Mario Bros. pick up!

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After seeing Jow pick up a Mario Bros. widebody, I just had to be like him. I posted in Jow's thread that I wanted one some day. After I posted that, I got a PM from Matt (mschwartz01) a few minutes later that there was a nice Mario WB about an hour and a half from me, so I gave the guy a call who had it. After a short conversation and a few texts, we agreed on a price and I picked this baby up last night! Here's the crappy pic that I took at 10 PM after I got home:

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The guy I picked it up from has been an arcade tech for a local operator for about 20 years. He rebuilt the monitor and capped the sound board- this puppy looks great. Now just a little bit of cosmetic work to be done: new cpo, correct buttons, coin door swap (thanks again Matt!), t-molding and side art.

Both of my boys were playing this morning in their pajamas before I went off to work. This one is a keeper.
 
#OHFUCKYEAHBRO

Great freaking game, and like yours, my kids LOVE it.

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Someone give me the skinny on the joysticks. KLOV says "2-way", which makes complete sense, but mine feel like the regular Nintendo 8-ways...
 
Someone give me the skinny on the joysticks. KLOV says "2-way", which makes complete sense, but mine feel like the regular Nintendo 8-ways...

They are 2-ways, but I think it's just a restrictor plate or guide rails that make a regular joystick a 2 way in Ninty Land.
 
They are 2-ways, but I think it's just a restrictor plate or guide rails that make a regular joystick a 2 way in Ninty Land.

That makes sense. It was kinda difficult for the kids to get the hang of not pushing the joystick up and to use the jump button instead.
 
That makes sense. It was kinda difficult for the kids to get the hang of not pushing the joystick up and to use the jump button instead.

What game uses up on the joystick to jump? Have they never played DK?
 
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