FS: Working project Tempest. (Binghamton, NY)

Jeff F

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It sounded like a great idea to have a cabaret and full-sized upright but now we need the real estate for a couple pinball machines... so this has to go.

Tempest-sideart.jpg


The monitor works 100% but has not been rebuilt so it should get at least a cap-kit. The main game PCBs work 100%. The A/R II works great, but should also probably get a cap-kit. The spinner was cleaned and lubed and spins nicely. The spinner knob was missing when I bought the game, but I found a reproduction Tempest spinner on eBay. It looks exactly like the original except it's made out of aluminum.

The cabinet is solid, but has been through a lot. The side art is far from mint with loads of scratches and the right side has a small amount of swelling on the ends.

We planned to completely strip down the cabinet, fix any damage, paint it white, and apply side art from ArcadeShop.com this summer... but it's looking like we would rather just sell this project and fill it's space with a pinball machine instead. :)

For more information on this game, go here:
http://www.vidiotarcade.com/tempest.html

We are located near Binghamton, NY and can help load the game. Shipping is not something I do, but if you want to make all the arrangements and have a shipper pick it up, it shouldn't be a problem.

Price: $500
(which is what I have into it... minus at least a weeks worth of time I spent on the PCB... but that's a long story!!!) :D
 
Sorry, when ever I see Binghamton I've got to chirp up. I was born and raised there, Johnson City (Wilson Hospital). But I was moved to Austin when I was a teen. Where abouts near Binghamton are you? Had a Spiedie lately?

Where the hell did you get all of your games up there, I never saw many games for sale. I have VERY FOND memories of Chuck E Cheeses/Pizza Time on Harry L dr. in the 80's and 90's, I even remember the Chicken Machine by the door that would give you eggs for a quarter or something!!

I soooooooo figgin miss basements and cool lounge rooms most houses had up north!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Sorry, when ever I see Binghamton I've got to chirp up. I was born and raised there, Johnson City (Wilson Hospital). But I was moved to Austin when I was a teen. Where abouts near Binghamton are you? Had a Spiedie lately?

Where the hell did you get all of your games up there, I never saw many games for sale. I have VERY FOND memories of Chuck E Cheeses/Pizza Time on Harry L dr. in the 80's and 90's, I even remember the Chicken Machine by the door that would give you eggs for a quarter or something!!

I soooooooo figgin miss basements and cool lounge rooms most houses had up north!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just had a Spiedie sub on Thursday. :)

And most all of the games have come from at least an hour away(I'd say average 2 to 2-1/2 hours away). Games hardly ever come up for sale around here.

-Jeff

p.s. I'm up in Maine and I was at Aladdin's Castle in the Oakdale Mall every Friday, Saturday, and Wednesday in the early to mid '80s. :D
 
Aladdin's Castle, you know I have an original token from that joint from back in the day when it was in the Oakdale Mall! My grandmother loved to eat at the Arby's in there too, she would take me to the mall a bit.
 
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