Ms. Pac in the wild.. working!!

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Stopped in at the Harrisburg Mall yesterday and I about passed out when I saw this in the mix. I played a few games on it. The game worked fine, with the exception of no sound and the dude must have installed the speed up chip because Ms. Pac was hauling some serious ass around the maze!!
Also found a T2.. but it was not working. I was playing it and kept looking out of the corner of my eye and some dude kept wanting to play it, but I wouldn't leave the machine so he bailed! :p

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I saw a Ms. Pac-Man this past week at a restaurant I was doing some work at. The cabinet was beat to crap but the joystick didn't feel too bad. It was definitely neat seeing.

Also, there's a tattoo shop on one of our local Main Streets that has a Pac-Man in the front window. First time I saw it I had to spin back around and see what kind of place puts a Pac up front... figures it was a tattoo shop. :)
 
There is still a Ms Pac making money in a little bar in my hometown.
 
Nice! A couple of weeks ago I took my kids to a Laser Tag joint. They have a bunch of redemption machines in the front area, and nestled in among all that was not one but two old skool cabs - Pac Man and Galaga.

Since I despise PacMan I played a game of Galaga instead; have to support the classics! Even though it's not one of my favorite games, I still did pretty good and posted the 3rd place score. I was surprised to see that the joystick was in good shape and so were the buttons (not microswitches). The monitor could have used a cap kit though, but who's complaining?
 
what's weird, is i went to some cheesy go-cart place in south jersey the other day and in their arcade they had a working ms. pac and a non working T2.
what a co-inky-dink.
 
I'd be willing to bet that Arnolds Go carts in Oaks (Pa) has a MS Pac - they had tons of classics there, off the top of my head I do remember a Burgertime and I believe a Terminator, but I think I counted at least 10 "classics" still in use there.
 
When we were in vacation in Mystic, CT a few weeks ago I found a Ms Pac on location in some side of the road clam/hot dog place.

The right side of it looked like someone took a chain and beat the side of the game with it, but the picture was good and the joystick was tight.
 
I saw a Ms. Pac still earning, at the Godfathers pizza in Canby, OR. I can snap a pic next time I am there.

I have talked to an operator that told me the Pac's he has out in the wild are still earning him $100 a month. That being said, he wont sell them for under 1K.
 
Here's one about 1/4 mile from my house at the local "Pizza Factory" pizza shop...

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There is also another one at the Smokehouse Woodfired Pizza (I do think the name is) in the Home Depot center about 4 miles from my place. They are still out there for sure...

The Pizza Factory has an R-Type and a Ghosts & Goblins as well (plus some more modern games (a driver and a game in a showcase cab and a Williams pin)...

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