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now thats the spirit!!!!!!!
btw anyone got a cap kit for a wg 7901? lol
btw anyone got a cap kit for a wg 7901? lol
mudhens1
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welcome to the madness!! i don't live too far from you (about an hour or so east of you)
i'd be happy to talk with you if you have any questions. i have 14 working games in a walkout basement and 3 non-working ones...you can come over and check them out, play them, learn about the inner workings of them etc...let me know
thanks,
don
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i'd be happy to talk with you if you have any questions. i have 14 working games in a walkout basement and 3 non-working ones...you can come over and check them out, play them, learn about the inner workings of them etc...let me know
thanks,
don
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splattergatz
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+1
thought id say something but my brain is kinda spacing out...
been working on the reel unit from a FISH TALES pinball machine today. trying to get a new belt installed...real dirty inside there, im glad its getting cleaned.
love all the aspects of working on games. great fun.
glad you are here
cadillacman
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with a thing like mine:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=103086614
or if your rich one of these is better...
http://www.powermate.info/
welcome. Before you know it youll have the condo sold for warehouse space for all your games
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scott9050
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I've learned a lot from this site in just the 3 months I have been in the hobby. My first game in March was a Neo Geo 4 slot that had a bad conversion to a 48-1 that I paid $350 for. I have fixed a lot of hackwork on it (replaced monitor, joysticks, speakers, painted) and now have it in reasonable condition, but I overpaid.
My second was a dedicated Neo Geo 4 slot that I picked up for $200 with 4 carts. It needs new EL panels and a new memory car board, but overall is a solid been out in the wild style game. I discovered that they make multi carts for it and have had a lot of fun with my 120-1. My third game is a Make Trax cocktail that had a scrambled screen that the guy delivered to my house for $75. I drilled out the locks and got it working the same night (with help from here), and the overall condition of the game is really good. I managed to snatch that one from Craigslist because they didn't list it as an arcade game, which is very rare to do in this area with all of the collectors around. I've recently discovered that certain local auctions have games from time to time, as well as local yard sales.
I've come to the point where I have been saying "If I can move this here, I can fit another game in." I have several titles I want from when I was a kid. My wife and I plan to buy another house sometime next year and her concession has been that it has to have a basement that is all mine, she can do whatever she pleases with the rest of the house.
My second was a dedicated Neo Geo 4 slot that I picked up for $200 with 4 carts. It needs new EL panels and a new memory car board, but overall is a solid been out in the wild style game. I discovered that they make multi carts for it and have had a lot of fun with my 120-1. My third game is a Make Trax cocktail that had a scrambled screen that the guy delivered to my house for $75. I drilled out the locks and got it working the same night (with help from here), and the overall condition of the game is really good. I managed to snatch that one from Craigslist because they didn't list it as an arcade game, which is very rare to do in this area with all of the collectors around. I've recently discovered that certain local auctions have games from time to time, as well as local yard sales.
I've come to the point where I have been saying "If I can move this here, I can fit another game in." I have several titles I want from when I was a kid. My wife and I plan to buy another house sometime next year and her concession has been that it has to have a basement that is all mine, she can do whatever she pleases with the rest of the house.
BigChevy1973
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start saving your money and kiss all the free time good by and welcome aboard
Brick Top
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You will fit in just fine here. Welcome.
Check out my VAPS link. All those games are working and in my basement. I started collecting less than 2 years ago.
Sometimes buying a working game is the best way to go. $100 games turn into $700 games quick if they need art, PCB repair, new monitors, etc...Trust me you will still find something to fix.
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phrenzy
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Phrenzy, you already know too much and fit in too much to not have an avatar...
Here, maybe this? Frenzy from Transformers?
Good Call.
or if your rich one of these is better...
http://www.powermate.info/
welcome. Before you know it youll have the condo sold for warehouse space for all your games
The video on that site is the best thing ever. I love the Dallas/Knotts Landing theme music. Hahaha I bet the rental place up the street from me has one of those.
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Actually, it's the "A-Team" theme song, followed by a disco Star Wars montage, then the theme from the Superman movie, and finally the "Magnum P.I." theme song.
WELCOME I've been a member about 6 months now. I started looking for 1 game now i have aver 40 and still looking for more. You know your hooked when you post gonna get 1 more game and your done. Then 50 or so people reply to you "YEA RIGHT" . Locate your local rehab before it's to late. Good luck
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phrenzy
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Now I have discovered MAME, HyperSpin and HyperPin. Wow... some of these cabinets people are building are the tits! (excuse the expression)
I had an idea. I could use 3 small 7" LCDs in a MAME cabinet to create a digital marquee, that (probably with a lot of coding) could display a virtual marquee of the selected game. Woah.
I had an idea. I could use 3 small 7" LCDs in a MAME cabinet to create a digital marquee, that (probably with a lot of coding) could display a virtual marquee of the selected game. Woah.
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phrenzy
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Hahahahahah... I've noticed that already and thought "why on earth is the control panel 4 meters across?"
TheRickster
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The other thing with mame is a lot of the games dont work right, especially the ones that use trackballs. The timing and sync just always feels off.
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