adamu
New member
Hi All,
I was out driving the other day when I came across an old arcade and decided to drop in to see if the owner may have been willing to part with any machines he wasn't using any longer (or should that be, were making him no money). He showed me about the place and brought me to a unit where there was a lot of machines in various states of disrepair, from driving cabs, to shooting games to poker machines. They were packed together so couldn't really get too close a look at them to really give them a look, and besides I don't have any room for the bigger cabs, I was just looking for basic upright cabinets.
After talking to the guy for a while about the state of the arcade industry he said he'd a few more cabs in the basement, so we headed down and right enough there were about 7 or 8 upright jamma cabs down there. I had a look throught them and saw some real beauts (the ones I can remember are Wrestlemania, War Gods, NBA Jam Extreme, Mortal Kombat 3, Last Bronx). Again these seemed to be in various states of disrepair, there was at least one which needed a monitor, though the cabinets themselves seemed in great condition, with all artwork intact.
I asked the guy how much he was looking for them and he said I could take them - just take them, for free!!!
Now my problem is that I don't live in a large house and I have no garage, no side entrance and my shed in my back garden isn't the biggest either ... so what should I do. I mean I'd love to take them all, but I just have't got enough space. Can anyone tell me which ones I should go for?
Being a Wrestling fan as a kid I've my heart set on the Wrestlemania game (though that's the one with no monitor), while my head tells me to at least go for the NBA Jam Extreme cabinet.
I was out driving the other day when I came across an old arcade and decided to drop in to see if the owner may have been willing to part with any machines he wasn't using any longer (or should that be, were making him no money). He showed me about the place and brought me to a unit where there was a lot of machines in various states of disrepair, from driving cabs, to shooting games to poker machines. They were packed together so couldn't really get too close a look at them to really give them a look, and besides I don't have any room for the bigger cabs, I was just looking for basic upright cabinets.
After talking to the guy for a while about the state of the arcade industry he said he'd a few more cabs in the basement, so we headed down and right enough there were about 7 or 8 upright jamma cabs down there. I had a look throught them and saw some real beauts (the ones I can remember are Wrestlemania, War Gods, NBA Jam Extreme, Mortal Kombat 3, Last Bronx). Again these seemed to be in various states of disrepair, there was at least one which needed a monitor, though the cabinets themselves seemed in great condition, with all artwork intact.
I asked the guy how much he was looking for them and he said I could take them - just take them, for free!!!
Now my problem is that I don't live in a large house and I have no garage, no side entrance and my shed in my back garden isn't the biggest either ... so what should I do. I mean I'd love to take them all, but I just have't got enough space. Can anyone tell me which ones I should go for?
Being a Wrestling fan as a kid I've my heart set on the Wrestlemania game (though that's the one with no monitor), while my head tells me to at least go for the NBA Jam Extreme cabinet.



