Another AZ Newbie

kjs77 · Post by **kjs77** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:55 pm

Greetings all! I'm Kevin from Phoenix and 29 years of age. So far I know Greg, Undamned, Jon and Lou from game meetings. I was introduced to the wonderful world of shmups through Greg. Some of the games I own and frequently play include Capcom Collection (1942, 1943, and 1943 Kai), Strikers 1945 1 and 2, Galaga, Galaga Arrangement, Layer Section, Gradius V and Castle Shikigami. Then I have been making weekly trips to the arcade to play Raiden Fighters and Aero Fighters. I've also played some others at people's houses but have forgotten the names. Anyway I own a PS2, Genesis and Saturn so if you have any suggestions for good games let me know.

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:56 pm

Hello!

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:09 pm

Wow, a Beatles fan! Hooray! Welcome aboard! This is our yellow submarine.

Post by **undamned** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:14 pm

Howdy, Kev! We definitely gotta hang. Sorry, I've been bad about keeping in touch!
-ud

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:27 pm

Man, I'm going to have to move down there! The summers in Denver are getting about as hot, anyhow.

Dale · Post by **Dale** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:50 pm

Welcome,great repetoire of shmup's so far.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:20 am

Heh - you guys probably couldn't ever get me out and about.

I think i have social anxiety or something...

howmuchkeefe · Post by **howmuchkeefe** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:22 am

Welcome!

Man, there's a lot of people here from the valley. Ha, I've got a coworker who likes these games and a friend who owns Ikaruga... maybe we can take over this here board! You know, use it as a front to run drugs and weapons across the border.

Post by **undamned** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:26 am

howmuchkeefe wrote:...maybe we can take over this here board! You know, use it as a front to run drugs and weapons across the border.

And people *ducks*
-ud

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:55 am

Welcome Kevin!

BTW, Lou's name on here is ncc1701p and is mainly only here on the trading forum.

howmuchkeefe wrote:Welcome!

Man, there's a lot of people here from the valley. Ha, I've got a coworker who likes these games and a friend who owns Ikaruga... maybe we can take over this here board! You know, use it as a front to run drugs and weapons across the border.

So you live in the Valley too?

I think we're due for another AZ Shmupmeet sometime soon. It's been a year since the last one. I'd volunteer to have it at my house, but I don't have any cool arcade cabs so maybe my house is boring...

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:14 am

Welcome aboard kjs77!

You should take a look at the collections thread over at the off topic forum to get an idea of some great Saturn titles. Almost every single Saturn shmup is top notch.

howmuchkeefe · Post by **howmuchkeefe** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:26 am

Yah, live in Glendale.

I've got my computer and my PS2s, pretty much. I play my PS2 games on a 19" NTSC-NA TV/VCR combo (which can apparently be TATEd without catching fire), in all their interlaced glory. No cabs.

Such as it is, I'd be up for meet, especially with 2+ weelks of advance warning. I can bring my TV and my PS2s, at least.

kjs77 · Post by **kjs77** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:08 am

Thanks for the welcoming. I too would be up for another shmupmeet. Had a great time at the last one. Probably have to have it at Undamned's again unless we can rent a UHaul truck to take his game cab to Greg's. LOL!

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:00 pm

Hey Kevin,

Wasn't sure it was you going by your screen name but your avatar gave you away.

Welcome to the forum.

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:08 pm

howmuchkeefe wrote:Yah, live in Glendale.

Whereabout in Glendale? I'm up by 43rd Ave and Union Hills. KJS, UD and I live within just a few miles of each other. Oh yeah, and I also go KJS into MST3K too. "How much Keefe is in this movie?" "Miles O'Keefe!" "I'm HUGE!"

howmuchkeefe · Post by **howmuchkeefe** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:00 pm

51st Ave and Northern. Just down the street, pretty much.

"How much Keefe is in this movie?" "Miles O'Keefe!"

That's just the line that got me to sit through the first episode of MST3K I ever saw. It always brightens my day when I meet other MST3K fans!

My brother and his fiancee also like the show... while I have a decent number of the Rhino releases, I think I'll need a TV converter in order to do something like throw a themed MST3K party (Gamera, secret agent, Hercules, cheesecake, etc.).

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:13 pm

howmuchkeefe wrote:51st Ave and Northern. Just down the street, pretty much.

I used to work for that Domino's (like 2 years ago)!

EDIT - also, my girlfriend worked at that Wal-Mart up until a month and a half ago in the photo lab and i worked at Lowe's. We were only there this time for about 5 months. We lived in Scottsdale last year and now we're back. We moved back here right after the fire - which was apparently set off by those shooter guys.

howmuchkeefe · Post by **howmuchkeefe** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:57 pm

Yeah, that was weird stuff. The day they were caught, when you googled "Dale Hausner", one of the first results was his boxing photography website, pretty much an ad for his photography business. He did "Weddings", "Birthday Parties" and "Headshots" (no shit).

There's pictures of him standing next to De LaHoya and Bernard Hopkins and the like.

Creepy how normal a rabid dog can appear to be. I hope they're put down.

Glad it's over, my brother lives with his family on the lower reaches of the square described by the location of the shootings.