Evening,
Recently retired geek, who remembers the late 70's with fondness. Parents couldn't get me out of the local sports club bar as I was glued to the new Space Invaders cocktail cabinet they'd had installed. Far too young to drink, but those were the days when the landlords turned a blind eye to kids shovelling 10p pieces into those new fangled amusements. Spent most of the 80's working my way around amusement arcades playing anything/everything I could get my hands on, before getting a real job and quitting arcade gaming for a few decades.
Have owned various consoles/handhelds over the years (Vic20, AtariST, SNES, GBA/GBC, DS, PS2/3/4, SteamDeck etc), and recently started to build my own Mame cab. That rabbit hole led me to picking up a 1980's era cocktail cab from eBay (previously hacked into a 60in1), and I'm now working to renovate/restore that as well (if anyone knows about "old" joysticks, I'm looking for some advice on this thread please)
Currently living in Brum, with an incredibly tolerant wife, who has said she's no issue with me buying further machines, provided a) I repair them, and b) she can play them afterwards.
Recently retired geek, who remembers the late 70's with fondness. Parents couldn't get me out of the local sports club bar as I was glued to the new Space Invaders cocktail cabinet they'd had installed. Far too young to drink, but those were the days when the landlords turned a blind eye to kids shovelling 10p pieces into those new fangled amusements. Spent most of the 80's working my way around amusement arcades playing anything/everything I could get my hands on, before getting a real job and quitting arcade gaming for a few decades.
Have owned various consoles/handhelds over the years (Vic20, AtariST, SNES, GBA/GBC, DS, PS2/3/4, SteamDeck etc), and recently started to build my own Mame cab. That rabbit hole led me to picking up a 1980's era cocktail cab from eBay (previously hacked into a 60in1), and I'm now working to renovate/restore that as well (if anyone knows about "old" joysticks, I'm looking for some advice on this thread please)
Currently living in Brum, with an incredibly tolerant wife, who has said she's no issue with me buying further machines, provided a) I repair them, and b) she can play them afterwards.
