Most common game

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Instead of the usual "rarest" game thread, what games are the most common and figuratively speaking are pretty much a dime a dozen? Games which you can't browse through Ebay and not see at least a couple for sale.

Off the top of my head:

- Pacman
- Ms Pacman
- Asteroids
- Space Invaders
- Centipede
 
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Galaga for sure. If you're talking JAMMA games you can't forget some of my faves like NBA Jam or the MK series.
 
centipede for me. I lost count of how many I have seen in person since 2010 started. I know where 11 of them are right now that have been sitting for at least 3 months lol
 
Here in SoCal? Hands down, Centipede. And 50% of the CL listings claim it's "rare".
 
For me it's been Joust cabinets. I have 1 Joust, 1 converted to Bubble Bobble, 1 I am converting to Mystic Marathon, 3 I am rebuilding as Jousts and 2 for parts. Oh and 1 cocktail Joust. It seems like every warehouse or old ops storage unit has at least a Joust cabinet or two.

Next closest would be Space Invaders. Probably because it looks like it would be a pain to convert to anything else.

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Arkanoid, Mortal Kombat, Neo Geo, NFL Blitz, Big Buck Hunter, Golden Tee. I don't know about Operation Wolf being common. I picked one up beaten up, but it's the only one I've ever seen around here.
 
Arkanoid, Mortal Kombat, Neo Geo, NFL Blitz, Big Buck Hunter, Golden Tee. I don't know about Operation Wolf being common. I picked one up beaten up, but it's the only one I've ever seen around here.

There's one of each Op Wolf and Thunderbolt on MPLS CL right now. The Op Thunderbolt is posted in 5 different sections. Those 2 are at least the 5th and 6th ones I have seen on the MPLS CL in the past year. May have been the same one 2 or 3 times, but I don't remember what cities the others had been in.
 
Capcom Bowling is another JAMMA game that seems to be pretty common. I bet almost every auction I've ever been to has at least one.
 
There's one of each Op Wolf and Thunderbolt on MPLS CL right now. The Op Thunderbolt is posted in 5 different sections. Those 2 are at least the 5th and 6th ones I have seen on the MPLS CL in the past year. May have been the same one 2 or 3 times, but I don't remember what cities the others had been in.

Maybe it's just the area. For gun games, I've seen T2 pop up a LOT more in CO. I've probably seen 5 or 6 of them locally, and I picked up the only Operation Wolf.

Only two OW machines and one board listed on ebay right now as opposed to 5 T2 Machines and one board. Not saying T2 is common. Just saying it's more common than OW from all I've seen.
 
Medieval Madness pins...got em coming outta my ass!

Well, shit one over this way. I'd be happy to give one of them a home if it worked and was in good shape for the right price. Looks like a neat pin at least, and I do want a pin or two at some point.
 
I would have to agree with any Street Fighter 2 variant. Pac and Ms. Pac also. IIRC, those two games had the highest production numbers of any game, 100,000 plus.
 
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