$10 Joust (pics)

Mike Doyle

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This is one of those stories you hear and always dream it will someday happen to you; Saturday I get a call from my neighbor that she just left a garage sale with an arcade game for $10 bucks. She says it's a "Joust" and asked if I was interested; I said, "can you go back and pay them and I'll reimburse you?" :)

She not only goes back and buys it, but she texted me the address and made arrangements with the seller to coordinate pick up for me! Talk about a good neighbor.

I wasn't expecting much for $10 bucks so I was really surprised when I finally saw it; the sale sign on it was originally $20 and crossed out to $10 and while dirty, it looked like it would clean up. One side is pretty nice, the other side is flaking badly near the bottom but is good enough to touch up instead of stripping and restenciling.

Here's the game after a couple of hours of cleaning. Cracking open a new purchase is probably my favorite part of the hobby, I can hardly wait to see what's inside and what needs fixing.
joust1.jpg


I fixed some cold solder, put on a new power cord and a switcher and it works. The last thing it needs is the monitor capped. The machine was surprisingly clean inside with all numbers matching boards and a virgin monitor that is just about burn-in free.

After a little scrubbing the CPO looks great.
joust2.jpg


I cleaned and Novus-ed the marquee, a new bulb and starter finished it off.
joust3.jpg


Thank God for good neighbors.
 
Wow! That's a very attractive game. The CPO looks near mint. Congrats, man. That's one of the best $10 cabs I have ever seen.
 
Does it work ?, if not I think you got ripped off !!!! :):)

Nice find, gotta love garage sales.
 
I'll give you $10.75

Ripped off? are you kidding? Even if it didn't work, there is well over $10 in parts sell able on that machine
 
Nice score, Senor Doyle.
 
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I'll double your money with an offer of 20.00!!

You should do something nice for that neighbor.
 
bastard i saw the add for the garage sale on cl but didnt have time to go check it out lol
emailed them last night asking them if they sold it or not arggggggg

oh well at least it got a good home
 
This is exctly why I shouldn't read these threads. The jealosy is going to eat at me all night......

Great find. I need to go garage saleing more often...:(

ken
 
I'd have to say, aside from dropping $10 on it, you outright stole this one. :)

isn't that amazing what gems people are sitting on still after all these years?!
 
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