bones3010
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last resort: considering selling Gauntlet, but which?
I love my machines (as we all do) and have a hard time ever selling. Even if I don't play them often I really enjoy having them, as do my kids. But times being what they are I'm being forced to consider selling off some stuff just to make ends meet. Of my small/meager collection the only contenders at this time are one of my Gauntlet machines.
I have a classic gauntlet II that was a rescued conversion. Still retains the JAMMA guts that I used to my advantage. I acquired a G2 board set that I did the G1/G2 hack and have it working in the cabinet with a JAMMA adapter I made for it. To that I have a double-JAMMA switcher from Mike's Arcade and have my Simpsons working in it, for a total of 3 games on it. Cosmetically it's about 8/10.
Much newer is my Gauntlet Legends/Dark Legacy. ...Really just Legacy right now, though the cab's art is still about 50% Legends. Run-of-the-mill, but a recent poster claiming to be producing a new board that would make Legends/Legacy switchable has me considering doing a Multi-Gauntlet, using another double-JAMMA and have an original Gauntlet 1/2 working in the same cabinet.
I'm stuck. Classic Gauntlet is a sweet game/cabinet and has sentiment from my teen years, but the monitor is tiny and has limited potential from what I've already done with it. Legends/Legacy is a friggin' awesome cabinet with a giant monitor and has more replay value, but it's a beast to move and these newer boards/drives are wonky and cheap and do tend to give me some trouble.
So which game would you sell/keep, and why? Also, given my description what do you think these machines are worth (at least here in the northeast)?
PS: Doesn't this recession suck? Anyone else think it should've been over by now?!? :-(
I love my machines (as we all do) and have a hard time ever selling. Even if I don't play them often I really enjoy having them, as do my kids. But times being what they are I'm being forced to consider selling off some stuff just to make ends meet. Of my small/meager collection the only contenders at this time are one of my Gauntlet machines.
I have a classic gauntlet II that was a rescued conversion. Still retains the JAMMA guts that I used to my advantage. I acquired a G2 board set that I did the G1/G2 hack and have it working in the cabinet with a JAMMA adapter I made for it. To that I have a double-JAMMA switcher from Mike's Arcade and have my Simpsons working in it, for a total of 3 games on it. Cosmetically it's about 8/10.
Much newer is my Gauntlet Legends/Dark Legacy. ...Really just Legacy right now, though the cab's art is still about 50% Legends. Run-of-the-mill, but a recent poster claiming to be producing a new board that would make Legends/Legacy switchable has me considering doing a Multi-Gauntlet, using another double-JAMMA and have an original Gauntlet 1/2 working in the same cabinet.
I'm stuck. Classic Gauntlet is a sweet game/cabinet and has sentiment from my teen years, but the monitor is tiny and has limited potential from what I've already done with it. Legends/Legacy is a friggin' awesome cabinet with a giant monitor and has more replay value, but it's a beast to move and these newer boards/drives are wonky and cheap and do tend to give me some trouble.
So which game would you sell/keep, and why? Also, given my description what do you think these machines are worth (at least here in the northeast)?
PS: Doesn't this recession suck? Anyone else think it should've been over by now?!? :-(


