cwx2
Student
Hello everyone,
I'm cwx2, and I'd like to give a little intro.
I am a Californian/Hoosier hybrid. I grew up outside of Indianapolis, and moved to Berkeley/Oakland CA in 2011, for school. Now I am in a web development bootcamp, pursuing a carrier in that.
I am 25 next month, born in '92. I for the most part missed out on the arcade experience. I had a brother that was 5 years older than me that had atari, and NES before I was around. My first games at age 2 my brother shoved a snes controller in my hand. We had super mario world, super gouls and ghosts, contra III later we had mega man x, and donkey kong country. My dad and bro played doom on a LAN. I was what I'd call a medium core gamer through out adolescence. Got a console most years for xmas. My first and favorite arcade-like experiences were Marvel vs. Capcom 2 on dreamcast, we got so into it we vested in green goblin arcade sticks. My friend also had a mrs. pacman cocktail cab and that inspired me to train on one of those plug and play mrs. packman's. So thats my one really classic arcade game.
By college I was starting to dislike less and less of the newer games and Started searching back for more experiences like I had on SNES.
Now, I have a pretty comprehensive collection with RGB cables, everdrives for: SNES, NES, PCengine, and Genesis(+Mastersystem & 32X).
The things I missed out on the first time around was stuff like: sega cd, saturn, and pc engine. I have since explored their libraries pretty well. I've recently gotten a taste of neo world and I know there is a beautiful horizon ahead.
In early 2013 I was seriously re-introduced to fighting games, my brother gave me an old XBOX 360 + 2 fight sticks and all these games loaded on it: (SFIV arcade edition, SF II hyper-fighting, SF II hd remix, SF III 3rd strike, MvC2, MvC origins, Skull girls, and versions of dark stalkers and guilty gear that are escaping me).
I am down the videophile rabbit hole. Now, I have a framemeister, 2 PVMs (14' in Indiana, and 19' out here with me in Oakland).
Couple years back, I met a good friend who showed me his arcade cab collection and once something like that is seen it cannot be unseen. I knew I wanted to be a part of it.
These days I've been playing Breath of the Wild and Smash for WiiU.
Most of my projects have been sidelined due to my moving and the demands of this web development bootcamp.
My current projects and TO DO list includes:
-Best
-cwx2
I'm cwx2, and I'd like to give a little intro.
I am a Californian/Hoosier hybrid. I grew up outside of Indianapolis, and moved to Berkeley/Oakland CA in 2011, for school. Now I am in a web development bootcamp, pursuing a carrier in that.
I am 25 next month, born in '92. I for the most part missed out on the arcade experience. I had a brother that was 5 years older than me that had atari, and NES before I was around. My first games at age 2 my brother shoved a snes controller in my hand. We had super mario world, super gouls and ghosts, contra III later we had mega man x, and donkey kong country. My dad and bro played doom on a LAN. I was what I'd call a medium core gamer through out adolescence. Got a console most years for xmas. My first and favorite arcade-like experiences were Marvel vs. Capcom 2 on dreamcast, we got so into it we vested in green goblin arcade sticks. My friend also had a mrs. pacman cocktail cab and that inspired me to train on one of those plug and play mrs. packman's. So thats my one really classic arcade game.
By college I was starting to dislike less and less of the newer games and Started searching back for more experiences like I had on SNES.
Now, I have a pretty comprehensive collection with RGB cables, everdrives for: SNES, NES, PCengine, and Genesis(+Mastersystem & 32X).
The things I missed out on the first time around was stuff like: sega cd, saturn, and pc engine. I have since explored their libraries pretty well. I've recently gotten a taste of neo world and I know there is a beautiful horizon ahead.
In early 2013 I was seriously re-introduced to fighting games, my brother gave me an old XBOX 360 + 2 fight sticks and all these games loaded on it: (SFIV arcade edition, SF II hyper-fighting, SF II hd remix, SF III 3rd strike, MvC2, MvC origins, Skull girls, and versions of dark stalkers and guilty gear that are escaping me).
I am down the videophile rabbit hole. Now, I have a framemeister, 2 PVMs (14' in Indiana, and 19' out here with me in Oakland).
Couple years back, I met a good friend who showed me his arcade cab collection and once something like that is seen it cannot be unseen. I knew I wanted to be a part of it.
These days I've been playing Breath of the Wild and Smash for WiiU.
Most of my projects have been sidelined due to my moving and the demands of this web development bootcamp.
My current projects and TO DO list includes:
- RGB mods for my NES and PCengine duo-r
- N64 portable
- Mods for my saturn and dreamcast that provide (all in 1 game solutions)
- NEOGEO - I have a mvs 1 slot and the parts to consolize it. I don't have any games but, intend to save up for a flashcart.
- NAOMI - I have the motherboard, capcom I/o, and mvc2 cart. I need to build a supergun and, maybe netboot.
- maybe these 2 projects can be combined with this 19" PVM to make a little DIY fightcade, but the high Hz for mvc2 wont be utilized.
- Sega Blast City - when I have a place and space for it one day that would be my dream (that tri-sync, ya know)
- A consolized CPS2
- Sony BVM 20f1u (I had opportunity to buy one of these for $500 a year or so go and the regret still haunts me)
- A select few SNES games (pocky and rocky 2, demons crest, megaman x2/3/7, Dracula x, hagane, dreamland 3, rtype III, sky blazer, pilotwings)
- Running, cycling, and fitness. I was a high performance track athlete for 10+ years and still push my body.
- Music (as a creator) I play the Harp, I dabble in ukulele, theory, composition, production, keyboards, DJ, synthesizers, and hip-hop.
- Music (as a consumer) I listen to a wide range of genres including but not limited to: electronic, video game music, hip-hop, progressive house, reggae, classical, and North Indian classical.
- I know a thing or two about finance, business, government, politics, law, arguments, justice, logic, philosophy, chess, astrophysics/cosmology, zoology, evolutionary biology, mycology, physiology/anatomy, web design, electronic engineering, Akira Toriyama, computer science, Rubiks cubes and other algorithmic puzzles, table tennis, NBA (pacers and warriors), skateboarding, camping/outdoors, wood working/wood carving, game of thrones, and coffee.
-Best
-cwx2
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