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Title: Hello
Post by: Ronald Reagan on September 02, 2009, 05:46:14 PM

Hello,

I am new here. I have played games in arcades since the late eighties, early nineties in my homecountry The Netherlands and on several holiday trips to Spain & France. My favourites back then were 1942, Turtles, Pac Man, Street Fighter II, Operation Wolf and many more. Today, I am the owner of a Simpsons cabinet, the European version. It's an original four player Konami cabinet from 1991. The only thing I had to change were the buttons, joysticks and the CPO.

http://img9.imageshack.us/i/img1499m.jpg/

today I received the Simpsons CPO from MameMarquees.com

http://img188.imageshack.us/i/img1652j.jpg/

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Superully on September 02, 2009, 05:47:09 PM

hello mr president  ;) and welcome to the board. unfortunately, your pics don't work for me

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Ronald Reagan on September 02, 2009, 05:48:21 PM

Hello SuperUlly,

I think they work now

(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4831/img1499m.th.jpg) (http://img9.imageshack.us/i/img1499m.jpg/)

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: scr33n on September 02, 2009, 05:49:06 PM

Welcome Ronald !!!

Pics don't work ..... opssss ... now are ok  :spaceace:

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: DarthNuno on September 02, 2009, 05:59:26 PM

    "Ronald Reagan?!? The actor?!?"
    —Emmett Brown in response to Marty McFly telling him the President in 1985.  ;D

Welcome Mr President  :-*

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Ronald Reagan on September 02, 2009, 06:04:34 PM

Here's a photo I recently found of an old Amsterdam arcade at the Damrak, 1986

(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2787/naamloosrvz.jpg) (http://img10.imageshack.us/i/naamloosrvz.jpg/)

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on September 02, 2009, 08:09:27 PM

(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/welcome.jpg)

Fellow Dutchguy !

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: gyruss on September 02, 2009, 10:19:04 PM

I can smell this cab from my living room, it's has a really nice curry smell ;)

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Ronald Reagan on September 02, 2009, 10:41:22 PM

that is probably the smell of your ex-girlfriend, wasn't she partially Indian? :lol:

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Sonic 1992 on September 03, 2009, 04:18:59 PM

Welcome Aboard!!!!

You'll find that everyone here is very friendly, and anxiously await your pix and arcade game stories!!!

Again, Welcome!!  :pac:  :ghost:  :spaceace:

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: level42 on September 04, 2009, 10:39:40 PM

Quote from: Sonic 1992 on September 03, 2009, 04:18:59 PM

Welcome Aboard!!!!

You'll find that everyone here is very friendly, and anxiously await your pix and arcade game stories!!!

_Almost_ everyone is very friendly yes.

En welkom hier van een mede Nederlander ! :)

I like that pic, it's a good one to play the game "name that cab". I can see a cockpit on the right, but definitely not Star Wars. In front of that cockpit is a Space Harrier (yum !) sit-down.

In the middle an easy one as I can still read the letters, Hang-On sit-down.

On the left more sit-downs that I don't recognize either.

I also love the old-fashioned police uniforms ! From the uniforms I thought these pics were end of 70's but the games clearly indicate early/mid 80's.

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Ronald Reagan on September 05, 2009, 10:52:10 AM

Here's another one from 1986, close to the Rembrandtplein

(http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/9242/1986.jpg) (http://img248.imageshack.us/i/1986.jpg/)

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: DarthNuno on September 05, 2009, 12:13:13 PM

I love such 'vintage' pictures ... so authentic  :-* Does it come from the web or from you personal collection? ...Wanna see more of course  ::) :P  :-*

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Ronald Reagan on September 05, 2009, 12:23:19 PM

I found them in the archives from photo's about Amsterdam, in which I used to look around quite often.

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Ronald Reagan on March 10, 2010, 02:58:15 PM

here's another Dutch vintage arcade flick, a bit blurry but you can guess what games they are
location is Groningen, about 1982

(http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/526/img1930z.th.jpg) (http://img718.imageshack.us/i/img1930z.jpg/)

(http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/526/img1930z.jpg) (http://img718.imageshack.us/i/img1930z.jpg/)

Scheveningen, 1984

(http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/372/naamloosy.jpg) (http://img240.imageshack.us/i/naamloosy.jpg/)

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Ronald Reagan on October 22, 2010, 05:14:29 PM

another vintage pic, 1983 Amsterdam

(http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/4899/naamlooslr.jpg) (http://img177.imageshack.us/i/naamlooslr.jpg/)

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