Hi All

[thebdj]

Just introducing myself as a new member on here. I have a tonne of questions, most of which I have no doubt will be quite ridiculous but just looking around the forum, it seems everyone is happy chirping in to help out with the silly ones as well as the sensible ones

I honestly don't think I would know where to start if I was doing some restoration or trying to cannibalise a cabinet for the use of an emulator. I guess it may be best to just buy some bits and get cracking!

Thanks in advance for any questions I ask you can help with!

 

[Nes4life]

Hey, why not list the sort of games you like playing. You looking to make or acquire a bare-bones Supergun, a bartop, a cocktail, a cabaret or a full upright? There's a lot of choices in this hobby

 

[thebdj]

A fair point!

So my number 1 video game of all time for a wealth of reasons is Bubble Bobble. I picked up an original PCB for this a couple months back and my dream is to put this in a nicely restored Eletrocoin Midi Cabinet.

I think the Full Upright constantly appeals to me as the games I used to play back in the day were always on this type of cabinet. I like the many other options available but they are the ones for me. Having said that, the games I was drawn to always seemed to have their own dedicated cabinets, often bespoke. I'm thinking a lot of 4 player games as well. Gauntlet, Turtles and Simpsons spring to mind. A little further back and more classic uprights like Galaga.

In many ways I am trying to 'learn' how things worked as well. Someone had to explain to me Bubble Bobble never had an original cabinet. I guess as a kid I thought it did simply due to decals.

So so so many games I love and have a horrendous nostalgia for. I'd also like to drop some sort of raspberry pi emulator in an upright (does this count as sacrilege?) but wouldn't know what to look for or how to achieve this.

Ugh. Is there like a meetup where everyone can geek off about this

 

[Hurray Banana]

welcome to the forum

 

[AnDyC]

Welcome aboard. Bubble bobble #1

 

[Flinnster]

Welcome! Jealous on the original Bubble Bubble. I only have a bootie, but yep I do have a pi project on the go and that plays the original romset, so that's cool

There's a small meetup at Arcade Club (Manchester) going on in January I believe, but bound to be another big one during 2018. Retro events all during the summer season too, all across the country.

Question away! Plenty of folk on here to help

 

[thebdj]

Definitely up for meeting up at some of the events. I assume the other boards within the forum will keep me up to scratch on this!

So I am interested in the pi project. I have a whole host of questions, not sure best for this board though. Just around the what, how and everything in between! What is the best board for this? Or should I just PM?

 

[Mark H]

Welcome to the "club" !

 

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