Got a new game today - Bram Stoker's Dracula

30FathomDave

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I'm on the other side of the country right now for work, and trapped in a hotel room during a blizzard, but that didn't stop me from fanangling my way into getting a kickass game today. Big thanks to KingOfTron for taking care of everything for me back in AZ. I owe you big time, buddy.

Last Sunday, I got a call from KingOfTron telling me that he spotted a really nice BSD at a local Samurai Sam's with a "for sale or trade" sign on it. Money's tight right now, so I told him that buying it was out of the question, but that if the guy's interested in trading, maybe we could work something out.

He took the guy over to my house (KOT and I are former roommates, and he still has a key) and showed him my game room. We settled on a straight up trade: his BSD for my minty Galaga 60-1.

I just got off the phone with KOT, and Dracula is now comfortably nestled in my game room. If I get some pics, I'll toss 'em up here.

I'm really excited to get home and play this bad boy.
 
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I just got a couple of pics emailed to me. This first pic is right when they fired it up on location:

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And here it is in my gameroom, next to my Addams Family and Creature from the Black Lagoon pins. I'm not sure who that guy is playing my CFTBL (seller maybe?). I'll have to fiddle around with the game room layout when I get back in town. My other six games are on the opposite wall in the room.

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Great deal - FOR YOU! Be sure to change the batteries and check for acid damage when you get home ..."Factory Settings Restored" means those AA's are DEAD.
 
Great deal - FOR YOU! Be sure to change the batteries and check for acid damage when you get home ..."Factory Settings Restored" means those AA's are DEAD.


Thanks for the tip! I'll do that for sure.

Yeah, I definitely got a great deal on the trade. I still can't believe there's a Dracula sitting in my house right now.
 
Thanks for the tip! I'll do that for sure.

Yeah, I definitely got a great deal on the trade. I still can't believe there's a Dracula sitting in my house right now.

Enjoy, it's a great game! The triple multi-ball stack is epic - the volume raises, Drac is moaning "THIIIRTYYY MILLIION" on ramp and loop shots, and Drac and the succubi are SCREAMING as you stake them thru the heart!

I've had mine for about 3 years, and it's held up pretty well...it recently started dropping the held mist ball and reloading for no reason, so it's gone into garage exile until I have a chance to fix it.
 
Enjoy, it's a great game! The triple multi-ball stack is epic - the volume raises, Drac is moaning "THIIIRTYYY MILLIION" on ramp and loop shots, and Drac and the succubi are SCREAMING as you stake them thru the heart!

I've had mine for about 3 years, and it's held up pretty well...it recently started dropping the held mist ball and reloading for no reason, so it's gone into garage exile until I have a chance to fix it.

I've only played BSD once, and it was several years ago in Las Vegas, but I absolutely loved it. I'm so excited to get home and play it. I remember the multiball being awesome. I'm a sucker for all things horror, so the theme fits right in with my other pins.

I heard that the game does have an issue when a ball drains. Apparently, it sometimes doesn't recognize that the ball has drained and the game performs a missing ball search. I'm hoping it's just a bent actuator (I think that's what it's called???) that needs to be adjusted.
 
I'm on the other side of the country right now for work, and trapped in a hotel room during a blizzard, but that didn't stop me from fanangling my way into getting a kickass game today. Big thanks to KingOfTron for taking care of everything for me back in AZ. I owe you big time, buddy.

Last Sunday, I got a call from KingOfTron telling me that he spotted a really nice BSD at a local Samurai Sam's with a "for sale or trade" sign on it. Money's tight right now, so I told him that buying it was out of the question, but that if the guy's interested in trading, maybe we could work something out.

He took the guy over to my house (KOT and I are former roommates, and he still has a key) and showed him my game room. We settled on a straight up trade: his BSD for my minty Galaga 60-1.

I just got off the phone with KOT, and Dracula is now comfortably nestled in my game room. If I get some pics, I'll toss 'em up here.

I'm really excited to get home and play this bad boy.

Kick A$$ deal there!! Really that was an excellent trade. What a great game.
 
Yes, very nice bro, love that gameroom. Like to see more pic's of it if there's more. Jeff over here east of you by the Superstition mtns. It's not far! Why you in a hotel for? That's an awesome friend to hook you up while out-of-town as well, that you trust with a key. Take care.
 
I work for Wells Fargo, and I've been in VA all month training a really great group of Wachovia employees (WF and Wachovia are merging). I'm heading home Wednesday night- just in time for the Holidays. :)

The only pics I can access right now are the ones I've got on photobuket (the rest are on my comp at home). Here are a few...

Standing outside my gameroom (had the sign custom made):
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Left side of the room:
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Right side (prior to trade - the 60-in-1 I traded is actually behind the camera in this pic):
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*edit* Doh! Top of the page. Pics of my game room are at the bottom of page 1.

This is the only pic I could find of the game I traded for BSD. Yeah, this was on Halloween, and it's not a very good pic of the game. It's to the left of me and my girlfriend.
 

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Wow....you had Reunion artwork on it. Nice trade...love the cade theme. Zombie's Ate My Arcade - lmao....classic!



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Wow....you had Reunion artwork on it. Nice trade...love the cade theme. Zombie's Ate My Arcade - lmao....classic!

Thanks!

It had the reunion marquee, but it was in a Galaga cab (not the Galaga/Ms Pac split art cab), with a Galaga cpo, and a Ms Pac bezel.
 
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