I just found out this horrible news. I met Rey on the Racketboy forum back in 2008 when I bought his Sega Saturn. We kept in touch ever since. I hadn't seen Rey online for a while which led me here. My condolences to Rey's family and friends. He was a really great guy and always willing to help out ...

Former, as in closed unjustly by the city of Beacon. Read the NYTimes article that I've also linked in the post above. It would be great to get the story out to more people - unfortunately, its too late to save the arcade.... The proprietor is very nice and knowledgeable. His contact information is ...

You should interview Bob of the former Retro Arcade Museum. The story deserves more attention in the community:

http://www.retroarcademuseum.com/index.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/nyregion/13towns.html

A little late in coming, but this issue was soved over at SHMUPS. See the post below:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=30640

I got one of the original Flashboys and it works great!

Does anyone have on to Blackcats Games? I've been trying to get one for years. I used to have a membership, but stupidly let it expire!

heelsinc wrote:worst part about fleas aside from the fact that you have gross bugs in your house is the amount of money you have to spend to get rid of them.

Ha!

Uh ya, fleas SUCK. We just got a dog in November and I went to a hippy vet who said not to use Frontline until we needed it. Bad advice. Now we've been fighting the little bastards all summer. I doubt they are in the controllers. They don't nest that way as far as I know. If you're worried about you...

Get some flux and better solder. Maybe a new iron that has temp control.

Hmm, I'd say no for the following reasons: 1. Xbox outputs 720p or 1080i (Wii only does 480P) 2. CoinOps (Mame) is exceptional for Xbox. Mostly everything plays up until the late 90s 3D games 3. The other emulators are fantastic, especially the Madmab edition ones 4. HD, unlimited storage 5. Can bee...