Hi everyone my names Russ (pretty obvious going by my username
) i'm from Leeds,West Yorkshire,UK....
Not got any arcade machines at the moment (sadly not a lot of room in my house for such gems as my wife would say
)..I'm a cabinet maker by trade so making myself an arcade cabinet would not be that hard but the electronic stuff just goes over my head
My favorite arcade machines when i were a kid (i'm 41 now so i grew up in the 'golden age' of video arcade machines) were Starwars,Gyruss,Robotron 2084,Dragons Lair,Space Ace,Defender and Tron....
I have a lot of these games on the 'Mame' games compilation for the PC (read through a lot of threads on here and i see 'Mame' is quiet popular) but to try and play Starwars on Mame is so hard with the mouse controlling the curser
If anyone knows Leeds at all i used to go to the 'Starlight Rooms' arcade and the 'Mill Hill' arcade and the 'Original penny' arcade to get my 'game buzz'
sadly they are all shut down now as far as i know...
I do have my 'high scores' on the said machines above but obviously no way of 'proving' them
...I see there is a 'high scores' thread on the forum as well so i'll put my scores in there,its up to you guys weather you believe me or course
but they are all 100% true and not fabricated in anyway...
I also have some of the 'Midway Arcade Treasures' games on the PS2 and the PS1 (Williams Arcade Greatest Hits) but they are not like playing the real thing as you guys no
...I haven't played (or seen) a classic arcade machine for years and would love to get 'to grips' with a Robotron again
Anyway enough waffling
its great to be here
Russ....
