DEL 707
Cheng's Errand Boy
- Joined
- Jan 9, 2014
- Posts
- 120
It started over a year ago, dreams, nightmares, of walking through massive computer shops, looking for Neo Geo games, I found tons of Master System games, but no matter what shop, or how many staff I asked, I never found a single 1.
The dreams continues, madness began to creep it, that Neo Geo AES still alluded me, as it did during my childhood. A childhood spent reading console magazines, glaring, longing at the few advertisements from shops that sold Neo Geo merchandise and their outrageous prices.
Over Christmas last year, I started looking at Ebay, my new PS4 had not satisfied my lusts, I found myself routinely looking at AES bids, not able to justify the prices, but after 1 more night of fitful sleep, I knew there was only 1 cure.
In January I purchased my AES
The dreams stopped, but my lust, she still craved, I had been bitten, I needed more.
I needed more games, but like the days of yore, prices scared me, AES games were not cheap and a pain to get in the UK. Then after some reading on this board, I decided to go deeper down the rabbit hole.
Little over a month from buying my AES, I bought a MVS MV-1FZ
Having worked on a few arcade machines in the past, I had an idea of what to do. I didn't want to go down the SuperGun route, I wanted to do it my way, and with the help of this forum I did.
I have no wood working skills, but I had a friend build me a basic box, while I did the wiring. She turned out ugly, but no true work of love is ever ugly.
I don't have much in the way of disposable income, especially after all the expenditure at the beginning of the year, but I've been snapping up a few games, biggest pain is getting the shockboxes, especially after customs caught me on the last batch.
And you know what promoted me to make this post, a dream, but instead of wandering around a maze of a shop, greeted but confusion and loss at every turn. I was walking through an arcade, and every few cabinets I passed, I saw a big NEO GEO sign on the side, and my heart filled with hope at the thought that the owner might be able to sell me a cart or 2.
As a bonus, here's my arcade cabinet.
Marquee lighting isn't that bright in person.
The dreams continues, madness began to creep it, that Neo Geo AES still alluded me, as it did during my childhood. A childhood spent reading console magazines, glaring, longing at the few advertisements from shops that sold Neo Geo merchandise and their outrageous prices.
Over Christmas last year, I started looking at Ebay, my new PS4 had not satisfied my lusts, I found myself routinely looking at AES bids, not able to justify the prices, but after 1 more night of fitful sleep, I knew there was only 1 cure.
In January I purchased my AES
The dreams stopped, but my lust, she still craved, I had been bitten, I needed more.
I needed more games, but like the days of yore, prices scared me, AES games were not cheap and a pain to get in the UK. Then after some reading on this board, I decided to go deeper down the rabbit hole.
Little over a month from buying my AES, I bought a MVS MV-1FZ
Having worked on a few arcade machines in the past, I had an idea of what to do. I didn't want to go down the SuperGun route, I wanted to do it my way, and with the help of this forum I did.
I have no wood working skills, but I had a friend build me a basic box, while I did the wiring. She turned out ugly, but no true work of love is ever ugly.
I don't have much in the way of disposable income, especially after all the expenditure at the beginning of the year, but I've been snapping up a few games, biggest pain is getting the shockboxes, especially after customs caught me on the last batch.
And you know what promoted me to make this post, a dream, but instead of wandering around a maze of a shop, greeted but confusion and loss at every turn. I was walking through an arcade, and every few cabinets I passed, I saw a big NEO GEO sign on the side, and my heart filled with hope at the thought that the owner might be able to sell me a cart or 2.
As a bonus, here's my arcade cabinet.
Marquee lighting isn't that bright in person.