kingtreelo
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i mean, that is an extreme cab...lol
wondering what machines you have now...you have a list or pics anywhere?
wondering what machines you have now...you have a list or pics anywhere?
Thinking of selling up
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CMYKhazi-Dan
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pooman2084
Be Attitude For Gains!
I think we’ve almost run out of people to sell out to.
John Bennett
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Sometimes owning lots of old stuff feels more of a burden than fun. Bit I'd miss a lot of it if it was gone and the money would only go into saving for miserable things like old age anyway, not more toys. I could do with maybe thinning it down as the years drag on though (emptying mum and dad's house recently got me thinking a lot about such things)
I think MAME actually got me into buying stuff - gave me an appetite for the real thing (this was back in 1998 when not as much was emulated).
I think MAME actually got me into buying stuff - gave me an appetite for the real thing (this was back in 1998 when not as much was emulated).
I find for me it is 'the excitement of the new' - I always seem to have to have a new hobby to concentrate on, and when I 'master' whatever it is I lose interest pretty damn quickly. Last September I saw a lovely Apple II on eBay so bought it - since then I have fixed loads of problems with it and the disk drive, got a dot-matrix printer, added HDMI, z80 cpm card, hd cards, taught myself enough 6502 assembly language to be able to say I can program it confidently, and now it sits there all pretty and retro because I have pretty much totally lost interest in it.
So then I move onto the next thing, in the way I did after I got rid of all my cabs - there is always something new.
How many people here find the challenge of learning about new things far more interesting than the day-to-day reality of using them when there is no challenge left? I would imagine quite a few, and if the cabs go before you have worked out what else will challenge you (in both good and bad ways) then I feel that is when regret starts and it is easy to look back and just remember how it made you feel when it was all new and exciting, whilst forgetting why you decided to get rid of it all in the first place.
If you do get rid of it all, it will leave a hole, I am sure it has been a huge part of your life and something to concentrate on when perhaps things aren't going great, but there will be a hole and something will need to fill it - if you have something else you would rather be doing then great, but if not, there is a risk you will pine for all those lovely arcade machines that cost a fortune, took up so much space and always broke.
So then I move onto the next thing, in the way I did after I got rid of all my cabs - there is always something new.
How many people here find the challenge of learning about new things far more interesting than the day-to-day reality of using them when there is no challenge left? I would imagine quite a few, and if the cabs go before you have worked out what else will challenge you (in both good and bad ways) then I feel that is when regret starts and it is easy to look back and just remember how it made you feel when it was all new and exciting, whilst forgetting why you decided to get rid of it all in the first place.
If you do get rid of it all, it will leave a hole, I am sure it has been a huge part of your life and something to concentrate on when perhaps things aren't going great, but there will be a hole and something will need to fill it - if you have something else you would rather be doing then great, but if not, there is a risk you will pine for all those lovely arcade machines that cost a fortune, took up so much space and always broke.
This is me, while I can rotate around my hobbies I found it easier to just ban spending on stuff that will probably last a month, I also ended up getting more pleasure out of building cabs than playing on them at some point, and that's why mame suits me, can come back a few months later, it works, I play, everyone is happy, I also like the fact I find games I forgot about or could never afford, and lets forget the fact when friends are round they are 'ooh do you have this game', and you do
I would say one thing, if you've started storing things on top of them, the time might have come.
K1ngarth3r
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You can always buy it back, some of the stuff is harder to replace than others but if you feel like a fresh start it will be fun to start buying them back again if you ever want to.
I know that if I sell up I would probably buy stuff again, since it's been such a large part of my life for so long. I think it's a fantastic hobby and will probably still doing it when it's no longer mainstream popular (just like I was before it got popular). Which I'd imagine will be the same for you!
I know that if I sell up I would probably buy stuff again, since it's been such a large part of my life for so long. I think it's a fantastic hobby and will probably still doing it when it's no longer mainstream popular (just like I was before it got popular). Which I'd imagine will be the same for you!
OUCH !!!!! A couple of mine have been buried under junk, parts or manuals for 2-3 decades ….. might be a bit overdue ???
Pinball rubbers not just cracked and perished but turned to dust !. 🤣
mysticmonk
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If its something you like having, keep it. Even if it's boxed up or put away for years on end its still great when you come back to it.
If you have a real plan for the money you'd get and think it's a good exchange, go for it. If its just gonna be spent on ordinary shit, think about it more carefully.
It's the days that are in it, everyone's full of doubt. Make your choice, stick to your guns and draw, pilgrim!
If you have a real plan for the money you'd get and think it's a good exchange, go for it. If its just gonna be spent on ordinary shit, think about it more carefully.
It's the days that are in it, everyone's full of doubt. Make your choice, stick to your guns and draw, pilgrim!
What a pity … people need drive sack trucks with more risk assessment..
not sure if it already had issues .. where is the outer cash box door with pay tray and 2 of the entry slot backs are not present ( just middle two there? and 3rd one also missing in a ‘later’ picture) and any loose parts not shown, in last photo? No locks on glass so inviting it to fall off?? When powered up 1 symbol on each row ‘normally’ lights to encourage player insert more coins?
If the front glass is smashed the win lines menu is printed on it….so lost. Sad !
I have one but aside from odd bulbs no spares are usually required or replaced even in 50 years!
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Interested in how you feel about selling up ,after the input from members ?
yeh ive sort of changed my mind again , not sure to be honest as i know i would miss it once its gone , ive regretted selling cabs pcbs and game stuff in the past ,
Then tried to buy things back often in worse condition than what i originally had and for loads more money , and alot of items are now completely out of my price range , think i will jut hold tight for now , its always a option to sell , think i just need a good holiday and a break from everything
got a jamma pi in one of my video wizards and a mame pc setup i can drop in my astro , but to many games spoils it for me i like original stuff
it reminds me of the amiga days where i had hundreds of copys but didnt really play them , then got a megadrive and every game i bought i played to death becuase they were like £35-40 quid a shot same as the nes i had before it , the only mame cabs i want now is a mame driver as driving games are my favourite type of games and dont have the space for original drivers or the cash lol
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I agree that having too many games to play using a MAME setup can spoil things a bit. Just too much choice with nothing invested in any of the games, kind of dilutes the experience of playing them. I've taken out the MAME PCs in my two JAMMA cabs and replaced them with a couple of original boards in each, using 2-way switchers.
Probably will have some kind of MAME setup again after my games room renovation is finished (as I'll have space to fill), but I'm really not missing it at all at the moment.
Probably will have some kind of MAME setup again after my games room renovation is finished (as I'll have space to fill), but I'm really not missing it at all at the moment.
kingtreelo
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100% too many games can be a problem
i picked up a cab at the weekend and it has god knows how many games on it, and i just jump between them all without and real play, need to stop that behaviour
i picked up a cab at the weekend and it has god knows how many games on it, and i just jump between them all without and real play, need to stop that behaviour
got a jamma pi in one of my video wizards and a mame pc setup i can drop in my astro , but to many games spoils it for me i like original stuff
it reminds me of the amiga days where i had hundreds of copys but didnt really play them , then got a megadrive and every game i bought i played to death becuase they were like £35-40 quid a shot same as the nes i had before it , the only mame cabs i want now is a mame driver as driving games are my favourite type of games and dont have the space for original drivers or the cash lol
Know what your saying, I had loads of copied games on C64 and Amiga and you hardly complete any of them though I still did play a few favs quite a bit, even with all the Amiga stuff we completed Defender Of The Crown, Last Ninja 1 and 2 were cracking on C64 so I completed both of those too
Just working on 2nd of my twin driver then i wanna get software sorted on all 3 of em
Agreed. I sold all my original stuff (apart from bits that weren't in MAME at the time) in around 2010. Had a fantastic MAME build and found myself not playing anything for longer than about 15 minutes before mindlessly picking another game. Rinse and repeat.
So, I ended up buying original or bootleg PCBs again and now I leave one PCB in the cab for at least a month, sometimes more. I end up enjoying the games more as you start to pick up the nuances of them and strive to set a better score or get further than before.
When they're working properly that is...