If you had $15k to spend, what would you get?

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Here's the scenario. You've just won $15,000 and you have to spend it on arcade machines. Assuming you don't already have any, what would you buy? (Use reasonable market estimates. No fair listing $1 EDOT's.)

Personally, I'd go with a mix of classics and personal favorites from 1983-1986. My list:

Asteroids $600
Donkey Kong $700
Ms. Pac Man $800
Robotron $800
Tempest $900
Joust $800
Crystal Castles $500
Marble Madness $600
Paperboy $600
BurgerTime $800
Krull $600
Reactor $900
Tron $1200
Firefox (cockpit) $1500
Centipede $800
Popeye $600
Spy Hunter (cockpit) $900

Total: $13,600. (I left myself some room in case I lowballed some of the prices. If not, I'd add a Star Wars to the list and be right around $15k.)
 
I'd finish my basement.. Any money left over would be put towards parts for the disco floor I want to build.
 
I would re arrange my gameroom, get rid of the pool table, and fill it with SF2's...

JK JK...

I would probably want to do an add on and do it like 80's themed arcade style with the carpeting and lighting... any money left over I would put a bar in and kegerator.... and if I don't go hog wild, I might buy a few more machines... lol
 
That pair of R360s running Wing War sounds about right.....

that or a stripper pole with on staff stripper....
 
I'd have to get all my favorites, including:

Moon Patrol
Gravitar
Rally X
Bosconian
Space Duel
Galaga
Centipede
GORF
Q*bert
Lunar Lander
Tac/Scan
Donkey Kong
Vanguard
Rampart

And either a Major Havoc, Quantum, or Warrior if I had enough left.
 
I'm happy to say I've never paid over 500.00 (shipping costs excepted) for any game in my collection. I could stretch that 15K way further!
 
Chosmic chasm: 3000.00
Begas battle:3000.00
Major Havoc:3000.00
Freedom Fighter:6000.00

Of course I still would like a
Goal to Go:2500.00
Cube Quest:5000.00
Quantum:2500.00
Black Widow:500.00
Medievil Madness pin:6000.00
Twilight zone pin:2500.00
Johnny Mnemonic pin:1000.00

I need more than 15,000.00 LOL


Boy its nice to dream! My biggest problem on some of my wants are even with the money the games are so scarce I may not even be able to find them!


Joe(acejedi)
 
Twilight Zone Pin
Doctor Who Pin
Addams Family pin


That'd about exhaust the cash.
 
Twilight Zone Pin
Doctor Who Pin
Addams Family pin


That'd about exhaust the cash.

That's only $7,0000-8,000. Add a Medieval Madness & Cactus Canyon to get closer to $15K.
 
A small building on my property to house an arcade/guest room (instead of the shed that's currently there)...
 
1. spy hunter cockpit 700
2. tempest 500
3, Donkey Kong 400
4. G-Loc deluxe 700
5. Nascar motion linked, at least 4 3000
6 Airline pilots, deluxe with 3 screens 1000
7. Strike fighter 3 screens 1000
8 Star wars cockpit 1500
9 Battle zone 350
10 Zaxxon 250
11 Leathal enforcers 250
12 Area 51 300
13 dragons lair 500
14 space ace 500
15 Air rescue 500
16 Grand Touring2 500
and a r-360 with what is left (3050)
 
I would get a Joust, Donkey Kong, Jungle Hunt, and a few more EM games; then add on to my basement....yep, the way mine is set up it could be done.
 
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