Welcome to the Arcade Game Collecting Page !!!!
Just to let you know of my background in this hobby a little I have been a game player from the age of 8, with a little pong and stuff like that. I moved up to my 1st Atari 2600 (X-mas gift) when I was about 12. Then going to jr. high, I found a Pac-man machine (not the original but, one of the clones) in a old Diner (and late for school almost every day). It's history from there. I have been playing video games from then on. I currently own most classic game systems (I have the home version of Pong and a Vectrex sitting on my desk) and been trying to get into this hobby for years now. I even have most of the current console systems and live on M.A.M.E. (also the great version for my PocketPC).
Well, I now have 5 100% working games. It's good to play games on Mame or console machines but, there is NOTHING like playing a game on the real arcade machine.
I would like to add links for fellow collectors, Please send me your sites, and I will post them, need to build a list 1st before I do it though. Don't want to have 1 or 2 links for it.
Click here to see Pictures of my Ms. Pac-Man
Click here to see Pictures of my Crystal Castles
Click here to see pictures of my Asteroids
Good Links that I have Found
VAPS (Video Arcade Preservation Society)
My VAPS Entry: http://www.vaps.org/members/nj/dave@anywherecool.com.html
Lawnmowerman's Pac-Man info page
KLOV.com (Killer List of Video Games)
GameArchive.com-Video Games Page
The Arcade Graveyard - Very disturbing for the collector (A link I found, if anyone has a better link, let me know)
Newsgroups
rec.games.video.arcade.collecting
rec.games.video.arcade.collecting
SUGGESTED Dealers:
P and L in CA, They do repair on monitors for a flat rate of $39.99 plus shipping, I did have a little problems with them but, they made good and I have a 100% working machine now, thanks to them. Their phone number is 1-800-992-6588
DO NOT BUY FROM:
www.eldoradogames.com - I emailed them asking for a game, price, what I was looking to spend and I was insulted. Really bad customer service !
More links coming soon, If you have a site that you would like to see listed here, Please send me an e-mail !
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