Hello everyone,
My name is Brett and I've been collecting for about 3 years. The first time I laid eyes on an arcade machine it blew me away. It must've been around 1979/1980 so I would've been 7/8 years old. It was in a chippy round the corner from my best friends house and as soon as we discovered it that was it, we were hooked!! I grew up in Portsmouth on the south coast and being a seaside town we had some pretty good arcades back then. Portsmouth has 2 piers so these were full of cool machines but had more of a family vibe about them. There were also 2 arcades opposite South Parade Pier called Stardust and Glitter Bay (awesome names!). The best one though was called Lord George, just by Fratton train station. This was proper old school or new school back then. It was dark, smoky and had a rather menacing air to the place. It was long and thin so the front half was made up of fruit machines and the back housed the arcade machines. So that was it, I pretty much spent all my time and money in the various arcades until I discovered the pub!!!!
I've been a gamer ever since though and owned most of the computers and consoles up to the present day. I always wanted an arcade machine though. The place where it all began. So about 3 years ago I got my first cab. Yes! It was a Midway Pacman upright and since then I've acquired a few more. I've got the bug!
I currently live in Pulborough in West Sussex having recently moved from Brighton so have a bit more space to fill with lovely cabs (once I've sorted the basement).
Here's what I have so far;
Cabs
US Midway Pacman upright
US Midway Galaxian upright
US Stern Scramble upright
UK Konami/Taitel Track and Field upright
US Williams Robotron cocktail
and a funky looking Jamma cab
Pcb's
Dual Pacman/Ms Pacman bootleg
Galaga bootleg
Sega/Gremlin Frogger
Konami Hypersports
Tehkan Bomb Jack
Irem Moon Patrol
Universal Mr Do!
Think that's about it. Until I have some more space for new cabs I'll probably get some pcb's for the jamma cab, maybe some neo-geo stuff. I'm quite into shooters so probably get a few of those to sate my appetite, til I can carry on with the dedicated cabs. Never say never though. If something comes up that I can't resist who knows. I can always convince my wife that a Gravitar will look cool in the kitchen!!!
Looking forward to being part of the community.
Cheers,
Brett
Here' some photo's;
My name is Brett and I've been collecting for about 3 years. The first time I laid eyes on an arcade machine it blew me away. It must've been around 1979/1980 so I would've been 7/8 years old. It was in a chippy round the corner from my best friends house and as soon as we discovered it that was it, we were hooked!! I grew up in Portsmouth on the south coast and being a seaside town we had some pretty good arcades back then. Portsmouth has 2 piers so these were full of cool machines but had more of a family vibe about them. There were also 2 arcades opposite South Parade Pier called Stardust and Glitter Bay (awesome names!). The best one though was called Lord George, just by Fratton train station. This was proper old school or new school back then. It was dark, smoky and had a rather menacing air to the place. It was long and thin so the front half was made up of fruit machines and the back housed the arcade machines. So that was it, I pretty much spent all my time and money in the various arcades until I discovered the pub!!!!
I've been a gamer ever since though and owned most of the computers and consoles up to the present day. I always wanted an arcade machine though. The place where it all began. So about 3 years ago I got my first cab. Yes! It was a Midway Pacman upright and since then I've acquired a few more. I've got the bug!
I currently live in Pulborough in West Sussex having recently moved from Brighton so have a bit more space to fill with lovely cabs (once I've sorted the basement).
Here's what I have so far;
Cabs
US Midway Pacman upright
US Midway Galaxian upright
US Stern Scramble upright
UK Konami/Taitel Track and Field upright
US Williams Robotron cocktail
and a funky looking Jamma cab
Pcb's
Dual Pacman/Ms Pacman bootleg
Galaga bootleg
Sega/Gremlin Frogger
Konami Hypersports
Tehkan Bomb Jack
Irem Moon Patrol
Universal Mr Do!
Think that's about it. Until I have some more space for new cabs I'll probably get some pcb's for the jamma cab, maybe some neo-geo stuff. I'm quite into shooters so probably get a few of those to sate my appetite, til I can carry on with the dedicated cabs. Never say never though. If something comes up that I can't resist who knows. I can always convince my wife that a Gravitar will look cool in the kitchen!!!
Looking forward to being part of the community.
Cheers,
Brett
Here' some photo's;
and welcome to the forum
