A tough Galaxian dilemma

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OK, I'm talking with an old friend of mine today and she happens to mention that there's a Galaxian CT in the basement of the house she lives in, but she doesn't know if it works. So of course I go over there and look at it like 20 minutes later. Cabinet is OK, not perfect but not rough. Game needs a good cleaning and an underlay, but the glass is in good condition. The guy who owns it has had it a long time and it only worked for three months. It boots up, but there's a pattern of dots on the monitor. He says he has a friend that will give him $150 for it so his friend can multi it. I recoil back in digust because I hate seeing that done to a decent classic. I'm not sure if I should offer him a little less like $100 to at least save the game or start drinking and forget I ever saw it. I'm not a huge fan of Galaxian, but I would hate to see an original classic hacked and defiled with a 60-1 board. I don't have the room for a cocktail as I just sold my last one and have another game I'm working on, but I don't know if I should try to save it or not I guess I'm looking for some motivation to save a game that I'll probably never play.
 
Ugh... I hate those feelings. The same almost happened with my Ms. Pac.

Didn't Galaxian's art come screened to the glass? Mine does.
 
I wish I had my phone or I would have posted pics. It has a decent top glass, but I don't know if it's a new one or original. It didn't have an overlay or any sign of one.
 
If you don't have room for it then just let it go. Even if you fixed it up and sold it I would still give it a 50/50 shot that the buyer would immediately gut it to make a 60 in 1.
 
$150 for a complete Galaxian CT is a steal. even if the board is bad.

A new working board is under $70. A untested by likely working $50 Bad for parts $30

I paid $85 for one 3 years ago that had been converted to Mr. Do!. CP's were stripped, painted red, button installed where the toggle was and joystick where the button was (a nintendo stick in order to fit). Graphics scraped off bezel and painted red. Mr.Do burn on screen bad, monitor wavy and bent. Complete horrible hack job of wiring inside dangling jamma wires to universal adapator draped over monitor neck board. All original wiring gone except for iso to monitor.

Swapped panels with another KLOV'er for $11 in shipping and restored original panels as they wanted to multi. Got repro underlay and wire harness from Wu for around $50 shipped. Swapped monitors, repainted things, sanded, cleaned, and stuck in a spare Galax board I had bought and fixed years ago (I have an upright) that cost at least $40 shipped, plus misc other parts/supplies--So I have over $200 in mine plus hours of work restoring. Also put in a 8-in-1 Macro multi game mod.

If I saw another one for $150 again, I'd buy it in an instant. Enjoy bally midway cocktails. Don't lowball.. offer him what the gutter will. You will not be upset. It's only $50 for a complete game. Galax boards are not much harder than Pac's to fix, but aren;t quite as well documented. A complete working game in cleaned up condition should be worth at least $250-$350 depending on area of the US. One sold up here last fall for $300 or so.

BTW--it could be as simple a fix as reseating the daughter ROM board that may have popped out during moving.
 
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