I got a random text from a work buddy last night (who knows about this hobby) who said "I have a friend who has a friend who knows a guy.." with some arcade games in his garage that he needs to get rid of. He mentioned they had been on CL for a while but people kept flaking, and he was getting irritated at the space being taken up and needed to start getting them out. I asked what he had and he told me the only thing he remembered him having from the list was Mortal Kombat. MK is a game I love and I used to own an MK II (my fav) but it was in an MK 1 cab, so I decided to sell it a while back. I always loved the MKII cabs with Raiden on them so I figured I'd find one later on down the road.
Anywho, I asked for the guys contact # and shot him a text to see what the MK was all about. He told me his Dad had recently bought a vending route and one of the locations had closed and they had to bring 6 or 7 games home and figure out what to do with. I asked what he had and there was a bunch of junk...and a Mortal Kombat II. I asked if he had pictures he could send me and he said no, but if I wanted one of the games I could probably have one for cheap and to throw out an offer to him. I asked him about the MKII and all he could tell me was that the cabinet "needed some work" but the game worked from what he could tell. I told him I'd give him $150 sight unseen thinking he would tell me to eff off, and he responded "I'll be home from 10-5 tomorrow, come get it." For $150 I figured I couldn't go wrong, and if it was a mess I could sell the parts for more than that. I show up today, and was pleasantly surprised. The cabinet IS an MKII cab but the marquee was UMK3, and the CP was drilled for the run button. I figured it was probably converted at some point, so I turn it on to play it. Yep, UMK3. Stoked! I love UMK3 (thought I didn't play it as much as MK or MKII so I kinda suck). The cab does need some work - mostly the CP and box but the art is in decent enough shape and the monitor looks great.
My first sight unseen purchase was a success.
(shitty iPhone) Pics:
I'm thrilled with the purchase. I still have to vacuum out the cab, and once she's all clean I'll put her in the lineup. More pics to come.
Anywho, I asked for the guys contact # and shot him a text to see what the MK was all about. He told me his Dad had recently bought a vending route and one of the locations had closed and they had to bring 6 or 7 games home and figure out what to do with. I asked what he had and there was a bunch of junk...and a Mortal Kombat II. I asked if he had pictures he could send me and he said no, but if I wanted one of the games I could probably have one for cheap and to throw out an offer to him. I asked him about the MKII and all he could tell me was that the cabinet "needed some work" but the game worked from what he could tell. I told him I'd give him $150 sight unseen thinking he would tell me to eff off, and he responded "I'll be home from 10-5 tomorrow, come get it." For $150 I figured I couldn't go wrong, and if it was a mess I could sell the parts for more than that. I show up today, and was pleasantly surprised. The cabinet IS an MKII cab but the marquee was UMK3, and the CP was drilled for the run button. I figured it was probably converted at some point, so I turn it on to play it. Yep, UMK3. Stoked! I love UMK3 (thought I didn't play it as much as MK or MKII so I kinda suck). The cab does need some work - mostly the CP and box but the art is in decent enough shape and the monitor looks great.
My first sight unseen purchase was a success.
(shitty iPhone) Pics:
I'm thrilled with the purchase. I still have to vacuum out the cab, and once she's all clean I'll put her in the lineup. More pics to come.



