JTM
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Cyber Troopers: Virtual On was a vacation pickup that was probably the result of way too much eggnog.
This was, is, and will continue to be a project on steroids....
The Find:
Facebook Marketplace

I found this on FM which is usually at the bottom of my list, partly because I don't have an account so I look a fool when I have to explain why I am messaging from my teenage sons profile and get a lot of non responses, but this was Cyber Troopers and to pass up the work of the AM3 team, especially with Sonoda and Ishikawa's hands on it I would be crazy.
After a few messages back and forth I was able to negotiate the price down and barter the rest. Through the deal making process I got to know a bit about the machine and its current owner. It was found by the seller in a shed without working monitors and wiring chewed up. Upon a worsening disability from his time in the service it was now sitting in his garage unable to be brought back to life (the guy loves his games but has lost the use of his hands so I made a side deal with him to make a few trips out and help get some of his other cabinets back up for him that will be for another post) and with the size of this one he was ready to let it go.
I quickly sold a Sega Virtua Racing upright w/ pedestal to raise the funds and scheduled the pickup...
This was, is, and will continue to be a project on steroids....
The Find:
Facebook Marketplace

I found this on FM which is usually at the bottom of my list, partly because I don't have an account so I look a fool when I have to explain why I am messaging from my teenage sons profile and get a lot of non responses, but this was Cyber Troopers and to pass up the work of the AM3 team, especially with Sonoda and Ishikawa's hands on it I would be crazy.
After a few messages back and forth I was able to negotiate the price down and barter the rest. Through the deal making process I got to know a bit about the machine and its current owner. It was found by the seller in a shed without working monitors and wiring chewed up. Upon a worsening disability from his time in the service it was now sitting in his garage unable to be brought back to life (the guy loves his games but has lost the use of his hands so I made a side deal with him to make a few trips out and help get some of his other cabinets back up for him that will be for another post) and with the size of this one he was ready to let it go.
I quickly sold a Sega Virtua Racing upright w/ pedestal to raise the funds and scheduled the pickup...

















