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[davepeck]

Originally posted by oldnewbie
i\'m remodeling a room for a pool table...some of you may remember it....antway...i keep telling my wife that i want a bar style cocktail table ms.pacman game...you can get them but there mad money

duane - build your own!!

that\'s what i\'m doing.. not a cocktail table though... 4-player standup..  calling it the \'pecksbox\'... maybe after i\'m done and we get a house, i\'ll tackle a cocktail table...

[oldnewbie]

wow that\'s pretty neat....thanks dave

[davepeck]

no problem.. if it\'s something you seriously consider, let me know and i can help get you going.. it\'s definitely an addiction. and if you haven\'t discovered MAME yet, you\'re missing out.

[bluefunknebula]

Originally posted by Wolfman
I\'ll go see the minibosses, but man, it\'s gonna be tough to outrock the Neskimos!

haha...those neskimos are pretty heavy! have you seen them before?

[bluefunknebula]

Originally posted by davepeck
and if you haven\'t discovered MAME yet, you\'re missing out.

no shit!! i can\'t believe how many games you can cram into these things...completely ridiculous!! i was playing my friends system all last night. he has the 4 person set up with a roller controller on the side. he also has his xbox upstairs that\'s set up with a MAME thing too. i\'m gotta get me an xbox. my ps2 is burnt out.

[leith]

Originally posted by bluefunknebula
my ps2 is burnt out.

Why? Are u getting DRE\'s ? I have a PS2 bought @ release and the only problem I have ever had is some DVD\'s do not play. I expect the HDD to have something installed to update the DVD driver. Keep the PS2 and buy a referbished XBOX for $130. Get your PS2 online and keep the hope alive!

[davepeck]

i was catching up on a backlog of magazine reading today, and there\'s an article about the minibosses in last month\'s Wired..

read it here.

[davepeck]

Originally posted by bluefunknebula
no shit!! i can\'t believe how many games you can cram into these things...completely ridiculous!! i was playing my friends system all last night. he has the 4 person set up with a roller controller on the side. he also has his xbox upstairs that\'s set up with a MAME thing too. i\'m gotta get me an xbox. my ps2 is burnt out.

sweet.. did your buddy actually build a cabinet?

i can\'t wait to get mine done.. i built a dedicated pc just for MAME and all the other emulators.. the cabinet itself will be housing a 27" wells gardner arcade monitor.. 4-player control panel with a 3" trackball, spinner, extra 4-way joystick, and pinball flippers underneath on the side.. also got a 4-player coin door. the project is taking forever, but right now i\'m waiting for the control panel artwork, which justin is working on.. once that\'s done i can finally start wiring it up, and start playing.. it won\'t be completely finished till we get a house though, cause i don\'t wanna have to move it..... ever.

[bluefunknebula]

Originally posted by leith
Why? Are u getting DRE\'s ? I have a PS2 bought @ release and the only problem I have ever had is some DVD\'s do not play. I expect the HDD to have something installed to update the DVD driver. Keep the PS2 and buy a referbished XBOX for $130. Get your PS2 online and keep the hope alive!

i constantly get DRE\'s...and forget about playing dvd\'s, they won\'t play at all. i\'m pretty sure that\'s what messed it up to begin with. i was using the ps2 for dvd\'s before i bought a dvd player.

$130 for a referbished xbox? hmmm...i just might.

i took part in the beta testing for ps2 online. they sent me a free network adapter after i sent back the test model. i haven\'t used ps2 online since the testing though, cause of the errors and the sad fact that i still have a dial up connection.

[bluefunknebula]

sweet.. did your buddy actually build a cabinet?

i\'m pretty sure he built most of it (or chopped up an existing cabinet).

 4-player control panel with a 3" trackball, spinner, extra 4-way joystick, and pinball flippers underneath on the side.. also got a 4-player coin door.

holy shit! that\'s gonna be some pimped out system!!!

[Wolfman]

Pex box baby!  The ONE and ONLY.  Boy, I\'m gonna move to Staven...the only town with John and Maria\'s apizza, home to TB, and Pex Box.  It\'s got to be the best place to live in America.

[bluefunknebula]

Originally posted by bluefunknebula

  saturday april 3rd
  northsix
  brooklyn ny
opening for:
    eagles of death metal (josh homme\'s new band)
    pilot to gunner
  18+, $10 advance, $12 day of show

  monday april 5th
  mercury lounge
  new york city ny
opening for:
    eagles of death metal (josh homme\'s new band)
    pilot to gunner
  18+, $10, tickets at mercury lounge  

wolf...you still down? which show you gonna hit?