Been a long time coming..

AndyD421

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For those of you that know my history in collecting, you know how big this is for me. For those that don't here is a brief story:

I got into collecting in the summer of 2006 (at the age of 14)when I received a Terminator 2 Upright FOR FREE from a family friend who couldn't take seeing his immature nephews rip and destroy it. I had played this game since he purchased it in 1996, so I knew the game VERY well, and we used to play it all the time. He gave it to me, and said "I know that this is where the game belongs, I know you will take care of it". I promised him I would keep it forever. I cried on the way home, I was so happy.

From that day on, I started collecting. The game went into our garage, and I swore I would eventually get it upstairs into our basement, no matter how much my parents were against it. Eventually another game joined it, and then another. Finally, my dad got into it a bit, and purchased an Eight Ball Deluxe, and I already had a Super Pacman so they both got moved upstairs because my parents liked them... but Terminator was considered "pointless and dumb" so it wasn't allowed to make the trip with the other games.. Eventually, I sold the Super Pacman, and the Eight Ball Deluxe was sold as well. But the Terminator remained... It's the game "I'll keep forever", and I meant it.

Eventually, I ran into some cocktail cabinets, and a Minty Robotron cocktail soon after. It was allowed upstairs, but the cocktail cabinets had to sit in the garage with Terminator 2. Then, yesterday, I finally got the chance I've been waiting for. My dad came up to me and said "hey, you throw those empty cabinets in the shed, and T2 can come upstairs.. I need the room for woodworking." I was shocked, and instantly agreed. I moved the game from its normal spot, and cleaned it up:
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Now, it is FINALLY in the basement!
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I am so happy that the game is finally where it belongs, and it now has a safe spot to stay while I am away at college. Here is a pic of both of the games:

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Thanks for listening.

Andrew
 
Congrats! One thing is confusing me tho... You say the game got to go "upstairs" to the "basement"... Does that mean the garage was under the basement?
 
Congrats! One thing is confusing me tho... You say the game got to go "upstairs" to the "basement"... Does that mean the garage was under the basement?


Or he meant upstairs to the attic but I dont know, my garage is attached to my basement
 
Nice!

Great story. That is very cool that your family friend kicked the T2 down to you and turned you on to the lifestyle. I have always wanted a T2, but will never be able to fit one into my basement - bummer. That Robotron cocktail is sick. I did not realize they even made that in a cocktail. I have an upright and it is probably my favorite game ever. Glad to hear that your parents have gotten into it as well. I sure wish I could stash games at my parents house, then I could have more and always have something to do when I go home!
 
Good Story!!

i have all my arcade games stashed at my parents house too, i started back in 2003 when i was 17 (and still lived at home), but i also collected classic video games on consoles first. My first machine was X men. And then i ended up hoarding every arcade game i could get my hands on. Then sold off a bunch but still have x men! now i only go for dedicated machines, but they are all still at my parents house lol. (hope to move them to my soon to be built garage/arcade/music jam pad somtime in the future when it is built.
 
For those wondering, my house is weird. Our garage is sort of below our house.

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Cool, so I'm not crazy... my grandparents had a place kinda like that... there was a "sub-basement" complete with a workshop and shooting range under the basement and garage... Quite cool.
 
Nice story, nice games.

I played T2 over at a friend of mine's house and man, that game wears you out after awhile. Nice score.

Dig the Robotron cocktail, too. In fact, I dig it more.

- M1A
 
Dig the Robotron cocktail, too. In fact, I dig it more.

- M1A


Yeah, the Robotron cocktail seems to be a bit of a unicorn. They only made about 100-500 of those things, and most of them are trashed by now. Mine is just about perfect, the only way you could find a nicer one is if it came new in the box.
 
That's cool-
If the family friend gets a copy of this thread, it will warm him to know that he was right about where the machine should go.

Very nice all around.

K
 
Nice T2. Yours still has the red t-moulding, too!

Mine was replaced before I got it and is black. :-/
 
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