Free nonworking game on Craigslist . Easiest fix of all time.

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Free nonworking game on Craigslist . Easiest fix of all time.

My brothers friend alerted him to a free game on craigslist. My brother called the seller and arrange a pick up for me. One of those first come first serve deals. I pull up and in the driveway sits an NFL Blitz 99 with the back off and the control panel sitting on the ground next to it. The college kid that owned the game said he found it on the side of the road with a free sign that said it worked. Him and his buddies brought it home and plugged it in but nothing happened. He had it sitting around the house for a few months and decided he just wanted it gone. I loaded it up and brought it home. It was full of leaves and dirt but all seemed intact. I vacuumed out the cab and started looking for a reason it wouldn't turn on. I checked the fuses and looked for other obvious things that it might prevent it from firing up. It occurred to me, he said, "We plugged it in and it didn't come on." I thought it was possible that they didn't know about the power button on top. I plugged it in, flipped the switch and it power right up and plays like a dream. I'm glad I only spent 5 min troubleshooting. I guess they don't teach (Arcade Games 101) in college.







 
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I just pulled 56 bux out of my NFL blitz on location earlier this afternoon. It's agreat game and people really like it. Congrats on the score.
 
I just pulled 56 bux out of my NFL blitz on location earlier this afternoon. It's agreat game and people really like it. Congrats on the score.

I was in Billings on the 4th of July. I should have found out where you had games. :)
 
sweet. I love stories like this. Monitor and Cab look decent too.
 
I just pulled 56 bux out of my NFL blitz on location earlier this afternoon. It's agreat game and people really like it. Congrats on the score.

nice pickup. Surprised it was not the PS.

$56 is not that great if its a month between collections. Someone wants to buy one of my sportstations and operate it. So it must do ok still. I have a HUO showtime upgraded to sportstation and a dedicated sportstation. I am tempted to build them a sporstation in a blitz 2000 cab that I have.
 
I was in Billings on the 4th of July. I should have found out where you had games. :)

Next time you are in town, give a call and I'll give you the d/l on where on play in town. I'll also bring you to my shop and let you see all the goodies I have stashed.
 
I bought a lot of I think it was 16 games ... was supposed to be 6 working 10 non-working... because of the very same thing (obviously the old owner only plugged them in to check them)... it ended up being 10 working and 6 non-working. Nothing like a "non-working" game coming up when you flip a switch.

:)
 
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