I have a real stupid question about button replacement.
Most of all the buttons that I need to replace are short buttons with a leaf style contact that activates them. Can I replace then with the microswitch style long button?

You'll need insurance in case the game falls over on anyone or something happens while they are playing.

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I forgot to mention that almost none of the games had keys. I had to bust the lock out of the back of heavy barrel to be able to get inside. Targ has a padlock on the front. I'm thinking about going back to the person I bought these from and see if they may have the key.

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If they don't have the keys here is a trick to get a key. Look on the face where the key goes, there might be some #'s or letters. If you can find any of that, and the make of the lock, you can go down to a locksmith and if they are good, they will have a book with the specific code to cut you a new key. It may cost you 6 or 7 bucks for a key, but you won't have to risk damaging the cabinet or door and it will help in the sale if you have the keys.

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These were in a storage cabinet and not being used. I hope to fix a couple of the machines in their store and get some more for my time. Although my wife is not looking forward to my new found hobby.

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Sweet. I live in a small house and we are innundated with crap, we just have too much stuff for this small house. I plan on moving in the next year to a much bigger house with a much bigger garage so I can start on my Garagecade. My GF probably hates the idea of losing the garage to video games, but she loves playing skee ball and Puzzle Fighter. Now all I need to do is score some more redemption games at the June auction here :) Someone said they got a whack-a-mole game for 1$ :D

RE : Buttons - Don't know on that, thats probably a newsgroup type question for someone with older cabinets.

For anyone located in PA or nearby, here is a huge sale on some project cabs -

Here is our list of games...we have basically put them in one area of warehouse. We have partially checked for completeness...so price is still in the air....I have come up with general prices for everything which we can obviously adjust is necessary!! If not marked, we are sassuming there is a monitor, logic board, power supply, and coin door on each item...we have noted some things we spotted missing when putting in the work area...NOTE; I can
reduce price by $50 in most cases if you do NOT need the monitor!!!

Capcom Bowling..no logic..$100,

Big Event Golf (in mappy cabinet..no top)..$125,

Quartet 2 $150,

Turbo $150,

Up and Down (conversion in frogger)$200,

Vanguard...someone converted it to something..no monitor or logic...free,

Birdie King 2--rebuilt tracball, recapped monitor, new power supply...$175,

Bomb Jack $150,

Demo Derby (two available) $200,

Atari Football $250 complete not working (I have 4 or 5---some lesss missing ball..etc,

Karate Champ--no bezel or marquee, may work $100,

Bubble Bobble in Robotron cabinet but no
control panel $125 (w/o monitor $75 for instance),

Carnival --2--$150 not working, if one works $300...

Eagle $250 working $150 not working,

Astro Invader $250 working $150 not,

Gyrodine $150,

Trivia Whiz--one in DK cabinet $125 one
in Make Trax cabinet $100,

Stunt Cycle.,.nice shape but not working $300,

High Impact in gauntlet cabinet..no monitor or logic..$50,

Pooyan--dedicated--two available $500,

Exterminator $500,

Deluxe Space Invaders--no boards or monitor
or coin door but has blacklight and harness...free,

Double Dragon 2--jamma...complete but no pix $150 (W/O monitor $100),

Snow Brothers in Defender cabinet $150,

Ajax $150,

Bump & Jump no monitor or logic $100,

Burgertime..painted black, harness is there and so is coin door $25 (w/o coin door Free,

Enduro Racer..working $250 nw $150,

Space Dual...complete except for logic and monitor..$150 (has harness, transformer and PS, and coin door,

B&W round cocktail pong type game...doesn;t work...$50,

lots of arkanoids working $200 each working,

Golden Axe can hear it working..no monitor $100,

Nibbler two avail $150 each,

yellow Pacman...pretty much empty but side art nice, bottom
wood is somewhat gone...free,

Dangar (in red alert cabinet) $125,

Cosmic Avenger dedicated $300 --non working $200,

VS Cabinet in blue DK cabinet...some wiring---free, two dedicated Sente systems in the smaller cabinet with the front door and one Sacman kit in a Pacman cabinet---complete and working

Gimme a break $300...less if missing stuff...we can discuss,

Operation Wolf...we robbed board from it..but monitor and gun work $100, have another I can take monitor out of for $50,

Battlezone..complete except for logic boards
$300 (including that vector monitor),

Two Tigers in tron cabinet $200--n/w $150,

Jailbreak in berserk cabinet $100 may be missing logic...,

Playchoice...missing logic and one monitor $100,

War of the Bugs..working $200, not working $100,

Granny & Gators...I have 2 maybe 3---complete...if they power
up, I want $400...if not $300...

Outrun complete but missing logic $100,

Shinobi--I have one in robotron cab for $150 w/o logic, another in Defender cabinet for $125 w/o logic,

Cadash in robotron cab $175,

Kung Fu Master $150,

Tiger Rd..no monitor $50 (atari cabinet maybe kangaroo),

Kangaroo...fully working $300, no monitor $50 less, no logic, another $50 less...I have 5 or 6 of these..all have nice side art,

Space Encounter mini..no logic or monitor $25,

Space Invaders cocktail--2 or 3 left...complete except for logic board $150 each.



This is our start for today...I plan on adding more tomorrow and
Sat......
I NEED THESE OUT ASAP...---for the adventurous, we are here now Thursday night till at least midnight! OPEN LATE FRI AND SAT--up to midnight...closed sunday ...reopen Monday...we open at 10am---website has directions...call us if you are coming late any night, otherwise you can just show up with your truck
and cash!! We take all 6 major credit cards too...but 6% sales tax is then figured in..sorry no checks...215-953-1188 then press 0 to skip the automation.....Todd TNT Amusements Inc. website
Todd from TNT Amusements...our address is 1310 Industrial Blvd. Southampton PA 18966...website: tntamusements.com email:[email protected]. Our phone number is 215-953-1188 then press 0 to skip automation. We're open everyday
except Wed & Sun 10 to 8

At a Costa Mesa auction this past weekend, this could have been had for 125$ if you had the means to move it and store it :D

http://www.highwaygames.com/products...oat_racing.php

9 Ft high X 8 Ft Wide X 9 Ft Depth :D

Did you end up going? Tons of deals to be had from the postings on the Newsgroups. The guy left early but these were some of the prices :

720 $300 One of two at the auction (the other one was sold after I left)
Ameridarts $160
Arkanoid $45 Non-working
Arkanoid $130 Non-working; nice Bally/Midway cabinet
Asteroids (Caberet) $300 Nice!
Asteroids $200 Fake CPO; non-working
Battle Shark $35 Non-working
Berserk $325 Pretty nice
Birdie King II $100
Blocked $125 In a nice Food Fight cabinet
Bowl-o-Rama $35 Non-working
Bubble Bobble $165 Nasty monitor, but working; in a Joust cabinet
Bubble Bobble $150 Robotron cabinet
Buster Bros. $60 Non-working
Buster Bros. $200 In a Joust cabinet
Capcom Bowling $60 In a Pac-Man cabinet (painted black)
Capcom Bowling $210
Capcom Bowling $165 Bally/Midway cabinet (Pac-Man maybe?)
Centipede $500 CP had usual wear; monitor was a bit dark
Centipede $250 Flaky marquee; beat up CPO; non-working
Dig Dug (Cocktail) $250 Not working; one of two at the auction (other one was sold after I left)
Dig Dug $400 Nice
Donkey Kong (Cocktail) $575 Couldn't actually see it...
Donkey Kong (Cocktail) $174 Looked good, definitely working. Quite a steal!
Donkey Kong $425 No side art but nice
Donkey Kong $500 Blank marquee; not as nice as the one that sold for $425
Donkey Kong $775 Very nice; black t-molding, though...
Food Fight $500 Scratched and dented cabinet; bad monitor burn-in; but working, and I WANTED it (but not enough to bid higher than $500 for it)
Galaga $550 Scratched-up marquee, but in good shape otherwise
Galaga $525
Galaga $575
Galaga $925 Super-nice; grade-A restoration
Galaga $675 No side art and glossy black (instead of flat); nice, though
Galaga $800 Nice
Galaga $775 Conversion
Galaga $950
Galaga $675 Conversion (but nice)
Galaga $750 Nice
Galaga $600 Nice (no front art)
Galaga $650
"Galaga" $1050 Looked great but had a bootleg (Gallag) board
Galaga $650 Conversion
Gal's Panic II $175
Gang Wars $55
Golden Tee $250
Gorf (Cabaret) $400
Gorf $190 Board problems
Hang-On $200
Jr. Pac-Man $50 In Super Pac-Man cabinet; NW (needed new monitor)
Klax $90 The monitor was worth more in and of itself...
Ladybug $170 Dedicated; no cord, so condition unknown
Lee Travino's Fighting Golf $75
Make Trax $125 Played blind
Mortal Kombat $200 Dedicated; nice
Mortal Kombat $225 Conversion; monitor had a greenish tint
Ms. Pac-Man (Cocktail) $800 Couldn't actually see it...
Ms. Pac-Man $400 In a nice PAC-Man cabinet; no cord, so condition unknown
Ms. Pac-Man (Cabaret) $450 No CPO; board problems
Ms. Pac-Man $400 Ugly woodgrain cabinet conversion
Ms. Pac-Man $550 Original; not bad
Ms. Pac-Man $500 Conversion
Ms. Pac-Man $450 Conversion; monitor problems
Ms. Pac-Man $650 Conversion
Ms. Pac-Man $650 Conversion
MVP $65 Monitor was in bad shape
Outrun $400
Outrun $225
Pac-Man $290 Non-working; nice cabinet
Pac-Mania Passed Had a Ms. PAC-Man marquee, in a non-original cabinet; not sold
Phoenix $300 Nice
Popeye (Cocktail) $225 Again, I couldn't see it from where I was standing...
Popeye $200 Blank marquee
Robotron $200 Banged up cabinet; board problems
Root Beer Tapper $375 Very nice, with color side art; a steal at that price!
Skins Game $275
Skins Game $175
Space Invaders Deluxe $325 Flaky bezel
Speed Buggy $150
Speed Buggy $200
Speed Rumbler $70
Stargate $600 Super-sweet!
Super Pac-Man $375
Super Qix $80
Tapper (Budweiser) $375 Monitor needed replacing, but it was working and had all the brass; good buy!
Tetris $55 Not working
Toobin' $225 One of two at the auction (other one sold after I left)
Track and Field $175 Looked like a possible board problem (gibberish on the high score screen)
Track and Field $200
Turbo $50 Flaky monitor
Zaxxon $110 Dead monitor, but nice cabinet



A couple people also posted they got a bunch of games that worked for 25 each at the end. Just rent a U-Haul with a Tommy Lift on it to haul all the stuff back. Its what I'm probably going to do when I go to the auction here in SJ at the end of the month.

Just checked the site and no new Dallas date yet. I'm hoping they keep coming back every 3 months. Next time I'll be prepared.

I swear all the deals are back east :( Need to take a road trip :)

I didn't make it down. I did see the posting and now I am kicking myself for not making the trip.
Dek when you go to the upcoming auction would you be willing to look for a couple of things for me? The last one I was at was selling some Capcom B boards. I'm looking for the Capcom A board and couple of the B boards. I could send you some money before you go to the auction.

By the way there are no deals in Ohio. I saw on the newsgroup someguy in CA was giving away a free working monitor.

I'll keep an eye out for the boards. No need to send the money until I have them in hand. What are you looking to pay for them?

I would have bought that 720 at the auction, I'd kill for that price here in CA. I'm hoping there is a ton of them there so I can grab 1 or 2 or 3 :)

I'd LOVE to have a Donkey Kong in the basement...:).....if it'd FIT...

Just got back from the teachers shop. He got almost 20 games donated for free. Virtua Fighter, Alien The Gun, Championship Sprint, Vindicators, Roadblasters, Mario Brothers, Turbo, Out Run, Tempest, Ikari Warriors, Super Sprint X 2, and a ton more.

I backed out on the Steel Talons though, not enough room. He even offered to sell it to me for 20 :(

What? Why don't you get me the Tempest and Alien? I would let you drive them on out to Ohio and while you are here I will buy the beer and supply the games.
Couldn't you take out the dining room table to make room for Steel Talons?

You would need an addition to the house for that game. It is frick'n huge.

The teacher gets the games donated from an old Vendor, meaning they most likely have been not working for some time, or have problems with them. He teaches the kids how to fix them, then they sell them, and the school gets money. Tempest was missing the monitor and the back door just from a glance (it was at the back of the pile, all I saw was the side art and freaked :D ) The Alien 3 : The Gun was in pieces. 1 gun looked ok, the other looked broken beyond recognition. They hadn't even turned it on yet. One guy tested a Roadblasters while I was there. The trigger was stuck, had some weird control issue, and a big chunk was missing out of the front panel.

I could take out the dining room table :D I was still going to get Steel Talons, but the GF complained the thing was going to take up a huge portion of the garage. I could make the room in the garage, but figure I'll be picking up a crapload of games at the auction and by the time I get home, she won't be able to say there is no room, I'll just have to make some room :D

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=13716

950 and in Rhode Island :)

I think I've decided the next arcade board I want to buy is Wonder Boy in Monster Land!!

Crap.. I just checked and it appears that it is not a JAMMA board.

:( :( :(

Cool thread. I wish they had some of these auctions closer to me. I have a Galaga in a Super Pac-Man cabinet. :D Original boards of course.

Getting a new monitor within a week or two. Everything else in great shape. After I move into new house I'm gonna get new artwork for the front and sides.

I'm still pursuing a Wonder Boy in Monster Land board.. Super Auctions hasn't updated thier site with new dates though!! I'm probably going to pick up the board with a JAMMA adpater and get a cabinet for it at the next auction. Until then, I can play it in the Neo Geo cab.

I believe the next auction in the Dallas area is August 9th.

Most excellent. I checked the site and they did mention they'll be putting up thier year-end dates soon.

I went to the auction this past weekend, almost nabbed a 720 but passed on it :( I ended up getting a All American Football 4 player for 75 bucks though. I had to bail early but there was a Top Skater there and some other games I was interested in. Oh, there was a Black Tiger there too and at the end of the auction it went for 50 bucks :lol: Had problems though, when I powered it up, the screen was inverted.


Re : Dallas Auction - Maybe I will take a road trip and scoop some games there :)

I was at the same auction dek was at. they were filming some spots for X-Play. i got Yei Ar Kung Fu in a nice orange Dk jr nintendo cabinet for 50 bucks. wasnt working at the auction, brought it home and it worked. great deal.

Next auction we're gonna have to meet up Dave, hopefully the next one will have a bigger selection and better prices. I don't want to have to drive to Texas to get the good deals :)

I went to one of these two weeks ago in Denver. We rarely get auctions but this one was a bankruptcy auction. Mostly newer JAMMA stuff though. Some Neo Geos and Golden Tees, Silent Scope and a bunch of newer ones. The vintage items were slim pickings. There was a pretty beat up Galaga coctail that I wanted. (it would have looked nice next to my Galaxian cocktail) However it went for 0ver 500 bucks. :-( I did however pick up a cherry Battlezone Cabaret. Once I got it home and broke into it I was surprised to find a full set of manuals and schematics. Couple that with 2 extra controllers for spare parts and a pristine tech sheet on the back panel, you can color me stoked. Also in the same week I managed to pick up a prisitine Space Duel. My Atari vector collection went from 0 to 2 in less than a week. Weird and wild stuff. Cheers.

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Well, my excitement for the next Dallas auction just rose by 10 fold. I won a PCB for Wonder Boy in Monster Land (site in progess: (http://pixyjunket.dragonpalace.net/m...and/index.html).. and I really need to get at the least a monitor. I'm really want to build my own custome cabinet for it from the ground up. I'll be spending the weekend doing research on it, etc.. seeing if the project is too far-fetched or something I can honestly do.

The easy way out is a $50 adapter to convert the board to JAMMA and just stick it in my roommate's Neo Geo cabinet when I want to play..