$300 Berzerk worth it? Roadtrip!

Malice95

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EagleTG and I went on a Multistate road trip that started at 8 am.. and just ended a short time ago.

PA -> NJ -> NY -> CT

We Picked up a Really nice working Phoenix and I grabed a non working but
complete Berzerk from a guy on Craigslist. They were crammed in a tight
basement and took 4 of us to drag them up the steps. Thankfully the guy's
neighbor was able to help out.

Then CT->NY-> NJ to my house to drop off the Berzerk and drag my Dig Dug
and a Popeye project game out of my basement for EagleTG. EagleTg's
probably still driving home as I type this.

So is a $300 Berzek worth it? It is when it's just a bad MOLEX connector!
Wiggled the connector when we got home and it fired right up! WOHOOO!
Coin Detected in Pocket! I'll probably go over the boards and replace the
monitor, it has a tiny bit Missle Command burn-in on the screen.

I am going to do a full restore on the Berzerk so it wont hit the
basementcade for a while but its a great restoration canidate. The bezel, and
Marquee are perfect and I thankfully picked up a sweet metal CP from Chris
Moore a few months back in the hope I would have a Berzerk some day. I
also grabed a Perfect 360 joy from Mylstar.. I hear its a great bat stick
subsitutue.

Oh.. and EagleTG was gracious enough to help me drag my new BattleZone
and Juno First down into the basementcade! Loving the Juno First!

Thanks EagleTG!
Malice

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Thanks Malice! Had a great time. Sore from moving so many games up and down so many flights of steps, but it was worth it!

(Also had to solo-unload my truck, just added to the soreness... Heheh)

I feel for everyone in Connecticut. Your freaking gas prices are INSANE (see second picture). Never thought I'd be happy to pay $3.61 for gas once I got back to NJ. Got just enough gas in CT to get me back to NJ... LOL

Oh, and before we get lambasted again, I protected the games from ALL straps with plastic, cardboard, carpet or rubber pieces from a kick panel AFTER Malice took the pics. LOL

Edit: I also added padding between the games after the pictures! Really!
 
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Nice score! I have been watching that Berzerk since around XMAS time. I was going to pick it up, but then he took it off of CL. He just put it back up. How did the Gorf look?
 
That Berzerk looks nice, I'd say it was worth it. What are you doing in the "full restore"? Doesn't look like it needs much except to be cleaned up a bit.
 
That Berzerk looks nice, I'd say it was worth it. What are you doing in the "full restore"? Doesn't look like it needs much except to be cleaned up a bit.

Berzerk is one of my grails so I'd like to make it look factory. It has a lot of
scratches, couple delaminations in the back and the bottom needs work (no leg levlers).
 
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