Anyone ever get working machines for free?

j1ng

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Ive got a fully working sub-roc 3d cocktpit, a pacman(converted to touchdown fever), and a kiddie ride for free. All craigslist.
 

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Over the years, I've gotten the following games for free:

Working:
Arkanoid (Scramble conversion)
Street Fighter 2 (Rampage conversion)
Track & Field cocktail dedicated

Non working:
"Nicole" generic cabinet
Pit Boss countertop
Pulsar dedicated
Two Tigers (Tron conversion)

Almost free
Thundercade (DK Jr conversion) $1.00
Pot of Gold (Kaos conversion) $1.00
Super Baseball Double Play (Joust conversion) $4.00

Kyle :cool:
 
Ive got quite a few working games for free:
Super Sprint
Contra
Quarterback
Neo Geo
Operation Thunderbolt
Cosmic Attackers(SI clone)
 
I got a Sega Virtua Racing for free (sit down twin driver)
But I did have to pay my cousin quite a few cheseburgers to help pickTHAT one up!
 
While I don't suppose it's "free," a guy is giving me his original Galaga cab in exchange for doing some minor repair work on some of his other games.

I'm mostly just replacing power supplies and putting on a BurgerTime CPO.

He said, depending on the amount of work I'm willing to do, he'll throw in at least another cab.

Should be interesting.
 
I got my Galaga and DK in the garbage at a bowling alley, the very same machines I used to play there every day growing up. But I have told that story on here before.
 
Nice find on the Subroc 3-D. I think Subroc is vastly underrated.

But good luck finding parts if it breaks down - namely on the shutter assembly.
 
OP do they work?

Ive gotten:

playchoice (fully populated)
centipede
kangaroo

still have the PC its the only one i never consider selling when trying to make space.
 
Hmm...don't remember driving by there, but I never got over the hill much. I grew up in Maine/JC, so was curious if it was one in that area.
 
free

4 mo ago
i got
in one load, a
virtua racer twin,
blitz 99 ded.
dig dug
 
Hmm...don't remember driving by there, but I never got over the hill much. I grew up in Maine/JC, so was curious if it was one in that area.

It's on a side street, you'd never know it was there unless you lived there. My brother actually lives close by it now, I sometimes drive by when I visit his family to see if the centipede or pole position are out there.
 
My awesome friend got me/helped me pick up a working Donkey Kong Jr. cocktail about 5 minutes away from my house as a birthday present, which he got for free... does that count?
 
got a williams hot tip pin for free once, of course i did some free work for the guy later so i guess it wasnt that free lol
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Elevator Action UR - Free on CL, put some money into it and then sold it for what I paid cause I didn't have the room. Wish I kept it.

Asteroids UR - Belonged to my college roommate's parents who won it at a raffle. I remember when it was mint. Monitor went and they put it in a barn for 9 years. I kept asking what they wanted for it and they would never tell me. I finally went out to my friends who lived right by his parents and we went to the barn and just took it. I ran into the father a couple months later. He said that he heard that I took the game (like he can't check his own barn) and I said yes I did. He said he was hoping I'd take it a while ago, and I told him I've only been asking about it for several years.

My wifes friend has a Tron UR/cabaret (can't tell yet cause it was dark) and an Asteroids CT in a barn. The Asteroids is toast and I'm afraid the Tron isn't much better.
 
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