Hey!
Just thought I'd say hello! Probably the one arcade machine that sticks in my head and got me hooked was Pole Position. When I was too young to reach the steering wheel I remember watching my older brother playing the upright version of it at Luton airport and being amazed.
I remember my folks taking us to some nice Spanish holiday destinations as I grew up, and I always looked forward to mastering whatever arcade game they had in the hotel bar area and the arcades along the beach front. One hotel had bubble bobble where I met some Italian girl called Julia, she didn't speak a word of English, but she used to love hammering that fire button for me when I picked up a yellow sweet. Ah what memories. I think we were about 10 years old at the time, I bet she's hot now..
Later in life I moved to Portsmouth that I chose on the basis of its seafront arcades. Clarance Parade Pier still had a few classics (Pole Position Cockpit, Starwars Cockpit, Super Sprint) but the real gem was the 1979 Monaco GP, wow I so loved that game! Such a shame it hasn't been perfectly emulated (I still check to see if it has been from time to time). I then went through a phase of being really into Virtua Racing, Daytona and Sega Rally. I could complete them all on expert level (Virtua Racing being my favorite)! Just also want to mention GP World (Laserdisk game from 1984), I used to play that at an arcade in Great Yarmouth, really loved that game too, doesn't seem to be many of those machines around at all these days..
Recently I built my own arcade machine from scratch, my house is a bit limited on space so I wanted something relatively slim but without looking like its obviously a mame cabinet. I'll attach some pictures to this topic in a mo.
Right well that's it, just thought I'd say my bit, great to be a part of this forum and happy arcading everyone!!
geecab
Just thought I'd say hello! Probably the one arcade machine that sticks in my head and got me hooked was Pole Position. When I was too young to reach the steering wheel I remember watching my older brother playing the upright version of it at Luton airport and being amazed.
I remember my folks taking us to some nice Spanish holiday destinations as I grew up, and I always looked forward to mastering whatever arcade game they had in the hotel bar area and the arcades along the beach front. One hotel had bubble bobble where I met some Italian girl called Julia, she didn't speak a word of English, but she used to love hammering that fire button for me when I picked up a yellow sweet. Ah what memories. I think we were about 10 years old at the time, I bet she's hot now..
Later in life I moved to Portsmouth that I chose on the basis of its seafront arcades. Clarance Parade Pier still had a few classics (Pole Position Cockpit, Starwars Cockpit, Super Sprint) but the real gem was the 1979 Monaco GP, wow I so loved that game! Such a shame it hasn't been perfectly emulated (I still check to see if it has been from time to time). I then went through a phase of being really into Virtua Racing, Daytona and Sega Rally. I could complete them all on expert level (Virtua Racing being my favorite)! Just also want to mention GP World (Laserdisk game from 1984), I used to play that at an arcade in Great Yarmouth, really loved that game too, doesn't seem to be many of those machines around at all these days..
Recently I built my own arcade machine from scratch, my house is a bit limited on space so I wanted something relatively slim but without looking like its obviously a mame cabinet. I'll attach some pictures to this topic in a mo.
Right well that's it, just thought I'd say my bit, great to be a part of this forum and happy arcading everyone!!
geecab
