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The Most Upsetting Image a 90s Gamer Will Ever See
Butmac \| 2:12 PM on 01.14.2008	35 comments

I came across this picture as I was looking up a guide for my MAME cabinet that I will make one day. This reminds me of great gaming as a kid in an arcade but also strikes pure terror into my heart.

Remember when you talked graphics and it was like NES<Genesis<SNES<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ARCADE GRAPHICS!!

This guy is also selling this gem for $500.

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34 comments | showing # 1 to 34

shipero says:
(# 0) on 01/14/2008 14:19

Don't do that! Such horrific images really aren't good for my poor, weak heart. I need to go lie down now. The Horror...

blehman says:
(# 1) on 01/14/2008 14:22

Ouch. That...that's sad. I remember thinking that the home consoles would NEVER catch up with the arcades, and even if they did, could you imagine what the arcades would look like?

the vinny club says:
(# 2) on 01/14/2008 14:28

tragic. hell yeah at that four player nba jam cabinet though. amazing.

Butmac says:
(# 3) on 01/14/2008 14:31

@blehman

My point exactly. Too bad we were far too young and dumb to understand how impractical arcade machines really are. Arcade graphics still look amazing too me though. Something with the style...

s0lesurviv0r says:
(# 4) on 01/14/2008 14:39

I weep at that image.

shipero says:
(# 5) on 01/14/2008 14:43

I really miss the arcade experience. The sound of all the games mixing together, the thrill of running to get more tokens before the continue timer ran out, and the temporary friendships forged over games of Alien vs. Predator. God that game was a blast.

Big Z says:
(# 6) on 01/14/2008 14:43

It's like looking at a picture of a huge grave dug for hundreds of people slaughtered during wartime. But with arcade machines.

CaffeinePowered says:
(# 7) on 01/14/2008 14:45

WRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Ill gladly take any of those cabinets :(

Spartacus says:
(# 8) on 01/14/2008 14:45

I...actually shed a tear...

king3vbo says:
(# 9) on 01/14/2008 14:50

Its worse than Goatse....

Im working on my own MAME cabinet right now, so far I have most of the cab built... so I've basically barely started

MissHinasaki says:
(# 10) on 01/14/2008 14:58

Oh god!

Some one should really form a PETA for retro video games...

Hamza CTZ Aziz says:
(# 11) on 01/14/2008 15:03

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

galagabug says:
(# 12) on 01/14/2008 15:03

*tears*
i went on a major cabinet bender about 2 years ago, it ended when i moved into a 2nd story walk-up :)

Cowzilla3 says:
(# 13) on 01/14/2008 15:03

I weap deeply.

Kryptinite says:
(# 14) on 01/14/2008 15:04

oh that hurts....

damn i'm a dork

Brandon Undead says:
(# 15) on 01/14/2008 15:06

Butmac: If you don't sign up for Allpeers and DON'T, under any circumstances, add me as "BrandonUndead", you may not find that I am sharing a folder of MAME cabinet resources. Just sayin'.

FrozenSpaceMonkey says:
(# 16) on 01/14/2008 15:07

I must find this junkyard and get what scraps I can...what a shame. The retard that threw all those cabinets out must have no clue how much money those are worth.

And I would give a kidney for that NBA Jam T.E. cabinet.

EternalDeathSlayer says:
(# 17) on 01/14/2008 15:08

The title says it all. I'm gonna go die now.

DarkTravesty says:
(# 18) on 01/14/2008 15:10

blast

Batthink says:
(# 19) on 01/14/2008 15:14

Nooooooooo! All those dead coin-ops! :'O(

Butmac says:
(# 20) on 01/14/2008 15:22

@brandonundead
welcome. welcome to my friends list.

oddly enough I was not going to sign up for allpeers tonight because a bunch of the other people in the CBM aren't on it and not sharing things.

Like I told D - I'm not going to put Flight of the Conchords - One Night Stand on it tonight. And my username will not be Butmac.

RICHARD BLOCKER says:
(# 21) on 01/14/2008 15:23

Remember when Pit Fighter had graphics that made your eyes bleed? What a rip-off though. It cost 50-75 cents to play and the mechanics were shit. But hawt damn it was pretty.

bhive01 says:
(# 22) on 01/14/2008 15:28

THE HORROR!

BFeld13 says:
(# 23) on 01/14/2008 15:51

I just had a hernia

itemforty says:
(# 24) on 01/14/2008 16:03

how terrible!

ScottyG says:
(# 25) on 01/14/2008 16:09

Arcade auctions for the win!

Seriously, if one is nearby consider going. There are amazing deals to be had if you're patient and willing to take what you can get.

liam2015 says:
(# 26) on 01/14/2008 16:12

why would someone do that?????? i don't fucking get it.

iplayanken says:
(# 27) on 01/14/2008 16:30

Oh god oh god oh god oh god oh god oh god

Professor Pew says:
(# 28) on 01/14/2008 17:03

The horror... the horror...

Samit Sarkar says:
(# 29) on 01/14/2008 17:30

That hurts, right here. *points to heart*

Zero_armada says:
(# 30) on 01/14/2008 19:52

"The horror...the sheer, unadulterated, PG-13 horror!"

Fleet3000 says:
(# 31) on 01/14/2008 21:51

hamza, i couldn't have put it any better myself.

Necros says:
(# 32) on 01/15/2008 00:03

Damn, it says something about how obsessed I am when I actually felt a pang of sadness over that dump.

Fading Star says:
(# 33) on 01/15/2008 02:58

Oh the carnage! :(.

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