Hey guys,
I have been lurking from a distance but thought that this is now a good moment to say hello.
"Hello!"My name is Pieter and I live in Zoetermeer in The Netherlands. As a small child I have always been very fascinated by games, especially arcade games. It has always been the intention to buy my own arcade cabinet but being a small kid have an allowance of 5 guilders a week this was going to a project of a hundred years. In the years to come my fascination dropped but my love for air hockey remained. Looking for sport to play air hockey I stumble upon forums that actually are complete communities that dedicate themselves to the arcade hobby. This ignited a little flame into a nice passion. Since august 2012 I have actively starting picking up this hobby and I am enjoying the hell out of it
Currently I have a High Tech Neo Geo woody in very nice condition and I am restoring a beaten up Sega Naomi. I do see that my passion goes out to the older machines (the '80s stuff) hence my pressence here. Unfortunately I do not have the room to keep a lot of machines so I need to be picky in what I store. Futhermore the hobby goes further than only collecting and playing the games, I rather enjoy fixing the buggers. Although I really love my job (deskjob) I really enjoy fixing the cabs and doing some manual labour just to unwind actually.
So, just here to say hi and hopefully I will be able to contribute a little more to this community as well.
Regards,
Pieter