retroACTIVE
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This weekend started out really good... I had planned on picking up my Asteroids Deluxe on Saturday... it went well... I'm so thrilled to get an AD in my collection... (thanks for a killer deal SuperBee4406!)
Over the past month I've been going back and forth with this kind gent regarding a Tempest... he had it for sale for a bit at a yard sale... He was asking a fairly high price for the game... (not totally unreasonable, but more than I had in my pocket). Long story short we went back and forth for about 3-4 weeks... I finally bit. The price we ended at was $450.00. For a good clean Tempest... that needs zero work, I'm ok with that price.
So Sunday we went off to get the Tempest... To my surprise the machine was in FANTASTIC shape... all the manuals, extra stickers, even the post cards! The machine was near perfect, next to zero nicks on the artwork, all original serial numbers... The monitor is perfect! The damned thing is almost new!
In 3+ years... I finally picked up a game that was beyond my expectations! Usually when I get a game, I'm always excited but a little bummed at the same time because either this or that needs to be done.
Over the past month I've been going back and forth with this kind gent regarding a Tempest... he had it for sale for a bit at a yard sale... He was asking a fairly high price for the game... (not totally unreasonable, but more than I had in my pocket). Long story short we went back and forth for about 3-4 weeks... I finally bit. The price we ended at was $450.00. For a good clean Tempest... that needs zero work, I'm ok with that price.
So Sunday we went off to get the Tempest... To my surprise the machine was in FANTASTIC shape... all the manuals, extra stickers, even the post cards! The machine was near perfect, next to zero nicks on the artwork, all original serial numbers... The monitor is perfect! The damned thing is almost new!
In 3+ years... I finally picked up a game that was beyond my expectations! Usually when I get a game, I'm always excited but a little bummed at the same time because either this or that needs to be done.
