Afterburner help

smitymike11

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Hello I am new here and not to sure if this is the right place for this but any help would be nice. I found a Afterburner sit down arcade game on cl for sale. The guy is asking $150. I have emailed him about it and he has told me all the wood is swollen, is the main part where you sit wood or is it just the bottom? How much of it is plastic? He has told me all the movement works just fine. The other problems are it has a rolling screen and it keep adding points. Are these major problems or could they be a easy fix? Is it worth buying to fix or is it only good for parts? It looks like it has been sitting out side. Also the feet/caster are missing, how hard would it be to replace them? How would you guys suggest I move it without the casters, I do have a enclosed trailer but how would I put it in it? Again any help would be a huge help, thank you.
 
Not worth it for all that.

Game left outside equals = bad.

Id pass.

So I would put more money into it then it would be worth? I did notice a post on here that is about 3 months old for this game. I thought about offering him $50, that way I am not out much and I could afford to buy it to try and fix it myself. I have added the picks that I have so far.
 

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I saw that on CL too (you must be in the Michigan area I assume). I'd pass on it too, especially if this is your first arcade game purchase/restoration. It can be enough work just getting a "regular" upright game restored/fixed if you haven't done it before.

I picked up my first project almost a year ago and I'm still working on it. :)
 
I saw that on CL too (you must be in the Michigan area I assume). I'd pass on it too, especially if this is your first arcade game purchase/restoration. It can be enough work just getting a "regular" upright game restored/fixed if you haven't done it before.

I picked up my first project almost a year ago and I'm still working on it. :)

I live in the Muskegon area. After thinking about it and talking to repair shops this seems to be only good for parts. To bad I would love to have something like this. Guess I'll look for something else.
 
if that was close to me id offer $50 or $75, only because i have access to a box truck with a liftgate at work. Youd have to fix the casters before even trying to move it, iirc it weighs like 400-600 lbs or somthing crazy like that.

If you cant get a boxtruck/liftgate your probhably have to hire someone with a flatbbed tow truck to haul it for you.

SOunds like a total restore job and for a newbie, probhably not a good idea. But yeah im one of the crazy ones, id go for it.
 
Youd have to fix the casters before even trying to move it, iirc it weighs like 400-600 lbs or somthing crazy like that.

+1, I helped move a Sega Power Drift deluxe a while back, and without a liftgate on the truck and casters on the cab, that thing would be seriously dangerous to move.

- James
 
Its also mostly metal and weighs over 800 lbs......It has alot of electronics too...not a beginner machine at all.
 
I have one and there heavy as hell. But all the plastic parts should still be good the bottom is made of metal and you can sand and repaint the metal. At the very least its worth $$$ in parts since the parts for it are not always easy to come by. So if you got it cheap found out it wasn't worth restoring you could easily make back your money parting the thing out. I'm still in need of an uncracked throttle cover for mine.

So I would put more money into it then it would be worth?

LOL I think just about every game everyone on here owns has more money into it that their worth. I really wouldn't consider that an issue if your getting into this for a fun hobby.
 
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