Recent content by Kookaburra

Here, on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6173319599 Kook

The Sprint 2 coin mechanism includes normally closed switches. If the mechanism is disconnected, or rewired incorrectly, you will get a screen full of random characters and garbage. One time my Sprint 2 had a coin stuck in the mechanism (so a normally closed switch was stuck open), and I got the...

Got a little scare today as the Sprint 2 I picked up at the auction last week quit working. Instead of booting up, it would come up frozen with a garbled screen full of letters and numbers. After wasting my time trying to troubleshoot the main printed circuit board, I discovered it was caused by...

I acquired a "Sprint 2", circa 1976 (thus doubling the number of games in my collection; I also have a Mortal Kombat II from the last auction). $200 for the Sprint 2. Perhaps that's a little high, but I had to have it. Was I bidding against any of you guys? It works great, but it is wired for...

It was my first arcade auction and I ended up getting my first arcade machine, a clean, "dedicated" Mortal Kombat 2 for $375.