You had to be in the know back before the internet. The web has helped me find 4 games, made parts easy to order, and provided alot of info, repair and otherwise. Got my 1st games in '97/'98 and it was tough back then too. I couldn't even pay someone to look at my games for repair. There was no one around here I could find. Did find an older EM tech but he wouldn't look at a SS machine.......