# Nostalgia, Chapter Deux

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 6, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-chapter-deux/605207 "2011-12-06T01:01:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-chapter-deux/605207/1 "2011-12-06T01:01:33Z")

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Awhile back, I posted about a Defender Cabinet I’d successfully restored from the dead…well that awakened a desire to remember more of my misspent youth, and the Defender Cab was too nice to chop up.

A spare PC, State Government surplus Monitor, [a Tankstick](http://www.xgaming.com/store/arcade-joysticks-and-game-controllers/product/x-arcade-tankstick-includes-usb-cables/), and a [Craigslist Basket Case Cabinet](http://www.flickr.com/photos/33743995@N00/6439549215/) later, and I’m warping my kids suitably. I don’t actually get the controller til Christmas, til then, we’re just lumping along with a keyboard and mouse…and it’s freezing in the garage, which is just as good…make memories.

And I was happily surprised as the improvements they’ve made to MAME over the years:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gOKHV7AjiCA/maxresdefault.jpg "MAME Cabinet progress") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOKHV7AjiCA)

(if ya get bored, at least skip to the end and look at TRON)