An unusual forum member

Type 97 Chi-ha · 09-14-2005, 08:03 PM

I'm not your typical TMNT fan. Most of you I'm sure saw the cartoon when you were kids. I was well into adulthood when they came out. How did I get into them? At the time I worked in the central repair shop for the Alladin's Castle arcade chain, and you'll never guess what the most popular video game was at the time. I remember we were getting many, many machines ready for the various arcades, and for another arcade place I worked for, the manager practically begged me to come and get his game working (it was a minor problem I quickly fixed.) I did see the cartoon out of curiousity, and followed the Mirage comic for a while. No, I didn't collect any of the toys or anything like that. Wonder if any TMNT machines are out in the arcades nowadays? I wish the 1985 Gauntlet still was; I remember playing that and having fun fighting and screaming and swearing at each other when I was playing that with others.

I've long since left that career, and have been working for the past 15 years as a test technician at an X-ray machine factory, doing mostly calibration and minor repairs.

My handle is that of the most advanced Japanese tank during World War Two, and it was prehistoric junk even for the era, but it's what the Japanese military was stuck with.

09-14-2005, 08:03 PM	#1
Type 97 Chi-ha Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Brookfield, IL Posts: 1,333	An unusual forum member I'm not your typical TMNT fan. Most of you I'm sure saw the cartoon when you were kids. I was well into adulthood when they came out. How did I get into them? At the time I worked in the central repair shop for the Alladin's Castle arcade chain, and you'll never guess what the most popular video game was at the time. I remember we were getting many, many machines ready for the various arcades, and for another arcade place I worked for, the manager practically begged me to come and get his game working (it was a minor problem I quickly fixed.) I did see the cartoon out of curiousity, and followed the Mirage comic for a while. No, I didn't collect any of the toys or anything like that. Wonder if any TMNT machines are out in the arcades nowadays? I wish the 1985 Gauntlet still was; I remember playing that and having fun fighting and screaming and swearing at each other when I was playing that with others. I've long since left that career, and have been working for the past 15 years as a test technician at an X-ray machine factory, doing mostly calibration and minor repairs. My handle is that of the most advanced Japanese tank during World War Two, and it was prehistoric junk even for the era, but it's what the Japanese military was stuck with.