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I go in spurts as well. In the last year, after I got my console emulators set up how I liked them I moved on to learning MAME. Once I got that dialed in I built a CP. When that was done I started messing around with Pinball FX2. That spawned into messing around with VP and FP, which then led to Pinball X. Now I've rebuilt my CP to include buttons on the side for pinball and a trackball (which I still haven't ordered yet) because Centipede and Missile Command. This was after not touching any games besides Minecraft with my son and Metroid Prime Trilogy for most of the last 3 years. I'm sure lack of spare time won't allow for much gaming coming into the summer and fall, so when winter comes I'll probably be back at something again. Building a cab is the next logical step. Hopefully I'll be in a big enough house by then. Collecting achievements is fun and all, but I'm old school in that getting a high score, or simple beating a game is enough for me. This guy is a big reason for churching everything up as well. Otherwise I'd be happy just using an Xbox 360 controller for most everything.

In the settings wizard on the display tab there is an option to use dmd, put yes to this and then set the dmd display number below it and then put your marquee images in the pinballx media/mame (or whatever system name you are using) dmd images folder. you might have to set the position of the dmd screen at the bottom of the dislay settings screen also.I dont know if it makes a difference to this but in the database file for mame i also have hide backglass and hide dmd set to false for each entry. I am sure that is all i did to get it going, i actually have three screens working with mame in a poker machine cab with the paytable on the top monitor and a graghic on the bottom one.

To me, that is what it's all about, you've pretty much spawned another generation of gamer's, and spend quality time sharing it with him. Some of my fondest memories are of Shakey's Pizza, playing Space Invaders and Atari Football with my dad as my mom watched with amazement. Completely awesome Kustom Kid! Obviously no videos from my days, but of the few Shakey's still remaining....this pretty much sums it up......

A friend of mine (or maybe he's just an acquaintance and I like to pretend we're buddies) from the Racketboy forums wrote an interesting series of blog posts dealing with just this sort of gaming burnout (well not specifically emulation burnout I guess, but really just gaming burnout in general). These days I really try to put some conscious effort into mixing up my game selections in terms of genre, platform, and era. This tends to help keep things fresh, and as a result makes my gaming time feel more enjoyable and productive (to the extent that gaming time can really be productive I guess ). Any hoo, they're interesting articles, and he generally has some interesting perspectives and insights on gaming (whether you agree with his premises or not). They're definitely worth a read if you're interested and have a few minutes to spare. The Dispassion Of Diversity - Part I The Dispassion Of Diversity - Part II

Have you not played the original LoZ before @stigzler? If you haven't, you should redress this issue immediately! The nostalgia goggles are in full effect here, but even after all these years, the first title in the series is still my favorite. I go back to it time and time again. To my mind it is a perfect crystalline example of zen and the art of gaming, lol. At any rate, I was able to make it to the first dungeon in this browser version. No idea whether all the dungeons have been implemented (heh, I'm at work right now), but it does seem like a 1:1 representation of the original game from what little I've seen. Pro Tip: Your first order of business should be to enter the cave you see on the very first screen. It's dangerous to go alone don't 'cha know!