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You only need one stand-up machine. It actually contains a Windows PC running MAME (which is an arcade emulator). The games themselves are in zipped files called ROMS which can be downloaded from the internet (although they're getting tough to find since they're really illegal). These are identical copies of the classic arcade games. I've downloaded about 800 games myself (I'm not interested in the rest). When you buy the MAME system, usually you have to find the games yourself.

You can get more information from the internet by searching on MAME. Or check Ebay for MAME arcade machines. The arcade machines come with authentic 27" TV monitors for the old school authentic look. Or you can try building one yourself if you're handy. Graphics and playability are authentic especially if you use a top-notch controller like the one offered by x-arcade.

There's no need to fill up a game room since one machine can do the trick!
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Thanks for the info....I actually like the look and feel of the old games so i will have three or four...but to get classic asteroids is bif $$ so i might try this so i can have that plus centipede
 
Ahhh...Asteroids! A classic from my youth! I have that plus Asteroids Deluxe but I use a joystick instead of the left/right buttons. It's not quite the same...

Defender is another favorite of mine, alas it's hard to find a controller with the same button configuration. They just don't make games like they used to!
 
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i'm watching both. i've been looking forward to both of these.

i will probably watch 24 and tape the PBS show.

the PBS show is going to be re-run at least twice tonight (12 midnight and 4 am eastern). i may just watch the 2nd airing tonight.
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You know, TM_Direct and I were just talking about which show you were going to watch. He kept trying to tell me you'd dump 24 for one night and watch PBS, but no, I knew you better than that GG, I knew you couldn't turn down watching 24. He's dumb, I said to TM, but he's not so dumb as to not know how to use a video recorder. That's when TM mentioned you just might be watching the second airing. He's a sharp one that TM, I tell ya.

GG, thanks for taking a page out of the rs7 "Here's what I'm doing, 'cos I just know you were on the edge of your seat" book and telling us all this. Made my day.
 
For the rich & lazy, buying a ready built $5,600 system is preferable, but if you're willing to put in alot of effort, it will cost a small fraction of that.

A MAME system is just a regular PC, with ROMS of your desired games installed. The PC can then be connected to the joysticks/buttons. You can get the parts pretty cheap (Arcade cab+ PC). It gets complicated because the manufacturers have offered very very few ROMS for purchase- so any decent MAME system is illegal. I don't know where to download all the ROMS, but these sites will point you in the right direction...


http://www.mame.net/gamelist.html


http://www.arcadecontrols.com/arcade.htm


http://www.klov.com/ (Careful though, these are puritans who are fanatically anti-MAME. They really do know their shit about video games though...)
 
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...I've downloaded about 800 games myself...
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Have you ever seen that game Elevator Action around?

I used to play that game in college in the student union.... Spent many a quarter.
 
Yes, it was sad to see Tony Almaeda's boss die of radiation poisoning and the way that he said "goodbye" to his long, lost son who was selling hot-dogs down at the Beach.

I cried to.
But then again, I even cry when I watch Fox's "OC" !!!

:D
 
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Yes, it was sad to see Tony Almaeda's boss die of radiation poisoning and the way that he said "goodbye" to his long, lost son who was selling hot-dogs down at the Beach.

I cried to.
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i thought all the scenes with mason and his son were FANTASTIC. specifically, when mason and his son both wanted to hug eachother, but had a hard time doing it for whatever reasons.

it was also great when mason took the plane down.

mason ruled. one of my favorite tv characters ever. the actor, xander berkeley, did a great job. btw, he's married to the nina myers actress, sarah clarke, in real life.
 
Tonight on PBS is a terrific show on Einstein and Superstrings, I believe on NOVA. It should be a nice intro to the next show that starts next week


What is going to be on next week?

I liked the 'Nova' episode, but they make it sound like string theroy is almost a done deal. I am not up on the topic by any means, but aren't there were a lot more problems with string theory than what they let on?

BTW, there is a great site which has audio physics lectures on current topics (if anyone is into that kind of thing)

http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/
 
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... but aren't there were a lot more problems with string theory than what they let on?
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Actually what they said at the end of the show, that currently there are 5 different theories and all without any internal errors is pretty bad for each one of that 5. That means there could be huge finite or even infinite number of such theories, each differently explaining the universe we live and predicting different things that could not be proved…
May be that IS how IT works.
 
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