Dir here, from Canada.
About as old school as they come. My first computer was in 1979. I still have my Tandy TRS-80 sitting next to me right now - and it still works.
I used to work in an arcade in the early 80s, doing maintenance on the machines.
Started playing with mame very early on.
I built my first arcade machine a couple of years ago. I just discovered that House of Dead can be emulated, so I'm going to build a modern, 42 or 50" screen cabinet for all the shooters.