Picked up a galaxian today

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I saw it advertised on cl for $350 I called and was going to offer $275 hoping to get it for $300. Two days went by before the owner returned my call to tell me he put it on eBay and it was ending that night so I sniped a bid at last second and got it for $208. Everything works great the joystick is a little chewed up but otherwise really nice condition. I will get some green t molding and maybe a new stick and call it good. Hopefully I saved it from being a 60-1. I love the artwork.
 

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Hopefully I saved it from being a 60-1.

Absolutely. I feel like Galaxian is often doomed to become a 60 in 1 more than most games. There are a lot of them out there and they don't get the love that something like Galaga does. Nice to see that this classic has found a good owner! :)

The artwork on your machine looks pretty good too. The artwork on mine is ruined and it looks like somebody drew on it with crayons or something.
 
Got some screenburn on it but at least the cabinet is white instead of yellow from being in a bar or somewhere. The Galaxian I gave to my mom was really yellow but my wife and I cleaned it up about a year ago. It does not look like the same machine. Good game, but yeah, Galaga gets a lot more appreciation.
 
Wow congrats on a steal! This is like watching someone win a lottery for me. Because I've played this cat and mouse game myself for so long, hoping to get a great game cab at a great bargain price. It hasn't happened yet, but there is always hope.

I also see these type of games getting transformed into multi cabs. I don't see anything wrong with it really. It's not the worst thing that could happen to these cabs. The thing that gets me the most about them though.....the sellers. How just about every one of them are a grand or more! Don't they realize that they are asking too much for something that is:

A. Not original by any means
B. There is too many like the one they are selling
C. They could make more money, or what they are asking for by getting the rare game and restoring it to it's original format.
D. It would never be worth as much down the road to anyone who bought this because of A, B & C

I guess too many people think Quantity over Quality = WIN! And it doesn't. rant/
 
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