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hello!
By: paulgee Date: May 12, 2012, 9:16 am
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enjoyed having a look round the main site for quite a while -
like the design and sometimes find myself imagining turning a
collection into a gamesroom open to guests so find it
interesting reading about someone who has done/doing it and now
there's a forum here too so figured, seeing as i'm a bit partial
to old machines (junkee!), might as well sign up now rather than
put off the inevitable :)
paul
(ps, promise to behave myself ;D)
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Re: hello!
By: stevelancett Date: May 12, 2012, 4:09 pm
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Hello buddy. You finally joined too :-)
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Re: hello!
By: the team Date: May 13, 2012, 7:12 pm
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Huge welcome mate!
I hear you have a fair few machines!
:)
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Re: hello!
By: stevelancett Date: May 14, 2012, 8:45 am
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He does Dave believe me. Quite a few one off,s and conversions
too. But i will let
him tell you what he has. he will blow your mind on some of the
work he has done :o
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Re: hello!
By: paulgee Date: May 15, 2012, 2:09 pm
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[quote author=stevelancett link=topic=481.msg5693#msg5693
date=1336856988]
Hello buddy. You finally joined too :-)
[/quote]
hallo dare :) yep, like the look of this place - seems to have
a good vibe gwaan
[quote author=Mr P link=topic=481.msg5704#msg5704
date=1336954367]
Huge welcome mate!
I hear you have a fair few machines!
:)
[/quote]
cheers! yeah, the collection is coming along quite nicely -
averaging about 1 a month over about 4 years - stopped counting
a while ago - got the bug good n propa - always been a collector
of one thing or another - it's been vinyl for about 20years but
the old machines have always had an alluring quality about them,
something to do with the light :) and I enjoy restoring/keeping
old things going too, something that records can't offer!
[quote author=stevelancett link=topic=481.msg5710#msg5710
date=1337003117]
He does Dave believe me. Quite a few one off,s and conversions
too. But i will let
him tell you what he has. he will blow your mind on some of the
work he has done :o
[/quote]
don't think Dave's shy when it comes to getting stuck in :)
never ending cycle of improvement and repair init
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Re: hello!
By: stevelancett Date: May 15, 2012, 2:59 pm
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He does Paul. I was at his Arcade weekend before last and well
worth a visit and chat ;D
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Re: hello!
By: Big Kev Date: May 20, 2012, 3:15 pm
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Hi Paul,
Welcome aboard mate.
As Dave has said, Ive heard you have a fair collection. What
type / age of games make you part with hard earned then?
:)
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Re: hello!
By: paulgee Date: May 20, 2012, 5:45 pm
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ello Kev, cheers :) i'm an AWP (MPU-driven) man for the main
part - favourite childhood memories were of early system80 games
and the way things worked out, tended to play more JPM machines
than BC but the collection actually has more Barcrest than
anything else at the moment
was quite an occasional player BITD, mainly due to not growing
up with arcades on doorstep - probably a good thing but has
resulted in developing quite an obsession for the old relics in
recent years all the same
tended to (try) restrict myself to machines built before 1985 -
rebuilt a ravaged Andy Capp and original £6 Super Streak
(dave'll remember the ones) a while back - would of liked to
have kept them but you've gotta draw the line somewhere!
generally £3, £2 and £1.50 jackpot machines but not fussy about
tech - if the design appeals, it's in - generally sys80 and MPU3
but also have a few MPU2, Maygay Triple-M, BellFruit 'BlackBox',
Summit Coin ('8035' & video) and a Smash&Grab representing MPU4
:)
conversions every bit as welcome as originals - quirky/cheap(er)
is often a good thing in my book
had a few Ace machines but nothing permanent yet - the
collection could do with a nice sys83 and an original
EachwayNudger, plus a SRU MDM Nudge CountUp and a couple of JPM
electro's - in fact, there's a long list of machines I want to
find and a whole bunch I don't know I want but will no doubt be
tempted by along the way!
(although i've resisted the arcade carpet/change machine etc. I
like building lines of machines in the same cabinets, so once
i've found a cab, so follows the hunt for something to 'keep it
company' ;D)
with more space and when the opportunity (spare cash) presents
itself, i'd like to add a few 70's pins and some 70's vids to
the collection too, oh and a funky old 4/6 player pusher,
naturally :)
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