lurker joining the club.

[Zoddhand]

Greetings, Newbie here I'm 26 and I've been into arcades for about 10 years or so and Neo-Geo has been on my "must own" list from the start. I finally found a 2 slot for a good price this year ($150) from an old laundry mat. It was in rough shape but after painstakingly restoring it in the Texas heat its looking good as new .

The pcb still needs some work though. It has some corrosion and broken traces (which i'm pulling my hair out trying to fix) so I'm sure you'll see me posting in tech support eventually.

Here's a picture of my humble arcade. currently redoing my garage so its a bit bare in there right now. I'm mostly into the 90s stuff since I love fighters/shmups. also the Ms.Pac-man and the tempest/sf2 monstrosity are both projects.



Hopefully I can contribute something to these forums eventually.

Thanks.

 

[Heinz]

I dunno about humble chief.

 

[mjmjr25]

Welcome

 

[c0nn0r]

Nice setup for a guy that's just 26. Interesting to see a Street Fighter in what looks like a Tempest cabinet. Welcome to the club!

 

[Burgers5750]

Welcome to the boards.

Your home arcade looks great. Good luck with that 2-slot you're working on.

 

[Zoddhand]

Nice setup for a guy that's just 26. Interesting to see a Street Fighter in what looks like a Tempest cabinet. Welcome to the club!

Yeah I bought it from the same place as my neo-geo. I'm going to eventually turn it back into a tempest i'll be buying parts for it when i see good deals.

 

[shelcoof]

My body was ready for the image... but I can't seem to access it
what a let down

 

[rarehero]

Welcome, sir.

 

[Zoddhand]

My body was ready for the image... but I can't seem to access it
what a let down

dont know whats up with that. Here you go.

http://wowalphaserv.xyz/Neo-Geo/z.JPG

 

[basic]

this may be the worst decision of your life.

 

[Karou]

i like this place.

your garage is nice, I suppose hot with no insulation though? so you get all swampy trying to play?

 

[Zoddhand]

i like this place.

your garage is nice, I suppose hot with no insulation though? so you get all swampy trying to play?

Haha yeah its so bad right now.
But i'm in the middle of fixing it up including drywall/insulation. I keep telling myself "winter is coming"

 

[Capitalistix]

Looks great bro! As a fellow young guy, and having four arcade cabs in total as of right now with 2 on the way, with some being projects,
I feel were in a similar boat, especially if you could see the history of some of my cabs. If I could give you any advice, I'd say come up with a clear game plan for what each cab should be, then execute one, in its entirety, and see it through before even lifting a finger on the next. Bird-dog that project until youre super happy with the result. Even if its fixing it up for a goal, a la selling it etc. I made mistakes by not knowing what games I wanted in what cabs, starting on one, only to realize it's better served as a whole arcade if it were something else. Getting overwhelmed/spending too much money on rebuying different asthetics (t-molding, marquees etc) and then quitting due to exhaustion.

Not saying youre anything like that, but just keep it in the back of your mind not to fall into that trap. You've got a super solid lineup of cabs and could have a great and varied/tailor made arcade when youre through, and Id love to see your progress!

TL;DR

Dont buy a fucked up 19" World Warrior cab for $200, put your heart and soul into making it a 2- slot MVS, to then make it into a 4-slot, to then make it into a 3rd Strike, debate about making it a Puzzle Fighter for a year, then settle on Super Turbo which you still dont own... or do, but just have a ton of patience and money xD

And dont buy a Blast City for $10 and think you got a good deal.

But f'real, I hope you update with pics or start another thread for your arcade, Im genuinely interested to hear/ see what your plans are!

 

[radiantsvgun]

Welcome!

 

[BlackaneseNiNjA]

Welcome to the site! Love the Darkstalkers cab

 

[Neorebel]

Welcome! I got my first (and only) cab at 28. What are the other ones besides the Neo, Darkstalkers, & SF? BTW great idea to restore it back to tempest - my fav 80s arcade game!

 

[OMFG]

Welcome to the site!

 

[Zoddhand]

Welcome! I got my first (and only) cab at 28. What are the other ones besides the Neo, Darkstalkers, & SF? BTW great idea to restore it back to tempest - my fav 80s arcade game!

The big konami cab was my first purchase (Marvel vs Capcom) but i'm thinking about turning it into a simpsons. The yellow one is a generic dynamo cab for vertical shooters mostly. and the one with the blue t-molding is a mame machine I built a long time ago.

 

[Zoddhand]

Looks great bro!

Thanks and good advice. I do tend to get lost doing too many projects at once. But recently i've gotten better at finishing them in one burst so I don't get sidetracked.