chilibear13
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Unless you really need a monitor for another project, I'd pass. There's a reason why it's still listed.
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I don't consider myself jaded. I have over 30 machines, all working and no space left. I have never sold a machine. It's more about where I am in the cycle of the hobby, my age, the condition of my body, and my pocketbook. Me personally, I would do as they did in the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail and RUN AWAY!!!'How jaded have arcade restoration people have become.
If your looking to make a buck by flipping. This isn't the game for you.
If you looking for praise on fixing a game, if your lucky you get a hand full of people saying so.
But..
If the machine is begging you to restore it and if you have the money, time and skill. I think it is worth while.
Your profit maybe that you are the only one in the world that says I restored this and knowing one less video arcade get destroyed.
I am old and don't give a crap about other people's collecting habit. Laughs. You do you boo.I don't consider myself jaded. I have over 30 machines, all working and no space left. I have never sold a machine. It's more about where I am in the cycle of the hobby, my age, the condition of my body, and my pocketbook. Me personally, I would do as they did in the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail and RUN AWAY!!!'
Other people with different circumstances may welcome the challenge. More power to them. That's one of the things that make this a great hobby.
There is no doubt you have more knowledge, have fixed more games, and restored more games than me and most collectors. I think it's awesome you help/ teach people repairs.I am old and don't give a crap about other people's collecting habit. Laughs. You do you boo.
Over 275 arcade machines and I am still restoring machines over 90 percent are working.
I did repair arcade machines at banning ca. Over 635 working and running video arcade machines..
There was talk about buying the muesum for 8 mill. Fun operation but a huge money pit.
So my collection habits have slowed down because of banning.
But..
Currently, i am still collecting and still restoring.
I am sharing my collection with my friends.
I still host repair parties and teach other how to repair.
Electro mechincal pinball are interesting to work one.
Some people stop when they finish collecting thier collections. I am not one of them. I am not much of a player.
I have Many stories of arcade machines that were projects. The 1n60 ms pacman that was converted back to a restore ms pacman. The stripped tempest that was restored back to a tempest. Got many many stories of restoration projects.
But this is me and how I deal with my hobby. You do you boo laughs.
I deconverted a few games. memorable ones was a blaster duramold (converted to 10 yard fight) and a crystal castles. blaster was easy as I had all the parts and nearly a complete wiring harness to do it. Crystal castles was a pain as the cabinet was painted black(with an easy to remove paint). It was nearly impossible to remove the black paint covering the nearly perfect art underneath without damaging the original art. I did it, but I dont plan to do that ever again..I am old and don't give a crap about other people's collecting habit. Laughs. You do you boo.
Over 275 arcade machines and I am still restoring machines over 90 percent are working.
I did repair arcade machines at banning ca. Over 635 working and running video arcade machines..
There was talk about buying the muesum for 8 mill. Fun operation but a huge money pit.
So my collection habits have slowed down because of banning.
But..
Currently, i am still collecting and still restoring.
I am sharing my collection with my friends.
I still host repair parties and teach other how to repair.
Electro mechincal pinball are interesting to work one.
Some people stop when they finish collecting thier collections. I am not one of them. I am not much of a player.
I have Many stories of arcade machines that were projects. The 1n60 ms pacman that was converted back to a restore ms pacman. The stripped tempest that was restored back to a tempest. Got many many stories of restoration projects.
But this is me and how I deal with my hobby. You do you boo laughs.
Ah, to have had the $ I now have back in those days, and a home large enough to fill.........before you consider buying any project, ask your self what its missing. can I find the missing parts, and how much will they cost.
xybots uses custom controls. its a low production game. so finding them will
I deconverted a few games. memorable ones was a blaster duramold (converted to 10 yard fight) and a crystal castles. blaster was easy as I had all the parts and nearly a complete wiring harness to do it. Crystal castles was a pain as the cabinet was painted black(with an easy to remove paint). It was nearly impossible to remove the black paint covering the nearly perfect art underneath without damaging the original art. I did it, but I dont plan to do that ever again..
the real issue with zybots is it was low production game. so finding the pcbs will not be easy. but the probably harder to find item will be the twist joysticks you need. plus if you do find them, they are going to need a rebuild.. I think it has an atari sanyo monitor in it.
back in the 90's? I had a xybots with sloppy joysticks. I had a pair of NOS joysticks and fixed that problem. I should have the used ones in some random box that I WILL NOT LOOK FOR!!! If I stumble across them, I will post them for sale.
back in the 90's I crushed cabinets with flaws. Tempest with a busted corner, bye bye. star wars with water damage, adios red 5. mazer blazer cabinet falling apart, where is that burn pile? but back then you could buy games for $100 or less, if broken.. I got 2 convered willams duramolds at auction for $50..
Not everyone wants to hear about restoring arcade machines.Not everyone is interested in restoring every game. It is okay to run away sometimes.
Ah, to have had the $ I now have back in those days, and a home large enough to fill.........
And you also....back then I was buying, fixing, and selling to pay for my collection. it was the more interesting education..
here is a fork in the road moment in my life. When I graduated from high school. I wanted to try to get a job at atari.. My brother and a friend of his were working in assembly. but I earned about $10k in scholarships, grants, and awards when I graduated. Some of it was 4 year money. If I did not go to college, I would have lost all of it. so I went to college for free and by the time I graduated, atari was pretty much done..
If I worked at atari then, I would have been bidding on all the games I could get my hands on in their auctions! I would have been dumpster diving like my buddy did when he worked there... I would have had essentially a 40 year jump on what I am doing now..
that is true. But back when I started college at University of San Francisco, I was a cs major. I was working with a univac and using punch cards! my buddies who were CS at san jose state were they were using a real computers! So being frustrated, I changed majors to accounting..And you also....
...wouldn't have a college degree
...might have spent some time unemployed when the crash happened
...are probably better off for the education
This topic took some interesting turns. Lol
Just do what's best for you as everyone's situation is different. Someone shouldn't be forcing you into projects you can't afford or don't have the time for.
I imagine as the main people on KLOV start ageing out this reality of not having time for restorations will become more prevalent.
funny, this scene came to mind...that is true. But back when I started college at University of San Francisco, I was a cs major. I was working with a univac and using punch cards! my buddies who were CS at san jose state were they were using a real computers! So being frustrated, I changed majors to accounting..
But I did meet some interesting guys at USF who had a side business of a computer networking store in SF. Hanging around with them showed me a way to make money buying and selling dram back in the crazy prices days in 88? Mananged to sell alot of that and make a small pile of money.. that really helped with buy games...
sorry about the off topic..

Your profit maybe that you are the only one in the world that says I restored this and knowing one less video arcade get destroyed.