Whats the first arcade machine or game you ever got?

Yoshi

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I've gone through two eras of arcade gaming. I had one of those HGA super guns in the early 2000s, and my first board for it was either an MV-1 or Aliens. I got back into arcade stuff in 2015 I think with a Blast City. My first board for that was a black, all-in-one Mars Matrix. In-between I had an AES with a converter to play MVS carts, but that doesn't really count to me.
 

Karou

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pacman or combat on atari

oh ok, Arcade_ game is infered...ssvs before I could play it.

and then I get a twoslutcmvs machine
 
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Heinz

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First arcade machine was a Sega NAC and the first game was DoubleDragon on the Gameboy.
 

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First cab was technically a completely gutted 90s midway cab. Made a tastefully done Mame cab and enjoyed it for a few months. Cabs were obtainable for cheap prices in 2010 so then I picked up several others dedicated cabs and would clean up and sell and trade with friends till I had no more room in my basement. I started trying to list them all the other day and the ones I remember are:
Neogeo
Neogeo 2 slot
Neogeo 2 slot
Neogeo 4 slot
Playchoice 10
Thunder blade
Popeye
Simpson’s
X-men
Sky curser
Pacman cocktail
Ms Pacman cocktail
Forgotten worlds
Ikari warriors
Pacman battle royale
Nintendo super system
Rush The Rock
Crazy Taxi
Jambo Safari
Operation wolf 3
Street fighter 2
Guitar Hero
Bad Dudes
Daioh

Space got away from me so I switched to almost all candy cabs for a few years and have slowly let them go to make space for pinball.
I was 2 when Intellivision came out so always had games to play since my dad had one but the first game that was technically mine since it was a gift to me was Gradius on NES, got that Christmas of 86.
 

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My very 1st cab was a shinobi - $50 garage sale w/free delivery. Spent $100 to restore it. Such an awesome cab..
 

wyo

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My first cab was a 4 slot big red in 2013.
 

mirkvid

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SF2 turbo was my first PCB back in 2005 or 2006. My first cab was a cocktail cab built from a kit I got from Arcade Depot, which sadly closed after hurricane Sandy. Still have both too.
 

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About ten years ago, first cab was a Cute and PCB was Donpachi which was like $ 100,- at that time .
I still have both .
 

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My first cab was an X-Men vs. Street Fighter Capcom "big blue" that I got at a Philly area arcade auction. The cab was originally the official dedicated SFIICE cab with the over-sized marquee that was upgraded to XvSF via the CPS2 kit. The fucking thing was so heavy and tough to move around that I had to sell it and went the candy route, never looking back. It was a baller cab though.
 
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Gentle Ben

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My first cab was an X-Men vs. Street Fighter Capcom "big blue" that I got at a Philly area arcade auction. The cab was originally the official dedicated SFIICE cab with the over-sized marquee that was upgraded to XvSF via the CPS2 kit. The fucking thing was so heavy and tough to move around that I had to sell it and went the candy route, never looking back. It was a baller cab though.
Aw man, I loved my Big Blues. Had one with MvC2, and the other had an 18-in-1 board. Those and my Big Red are the ones I miss the most.
 

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Aw man, I loved my Big Blues. Had one with MvC2, and the other had an 18-in-1 board. Those and my Big Red are the ones I miss the most.

Love the Big Blues. My first cab was one of the Q-Sound Big Blues with X-Men COTA. The serial number tag showed that it was originally a SFA2, but when I got it I converted it into a Super Turbo. I still have it, and it's the very first cabinet I see when going down the basement.
 

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My first cab was a Ms Pac-Man from a thrift store for $75. It wasn't working... but it didn't take but readjusting the switch for the back panel to get it going again.
 

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First arcade machine I got was an Egret 2 in 2012 from Matsu.

First game was Street fighter II Hyper Fighting.

I wish I would've got into arcade shit sooner as its been a blast playing arcade stuff. Best purchase I've made for something recreational.
 
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About 15 years ago my first cab was a Centipede in horrible condition that I spent weeks cleaning up and making good again. Within a year I had a Galaga standup and Ms Pac cocktail. All of these were bought from a movie theatre going out of business. I wanted their Killer Instinct 2 and Discs of Tron but somebody got those first.
 

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It was gonna be a Mars Matrix... Buckle up boys.

Some years back I lived near a mall with an arcade I frequented. When namco ditched that arcade, another dude moved in his machines and it was great. DDR, Mars matrix, initial D 3. Good times. And this was long after most arcades with those games were gone.

Sadly one day I went to play ID3 and saw dude packing up. I knew it was game over for that spot in the mall (nice/full mall so rent was probably very high). I got his name and number, and he said he'd sell me the mars matrix cab for 400 bucks.

Fast forward a couple weeks when I'm ready to pick up a cab, I call the number. A lady answers, and I ask for Phil regarding an arcade game. She starts crying and informs me that Phil has passed away. I didn't feel it appropriate to pursue the machine at that time out of respect, gave my condolences, and hung up.

I started trolling craigslist on the regular. Within a week a 1 slot converted neo cab with a few games popped up. I called the dude right away, we agreed on 300 bucks (a steal) and I scooped the cab.

So my first cab was a neo geo. I made some good friends and acquaintances here as a result. Tyranix fixed my strikers cart, Gabe and I have exchanged several items and such, and I got a mars matrix from Adderall if I remember right.

Some years later I did see that mars matrix pop up when a member here bought it, I can't remember who. It was cool to see it.
 

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$35 4P Sunset Riders. bustedstr8 was awesome and burned me a 2P rom so I could choose any characer on my supergun.
 

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When I heard about NeoSD I decided to buy a Supergun + MVS board, but before it arrived I bought my most played arcade game in my teenage years.

Libero Grande, by Namco. Amazing game, you can only control the captain of your team, like in the NES / Famicom Kunio Kun soccer games.

It has a PSX version, but is not as good as the original arcade. It's emulated by MAME and fully playable, with some minor graphical glitches.

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played mame since 1997 decided to build my own cab in 2012

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running an i3 with GTX 460, Hyperspin front end.
 

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For the longest time it never dawned on me to look into Arcade machines. I was distracted by home consoles; and the inner kid in me still saw arcade hardware as unattainable.

Then out of the blue a buddy started buying pinball machines. We played them regularly and they are a ton of fun and I started to want my own piece of that pie.

I don't have a lot of room so I started considering getting just one arcade cabinet. At first I wanted something like Golden Axe or Altered Beast but I couldn't find them.

As I was reading about hardware I discovered that the MVS took cartridges and I would be able to easily swap games.

So I went looking for a Neo Geo and I got really lucky and found one right away.

In 2014 I bought this 4-slot with four common games for $650 CAD:

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At the time it felt like a ton of money but it was totally worth it.

And thanks to these neo-geo forums I've be able to get a lot of great games for my Big Red.
 

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For the longest time it never dawned on me to look into Arcade machines. I was distracted by home consoles; and the inner kid in me still saw arcade hardware as unattainable.

Then out of the blue a buddy started buying pinball machines. We played them regularly and they are a ton of fun and I started to want my own piece of that pie.

I don't have a lot of room so I started considering getting just one arcade cabinet. At first I wanted something like Golden Axe or Altered Beast but I couldn't find them.

As I was reading about hardware I discovered that the MVS took cartridges and I would be able to easily swap games.

So I went looking for a Neo Geo and I got really lucky and found one right away.

In 2014 I bought this 4-slot with four common games for $650 CAD:

neo-geo-big-red-in-the-collection.jpg


At the time it felt like a ton of money but it was totally worth it.

And thanks to these neo-geo forums I've be able to get a lot of great games for my Big Red.

Nice grab dude. Especially at that price. Do you think you will get any more cabinets or PCBs?
 

TheSegaDude

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Nice grab dude. Especially at that price. Do you think you will get any more cabinets or PCBs?

I'd love to have more but I don't have the space right now. Maybe someday.

I do have an Atomiswave board and a few games. I also bought a harness to hook it up to my Big Red but I haven't tried sorting that out yet.

I kind of did the opposite of what you did. After buying a ton of real MVS carts over the years I recently picked-up the 120-in-1 multi cart to fill out those games that I don't have. Pulstar is awesome! I had no idea what I was missing out on.

If you could pick one arcade cabinet to add to your collection what would you get?
 

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First Arcade PCB technically was an MV1FZ, and the first game was KoF ‘98.

It’s what I have as a Supergun now for my MVS games.
 

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First one I got was a brand new MV-1C, together with a Sigma Raijin Supergun and Fatal Fury 3. It was sold as a pack for 30.000 Yen in a shop that no longer exists in Akiba (Setup Japan if I recall correctly) when I was working there as an intern.

That was in 2003. Found and joined this site a few days before, precisely to ask about the MV-1C, different boards and Unibios compatibility IIRC. Even if it was not directly compatible, I bought the pack since it was a much better deal than I could find in Funtom, Mak or GFront.

Still have all of those, but eventually I picked up a cab and a 4 slot. It's too bad we don't have many official cabs around here... most of them are horrible clones with atrocious button layouts. Still dreaming about picking up a decently priced candy.
 
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