Not a lot of action around the 'modern' games at our 4th of July party. But the MAME setup drew a few curious onlookers, the board game table was active all night, and John Perry's cocktail Asteriods machine was a hit with everyone.
Of all the pictures I've ever posted on bosticks.com, few have drawn more interest than these pictures from 2005 of my home-made MAME controller. It seems that a bunch of buttons connected by a spaghetti-maze of wires have a weird universal appeal.