SpookySpaceKook
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Heres my newest pickup- Taito Stratovox Upright! You may ask what possessed me to drive 12 hours round trip way up into Michigans upper pennisula and spend $500.00 on this beat up looking Stratovox when most collectors would only pay a couple hundred dollars at best for this game? I asked myself this same question on the way up there but as I was loading the game into the back of my SUV it all came to me crystal clear:
1. I got to get away from my wife for a couple days.
2. The leaves on the trees in upper Michigan were pretty.
3. The game still works great, just needs some TLC on the cabinet.
4. The lower coin door is still present.
5. The game is historically significant because it was the first production game with speech.
6. I played the game when it was still new in the fall of 1980.
7. Stratovox is in the 1st generation type Taito cabinet which I love.
8. Any of the 1st generation Taito cabinets are pretty scarce and hard to find, even though Stratovox is easier to find then the other ones like Lunar Rescue, Crazy Climber, Lock N Chase, Polaris, Moon Shutttle, Colony 7, and Zarzon.
9. The guy had the Stratovox for sale on craigs list for most of the summer with no takers and I felt sorry for the poor game!
All in all I am pretty happy I rescued the game and I think it will be a great addition to my collection.
1. I got to get away from my wife for a couple days.
2. The leaves on the trees in upper Michigan were pretty.
3. The game still works great, just needs some TLC on the cabinet.
4. The lower coin door is still present.
5. The game is historically significant because it was the first production game with speech.
6. I played the game when it was still new in the fall of 1980.
7. Stratovox is in the 1st generation type Taito cabinet which I love.
8. Any of the 1st generation Taito cabinets are pretty scarce and hard to find, even though Stratovox is easier to find then the other ones like Lunar Rescue, Crazy Climber, Lock N Chase, Polaris, Moon Shutttle, Colony 7, and Zarzon.
9. The guy had the Stratovox for sale on craigs list for most of the summer with no takers and I felt sorry for the poor game!
All in all I am pretty happy I rescued the game and I think it will be a great addition to my collection.


