So we went to Southend today.
Its not as great as it used to be, quite a few places have closed down. Little variety in
places to eat and shop for souviniers (so prices are pretty extortionate)
The theme park, Adventure Land (I think it was called that), still seems to be doing well though as that was the busiest place (but we didn't go there).
Didn't go on the beach either, mostly because it was a rocky beach, but the tide was out for most of the day as well.
We walked around a lot. Got lost a bit (mostly because we hadn't been there in aaaagggeeesss!!), rode the train, and toured the arcades (which were pretty much the same. All SEGA machines. :/).
Makes me want to make/buy my own arcade machine even more now.
(Since it seems arcades are dying quicker than I originally thought)
My old man did come up with an excellent idea. I could buy a fruit machine, which are still very common here, and dirt cheap (especially if broken), gut it, then use the shell to construct my own MAME cabinet.
Would only be a few hundred quid if I did it that way, (after all the requirements for most MAME games are very low, and a Pentium 4 or equivalent motherboard is dirt cheap (could possibly have one up in the loft already), (I already have a spare graphics card that probably could do the job) I already have a few possible screens I could use in the loft, and if I'm lazy, I can get a kit that has all the arcade parts I'd need for the construction).
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