A new member here but an old hand from the golden age.
I hark back a long way (started gaming around 1977) Wandered into an arcade around 1980 something and never quite got over it. I collect mainly 8bit machines and have owned two arcade cabinets in the past (Pac-Land and Super Sprint) However life and stuff happened and I had to sell them.
I have a keen interest in gaming history, mainly arcades but the home market is also of interest. I have started hanging around some of the BBS's (via my Commodore 64!) something that passed me by first time around as I spent all my game time pushing 10p's into various coin slots, and my parents forbade me to even USE the phone, let alone hook my computer to it!
Im here to hopefully learn something and maybe in the near future once again have a machine in my game room
As much as I would like one of the top games, my interest these days are taking off more at a tangent. I recently discovered Nibbler (thanks to the documentary) I have never seen one in the wild (or if i did I walked right by it) but thanks to MAME, I have become a bit obsessed, so much so im looking to build/buy a decent, accurate 4 way controller just to play it!
Anyway, I hope I can contribute a little, and look forward to talking with you
Terry
I hark back a long way (started gaming around 1977) Wandered into an arcade around 1980 something and never quite got over it. I collect mainly 8bit machines and have owned two arcade cabinets in the past (Pac-Land and Super Sprint) However life and stuff happened and I had to sell them.
I have a keen interest in gaming history, mainly arcades but the home market is also of interest. I have started hanging around some of the BBS's (via my Commodore 64!) something that passed me by first time around as I spent all my game time pushing 10p's into various coin slots, and my parents forbade me to even USE the phone, let alone hook my computer to it!
Im here to hopefully learn something and maybe in the near future once again have a machine in my game room
As much as I would like one of the top games, my interest these days are taking off more at a tangent. I recently discovered Nibbler (thanks to the documentary) I have never seen one in the wild (or if i did I walked right by it) but thanks to MAME, I have become a bit obsessed, so much so im looking to build/buy a decent, accurate 4 way controller just to play it!
Anyway, I hope I can contribute a little, and look forward to talking with you
Terry
