Hello from San Antonio

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Greetings. My name is Tommy. I am a long time arcade/gaming fan going all the way back to the days of the Atari 2600 and when "old school" arcades were the places I just loved spend every waking minute and every last quarter.
I retired from active duty (USAF) 2 years ago and have been looking to begin a lifelong dream of having my own personal arcade in my home, my wife recently gave me the green light to begin the project so here I am. Since I am currently unemployed and on disability I can only spend so much for these old games so I am hoping to find some good deals or at least some leads to get the project started.
The games I wish to have most are (in no particular order!) Tron, Gorf, Star Wars, Centipede, Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Dragon's Lair, Galaga, frogger, robotron, or at the very least get a real nice multi-arcade machine with all these games on it would be pretty darn cool.
I have never in my life refurbished or restored or for that matter built anything, especially not electronic or computerized, but I look forward to the challenge of trying to figure all that kind of stuff out, hopefully with a little help from the experts here on these forums.
I am looking forward to hearing from you all, I thank you very much for having me.
Cheers!
 
Hey buddy.

Let me start by saying

Thank you for your service.


I travel to SA every now and then, and know a few people in the area. Pm me what you are looking for and perhaps I can take you on my next pickup. If you are able and interested.
 
Hey buddy.

Let me start by saying

Thank you for your service.


I travel to SA every now and then, and know a few people in the area. Pm me what you are looking for and perhaps I can take you on my next pickup. If you are able and interested.

Thank you very much. I would be interested to join in on your next run down here in SA, that sounds like fun. :)
All the games I am interested in are listed in the first post, but I especially would like to get my hands on a working Tron Arcade. It is my favorite, and is now my daughter's favorite as well!
 
Everyone with a tron are high $.

Texas is huge and what im seeing is a lot if arcades were auctioned to send out of state or simply sent to the landfill dumps.

What is left are either in sold strage buildings. Semi trailers. Yup i have one of those stories. Scavanged a joust set and other odds and ends.

There are plenty of beater cabs. If you are looking to restore. There are solid cabs out there.

I would be happy to help you look.
 
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Everyone with a tron are high $.

Texas is huge and what im seeing is a lot if arcades were auctioned to send out of state or simply sent to the landfill dumps.

What is left are either in sold strage buildings. Semi trailers. Yup i have one of those stories. Scavanged a joust set and other odds and ends.

There are plenty of beater cabs. If you are looking to restore. There are solid cabs out there.

I would be happy to help you look.

Awesome! I appreciate any and all help in finding a nice Tron. There is an auction or two coming up in the next few weeks, mainly only ms pac man and galaga cabs and lots of multi-game cabs, but hoping to find that elusive diamond in the rough.
I don't mind trying my hand at restoring/fixing, just never tried anything like that before. Should at least be fun trying! :)
 
I'm in Odessa, roughly 5 hours out. I run an arcade/pinball repair and sales shop out of my home. Info can be found in my signature. If I have something you want to buy, I can deliver to you, you can pick up, we can meet halfway, etc. Tech support is also always free, so don't hesitate to call or text me.
 

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I'm in Odessa, roughly 5 hours out. I run an arcade/pinball repair and sales shop out of my home. Info can be found in my signature. If I have something you want to buy, I can deliver to you, you can pick up, we can meet halfway, etc. Tech support is also always free, so don't hesitate to call or text me.



How are the taxes and state licencing not hurting ya?

I wanted to do that too... But the cost to be legit... Its pretty dang high
 
I'm in Odessa, roughly 5 hours out. I run an arcade/pinball repair and sales shop out of my home. Info can be found in my signature. If I have something you want to buy, I can deliver to you, you can pick up, we can meet halfway, etc. Tech support is also always free, so don't hesitate to call or text me.

Awesome! Thank you very much. I don't mind a road trip now and again. :)
I am currently on the lookout for a Tron Stand Up Arcade, but also the classics; galaga, PAC-MAN, ms PAC-MAN, centipede, frogged, donkey king, etc. please let me know if you have any leads on any of these. I would appreciate it.
 
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