I'm ready for a re-match next week. I'm going to practice finding campers and strafing left and right. It's the little things.

I'm timerunner8 -- looks like I'm installing cs source now...

Hello!

I am a new collector looking into the hobby and found John's Arcade on the internet, love his enthusiasm! Not sure I have the room that John has but would like to add a Pole Position and a Pin Ball to my man cave, although sounds like Pole Position is a scary first machine? Thoughts!

Welcome from Minneapolis. Just do it and you won't regret it later!

I watched the most recent episode while my plane was taxiing and taking off-- all the way up until I lost signal. Yes, yes, I know. I know.

I felt sorry for this machine at the auction so I picked it up for 130 bux.
Its been there all year, nobody would buy it because it didn't run.
This morning after a pot of coffee I decided to drill the locks and take the shroud off the monitor.
And it lives again.
http://youtu.be/xfxXohSTMRY

I have one in storage that will need more than 15 minutes to get it rolling again. I love it when previous owners take things like the handlebar assembly off and then never put it back on for years at a time. Urgh.

I thoroughly enjoyed it.  I read a lot and almost always have a book in progress, but 99% of the time it is non-fiction or an autobiography.  "Ready Player One" was the first fiction book I'd read in I don't know how long.

The movie rights were picked up immediately.  For the life of me I can't imagine how they can make a movie.  It isn't the visuals/effects that are a problem in this case; it's the intellectual property clearances that would cost a fortune.  I'm cautiously optimistic that they can work out deals with all of the various corporate entities involved to allow things like footage from WarGames, etc.

I thought about that and it would be extremely easy for a movie company to replace whatever intellectual property they didn't own with something from their own library. In this case Warner Bros. owns the rights so expect something like Harry Potter references to replace references, etc.

I have always been a giant Nintendo fan and focused mainly on collecting NES carts and systems but I recently decided to take my retro game love to the next level and dive head first into this hobby/addiction.  John's videos have been an insanely valuable resource and inspiration!  I am also a huge fan of the arcade outsiders podcast!. 

My current collection includes:

A dedicated Taito Special Criminal Investigation
Pac-Man 25th Anniversary full size cab
Total Carnage that is in a DataEast cab
Super Pac-Man  (currently bringing this guy back to life)
Tron (Also currently restoring but having issues with the sound)

Welcome! Downtown Minneapolis here! What part of MN?

Welcome! I'm originally from Houston -- Northwest near Jersey Village.

TwoTigers?

Use tinypic.com  easy

How about Pac Land?

I'm also from Minnesota. Welcome! Nice looking work area you've got there!

Very cool Mr. Dude! Can't beat free.

it looks like a defender cab .

I'll have what he's having.

Just got some new games dropped off by Josh owner of Level 1 Arcade in Eugene Oregon. DkJr DkIII Playchoice and a rent tent and a Sanyo monitor for my Punchout. Can't wait to start cleaning them up. http://i.imgur.com/1IPrFLe.jpg

Jelly! Look great!

Here's a typical chassis board connection for this plug on the right. Ignore the smaller Atari RGB plug on the left (I was whining on Instagram when I posted this).

I went to a Marilyn Manson / Slayer concert. Slayer opened and was basically unintelligible due to the volume. Manson was half as loud although I couldn't hear everything over the damn Slayer ear ringing. Good times. Beer helped.