Hello from Mexico !!!
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vib_ribbon
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welcome to ukvac.
i've never seen an arcade game in mexico.
i've never seen an arcade game in mexico.
Unfortunatelly VW stoped making Bettles in 2003; in Mexico City the Bettle (we call it "vocho" here in Mexico as a reference of VW brand) was used as taxi because it was the cheapest car (and for that was the most stolen car too), but now a days is very rare to see a bettle taxi.
Thanks; I think this was the best Mexican football team ever, unfortunatelly we still have trouble facing great european teams like Netherlands (or England or Germany), but maybe next worldcup we survive till semifinals
. I still don't understand what happened with England and Italy in this worldcup.
Paul_in_nottingham
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Welcome to the forums Raffcam.
My brother in law lives with his wife and child in Puerto Vallarta; so I've visited a couple of times.
Strangely enough, last time I was there and staying with them, I walked down the road and noticed that an arcade op must have lived a few doors away as in his back yard were some very rough old generic Jamma cabs and Daytona twin (which looked salvageable). Found it strange to travel half way around the world and still be near some old machines!
Didn't see any dedicated cabs in the wild - all I found were homemade looking cabs running MAME. Is there still any about?
Paul_in_nottingham2014-07-04 12:30:27
My brother in law lives with his wife and child in Puerto Vallarta; so I've visited a couple of times.
Strangely enough, last time I was there and staying with them, I walked down the road and noticed that an arcade op must have lived a few doors away as in his back yard were some very rough old generic Jamma cabs and Daytona twin (which looked salvageable). Found it strange to travel half way around the world and still be near some old machines!
Didn't see any dedicated cabs in the wild - all I found were homemade looking cabs running MAME. Is there still any about?
Paul_in_nottingham2014-07-04 12:30:27
Hello Paul:
Now a days is super rare to find a place that runs dedicated cabs here in Mexico; in fact there are very few places with arcade games in the big cities and mostly use generic MAME cabinets (very cheap cabs with plasma or lcd monitors
); is more common to see arcade games in the smallest cities all over the country; you can see some pics in the link below (its from the only mexican arcade webpage that we have in Mexico and is a young one)
http://foro.arcades.mx/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=158
I give you the main link in case you are interested on checking the webpage; you have to click below where it says "foros" (its in Spanish but you could use a translator)
http://arcades.mx/
Regards, Ricardo.
Now a days is super rare to find a place that runs dedicated cabs here in Mexico; in fact there are very few places with arcade games in the big cities and mostly use generic MAME cabinets (very cheap cabs with plasma or lcd monitors
http://foro.arcades.mx/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=158
I give you the main link in case you are interested on checking the webpage; you have to click below where it says "foros" (its in Spanish but you could use a translator)
http://arcades.mx/
Regards, Ricardo.
Thanks a lot !!! I would show you my cabs but they still are projects
; better I give you the link of the only mexican arcade webpage now a days (you have to click below where it says "foros"; its in Spanish), but please don't get a wrong impression, candy cabs arrived here in Mexico in the late 90s and 2000s, in the 80s there was only USA cabinets (and now a days is very difficult to find an american dedicated cab in great shape for sale here in Mexico).
http://arcades.mx/
Best regards, Ricardo.
http://arcades.mx/
Best regards, Ricardo.