MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: ME, jealous...? nah... answer from Jeremy :)

> http://www.thebasementarcade.com/gameroom.htm
>
> Wow, love the way that guy repaired and fixed all these gems, the way he decorated
> his basement with flyers, arcade marquees, old 80's neons, etc...
>
> K.. I'm jealous...

I couldn't resist to write to Jeremy, the webmaster and basement owner, to tell him how much I was impressed, and what a wonderfull work he had done by fixing all these cabs, and how my poor and only cab looked alone in my living room compared to him, here's his very nice answer, should please some people here :

"Thank you for reaching out and the compliments. If you aren't already aware, there are some cool gamerooms and road trips of european collectors over at http://www.dragonslairfans.com/ . They have some good sources if you were interested in acquiring another cab or two. There is also a larger community which I belong to over at http://forums.arcade-museum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=9 .

Thank you for any contributions you have made to the Mame project over the years. My beginnings started with Mame back when it was only 60 games or something in the mid to late 90's. I built a stand alone control panel back then to play Mame, then custom built a cabinet to put it into eventually. From there, I "discovered" that I could buy the real deal for a reasonable price, which started off my first 2 arcade games that I owned. AND all the thanks goes to Mame, for kickstarting my youth again.

Also there is nothing wrong with small beginnings and living rooms. Just an FYI, I started off with my Mame cab and 2 games in a mobile home. I'm not even sure if you have those things in Europe. Then I moved to an apartment. Then I moved to a medium sized home, and now the larger home with my dream gameroom. You have to start somewhere.

Good luck and keep in touch.

Jeremy"