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After stumbing across this site I must admit that I was more than ready for the dreaded 'Enter payment details' at some point. Not to find one was a genuinly nice surprise! The sheer quality of some of the emulators and the pro layout of the site itself is a credit to you guys; I feel though that many people are downloading stuff for free without even saying a cursory 'thank you'. That would really piss me off. It would be nice to keep this site free but I feel realism has to be the order of the day. Christ, some sites want you to pay before you even switch the PC on! (it feels like that sometimes!) Whatever you see fit thanks for the enjoyment!

Just a quick response to this thread; it appears from the voting already collated that 'Hi-Tech' is predominantly the most favourite of most members. This is highly understandable, as I feel the combined skill/knowledge to play such machines would appeal to people supporting this (rather wonderfull!) site. But, and its a LARGE but, the forgoing future of such machines is very much in doubt. Its happening all through the amusement scene; arcade owners are slowly (and in some cases rapidly) turning their singular 'goldmines' into boring 'Lo-Tech' enviroments, were every other machine is of the 'Bar-X' varitey. Having trawled the internet I have come across certain 'trade only' sites. The low down on this is that many are feeling that 'Hi-tech' machines are both expensive to buy from new and offer derisory residual value when sold on. Couple this with the fact that many arcades are more than aware of the activitys of people stacking the odds (and sometimes downright ripping the machine!) in their favour on such machines, that they feel appealing to the 'casual' player (including of course the OAP propped or sat against 'Bar-X') makes for a far better cliental than those of us seeking to 'force' etc. I, for one, when the 'Lo-tech' wave hits its peak will retire to start my own collection of all my old favourite machines, which, hopefully will be going for peanuts! To summarise, 'Lo-Tech' playing is about as satisfying as watching a porn movie on a portable black and white TV via a knackered Betamax VCR while half a mile away. So true . . .