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    Default those with arcade machines - how often do you play them?

    i have a punch out machine that is in my bedroom. i see it every morning and every evening, and almost never fire it up to play. i bet i havent turned it on in 2 months. talking to some other folks who have cabs, they say they dont play theirs often either, going months sometimes between playing.

    just wondering how often the other folks who have arcade machines play theirs?

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    Same here, but I have a lot of comfort in knowing they are there ready & waiting.

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    I only play mine about once a month.

    I find more enjoyment in fixing them and restoring the cabs than I do in playing them.

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    i've gone months not firing them up, but then i'll play them everyday sometimes too. i guess it just matters. winter seems more like one of those play them everyday period.

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    all of my cabs are in storage at the mocovered in dust covers and blankets... as such it's a tad hard to get to fire the things up... when i move into my new abode they'll be on all day in the living room though

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    While I don't have any real stats for each game individually, games (one or more, nothing particular) are played in the arcade on at least two unique occasions a week. I've heard similar from others, though, about how infrequently they actually fire up an arcade game if they have one (or more). For me, it's the console stuff that is lucky to get played once every other week or so - the arcade games see regular play.
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    I almost never play. Biggest waste of money on gaming I ever spent. It was really cool for about a month. Now, they are just mouse houses. It's sad.
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    I'm lucky if I play mine once a month. One of the biggest drawbacks I have is that my arcade room is separate from the house, so I don't have a reason to go out there that often.

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    ive got 2 machines, time pilot and time soldiers, i play time pilot 1 or 2 times id say within a 2 month period, and time soldiers gets played absolutely never.... i fire it up sometimes when i play time pilot, and maybe play it for 2 minutes, but god its just not a very fun game.
    the only arcade machine that i would really really like to buy in the future would be a neo candy cab, because neo geo is pretty much the only system i play on a regular basis other than my gamecube and DS.
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    whenever somone comes over i like to turn on all my machines,people always get a kick out of seeing and playing all of them.by myself i play them maybe once a month.

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    Just this past weekend, I realized that it's months since I turned on. So I went downstairs, fired it up and let it run for about an hour just to give it a workout.

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    If the monitor in my Kickman machine were working properly, I'd play it a lot more often. Heck, probably even once a day. Thing is, I picked a game that I'm sorta-kinda-good at, but not a master of, so I have lots of room for improvement! :P

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    Unfortuanately, my Sea Devil machine is in storage where I can't play it.
    When I move into my current upstairs appartment, there was no way to get that monster of a machine up here. When I lived in a downstairs appartment I played it almost every other day or so.

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    Wow. I'm amazed that there are lots of people here that hardly play their cab at all. I haven't played either of my 2 cabs in quite some time. I have played one of my cabs maybe 2 times and I have had it for over 2 years. And I have a lot of boards that I still haven't seen in action. Although I like knowing they're there if I do want to play them. It's just that feeling that satisfies me I guess.

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    I like knowing that I've saved a game with a unique look and a unique control system from (A) the scrapheap, or (B) MAME conversion.

    I can play Kickman in MAME (hey, I own the machine, I can do that!) or on my C64. And it's really hard to fall back on those, because that big beautiful behemoth with a sideways-only trackball is right behind me in my game room. Probably about once a month I fire the poor old thing up and play it even with the screen screwed - think of it as an extra challenge. :P

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    I play my MVS regularly. At least 2 or 3 times a week.

    I play my STV fairly regularly. At least once or twice every other week. Normally, if I do, I'm playing Souky.

    The other cabs get played on a less frequent basis but each gets a run at least once a month.
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    i was playing my asteroids machine several times a week but it really needs to be recapped so i haven't been firing it up to frequently lately. the other two cabs i play now and then, usually when company comes over. i dont' mind that they don't get played all that much. i don't have much time for *any* gaming, arcade or otherwise, so i have to portion my time out wisely. also, all three machines cost less than an xbox 360 or whatever, so if they sit for awhile no biggie.

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    The Space Dual and Galaxian Cocktail in the basment get played almost every day by my two year old.

    As soon as I get rid of the Crazy Climber Coctail and replace it with the Atari 2 Player Football from the garage, that will see much more play time.

    If I can get the right controller of the Batltezone to go forward sometime I would play that much more.

    And if I ever get a walkout basement, the first thing that will be moved in is the Discs of Tron. Rignt now though it is relegated to the garage.

    As it's winter, the games in the garage don't get played much at all.
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    Almost never . I spend all of the time fixing them instead, but I seem to enjoy that more anyway. I usually play my most recent game occasionally for a couple weeks, and then very little after that. But recently, I haven't played ANY games, arcade or anything else. I'm just about done with finals though, so hopefully that'll change .

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    whenever i have a party... or some kids come over (often as i have two myself)... ~twice a month

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    it just LOOOOOOKS so cool in my Mordor gaming room from hell
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