Blitz '99 pickup

r3m

New member
Joined
Dec 13, 2009
Messages
387
Reaction score
0
Location
Pennsylvania
Well I'm not very good at this kinda stuff but wanted to show you guys the Blitz '99 I picked up a couple days ago.
I had noticed on craigslist that there was a Blitz '99 I seen back a couple months ago that was re-posted. I didn't have the extra cash at the time but after he re-posted it we got to talking. It was priced at $500 but I talked him down to $400! I ended up setting up a time the next day. The neighborhood that the arcade was in as well as the home is always on the news for drug busts and shootings. I was a little sketchy at first but I apparently didn't care enough about getting ripped off or getting a gun pointed at me. So me and my brother in law went over and there she was sitting in the garage waiting for me. We turned it on and noticed it was blurry as hell (Didn't mention) but knew what it was right away and kept my mouth shut. There are some gouges and scrapes but that's fine. We ended up loading it up in the van and talked a little. The guy and his father were actually pretty cool. I asked him why he was getting rid of it and the others he had. He said they opened an arcade and were literally in business for 3 days. They received a letter from the city stating that they had to pay the $750 per arcade machine tax or else they would take action. They didn't even know about the tax. So they said. Not only that they had 2 months to get over $32,000! So they were forced to close down. I asked him how business was for those 3 days and it said it was packed all 3 days! And it got me thinking. Is it really consoles that killed the arcades or the outrageous taxes? I don't know personally. Maybe for some places. They showed me the sign they had for the arcade and wish I really would have taken a picture. It was actually really neat!

But the other games they had were a Asteroids deluxe all original $350, NickToons sit down racing practically brand new $800, 60-1 in a refurbished Donkey Kong for $600, and they had a deer hunting game for $400. He was hoping to sell them all as a package for $1,500. I looked at the hunting game and knew right away of course it was a Midway cab converted. I looked at the back and it was a Mortal Kombat 4! UGH! I was looking for 1 the longest time too. No wood was missing or anything. It was painted over black but who knows it may have been in pristine condition.

Enough of the rambling. Here are a couple pictures and I have a video of it at the end after I adjusted the flyback focus knob. AMAZING monitor! The main part of the video is my KI restore though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuoTSuTmLzk
 

Attachments

  • blitz99van.jpg
    blitz99van.jpg
    89.5 KB · Views: 28
  • blitz99myhouse.jpg
    blitz99myhouse.jpg
    99.4 KB · Views: 32
Right on man! When i had a blitz it was one of the most played when we had guest's over especialy all the dudes while the girls BS'ed. nice pick up.
 
Nice pick up. I'll have to watch your KI vids later on when I get some time. I am converting a cab over to KI and looking for a second one to do KI2 also.

Gotta love when monitors etc aren't working properly (easy fixes) when you go to buy something. Really helps negotiations. It's how I aquired my Blitz 99.
 
Nice Blitz Cab! Yeah I was thinking too wow, $800 for Nicktoons, that's crazy cheap. I've only seen one locally and it was going for like $1200. Wholesale sites I saw were selling them for like $3k.

Shame about the MK4 too, take a rad game like that and convert it to a hunting game. Totally lame.
 
Thanks everyone!

Congrats on the pickup! The nicktoons racing souds like a pretty good deal. AD is a fair deal, the rest not so much..
I wanted to get the Nicktoons racing game for my 2 yr old son and he loves spongebob squarepants. The funds just weren't there though. Not sure if I had the space for it.

Right on man! When i had a blitz it was one of the most played when we had guest's over especialy all the dudes while the girls BS'ed. nice pick up.
That's how it was as soon as soon as we got it home and put back together! Thank you for talking me into making this thread. Haha

Nice pick up. I'll have to watch your KI vids later on when I get some time. I am converting a cab over to KI and looking for a second one to do KI2 also.

Gotta love when monitors etc aren't working properly (easy fixes) when you go to buy something. Really helps negotiations. It's how I aquired my Blitz 99.
What is the cab you are converting into KI? There are a couple minor cosmetics left for the KI but rather keeping the video going I'm calling it finished for the video. Ya the blitz was so blurry when it was booting up you couldn't read the words. I said I thought the monitor was good with no problems? He said I thought it was fine. Down to $400 it went.

Nice Blitz Cab! Yeah I was thinking too wow, $800 for Nicktoons, that's crazy cheap. I've only seen one locally and it was going for like $1200. Wholesale sites I saw were selling them for like $3k.

Shame about the MK4 too, take a rad game like that and convert it to a hunting game. Totally lame.
Ya he originally posted it for $1000 but when I got there and asked for prices he said $800.
I never really seen 1 before but after watching some videos it actually looks pretty fun. I'm feeling a little guilty right this minute but 1 day I'll get him something. Ya it really does suck about the MK4. I wish I would have known. He didn't even have the game on craigslist. He said that it was their biggest money maker. I literally said WHAT?!

Sweet score!
Really makes me miss my Blitz 2000 gold.
Ya there is a blitz 2k gold/show time for sale locally right now. I only see a tiny bit of wear on the CP and that's it. It was out of my budget my girlfriend gave me though. http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/vgm/3080822270.html
 
Last edited:
What is the cab you are converting into KI? There are a couple minor cosmetics left for the KI but rather keeping the video going I'm calling it finished for the video. Ya the blitz was so blurry when it was booting up you couldn't read the words. I said I thought the monitor was good with no problems? He said I thought it was fine. Down to $400 it went.

I picked up a War: Final Assault, with "MEGA" installed. No monitor no back door, but $125 and a good buddy helped me out by hauling it. More then I wanted to pay since the mega was non working at the time. But I really wanted the cab!

I ended up getting MEGA working. Not sure how, but the power supply wasn't fully working at the time. I tested it by jumping the green/black and it fired up. Plugged it all back in and it ran just fine since. So the parts alone for that game are fairly high to replace.. I could easily fund the rest of the restoration project if I choose to sell it.

The deal with the Blitz I have now, is also a 4 player with some cosmetic issues. None that I really can't overlook. Monitor is beautiful and the game gets a lot of play when we gather out in my buddies garage (the local hangout).

Long story short, seller started at $750 couldn't sell it.. Got there replaced hard drive and monitor was washed out with blood red color. Took it home for $275 and had a replacement 2kGold board that I placed in it instead.

The Blitz 99 board was a simple fix also. Works just fine too.
 
Well I'm not very good at this kinda stuff but wanted to show you guys the Blitz '99 I picked up a couple days ago.
I had noticed on craigslist that there was a Blitz '99 I seen back a couple months ago that was re-posted. I didn't have the extra cash at the time but after he re-posted it we got to talking. It was priced at $500 but I talked him down to $400! I ended up setting up a time the next day. The neighborhood that the arcade was in as well as the home is always on the news for drug busts and shootings. I was a little sketchy at first but I apparently didn't care enough about getting ripped off or getting a gun pointed at me. So me and my brother in law went over and there she was sitting in the garage waiting for me. We turned it on and noticed it was blurry as hell (Didn't mention) but knew what it was right away and kept my mouth shut. There are some gouges and scrapes but that's fine. We ended up loading it up in the van and talked a little. The guy and his father were actually pretty cool. I asked him why he was getting rid of it and the others he had. He said they opened an arcade and were literally in business for 3 days. They received a letter from the city stating that they had to pay the $750 per arcade machine tax or else they would take action. They didn't even know about the tax. So they said. Not only that they had 2 months to get over $32,000! So they were forced to close down. I asked him how business was for those 3 days and it said it was packed all 3 days! And it got me thinking. Is it really consoles that killed the arcades or the outrageous taxes? I don't know personally. Maybe for some places. They showed me the sign they had for the arcade and wish I really would have taken a picture. It was actually really neat!

But the other games they had were a Asteroids deluxe all original $350, NickToons sit down racing practically brand new $800, 60-1 in a refurbished Donkey Kong for $600, and they had a deer hunting game for $400. He was hoping to sell them all as a package for $1,500. I looked at the hunting game and knew right away of course it was a Midway cab converted. I looked at the back and it was a Mortal Kombat 4! UGH! I was looking for 1 the longest time too. No wood was missing or anything. It was painted over black but who knows it may have been in pristine condition.

Enough of the rambling. Here are a couple pictures and I have a video of it at the end after I adjusted the flyback focus knob. AMAZING monitor! The main part of the video is my KI restore though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuoTSuTmLzk

Where are you located with a per game tax that high?

See my previous posts about amusement taxes in MD. We get raped with excise taxes from both the couties and state. This is a big deal, folks!

Mike
 
Where are you located with a per game tax that high?

See my previous posts about amusement taxes in MD. We get raped with excise taxes from both the couties and state. This is a big deal, folks!

Mike
It's a huge deal! I think something should be done about it actually! I'm about 30 mins south of Pittsburgh, PA. The guy that opened the arcade is only 15 minutes away from me in a bad area (crime) Here we have crime etc but I just called the town over from me to see what their taxes were because I was doing research on opening an arcade. She told me over the phone prices were dropped to $75 per arcade machine/pinball. After looking at the prices doesn't it seem an arcade machine would be a amusement device and would be $120?? She said the brochure she was sending me had the wrong prices which are.
Electronic Amusement Device ……….…$120
Poker/Cherry Machine……………...……$300
Pinball Machine……………………………$90
Jukebox………………………………….…$90

Then I have another pdf from her attached saying this.

AMUSEMENT DEVICES $120.00 each
Mechanical AMUSEMENT DEVICES S 90.00
Mechanical or Electrical devices
being a game of chance
(e.g. poker machine) $300.00
Musical AMUSEMENT DEVICES
(eg. Juke Box) S 90.00
Pinball 90.00
Coin Operated Pool Tables S 60.00
Non*coin Operated Pool Tables S 30.00
Skating RinkK S 60.00

All Other Amusement and Amusement Devices S 60.00

So that's 3 different prices I've gotten and it actually kinda scares me. The 1 she said was updated has the date of 2002 on it!
 
Last edited:
Damn other states are raping people on taxes. In NC its $10.00 per machine. Whether its pinball,video,jukebox, pool table etc.
 
Damn other states are raping people on taxes. In NC its $10.00 per machine. Whether its pinball,video,jukebox, pool table etc.

Most of these are old laws from the heyday, when tons of cash was floating around. As long as people pay the fees, there is no justification for the bureaucrats to lower them.

Mike
 
Damn other states are raping people on taxes. In NC its $10.00 per machine. Whether its pinball,video,jukebox, pool table etc.
Holy crap! That is cheap! I have never ever heard of any prices like that anywhere around here...

Most of these are old laws from the heyday, when tons of cash was floating around. As long as people pay the fees, there is no justification for the bureaucrats to lower them.

Mike
Ya I totally agree! I live in a small town that has a skating rink where they have a small arcade. The sad part is you can't just walk in and play the machines. You have to have skates on in order to play them. I went in 1 time about 6 years ago and paid the entrance fee and started playing them and they said get skates on or get out. I haven't went back since...
Not to mention I'm 26 now and it's where all the kids hang out. Everyone looks at you like your some pedophile or something.
 
Last edited:
Back
Top Bottom