I don't know what it is but....

[Capeman]

It's awesome the range of ages on this forum, my earliest memory of gaming was when i was almost 5 years old and my dad brought home the NES power bundle with the gun and powerpad in 1986. I was born at the perfect time, rode the crest of the second and most successful wave of the video game industry revival. I got to experience the release of every major milestone in classic gaming as they were released at just the right age to appreciate them the most, and i got to participate in the most heated times of the bit-wars. I bounced between Nintendo and Sega more than a flip flopping politician, haha! Those were the days.

[Capeman]

I pitty the young kids now, alot of them are experiencing their first gaming on touch screens... barf. Hahaha!

[lilbud]

@Capeman I think it's safe to say that RetroPie has helped me find and play so many more games. If I bought all the games that I wanted, I be so far in the red.

Also, never try to play Mario 1 on a phone. It just doesn't work. Thank God I always carry a controller in my backpack for moments when I want to play SNES, but I can't due to not being near my Pi. Thank you Retroarch Web Player.

[mediamogul]

@lilbud

I swear, it's a fire hazard.

Ha! yeah, our family had so many things hooked into the back of our television that you could totally detect that sweet electrical burn smell if you got close enough. Also, I kid you not, if you jostled the wires around while the TV was on, you could here a radio station being broadcast in some other language.

@Capeman

It's awesome the range of ages on this forum

It really is amazing.

[Capeman]

@mediamogul said in I don't know what it is but....:

Ha! yeah, our family had so many things hooked into the back of our television that you could totally detect that sweet electrical burn smell if you got close enough.

RALPHIEE!!!!!

[lilbud]

@Capeman National Lampoon, right?

[Capeman]

@lilbud Christmas Story! 24 hours in a row on TNT every december!

If you haven't seen it, i highly recommend it!

[lilbud]

@Capeman I wrote that before you updated the post with RALPHIEE!!!!!

Love Christmas Story

[mediamogul]

@Capeman

Exactly... Too funny!

[lilbud]

@Capeman In case you need more woodgrain

My custom 70's arcade cabinet

[Capeman]

I went as "Atari" as possible and put my pi right into an atari 2600, haha!

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/4935/custom-atari-2600-retropie-with-laser-cut-panels

[Capeman]

I did a bartop a while back too, but the woodgain on that is just automotive vinyl, haha. Damn MDF doesnt have the same character as real wood...

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/4934/pixel-art-themed-bartop-arcade

[mediamogul]

All very nice! When it comes to retro gaming systems, you can never have too much wood grain.

[Capeman]

@mediamogul AGREED!

[lilbud]

@Capeman While my cabinet is all real wood, the woodgrain is just laminate.

[lilbud]

@mediamogul @Capeman

[Capeman]

@lilbud If I had a wood grain Neo Geo, i think i'd be done collecting. Why keep climbing when you have already reached the top.

[mediamogul]

It's funny, I'm already trying to price one to see how much blood I'll have to sell.

[lilbud]

@mediamogul @Capeman

They don't make them anymore, but they went for $600

EDIT: The cheap ones went for $649, If you wanted Cherry of Hickory, that would have run you 12 Benjamins

[Capeman]

@mediamogul Probably have to skip blood and go straight for internal organs. Who needs 2 kidneys anyway.