1. I am...

... Peale. I was called 'Arthur' all my life, until my senior year of high school when my girlfriend started calling me 'Peale' (it's my last name). After high school I started a job and went back to being 'Arthur,' but there was another Arthur there. To avoid confusion everyone called me 'Peale' and it's stuck ever since.

2. I got into MAME...

... only recently. I had heard of it before, of course, but couldn't be bothered with it. I had seen CmdrTaco's MAME cab on slashdot.org. One day I was trying to remember this game I used to play when I was a kid, and ran across MAME, like so many others, completely by accident. I started downloading the games, not to have them, but to help the community as a burner.

3. I love playing...

Discs of Tron, SideArms, Galaga, Pac-Man were some of my favorites when I was a kid. I've discovered so many more now, it's hard to pick a favorite.

4. I would like to say to Nicola and the MAME team...

Thank you so much for bringing back a happy part of my youth!

Machine specs: 1.0Ghz Althon | 256M RAM
Graphics: GeForce2 Mx | Sound: Yamaha XG-DG
Controllers: Microsoft Sidewinder

Cabinet specs: 300 Mhz AMD K6-2 | 128M RAM
Graphics: S3 ViRge | Sound: Soundblaster 16
OS: Slackware Linux 8.0 | Frontend: Advance Menu Controllers: none yet (still in progress)

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