What will we do when we get to old?

[funhouse]

I'm nearly 50 now but it was my mid 40's that I really got into this hobby.

For me it was a kind of mid-life crisis - or more positively a 'taking stock' and looking back at my past. Hence the attachment here. I'm convinced that youngsters' brains are very permanently impressionable so if you loved arcade cabs when you were young then you will always love them.

What that says about youngsters though is probably sad unless we make sure they get to play them!

 

[risings0n]

I would be getting a bit concerned for the mental health of 44 year olds just now but I am 67 in a few weeks time...……

Good for you sir.

 

[big10p]

I plan on moving cabs around using those hover boards from Back to the Future. Oh wait. Weren't we supposed to have those by now?! Damn.

 

[andyman]

52 and still a spring chicken

my dad is still buying/repairing/selling cars and he's in his 80's so hopefully I'll be around for a bit yet...been at it for 35 years so far...

But when it does happen...I will have cabs with just monitors/controls in them and multicore cabling from the gameboards on a shelf...like an Alien scene with a Jamma connector...

 

[jengineer]

I do ponder sometimes if I'll still be LCD'ing jamma cabs when I'm 60 and selling them to people who want to experience some old school retro gaming, or still occasionally picking up a van load of video parts and listing them on here?

 

[mrpitchy]

This is probably really insensitive but I am only 24 so will likely be one of those youngsters who wants to buy machines.

I have little experience with ageing, but I do expect people have much longer than until your 60’s to work on and fix cabs. My grandmother is in her 80’s and still works a lot on her garden. My father is in his 60’s now and can still beat my 15 year old brother at tennis.

Life is of course volatile. I myself in my 20’s worry about how long I can maintain certain hobbies with my various health conditions making my life unpredictable at best. But worst case scenario I will ask family and friends to help me or take care of some gaming stuff while I am unable.

 

[TheDaddy]

I have no clue, None of my kids are interested and my wife has no interest either. I suppose its a good question. If I make it to a decent age then I would sell to someone younger who had the interest I suppose. What else could I do ????

Dave.

 

[r-type]

I turned 40 on the 16th. Wife isn't interested, but the kids are so I hope they might look after them for me when I can't. They certainly know where to come for help!

My Dad is 70 in October and he still jumps at the chance to do a cab pick up with me. Not that I have for a while.

 

[_Matt_]

This is probably really insensitive but I am only 24 so will likely be one of those youngsters who wants to buy machines.?

Tell you what, if you keep your nose clean on here for the next 30 years or so and learn how to fix crt's I'll give you my cabs for free when the time comes to move them on.

 

[funhouse]

This is probably really insensitive but I am only 24 so will likely be one of those youngsters who wants to buy machines.

Tell you what, if you keep your nose clean on here for the next 30 years or so and learn how to fix crt's I'll give you my cabs for free when the time comes to move them on.

lol. You may be inundated mrpitchy.

funhouse2020-04-28 21:50:34

 

[mrpitchy]

This is probably really insensitive but I am only 24 so will likely be one of those youngsters who wants to buy machines.

Tell you what, if you keep your nose clean on here for the next 30 years or so and learn how to fix crt's I'll give you my cabs for free when the time comes to move them on.

Well better start taking some classes from my brother. He seems to have all the technical knowledge, and I clock in too many hours on arcade games. A good team really.

Family did always say by middle age I would be surrounded by classic gaming collections... self fulfilling prophecy never heard of it!

 

[Layer]

I've to admit that there are numerous downsides with the PCBs. They are often expensive, quite cumbersome and time-consuming when they go down.
However, a passion is a passion, you'll never forget the good moments you have enjoyed.

I wonder if the new generations would like to acquire our obsolete boards.

Layer2020-04-29 05:10:06

 

[Robbiedog]

The weight etc is why arcade 1up are popular I guess, I can see the bonus in a light weight cabinet.
Will they be considered a classic and sought after in 30 years?

 

[karlcdoe]

The weight etc is why arcade 1up are popular I guess, I can see the bonus in a light weight cabinet.

Will they be considered a classic and sought after in 30 years?

Laugh? I nearly bought one. No, actually I didn't but I think if I wanted a light cabinet I'd tack weld together some large aluminium sheets

Basically as long as the size of the retrofitted castors hidden under a heavy cab goes up proportionately with the age of the owner the status quo should be maintained for some considerable time.

If you want hope of a long term future of some sort for this crapola then when/if they ever re-open visit one of those working museum type places like Amberley where amongst other things you will find octogenarian volunteers tinkering with ancient electronic and electro mechanical devices.

 

[chubsta]

wait until prices look like they have plateaued and then sell up - otherwise all those hyper-expensive arcade machines will end up either being skipped by your descendants or sold at auction to someone who will hoard them like Smaug hoards gold.

Lets face it, we are the generation that cares about this stuff, sure they may be the odd youngster, but generally when we are gone then no-one will care about them and will only try to see how much they can get for it, and when there is a glut as everyone pegs it at roughly the same time then prices will drop.

I always feel sad when watching those auction things on daytime tv and someone brings a lovely bit of jewellery along for appraisal, and when asked they say it has been in the family for generations, it was originally their great grandmothers, and yes, they will accept fifty quid for it....

 

[jengineer]

Gaming scene will never die out, whether it’s retro or new, it’s massive, something like 6 billion a year industry,

 

[69er]

Gaming scene will never die out, whether it’s retro or new, it’s massive, something like 6 billion a year industry,

that's enough about you !

what do the rest of us do sharing out the other couple of million left over?? we just get the crumbs

69er2020-05-04 11:03:53

 

[WatchThemAllFallDown]

Well, over 5 years since this thread was last updated!
How ya all doing?
Class ourselves as old yet?
Plans changed?

 

[CMYKhazi-Dan]

I am Old as fuck! Take me back to Ivan Iron Man Stewart, Robocop and Terminator pinball, and that crazy fast level on Life Force on Nintendo

 

[big10p]

Yikes. A lot has happened in the 5 years since posting. Definitely don't want to go back and relive those years!