Well, you were all right.. less than a month after my first game and I already have two more. I went down to Greenville, SC to take a look at an Amidar someone had for sale (I know this isn't a popular game, It has sentimental value for me, and hey, I like playing it!).
I get there and it's like an indoor flea-market type deal. There was a row of about 10 arcade games and Amidar was there among them. It was working and in pretty good condition, cosmetically. The price tag said $400.
Owner came over and started talking to me and invited me to go look around in the "warehouse" ha! Went in back and there were about 60-70 games in various states of (dis)repair. He told me to go nuts, so me and my friend just started moving games around with a dolly and opening them up/plugging them in/checking out monitors bla bla... spent a couple hours in the proverbial brier-patch. All kinds of stuff back there, an old Gorf, Star Wars, sweet little Ms. Pac Man cabaret, defender...
...and then in the middle of all these piles of games I see a Mario Bros. Wide Body cabinet. Looks like all it needs is maybe a little work on the power supply - I spoke with their in-house tech who assured me the game and monitor were good - I plugged up the monitor independently of the power supply and it had a great "blank" picture on it (ha). The art is in great condition on it..
After a bit of negotiating I walked out of there with a working Amidar and a Mario Bros. Wide Body cab that is very close to working for $450.
And of course, out of absolutely nowhere, there was a violent thunderstorm with heavy rain on the way home. We managed to escape unharmed.
I get there and it's like an indoor flea-market type deal. There was a row of about 10 arcade games and Amidar was there among them. It was working and in pretty good condition, cosmetically. The price tag said $400.
Owner came over and started talking to me and invited me to go look around in the "warehouse" ha! Went in back and there were about 60-70 games in various states of (dis)repair. He told me to go nuts, so me and my friend just started moving games around with a dolly and opening them up/plugging them in/checking out monitors bla bla... spent a couple hours in the proverbial brier-patch. All kinds of stuff back there, an old Gorf, Star Wars, sweet little Ms. Pac Man cabaret, defender...
...and then in the middle of all these piles of games I see a Mario Bros. Wide Body cabinet. Looks like all it needs is maybe a little work on the power supply - I spoke with their in-house tech who assured me the game and monitor were good - I plugged up the monitor independently of the power supply and it had a great "blank" picture on it (ha). The art is in great condition on it..
After a bit of negotiating I walked out of there with a working Amidar and a Mario Bros. Wide Body cab that is very close to working for $450.
And of course, out of absolutely nowhere, there was a violent thunderstorm with heavy rain on the way home. We managed to escape unharmed.
