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If anyone has a standard JAMMA cab with CRT in working condition that they want to sell, shout me. Finding them harder to come by these days. Cheers!

Not sure how I'm the first to mention... but fuck me, Black Mirror is getting way too close for comfort!

Fifteen Million Merits. Good episode when it's fictional, not so much in real life.

That 40 minute promo from Knightmare was a nightmare to watch. What the fuck is he banging on about all their wrestling credentials for?!

Well and truly in a wrestling bubble. Like that Paige interview with Austin, just crazy levels.

Add Len Davies to the total dunce pile. Be careful defending potential nonces, you literally have fuck all idea if the allegations are true or not. Not a fucking clue so wind it in.

People have no idea if their mummy and daddy are innocent or guilty so they should probably shut their fat fucking gobs.

They're maybe 24 inches from shoulder to elbow

On 6/15/2020 at 11:33 PM, Polish Dad said:

Cena's so good at those. When I had to make a video for Make A Wish (I work on a kids game and they wanted some messages of support during the pandemic) I just sat and watched an hour of his appearances back to back to get an idea of where to even start. Impossible not to get choked up watching.

Cena is a legend for this stuff. My mate arranged for Kevin Owens to come meet his girls rugby team after RAW in some distant place a few years ago. Kevin rocks up with Cena! Think Cena had a title with him, and took as long as needed to interact with them all.

Big respect for Cena

Repo Man (1984)

It doesn't have any members of Demolition, that I'm aware of, but does have the Wild Samoans and Captain Lou Albano. It's a cracking film too.

Rick Cartel - Modelling in the instgram era, thinks he's a g but he's only a point nine

Bobby Eton - the original HHH gimmick but for a great wrestler

Wavey Boy Smith - tassles and dreads but is now contractually obliged to be wasted regularly

The 128 Kid - smashes folk with a ZX Spectrum + 2 when the ref got his back turned??

Drink the Clown - Shit name but I'm thinking Krusty

Sorry, this thread is gold but I had to try

Fuck off Edler you fat cunt. You aint hard either so wind your fucking neck in.

On 9/13/2019 at 10:23 PM, Richard said:

anyone that extracts any kind of emotional attachment to wrestling after a certain age hasn't lived. If you've gone through addictions, broken relationships, lost loved ones and been laid off work, you can take pro-wrestling or leave it. 

You're chatting pure shit.

Coked up promos

Themed talking segments that aint in the ring

Proper survivor series

Royal Rumble entrants all getting a little promo

But mainly coked up promos

That is strange, is Syria one type of Muslim and Saudi another?

Bobby Heenan

Wrestlers having promos on old Royal Rumbles

Proper Survivor Series teams with names

Bulldog winning whether he wants to or not

Boss Man's chances in next years rumble

29 minutes ago, Supremo said:

Didn’t an Independent promotion do time travel once? Chikara, or something?

Yep, Chikara. IIRC the whole promotion time travelled.

2 hours ago, Your Fight Site said:

Oh, no. Jungle Boy isn’t going to be in a tag team with Jungle PAC, is he? 😟

I'm just thinking about Jungle Boyz packs now, maybe they'll hail from cali

Surprised there isn't anything about this, not sure if I even want to talk about it... but Daniel Edler, fucking hell man 

Best arcade game ever is a joyously open-ended question... and Daytona USA isn't a bad shout, it's up there for music (maybe the best for music) and is undoubtedly one of the top racers of all-time alongside OutRun, OutRun2 SP, and Pole Position. It's the most successful driver ever made and totally iconic. (And you can play my old Daytona USA upright at Arcade Club ;)) Daytona USA is without doubt the most loved game I've housed.

SF2 is maybe the most important game released since the crash in the early 80's. Only need to see the games released shortly after to see the affect it had. When people come into my arcade room for the first time, they nearly always play SF2... I always preferred Mortal Kombat and Killer Instinct (because unbalanced fighters are awesome)

My answer to the question is Ms. Pac-Man, and arcade collectors in the US have this as their #1. Sadly, I sold my cab earlier this month to make way for a second scud Race. It's the best-selling US-made arcade video game of all-time. So it's props are well-earned!

My room was blogged recently if you're interested. Don't blame me for the formatting or pics that went awry: http://gamesyouloved.com/blog/2017/september/17/gaming-goals/

Some of you may be interested in the life of a mental arcade collector. If so, this is for you...

I got a new toy today. It's a generic JAMMA cab built for vertical games. It may be generic, but I think it's quite pretty! I've got a 60-in-1 board to go straight in there so will be testing it with Galaga, Bomb Jack, Frogger, Time Pilot etc. later. I have no idea what kind of control panel this originally came from. It's going to stay in my arcade room "as is":

So whilst taking that in today, I had to do some tinkering. Recalibrated the steering on my sit-down Scud Race. This now plays beautifully. This game deserved to be ported, it's one of Sega's better drivers (and you know there are many in that list).

I also fixed a really annoying issue on my Data East WWF Royal Rumble. The issue was that after finishing the first game it would play Land of Hope and Glory on a never-ending loop. Awful! Of all the bloody songs!! So a quick look inside the back-box... one ribbon was loose. Plugged that back in and now, not only does Macho Man's theme not loop forever, it actually plays others sounds I hadn't yet heard!

Always check the fucking cables! This pin has a great shaker motor. So great, it can shake out cables!

I've reconnected the kick buttons in my JAMMA/MAME cab. That's now playing every flavour of Street Fighter proper good.

Currently have two issues left that are winding me up: Firstly, I'm getting jumbled sprites on a Street Hoop MVS cart. I've cleaned this twice now and no different. More importantly, my imported Ms. Pac-Man keeps restarting randomly. That really sucks

I'll never fix the second gun on Point Blank. Just not happening.

If you just want to play the games, you could get a USB controller and install MAME onto a PC? For me, it's not the same, I need the actual hardware, but it might be a nice cheap option - at least to check that your about to spend what feels like the right amount of money.

Probably better off with ebay. Pay with PayPal for protection. CEX have sold some dodgy shite as well! 

Could check forums like consolecollect. That would be my first stop

Tales of the Arabian Nights (aka TOTAN) is a Williams machine from the 90s, which typically fetch from £1,500 to £7,000 (which is what a Medieval Madness would set you back), depending on the title and the condition

Williams games from the 90s are all pricey as loads of parts still available, relatively easy to maintain,and great quality games in general!

TOTAN is regular featured in nearly every "Best Ever" list, and these days many people are finding it via Pinball Arcade where it's the free table that comes with the game. So the price is going up on this one!

It's not massively rare in pinball terms. Just over 3,000 were made just over 20 years ago (Addams Family is the most common with around 22,000 tables made). Maybe 20% of those games still exist? Many cabs would have been stripped for parts and beaten to all fuck by now.

I got nearly top dollar for mine as it's super minty. They are currently changing hands state-side for over $5,000!

WWF Royal Rumble is a Date East game. So harder to find parts for and harder to maintain, and they never gets the attention of the Williams games.... so you can pick one of these up for £1,200 to £1,500 depending on quality.

Basically, for a good games from the 90s, you are looking at anything up from £1,500 - which is more than a Defender or a Donkey Kong or an OutRun or an upright Atari Star Wars!

Happy to help anyone who fancies anything arcadey for their man caves or whatever

Beware ebay prices - 15% is added on to cover fees and the BIN prices are always aimed at footballers or other similar such mugs!

And beware arcade machines with flat screens and multi-games. They are usually worth about £100 and we see people paying ten times that

Oh, yeah, all my games are full size! It's really like the 20th century in my back room

I got it from a pinball collectors forum. Traded my Tales of the Arabian Nights pinball for that Royal Rumble and very large some of money. Royal Rumble is cheap for pinball standards but still more than most arcade machines!

My old pin is one of the very best ever, highly sought after, and in very minty condition... but it doesn't have Bobby Heenan on the playfield so I had to do the swap!!

And, yeah, I'll need to replace that card! it is indeed where the prices go. I can get a repro of that no worries

Super Soccer was fantastic.

My old Daytona USA is now on the floor at Arcade Club. Joining a fantastic line up of Sega drivers!

Aaaaaand, I just received my new toy:

All seems to be complete and in working order as well!