gameguy1957
Active member
I finally managed to pick up a Pac-man. Underneath all of the grime appears to be a machine in good condition. I'll put some scrubbing on it tomorrow and see if I can figure out why it won't power up. It has blue splatter-paint all over the yellow on the cab, but the other art is silkscreened over the splatter. I don't remember seeing this on other Pac cabs, but it has been 25+ years since I saw one in person.
The story behind it is that it belonged to the sellers dad originally. He owned a movie theater that closed in 1985 (there's an Alabama license on it dated 1985). All of the games at the theater were put into storage except this one. They brought it home and played it occasionally until it broke about eight years ago.
The guy I bought it from is getting half of the games and someone else is getting the other half from what is in storage from the old theater. From what he could remember about the games, there's a Star Wars cockpit (that broke down soon after they got it and was never repaired before they put them in storage). He also remembers a Crazy Climber, New York, New York, Cosmic Encounters? , several cocktails and a cabaret of some sort that he couldn't remember the names of.
If they end up being in as nice of shape as this Pac then they will clean up nicely. He's not sure what games he will get yet or when he will get them.
I'm not interested in the other machines so I'll post them in the For Sale section when I see them listed.
The story behind it is that it belonged to the sellers dad originally. He owned a movie theater that closed in 1985 (there's an Alabama license on it dated 1985). All of the games at the theater were put into storage except this one. They brought it home and played it occasionally until it broke about eight years ago.
The guy I bought it from is getting half of the games and someone else is getting the other half from what is in storage from the old theater. From what he could remember about the games, there's a Star Wars cockpit (that broke down soon after they got it and was never repaired before they put them in storage). He also remembers a Crazy Climber, New York, New York, Cosmic Encounters? , several cocktails and a cabaret of some sort that he couldn't remember the names of.
If they end up being in as nice of shape as this Pac then they will clean up nicely. He's not sure what games he will get yet or when he will get them.
I'm not interested in the other machines so I'll post them in the For Sale section when I see them listed.


