Picked up a Midway Asteroid

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Had one come in on one of our trucks today and do not know much about it. Anyone know what they are worth
 
That's really cool.

From http://www.8bitrocket.com/newsdisplay.aspx?newspage=3325

1973 July 16: Space Race Introduced By Atari Inc.:
"From The Originators Of Pong…"

Space Race was a two-player only game designed by Al Alcorn. This was a timed game involving 2 ships flying towards the top of the screen. Players controlled the vertical position of the ships, and attempted to dodge an asteroid to get to the top of the screen.. If they made it to the top, they received 1 point. The game featured a two-player mode only.. The service manual has "pong" scratched-out and Space Race written over it. The machine is basically Pong with different ICs. Atari licensed the game to Bally/Midway under the name "Asteroid". The hardware was discreet logic with ROM fir ships constructed out of diodes. Advertised as Dura-stress™ and marketed with the Innovative Leisure ™ slogan.
 
They have a picture of one on KLOV.

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Running out of room in my warehouse. I will post a lot of pic's for you guys of these Texas warehouses
 
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