I just overpaid for a Donkey Kong, and I couldn't be happier.
$450 is too much for this Donkey Kong. No art on one side, wrong joystick, no coin door, not the best condition. $350 might be alright, but I didn't pay $350. I paid $450. The machine does work well, and more importantly, it was local. The guy even delivered it to my door. It showed up on CL for $795 last week, and after a week of gentle persuasion I got him down to $450 and was not going any lower. He told me his kids would have to eat bread sandwiches.
I'm thrilled! For some reason, DKs don't turn over much around here, but I've seen more Juniors than I can shake a stick at. I had DK for the Coleco when I was a kid and used to be pretty good. I played a few games tonight and realized that I have some catching up to do. I'm not going to start the restoration right away. I think I'll just enjoy it as-is for a while, except for the missing coin door. I run all of my games on quarters, so the missing door poses an obvious problem.
Here are a few pics. Note the custom bezel retainers (which have now been removed).
$450 is too much for this Donkey Kong. No art on one side, wrong joystick, no coin door, not the best condition. $350 might be alright, but I didn't pay $350. I paid $450. The machine does work well, and more importantly, it was local. The guy even delivered it to my door. It showed up on CL for $795 last week, and after a week of gentle persuasion I got him down to $450 and was not going any lower. He told me his kids would have to eat bread sandwiches.
I'm thrilled! For some reason, DKs don't turn over much around here, but I've seen more Juniors than I can shake a stick at. I had DK for the Coleco when I was a kid and used to be pretty good. I played a few games tonight and realized that I have some catching up to do. I'm not going to start the restoration right away. I think I'll just enjoy it as-is for a while, except for the missing coin door. I run all of my games on quarters, so the missing door poses an obvious problem.
Here are a few pics. Note the custom bezel retainers (which have now been removed).


