My first "Barn" find....

AlkalineJay

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Got these off an old op yesterday. I have to say, this is def the dustiest condition I've ever seen on some games in person. This will be quite an undertaking, but I'm looking forward to the challenge.


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Looks like you got a couple nice solid projects, congrats !!
 
Well, it was the standard "they worked when I stored them", got them home, plugged the boards in, as of right now, the cocktail is giving me a yellowish orangish screen, no blind play, no response at all, and the upright is giving me a white screen, also with no blind play, or anything. I guess I will be frequenting the repair section quite a bit....It looks like the cocktail was originally a pac, then converted to ms pac.
 
nice find. i can't anything around here like that. what was the price?


He was asking 250 a piece, and I worked out a trade, my super nice condition Space Invaders for both games, plus a nintendo cab that I will be picking up in a couple days. He couldnt remember exactly what game it was, he said its either vs duckhunt, or vs hogans alley, but missing a gun.
 
The control panel looks like something very heavy was dropped on the left hand corner, I dont know that I'll be able to hammer it out. The Glass bezel however, is in amazing shape!! I couldnt find one scratch on the paint. Marquee looks to be unfaded and unscratched, just lots of sticker, and sticker residue, nothing a little goof off cant handle....
 
I also stumbled upon some other gems while there. A damn-near mint defender cab, arkanoid, and a PP and PP2. What was cool about the PP's, was both plastic shrouds had absolutely NO cig burns! They didnt belong to the op, but belonged to his friend who is also an op, hes supposed to be getting into contact with him for me about the other games...
 
He was asking 250 a piece, and I worked out a trade, my super nice condition Space Invaders for both games, plus a nintendo cab that I will be picking up in a couple days. He couldnt remember exactly what game it was, he said its either vs duckhunt, or vs hogans alley, but missing a gun.

$250 WOW! around here people would be asking $900 working or not. for one.
 
I really like the cocktail! I agree with C-man: Dusty/Dirty but solid!


Thanks! Only thing wrong with the cocktail is the coin door is rusty and bent, doesnt seem to want to shut. I havent had much time to tear into the games yet, but I plan on messing with them some this evening. The pac cocktail has the smaller one slot coin door, so I imagine those are a bit harder to come across if I need to have it replaced...The wood seems to be in really solid shape on both cabs, no water damage, just a few chips on the bottom of the cocktail.
 
Wow. $900 for a Ms. Pacman working or not? They haven't sold for that much money in many years. Try $200 to $400.

When the Aladdin's Castle was kinda going under a few years ago, they had a 900 tag on the unit. I thought that was a little steep, but I didn't really know.
 
Please spare the marquee and use "goo gone" instaid of "goof off" two totally different products. The goof off will cloud/melt the marquee.

Please listen to this man. I ruined the plexi dome on a Super Chexx one time with this shit, it eats right through it. I couldn't believe it.
 
After tinkering with the upright for a few minutes, one of the fuses appeared to catch fire! Upon taking a closer look, It appears someone ran a metal bread tie? from one side of the fuse holder to the other.....not sure why. Popped a couple of new fuses in, got nothing out of either of the ms pac boards, but I did pop in my galaxian board and was able to get a picture. No sound, but a picture...now were getting somewhere...

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Picture was awful washed out, had some ms pac and sky kid burn in, a few quick adjustments got it a little better, looks like its going to need a cap kit though....

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Slowly but surely making process! Unfortunately, its looking like Im going to have to send off both of my ms pac boards for repair....money I was not wanting to spend...


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I only dream of finding some uber-rare game like this.

Hey wait a minute.. That's Galaxian? least your getting somewhere. sweet :cool:
 
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