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Hi everyone! I'm Antonio, from Brazil. I've been collecting and restoring arcade PCBs for years (120+ boards - Capcom, Konami, SNK, Sega, Taito, Data East and more), and I've been reading this forum for a long time before finally creating an account. Under the name Stark Retro Lab, I design...

Hello, Everybody! I have been lurking for a hot minute. :) I recently visited Tokyo with my best friend, and they fell in love with the VewLix models. I really, really want to surprise them with one for their birthday. My experience and understanding of arcade machines is very basic, because...

Hey everyone, I've been gaming since the 80s, first console was the C64, and so many others since, gaming has been a huge part of my life. Slowed down slightly since starting a family as I'm sure many of us are in similar situations. I've also loved handhelds for quite a while but enjoyed...

Hello everyone! I’m pretty new to the arcade collecting scene. I got into it when I got a free Marvel Vs Capcom CPS2 board from Craigslist a few months ago! Much to my surprise it actually worked! The other board I own is a currently non-booting Vampire Savior board. I’m still trying to...

Hello everyone im extremely excited to join the community of arcade owners and the forums, thanks for having me!

Hi everyone, I'm Norman, live in the south of Germany and have been into arcade for a while. Since recently I'm also a proud owner of a Naomi Universal cab with a Naomi 2. I'm eager to learn about all kinds of technical aspects of arcade tech/devices as much as I can and also hope to add more...

Good morning from Germany, Long time lurker, first time poster. I am an American working as a software engineer in Germany and got the arcade itch. It's the tale told a thousand times of boy grows up with video games, boy discover console emulators, boy travels to japan and falls...

Hi everybody, I ended up in this forum looking for Darksoft's stv-multi cartridge. Found his blog and followed the link to this forum. I never heard about it, but sounds daaaaaamn good! :thumbup: I'm a Swiss 36 years old guy that spent most of his youth in dark rooms, putting coins in huge...