HI all hope everyones okay in the clubhouse?
thought I would come & say hi, HI.
things are stll pretty sh!t @home, mother in law still hanging in there but getting very poorly now, hence me being a bit scarce in parties these days.
I did have a break from all the doom gloom & tears yesterday, as I received one of my birthday pressies early.(48today old as foooook but not as old as BBow!)
and it resulted in the best 6hrs gaming ive had in years.
I got a proper arcade joystick to play my MAME collection on, after the initial configuration nightmare, which was inevitable, (it is MAME after all!!)
I couldn't stop playing, it was like having my very own arcade machine (just with every arcade game ever released on it) & not a single 10p in sight.
I should of bought one of these things years ago, its mega!
http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/...ssn559ky7.jpeg
I will bring it along to Blackpool with me, so you can all get your retro gaming fix on.
so try & think back to the days when you were cramming money into these things, like there was no tomorrow.(I realise that's a long time for most of us!)
I have VERY NEARLY a complete set of MAME roms, (7000 games or so) so I have most arcade games & ALL the classics. (phoenix,moon cresta,scramble galaxian donkey kong etc etc)
I also have many working emulators, including CBM64, amiga 500, megadrive/genesis, snes, and most of the best games for each, so it should keep us busy while in blackpool
I had to laugh today when I was loading manic miner on the CBM64, that over 35 years had past since I last played this game & I still found myself looking at the coloured loading page wondering whether it was loading or not,& it still took 15mins to load, even on todays machines, worth the wait though as manic miner is a tricky little bugger!
if any of you want a copy of my ROMs, just bring a hard drive with you to blackpool, I think of the top of my head you will need a drive with at least 20gb spare on it.
best game I played today but had never played b4 in the arcades,
METAL SLUG & METAL SLUG2 - wow the game play on these games is awesome, many hours will be lost to this game, I have no idea how I missed these when they were in the arcades??
I will post a pic as soon as ive remembered my photobucket password, this could take a while............edit: success. ;)
take it steady oldies, laters. :p