Estimated worth for an upright Return of the Jedi?

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Owned this since 1994; the monitor is currently experiencing vertical collapse, the left side decal has small tears, and the right side decal is missing. Other than that, everything is in good condition and working. (Also has replacement speakers)

Looking to eventually sell it, but not sure what it is worth, and more importantly, if I should have it repaired first, before selling. I've seen them range anywhere from $1000 to $1800 on eBay.

Thanks for any advice/info!
 
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The ROTJ arcades have been going between $700 to $1000 on here the last few years. But they are in good condition and work 100%. I say yours would be worth $500 to $700 with monitor issues without knowing to much of the condition of the cab.
They always ask crazy prices on eBay but very few are sold for that amount.
 
I agree with the above, but... that's on here. I think that you'd do better getting the monitor chassis rebuilt, and then selling it- probably to someone who's more of a Star Wars collector than an arcade collector. ROTJ is kind of an unloved stepchild around here, the swap from vector to raster, as well as the weird perspective killed it for a lot of people on here.
This is coming from someone who owns one - built it from pieces, and don't want to sell it.
 
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Owned this since 1994; the monitor is currently experiencing vertical collapse, the left side decal has small tears, and the right side decal is missing. Other than that, everything is in good condition and working. (Also has replacement speakers)

Looking to eventually sell it, but not sure what it is worth, and more importantly, if I should have it repaired first, before selling. I've seen them range anywhere from $1000 to $1800 on eBay.

Thanks for any advice/info!

your in california, so your game would be worth more than in most parts of the country. So probably higher end of the spectrum.

fix it. your killing off maybe 50% of potential buyers (many of the ones you want who will pay top dollar) with it not working. then you going to have another 25% who might be worried that there are board problems. ROTJ will have appeal beyond the arcade collecting group. some star wars nut might buy it, but he would need it working.

If you have the skills to pull the chassis and put it back in, then send it off for repair. If P&L video is driving distance for you, maybe you can take it to them for repair. maybe a fellow collector can help you get it going.

first thing you need to find out is what monitor it has in there. open the back of the monitor head and take a pic.
 
Appreciate the advice - one thing I didn't mention is that the game is actually in storage in Rhode Island, not here in CA. Guess they're more common in the Northeast than out West.

It has an Atari Disco DMC-2090DT-2A.
 

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