Finally, found a stash of machines worth restoring

nazerine

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After a lot of hunting around my town (Kelowna BC Canada) I have finally found some machines worthy of restoration. Arcade games very rarely show up in the buy/sell lists around here. So to make a long story short, these machines showed up on a local buy/sell list for free about 5 weeks ago, and by the time I called they were gone. Last week they showed up again, contacted the new seller and picked them up for $200. It was destiny for me to have these!

Haven't tried Galaga yet, one of the axial caps was pulled off the power supply. Repaired it, and reflowed all the joints last night. Maybe tonight we'll see if she works

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Was told Asteroids was non-working, but the pcb was unplugged.. Going to dig into this one when I have more free time to properly diagnose

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Mario Bros works great, monitor had jailbars+fold over but after a cap kit picture is very good. Can't seem to crack 95k yet... The goods news is the wife 100% is in love with the nintendo cabinet and art

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Thats great! Well worth the 200 bucks!! Plus you know you'll get them working with a little help from fellow KOLVers. ;)
 
Well done.
What were they thinking selling it all for $200.00?
Regardless of their mental state, You did good!
 
I agree with game girl. This dude must have been needing to get rid of these pretty bad. Score for you.
 
Nice! Congrats!

Hope the fires are not anywhere close to you...

My father-in-law was evacuated. He is in the Glen Rosa area. :eek:
 
If you ever wanna get rid of it, I'll take that Mario Bros off your hands :) Good score, I never can find anything around here.
 
Well done.
What were they thinking selling it all for $200.00?
Regardless of their mental state, You did good!

The price was amazing, the seller actually got them for FREE.. None the less I was 110% ok with giving him $200! Going to try to find some time tonight to test Galaga and see if my repairs to the power supply worked

I managed to crack 100k, and hit 174k last night on Mario Bros! woo woo! It learned how to pwn the crabs by standing on the pow :)

Also nice to see some other Okanagan collectors on here!!! The fire has not effected me, I live across the lake from the fires. I look forward to possibly trading some games down the road :) (I say possibly because I'm a horder and find it hard to let anything go, LOL)
 
All of theses nice score threads give me hope that one day the arcade gods will shine their light on me and I will be blessed with a score like this.... or Frizzles.
 
The price was amazing, the seller actually got them for FREE.. None the less I was 110% ok with giving him $200! Going to try to find some time tonight to test Galaga and see if my repairs to the power supply worked


I managed to crack 100k, and hit 174k last night on Mario Bros! woo woo! It learned how to pwn the crabs by standing on the pow :)



Also nice to see some other Okanagan collectors on here!!! The fire has not effected me, I live across the lake from the fires. I look forward to possibly trading some games down the road :) (I say possibly because I'm a horder and find it hard to let anything go, LOL)

-Where in the world did he get them for free?
I would almost feel guilty giving him $200.00 for them. --Notice, I did say almost :)

-Oh nice!

-What??? Was that part meant for me or for everyone?
 
He was refering to TomDotCom and me. (although we're technically in the interior)
 
He was refering to TomDotCom and me. (although we're technically in the interior)

Bah! Kamloops is Thompson-Okanagan :p

-Where in the world did he get them for free?
I would almost feel guilty giving him $200.00 for them. --Notice, I did say almost :)

-Oh nice!

-What??? Was that part meant for me or for everyone?

Almost guilty! He got them for free off a local buy and sell. I actually talked to the guy who originally had them, his theory was they don't work so they're worthless. To tell the truth, the guy who I paid $200 .. already had a guy 'buy' the machines.. for $20 ... I offered him $200 on the spot, and we loaded them up :)
 
Almost guilty! He got them for free off a local buy and sell. I actually talked to the guy who originally had them, his theory was they don't work so they're worthless. To tell the truth, the guy who I paid $200 .. already had a guy 'buy' the machines.. for $20 ... I offered him $200 on the spot, and we loaded them up :)[/QUOTE]

I said Almost as an over statement.......I would have floored it while laughing once loaded.
 
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