Top 3 Arcade Auction choices
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Re: Top 3 Arcade Auction choices
Originally posted by finbogg
Okay....FonMan's awesome post about arcade machine auctions got me thinking. If you went to an auction, what 3 games would you most want to find/bid on?
My choices:
Robotron
Star Wars Pinball
Super Street Fighter: Championship Edition
Okay....FonMan's awesome post about arcade machine auctions got me thinking. If you went to an auction, what 3 games would you most want to find/bid on?
My choices:
Robotron
Star Wars Pinball
Super Street Fighter: Championship Edition
Great choices,
Let me give you some feedback here
Robotron- EXTREMELY collectible and hard to find at auction. If you do, they usually go for about $1000. Some times you get lucky and can pick it up for about $700. I am looking for one of these myself
Star Wars Pinball
There are several of these by different companies. Some are very reasonable while others are through the roof (like Episode 1)
I would also like one of these
Super SF:CE
These are CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP at auction. I routinley see these going for under $200, some times as cheap as $75
This would be your best bet to start with
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Originally posted by outer-edge
Only three? Oh boy. Where to start...
I think for my first three, I would go:
Pac-Man Cocktail Table
Galaga
Donkey Kong
I know, common choices but those are what I would REALLY want. Of course, I would later want to find a X-Men six player, D&D and Ice Cold Beer aomong others.
Only three? Oh boy. Where to start...
I think for my first three, I would go:
Pac-Man Cocktail Table
Galaga
Donkey Kong
I know, common choices but those are what I would REALLY want. Of course, I would later want to find a X-Men six player, D&D and Ice Cold Beer aomong others.
Pac cocktail - $750
Galaga upright - $800
DK - $700
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Originally posted by AndyCapps
Off Road
Wrestlefest
Moon Patrol
Off Road
Wrestlefest
Moon Patrol
Moon patrol is hard to find, but a mid-classic tittle. Usually around $400
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Originally posted by Goblincat
sit-down M.A.C.H. 3
sit-down Star Wars
Dragon's Lair
sit-down M.A.C.H. 3
sit-down Star Wars
Dragon's Lair
I would just about sell my soul for a sit-down SW machine.
They go for about $3000 and I WILL HAVE ONE SOMEDAY !!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by boston george
Hmmm... I' ve got a Ms. Pac-man Cocktail. What do you think I could get for it?
Hmmm... I' ve got a Ms. Pac-man Cocktail. What do you think I could get for it?
If its perfect, only about $5.00...but I will help you out and give you $50.00 and even pick it up !
of course, you could ebay it and get over $1000, but that is so much trouble
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Original Tron (not discs of Tron)
Street Fighter 2 CE
Dragon's Lair
(runners up)
Gauntlet
Tempest
That wierd drag racing game I played as a kid that no one can identify.
Street Fighter 2 CE
Dragon's Lair
(runners up)
Gauntlet
Tempest
That wierd drag racing game I played as a kid that no one can identify.
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Originally posted by J-Dubya
FonMan
Do these prices seems high? Hypersports $300, Commandos $450.
FonMan
Do these prices seems high? Hypersports $300, Commandos $450.
Commandos seems a little high....more like $275-$300
But if it is in GREAT condition, and you like the game, maybe
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Originally posted by einTier
Original Tron (not discs of Tron)
Street Fighter 2 CE
Dragon's Lair
(runners up)
Gauntlet
Tempest
That wierd drag racing game I played as a kid that no one can identify.
Original Tron (not discs of Tron)
Street Fighter 2 CE
Dragon's Lair
(runners up)
Gauntlet
Tempest
That wierd drag racing game I played as a kid that no one can identify.
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Originally posted by FonMan
Describe the drag racing game einTier
Describe the drag racing game einTier
Anyway, I remember the game as being green, or perhaps it was lit with green, but either way, the predominant color was green. It was a driving game, but I can't tell you exactly what the object was, as I didn't really play it the correct way -- I believe I had trouble seeing what I was supposed to be doing. The big thing that attracted me to it as a young kid was a small model car (that I believe was also green, and was similar to the ones I'd build years later) that sat in the center of the display area and I assume functioned as a representation of the car you drove. There was also a drag strip "christmas tree" next to it that would count down like the real thing, and from this, I assume it was a drag racing game. I know for a fact it was a sit down game, and I believe it had real bucket seats. I remember my mother shifting for me, so it probably had some kind of shifter. I cannot remember if it was a two player game (side by side bucket seats) or if it was a one player game. In some memories it's one way and in some it's another. I highly suspect there was only one seat.
This game would have likely been released in the early to mid 70's, and at least two years before 1980 at the very latest. It might have been Speed King, but I cannot find pictures to verify this. It was not Speedway or Road Runner.
Any ideas?
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Whoa ! 4:54 am dude?
I hope you work crazy hours and were not up all night on the computer !
I think you may be actually describing what's called an EM or Electro-mechanical game. EM's are what were around before electronics and video. I will keep my eye out for this and ask around. It seems to me that I also remember a similar game...the plastic car and starting tree sound awfully familiar.
I hope you work crazy hours and were not up all night on the computer !
I think you may be actually describing what's called an EM or Electro-mechanical game. EM's are what were around before electronics and video. I will keep my eye out for this and ask around. It seems to me that I also remember a similar game...the plastic car and starting tree sound awfully familiar.
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Here's an auction to get somebody started in this hobby!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...item=717687636
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...item=717687636
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