jholzbauer
New member
I gave a brief introduction of myself in the New Member section. Long story short, I grew up around arcades... finally have a little disposable income... and am looking to relive some of those great times I had growing up.
I've been scouring craigslist, ebay, and this website for a good deal. I found a guy 2 hours away selling an Asteroids game and he was only asking $100. He also was selling a Battlezone, but I didn't really know much about that game. I'm 38, so I missed these games in the arcade, but I do remember playing Asteroids on my Atari 2600 and I saw an arcade version of it last year and I thought the B&W vector display was very cool.
When I got there, I was bummed because there was a problem with the machine where it would automatically trigger the 1 player start button at the end of each game. So, it basically just kept running. It also had some really bad screen burn. It was tough to turn down though because the cabinet was in unbelievable shape... and only $100! But, since I have no repair experience with these games I decided not to buy it.
So, I tried the Battlezone and it was a pretty cool game. Because I don't have any nostalgic ties with it though, I decided I'd just head home empty handed. Well, that was until he basically told me he didn't want to put it in storage and said shoot him an offer. I did a quick search on the machine's value ahead of time so I went ahead and gave him an offer... and he accepted. The best part thing though... seing my 8 and 6 year old eyes light up when they saw the game! I was surprised as they're already playing Xbox 360 games, but they thought it was the coolest thing ever. I've had some neighborhood boys over also and everyone has a blast on it. I'll probably eventually trade it out, but we're enjoying it for now.
Looking forward to my future in this hobby, I've officially been bitten by the bug!
I've been scouring craigslist, ebay, and this website for a good deal. I found a guy 2 hours away selling an Asteroids game and he was only asking $100. He also was selling a Battlezone, but I didn't really know much about that game. I'm 38, so I missed these games in the arcade, but I do remember playing Asteroids on my Atari 2600 and I saw an arcade version of it last year and I thought the B&W vector display was very cool.
When I got there, I was bummed because there was a problem with the machine where it would automatically trigger the 1 player start button at the end of each game. So, it basically just kept running. It also had some really bad screen burn. It was tough to turn down though because the cabinet was in unbelievable shape... and only $100! But, since I have no repair experience with these games I decided not to buy it.
So, I tried the Battlezone and it was a pretty cool game. Because I don't have any nostalgic ties with it though, I decided I'd just head home empty handed. Well, that was until he basically told me he didn't want to put it in storage and said shoot him an offer. I did a quick search on the machine's value ahead of time so I went ahead and gave him an offer... and he accepted. The best part thing though... seing my 8 and 6 year old eyes light up when they saw the game! I was surprised as they're already playing Xbox 360 games, but they thought it was the coolest thing ever. I've had some neighborhood boys over also and everyone has a blast on it. I'll probably eventually trade it out, but we're enjoying it for now.
Looking forward to my future in this hobby, I've officially been bitten by the bug!



