FS Parts: Check it out Zoo Keeper

that is expensive, but I guess that's what it's worth now.
And it's such a great game!!!

but now *I* want to subscribe to the RSS feed and it's not working :(
 
Ayup thatd be me :D Frugal I'm not...nor uninformed, thanks. A working zk board wouldnt last long at $350. My zookeeper has been dead for 2 years...I've been waiting 6 months for the pcb to be repaired and these are rarely fs. I dont mind paying extra to finally get my game working from a person I count as a friend :)

Tom

To one person. Who shops at QA. Which, admttedly, is not the most frugal or informed/educated type of customer :p
 
No one

No one publicly has said they repair these boards.. I've had luck keeping my ZK running, only because I've stockpiled tons of Qix and ZK pcbs over the years.. Had luck repairing a few, only by swapping chips from donor pcbs..

Main issue with ZK boards is the CPU pcb.. As 90% of them are acid damaged. At this point, I wouldn't sell a complete set for less than $500.. Seeing as I haven't found a working CPU board in quite a long time. The few CPUs I've sold working in the past were over $175..

It's not a game for the frugal :(
 
I've seen alot of various Qix and ZK pcbs on ebay lately that are untested for sale. maybe someone can get them and get some ZK's working for alot less.
 
Zoo Keeper sets are a real pain to get and keep running in my experience. I spent about a week on and off getting that set up and running and testing and had it fail twice during that time. Yes, I think $475 is a lot of money for a working boardset, but I've sold them in past for $350 (about two years ago) and I have had at least 10 phone calls and emails for people looking for them, so I figured I'd start high and see what happens.

On those DK boards, again I think $250 is a lot of money for a board, but we've sold quite a bit of them in past six months (at least 6 of them) and my stock is running low and people keeping paying the asking price. I think some of our collectors are not do it yourselfers and rather pay more knowing what they're getting is guaranteed to work and that we stand behind it. We do ship a lot of boards out of the US to collectors who appear to have deep pockets.

I will have another set of Zoo Keeper boards for sale shortly, I just need to bench test them for a while longer.

Qix sets are similar in some regards. The video processor board is exactly the same and the sound board can be modified to run Zoo Keeper. The main rom board is the same but requires different jumpers for the larger Zoo Keeper roms. Most Qix boards I find and Zoo Keeper boards I find need a bit of work to get running, they are just so touchy. At some point I might start offering some repair services on these as I'm getting better at fixing them, but I still have a few sets to go through here.

Anyway, sorry to babble on, just wanted to shed some light the on pricing, it basically boils down to what people are willing to pay and this is how I make a living so if people want to pay more for the product I'm not going to say no. I do try to give back to the community with goodies and technical information when I can.

Anthony
 
that is expensive, but I guess that's what it's worth now.
And it's such a great game!!!

but now *I* want to subscribe to the RSS feed and it's not working :(
 
At some point I might start offering some repair services on these as I'm getting better at fixing them, but I still have a few sets to go through here.

There is a need for this service. Please let us know!
 
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