Hey, I'm Mark. Time Runner is my BBS pseudonym from the early 1980s before I wrote my own BBS program for the TI 99/4A home computer in 1983. I first discovered John's Arcade when I got a my messed up Pole Position II PCB refurbished from Eldorado Games and wasn't sure how to hook up the power. John's video showing you how to bullet proof that particular board got me hooked and I've been watching video archives ever since. My personal arcade collection has had stops and starts over the years. I was originally only collecting pins and my favorite story to tell was when someone on eBay had some bad javascript on his auction page which made it impossible to bid on his pin -- however -- I fixed the scripting error on a local copy of the page and placed a bid. The guy was totally confused about why nobody else wanted to bid on his mint Charlie's Angels Gottlieb. I was all, "Gee, no idea!"
My current collection:
Data East Back to the Future pinball
Data East Jurassic Park pinball
Data East Rocky & Bullwinkle pinball
Williams Alien Poker (in storage at the moment)
Clean Sweep Claw Machine
Pole Position II
Xevious
Galaga
I recently bought a Final Fight that's gonna need some CPO replacing love that I've got a special place for in my apartment.
Here's a photo of "The Arcade Wall" of my current collection:
I'm an application architect for a couple insurance companies and as a hobby (aside from getting bit by the arcade bug) I collect movie cars.
