Hey, it's a nice topic idea
Ok, my turn
Like most of us... crazy about arcade games since I was a kid
Already in 1991 ... I was really crazy
: I had my own arcade game @ home ... Ok, it was just a generic cab... but at the time, it didn't care about that... I just wanted to play on of my fav' game at the time : Galaga
Here's few very old pictures of my first arcade game.
First, in my teenager bedroom... ok I know it was a real mess
I'm was playing guitar like a crazy... and here few pictures before a gig, with friends :
I'm on one picture, and my roadtrip wingman too'
I had the following boards for this cab : Galaga, Time Pilot, Gyruss & Commando
I also done an Amiga cab
I've hacked a 'speedking' joystick and hooked its electronic on the real control panel from the cab. The display was the easy part, an amiga output an RBG signal, so it was easy to display the amiga picture on the arcade monitor
I used to play 'Great Giana Sisters' and 'Toki' on my cab' (powered by the amiga) ... yes
... no mame at the time
...but few years later, I sold that cab
And then... Hey... I've just found back something very fun
My first website... where you can see how I use to play mame game on my arcade cab... in 2001 ! Have a look at this and don't laugh please
Lol... I'm a *little* proud of that....
For what and why
Because, in 2001... there wasn't arcade VGA or thing like that... and I've done a complete VGA Converter hack, in order to make a real arcade monitor and a windows display working together
All of this was written at the end of 2001
Opss.. I didn't explain how I started my collection
... OK, I'll complete the post l8ter
...and once again, please... don't laugh