New member from Italy

[Locutus73]

Hi, I'm Alessandro from Italy... long time retrogamer (I was born in 73), I explored all incarnations of the hobby: software emulation, hardware emulation (back then I wrote many MiSTer scripts) and OG hardware collector, both consoles and arcade PCBs (I mean, I started with PCB last year).
My current arcade collection is:
Frogger (1981)
Dig Dug (1982)
Jungle King (1982)
Popeye (1982)
Xevious (1982)
Elevator Action (1983)
Exciting Soccer (1983)
Yie Ar Kung-Fu (1984)
1942 (1984)
Commando (1985)
Makaimura (Ghosts 'n Goblins) (1985)
Capcom CPS1 [Darksoft Multi]
Neo Geo MVS [Darksoft Multi]
Taito F3 [Darksoft Multi]
Capcom CPS2 [Darksoft Multi]
Capcom CPS3 [Darksoft Multi]
IGS PGM
DoDonPachi DaiOuJou PGM Conv. (2002)
Ketsui PGM Conv. (2002)
Espgaluda PGM Conv. (2003)

and it's a contiunous work in progress...

 

[Hurray Banana]

Welcome aboard, some great games in that list

 

[Locutus73]

Welcome aboard, some great games in that list

I appreciate you like those.
Currently my goal is to get some golden age games I loved back then such as:
Space Invaders (1978)
Pac-Man (1980)
Galaga (1981)
Donkey Kong (1981)
Ms. Pac-Man (1982)
Burger Time (1982)
Donkey Kong Jr. (1982)
Time Pilot (1982)
Moon Patrol (1982)
Donkey Kong 3 (1983)
Hyper Olympics (Track & Field) (1983)
Circus Charlie (1984)
Kung-Fu Master / Spartan X (1984)
Bomb Jack (1984)
Bubble Bobble (1986)
1943: The Battle of Midway (1987)
1943 Kai: Midway Kaisen (1987)
...but, again, it's an endless work in progress and an interesting journey...

 

[Flyback2021]

welcome to the forum !

 

[TheDaddy]

Welcomes !

Dave.

 

[Alpha1]

Welcome to the forum

 

[NLjevader]

Welcome to the forum, some nice titles you have there.

Enjoy your stay here,

Tim

 

[Akira99]

Welcome to the community

 

[r-type]

Welcome! Great choice of games, similar to a lot of my favourites too.

 

[ExZX]

Welcome to the Jungle. In a year of collecting PCBs you've done very well. Makaimura is a rare (expensive) beast but glad I sold mine as I was rubbish at it lol!

 

[Locutus73]

Welcome to the Jungle. In a year of collecting PCBs you've done very well. Makaimura is a rare (expensive) beast but glad I sold mine as I was rubbish at it lol!

I think Makaimura, much like CAVE shooters, is less about getting good and more about embracing the suffering. I mean, getting good is fun and important, but the suffering is way more important 🙃