copious
Well-known member
I didn't spend a lot of time in that mall, I was across the street in the Eatontown Mall. But those memmories are great.
What inspired you to get into this hobby?
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I didn't spend a lot of time in that mall, I was across the street in the Eatontown Mall. But those memmories are great.
kerri369
Active member
i had surgery and to pass the recovery time i bought a donkey kong/donkey kong jr to pass the time.500k later i bought a championship sprint not working-fixed it and the kept going till i finished my collection a year and a half later!
Steve W
Well-known member
Cool. Eatontown now has that Chick Fil-A. They had a Supercade back in the day if I'm not mistaken...and a Caldor's...lol. Caldor's.
ArcRevival
Well-known member
It worked for you. Or did you just casually mention to Latinogirl that you are the Gorf World Champ
I wrote about how I became cursed with this hobby on my blog :
http://arcade-revival.blogspot.com/2008/10/quantum-of-solace.html
Hyde
Well-known member
I am one of the younger people here, so I never lived during the "golden age" of games. However, I became interested in this hobby when I went to Videotopia about 7 or 8 years ago when it was in San Antonio. When I saw all those classic games, I knew I wanted to have one!
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gorfchampion
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It worked for you. Or did you just casually mention to Latinogirl that you are the Gorf World Champ
I wrote about how I became cursed with this hobby on my blog :
http://arcade-revival.blogspot.com/2008/10/quantum-of-solace.html
I don't know how this nerd picked up my hottie of a wife; it sure wasn't with video games or anything(LOL)....
It worked for you. Or did you just casually mention to Latinogirl that you are the Gorf World Champ
I wrote about how I became cursed with this hobby on my blog :
http://arcade-revival.blogspot.com/2008/10/quantum-of-solace.html
Dave, that was a cool read. I recently found out that the owner of my arcade of choice growing up was named Yogi - surely the same guy. Arcade was Galactican near Saratoga Ave and Prospect Rd in SJ. It would be so cool to find him and get COSP to do an arcade owner chat or something. Heck, I wish I could just find some pics of that old arcade. When we were down there for CAX I even drove the family to the spot where it was and told them "that's where Daddy used to always go to play arcade games!" So I too owe Yogi for providing the seed that eventually led to this hobby for me!
mhanlen1
New member
Well the fact that I collect console games doesn't hurt... but it was the desire to play an arcade perfect version of Donkey Kong. Outside of MAME, there isn't one, and I happened to be in the right place at the right time.
ArcRevival
Well-known member
It has to be the same guy.
you mean the guy with the creepy porn "art" collection?
i played as a kid, then on my atari 5200 and c64 at home. in the late 90's, i got into mame, then around 2000, i saw a ms pac at the mile high flea market for $150. couldn't get it, but that inserted the "you can own those yourself!?" thought into my brain. within a year i owned a nice pac, that i paid way too much for, and here i am today.
Well the arcades help you pick up hot chicks when they are the right hot chicks. If they aren't into the games, then the probably aren't hot enough......Geez, I hope Evapa realizes just how lucky he is! HA HA
dek
New member
Late bump, but it was Yogi who owned Galactikan. Wish I could find his contact info, I'd kill for some photos of the place. The guy who ran it for him, Corey, he has contact info all over the net, problem is he doesn't respond to emails :/
WadeLanham
Well-known member
Similar for me... I always loved arcades and always wanted to own them. Mid 90's while in college, I discovered they could be bought, but I had no place for them. Fast forward to 2002 when we bought our first house and moved out of our apartment, I immediately built a MAME cabinet and started buying games. Seven years later, and I have more of an arcade than I ever thought I would, and with just some finishing touches I will soon consider it the ultimate home gameroom that I've always wanted.
For me, it's mostly about nostalgia, but I also really enjoy playing the games. I've spent a lot of time restoring and fixing games as well, but the desire to do that is wearing off. With 2 young kids, I don't have the time or desire to invest that kind of time, I want to spend time playing them with the kids.
Wade
Yogi was the effin BOMB to work for. I really miss that guy and his crazy shoes! I worked for him for about 4 years, just before he took over the Galactikan. I heard that he's still in Northern California some where and even showed up at a Pin-A-Go-Go about 7 years ago.
Ah the good ole' days!
Oh, the funny thing is that every time I see GorfChampion's avatar I think that he's Yogi! Sure looks like him in that small pic.
Matt
MarkMan
Member
My first arcade machine purchase, and the start of wanting to own arcade machines was also my best score ever.
Owning my first machine was a total 'by chance' event that took place back in 1992.
I was with a friend of mine driving and he said "hey i want to stop by this guy's place and say goodbye cause he is moving - do you care?" i said No and we went over to his friend's house.
we go in and beyond a couple of boxes in the living room the house was empty. His friend was was just cleaning the walls and so forth. At some point during the conversation we went downstairs for something and as I walk into the family room in the corner both fully lit and turned on are a Defender and a Tron. Both were working and looked to be in fabulous shape. The rest of the room was empty.
I commented on how nice the machines were and his friend says "Yeah I gotta come back for those, don't have room on the truck"
So I jokingly say "Hey if you don't want to deal with coming back here, i'll give you $125 for both of them"
he looks at me and says "you got cash?"
I tell him "I will in 10 minutes DON'T F*CKING LEAVE" and run to my truck and shot up to the local 7 eleven and used the ATM.
Took both machines home that day and played the hell out of them. Made the tragic mistake of selling them to a friend of mine in 1999 who put them in an auto-body shop... literally in the shop... bought them back in 2003 in pretty rough shape compared to how they were when I let them go but I still have the Tron to this day
UPDATE: Beyond Tron and a Defender I didn't collect anything for years. Recently bought a used cab to make a MAME machine and after seeing karl's collection at his house, well now I'm hunting cabs and can't keep my mind of of arcades. I guess I owe FullThrottle for my second round of 'the sickness'
Owning my first machine was a total 'by chance' event that took place back in 1992.
I was with a friend of mine driving and he said "hey i want to stop by this guy's place and say goodbye cause he is moving - do you care?" i said No and we went over to his friend's house.
we go in and beyond a couple of boxes in the living room the house was empty. His friend was was just cleaning the walls and so forth. At some point during the conversation we went downstairs for something and as I walk into the family room in the corner both fully lit and turned on are a Defender and a Tron. Both were working and looked to be in fabulous shape. The rest of the room was empty.
I commented on how nice the machines were and his friend says "Yeah I gotta come back for those, don't have room on the truck"
So I jokingly say "Hey if you don't want to deal with coming back here, i'll give you $125 for both of them"
he looks at me and says "you got cash?"
I tell him "I will in 10 minutes DON'T F*CKING LEAVE" and run to my truck and shot up to the local 7 eleven and used the ATM.
Took both machines home that day and played the hell out of them. Made the tragic mistake of selling them to a friend of mine in 1999 who put them in an auto-body shop... literally in the shop... bought them back in 2003 in pretty rough shape compared to how they were when I let them go but I still have the Tron to this day
UPDATE: Beyond Tron and a Defender I didn't collect anything for years. Recently bought a used cab to make a MAME machine and after seeing karl's collection at his house, well now I'm hunting cabs and can't keep my mind of of arcades. I guess I owe FullThrottle for my second round of 'the sickness'
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teckkev
New member
Ignorance got me in the hobby. If I know what I did back when I thought about getting one to see how it works... I would never done it
Kevin
Kevin
You should get an award for posting that first!
Yes.
Just bought my first dedicated machine, and am probably going to end up a convert like the others for more classics.
I love how my Joust boots up in, like, 10 seconds or less!
One word: MAME. As much as some folks like to give MAME a hard time... the reality of the situation is that MAME has brought MANY MANY folks in to this community.
