My Sad Arcade Machine
Alright, after many months of storage I finally have my MAME arcade machine up and running again. I have a carefully collected library of nearly 600 games courtesy of Usenet, but I just received a new updated shipment of MAME games this afternoon, so I’m anxious to refresh my ROM folder. Unfortunately my MAME-dedicated computer doesn’t have a DVD reader on it. In fact, this particular computer hasn’t been on the internet since 2001, is running a first generation unpatched version of WinXP Home, and is incapable of reading my external hard drives.
Yanking the computer from my arcade cabinet and hauling it upstairs to update it, I’m actually surprised to discover that this ancient hunk of metal has an Ethernet port. I was fully expecting to have to update it using a complicated series of smoke signals, pantomimes, and sea shanties.
My ancient computer is incapable of seeing external hard drives, which is a pity because as everyone knows, I'm a backup fiend...
Yes, you're reading that right. 108 updates required. This computer was rockin' it old school
As so, instead of a quick update, I’m now relegated to hours of work, then I’ll be occupied with copying my MAME DVDs to an external hard drive, then from the HD to my relic of a PC.
My arcade machine looks so sad without a brain to drive it. No lights, no sound, and no games. Poor thing.
Don’t worry, little buddy. I’ll soon have you up and running once again with Robotron, Metal Slug, and Dragon’s Lair before you can say “quarter haven”…
Happy Friday everyone!
You have an arcade machine? Sweet! You’re much more technical than I am and I wish that my backup habits were better than they currently are. I’m no huge gaming fan but would like to have one of those Megatouch machines like the fusion or a table version like the elite.
Yeah, baby! That’s awesome!
Someone’s going to have a rockin’ weekend, I can just feel it.