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General Chat => All the rest => Topic started by: ckong on October 15, 2009, 12:32:08 PM

Title: Introduction of me
Post by: ckong on October 15, 2009, 12:32:08 PM

Hi,

I'm Erik, from the Netherlands and 44 years of age ( :o ) In my childhood, the late seventies, early eighties, I used to play the common video games in pubs. I liked them a lot, especially DK, Galaga, Pacman, Gyruss, Phoenix, MoonCresta, etc. You could say that I'm a SHMUP fan.
 
From around 1984 until 1997 I wasn't involved in gaming (school, work), but in 1997 I read an article about Mame, which ignited the love for arcade gaming all over again. I built my first mame cab back in 2003 from a junk cab and since then I bought another two generic woody cabs (very ugly, but very useful) and a few Japanese Candy cabs, like New astro City, Egret 2 and Egret 3. I have most classic game boards which I used to play as a kid, but my PCB collection also contanins some nice other classic and modern SHMUP's from Konami, Psykio, Toaplan, Cave. Although I love my candy cabs and my PCB collection, I never lost my dream of owning some original classic cabs like DK, Ms. Pacman, Phoenix, Galaga, and if they were not so expensive (importing etc. costs a lot of money), I would have pursued this already some time ago.

But now this dream could still become true becaue I have a possibility to buy a nice DK cab (see my post in the technical section), with only a little restoration work.

I'm sure that I will have a nice time on this forum.

Here is a picture of my Mame cab (you love it, or you hate it):

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/IMG_0835.jpg)

Title: Re: Introduction of me
Post by: Ronald Reagan on October 15, 2009, 12:38:36 PM

welcome, nice cabinet and yet another Dutchman :o

Title: Re: Introduction of me
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on October 15, 2009, 12:43:55 PM

Like i sayd before, we are growing !  :twisted:

Welcome fellow dutch man !

Title: Re: Introduction of me
Post by: DarthNuno on October 15, 2009, 06:41:32 PM

Welcome on this board Erik  :-*

Quote from: ckong on October 15, 2009, 12:32:08 PM

because I have a possibility to buy a nice DK cab (see my post in the technical section), with only a little restoration work.
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Very nice, but be quick... it's a rare cabinet in Europe and it would be a shame to miss the chance to own this one  ;)

Long time ago, I've missed several cabinets because I was to slow...  :oops:

Title: Re: Introduction of me
Post by: Muerto on October 15, 2009, 08:14:50 PM

Hey Eric, welcome on board! - im sure you going to enjoy your stay here!

Michael

Title: Re: Introduction of me
Post by: scr33n on October 15, 2009, 08:50:36 PM

Welcome Eric  :spaceace: :spaceace:

Title: Re: Introduction of me
Post by: Sonic 1992 on October 20, 2009, 06:47:56 PM

Your MAME Cabinet looks GREAT! :D 

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