Hello from Ohio.

[Ben]

To start, I want to say I'm really glad I found this board.  I've tried a couple of other retro gaming boards in the past, but they tended to mostly consist of teenagers who are going back and playing these older games  now, not so much an older gamer type of crowd.  I was about to give up, and found this board, so I thought I'd ive it a shot.  Anyway, I'm mostly a hardcore Sega and classic Arcade fan (though I always picked up Nintendo consoles later, and foolishly bought a Jaguar  ); my first console was a 2600 hand me down, a Master System was the first I bought with my own money.  From that time on, I was mostly a console and arcade guy, never got into PC games too much outside of the Amiga.

My favorite genres are shmups, rpgs, 2d platformers and 2d fighters, but I will play just about anything.  My favorite console of all time would probably be the much maligned Saturn, given that it had the best arcade-like controller and IMHO 2d fighter and shmup library of any console.  The last time I participated online much was in the Usenet and early GameFAQs days, and part of why I'm getting back now is that I'm trying to collect for older systems I never had growing up (Turbografx 16/PC Engine being a great example), as well as the fact that most of my friends have moved on with work/family and just don't play much these days.  My favorite arcade games are probably the classic Atari and Konami cabinets, as well as SNK fighters and beat 'em ups (KOF being my favorite of those)

[TL]

Welcome to RVG, it sounds like you will fit in here perfectly!!!   

[Shadowrunner]

Welcome! Enjoy the site 

[TrekMD]

Hello and welcome to RVG, Ben!  How did you find the site?  I'm also in the US but in the Sunshine State.    Be sure to check out our reviews and interviews and just enjoy your time here. 

[zapiy]

Hello Ben, welcome aboard and thanks for the kind words.

I am sure you will fit in here.

[onthinice]

Hello! Welcome to the site. I live in the Northwest part of the Ohio.

[Ben]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone, I'm really digging the forum and plan to stick around for awhile. 

Hello and welcome to RVG, Ben!  How did you find the site?  I'm also in the US but in the Sunshine State.    Be sure to check out our reviews and interviews and just enjoy your time here. 

As for how i found the site, I was looking for information on the Jaguar, and ran across all of the fantastic Atari interviews.  I sold my Jag years ago, and have been thinking about getting back into collecting for it.  The biggest hurdle for me is the cost of some of the rarer games and hardware (I never had a Jaguar CD add on, just the console and carts).  I just hope this Atari landfill publicity doesn't drive prices up anymore with all of the new interest in old Atari stuff!

[TrekMD]

Cool that you found the forum while checking for Jaguar stuff.    It'll be quite interesting to see what happens with the stuff from the landfill and what happens with prices. 

[zapiy]

Good points. As you say the Jag CD is already at silly prices so I hope the same.

[Cryptic33]

Hi Ben, welcome to RVG

Nice intro though, I feel it is never foolish to own a Jag

[TrekMD]

Heck, some members here remember the arcade classic Crystal Castles. How cool is that

[Cryptic33]

Heck, some members here remember the arcade classic Crystal Castles. How cool is that