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1  Other Stuff / Off Topic / Re: Favorite Beer currently on: May 11, 2014, 08:06:23 pm
Drank them yesterday in a caravan in Exmouth with the family whilst watching Eurovision, I remember the first two, then laughing too much at the TV.   I know it's strong stuff, but I'm sure the winner had a beard.

Oh blimey yes my missus caught me doing my "wtf..." face the other night when this lady(?) was on the telly next to Scott Mills. It makes me think of the time when Eurovision was an event - I used to stay in and watch it with my whole family and Terry Wogan was presenting. The acts used to be crap but hilarious. Now they are crap and bland.

But back to the original topic - I've been getting a taste for Dutch beer Grolsch lately. It might have something to do with the satisfying pop you get when you flip open that lever Smiley


2  General Category / Introduce Yourself / Re: Hello from old Blighty on: May 09, 2014, 12:44:37 am
Hi Dirk, I'm from the UK and used to think I could never afford one, then I joined Jamma+ forum in the UK, get yourself on there too and keep watching the for sale section.



Yes I got myself on there a few weeks ago. My problem is my grails are things like and Dig Dug which just dont come up and there is a scrum when.they do Smiley .

 Oh and the other thing is I'm an amatuer property developer and any games I have will have to move with me every couple of years .

Still, I insist on replicating the experience as closely as I can and I play games on my MAME box with no save states and love it. Im working on my DK score at the moment with my current best just over 300k. A kill screen is on my bucket list!
3  General Category / Introduce Yourself / Hello from old Blighty on: May 08, 2014, 03:17:50 pm
About time I joined. All the usual platitudes... love the show/s - as I listen to podcasts all day long at work I consume a bunch of them and AO is one of the few that I can't wait to get each week. I've listened to VGO for a few years, in fact it was thanks to your RETRO SPECTACULAR that I stumbled upon it while searching iTunes.

Anyway although I love the show I probably won't ever own a real arcade because they cost stupid money here in the UK. I'm a MAME guy for this reason; I can build a pretty authentic game in my workshop using MDF and an old CRT telly which cost about 99p a pop on eBay (huzzah for SCART). Not original I know but weigh this up against the £650 Streetfighter 2 I'm viewing now and you get my point.

I would add that I love the show especially more because it is mercifully short on Pinball chatter. Hopefully it stays this way Smiley Cheers guys.
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