Hello from Eastbourne

[Matjh1]

Hello to you all,
I have been a long time coveter of Arcade cabinets and have never been in the situation where it was

a realistic prospect but now I have the money and soon after moving will have the space(my wife doesn't know this yet). The arcade hay day for me was early/mid 90's playing Wrestlefest(Leysdown), Simpsons(Southend), TMNT and Sunset riders(Black Lion,Gillingham) and then later the Sega AM2/3 games like Daytona(Trocadero the linked 8 cabinet one) and Virtua Cop(Dreamland, Margate) but never have the funds to spend the time I truly wanted to play them.

I do not really know what I am after buying, maybe one of each?

 

[andyman]

Hi & welcome

Be warned, its a very slippery slope, 1 quickly turns into 2, then before you know you have no space and the Mrs is seriously not impressed...

 

[maskeddev]

Welcome!

I get to Eastbourne quite often. There is a Zoltan on the pier!

 

[Bensonrad]

Welcome the forum and the South East Massive! I am over the hill in Seaford.

 

[TheDaddy]

Welcome ! Bring your wallet !!!

Dave.

 

[Matjh1]

Seaford eh? you aren't looking to offload and Cabinet per chance?

 

[sosfx]

Hello and Welcome from sunny Southend, I started with a cab, that changed very quickly hehe. I will say one thing be ready for things to go wrong!
but don't get too disheartened when it does!

all the best!

 

[AnDyC]

Welcome aboard.

 

[strykr]

Welcome mate, sounds like you need a basic 2 player jamma cab and a nice mini mame setup. Or you can collect the original boards, although probably looking at a grand for the first 4 you mentioned these days

 

[Bensonrad]

Hello to you all,
The arcade hay day for me was early/mid 90's playing Wrestlefest(Leysdown), Simpsons(Southend), TMNT and Sunset riders(Black Lion,Gillingham).

I do not really know what I am after buying, maybe one of each?

This was the same for me all those years ago when I got into the hobby, and those were exact games I ran after straight away, luckily back in 2007 you could pick them up for £30 a piece. Now though sadly all of those are high end money games with the exception of wrestlefest which is still a nice cheap pcb. I did find though those games became boring very quickly.....you'll then find yourself on the slippery slope into dedicated machines and point chasing classics.

 

[Hitesh]

Welcome to the forum from a fellow Eastbourne member.
I have 4 Jaleco Ponys from the Troc.

 

[BFG58Simon]

Welcome. I grew up in Eastbourne spending my time in the Malthouse, Regal and Pier ????????

 

[Matjh1]

Hitesh,
I had to look up the Jaleco Pony but I remember them on the 2nd floor around the daytona cabinets, I discovered Alien vs Predator there.

 

[Flinnster]

Welcome Another with fond memories of the Troc here.