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General Category => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: PraiseChaos on February 22, 2015, 07:36:13 pm



Title: Greetings from Morgantown, WV
Post by: PraiseChaos on February 22, 2015, 07:36:13 pm
Hey. I'm a software engineer from Morgantown, WV who's just getting into the swing of arcade collecting. I was inspired to get into it from both John's videos (sweet basement btw) and by another YouTuber lukemorse1.

I recently purchased my first board from eBay (Prisoner of War - SNK) that I'm working on repairing to fully working order (leg on an IC hex inverter is broken and I'm waiting for a replacement to arrive.) I also have a Super Dodge Ball that's on the way with messed up graphics that I'll take a swing at. I don't own a full cabinet yet, but my objective is to build my first cabinet to try to get the full cabinet experience before purchasing a cabinet that may need some TLC. I'm hoping that building a cabinet first will let me make my first mistakes there instead of a piece of history.

The games I'd ultimately love to own are Battletoads and Ice Cold Beer (which I had no idea I wanted until I saw John playing it.)

Thanks for reading! I'm excited to share and learn with everyone!