picked up two yesterday

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funny thing is i dont sleep much anymore between the back and neck pain so i find myself surfing the internet on my phone while laying in bed. i came across a sea wolf 2 for $50 i have always wanted a sea wolf 1 or 2 i loved that game as a kid. i send the guy an email around 1am or so fast forward to 4pm the next day. he calls me and tells me its mine and i can pick it up tomorrow when he gets home from work around 4pm. i get off the phone with him call up my uncle to see if i can use his truck tomorrow he says sure no problem. that night around 3am im surfing the net again and i find a guy selling an apollo moon shot so i send him an email at 3am but this one has a phone number which means i should call him but its 3am i cant call so as im laying there it hits me i emailed him but never left my number so i send him another email with my number. i have been wanting a EM for a long time i really want a baseball or bowling one but this one will have to do for now since i dont see them pop up for cheap very often. i get out of bed at 6:30am get my kids ready to go to school as im driving all i can do is think about missing out on that game and what would be a good time to call this guy. so i say screw it im calling him its 7:30am if i wake him i wake him, he answers and says the game is still for sale i tell him i will be there a around noon. so now i have to grab my uncles truck and start picking up games. i was still worried that somehow i was going to show up and see someone driving off with my game. i guess its the fear of doing business on craigslist.

the good news the apollo moon shot is in pretty good shape the cab has no water damage does have some paint missing in a few areas and the coin door needs some work. from what i have found online the cab should look a little dirty ?? it looks like the top and bottom was sprayed to look a little darker which makes it look dirty to me. also the scoring wheels dont turn but the rest of the game works and he was quick to point out that the scoring wheel was working but sometimes sticks

the bad news is the sea wolf was shot when i got there is was sitting outside next to the garage. the guy said he was selling it for the older woman that lived next door. i asked how long it had been outside he said he had no idea. as we got closer i got a better look at it the thing was falling apart. i told him this thing cant be saved at best maybe for parts but the cab is shot, the monitor looked as if they pulled it off the sea floor covered in rust. he asked if the parts were any good i told him i have no idea and that he needed to junk it but part of me was saying i hate to see it go to a landfill maybe i could do something with it. so i said i would give him $10 and take it. the marquee was in good shape so i guess for $10 i got a good marquee to hang on the wall.
 

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a few more photos of the sea wolf poor game
 

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man that Sea Wolf looks like it is in bad water damaged shape but they are pretty rare so I'm not sure if it's still worth fixing(i'm a rookie). The thing I like the look of is that old EM shooting game...after seeing some on here and on the History Channel(Pawn Stars and American Restoration) I've become fascinated by them...(this one looks neat)
 
Hey Tim, I saw that old EM shooter on CL. Did you get it less than the $350 asking price??
 
The sea wolf is bad but it could be saved the bottom is shot the sides and top are not to bad as far as water damage goes. I will let it sit in my garage for a while once I get caught up I might try to save it.

Rob I paid the $350 I have wanted a nice EM for awhile now and after seeing what they can go for I thought $350 was fair.
 
Congrats on the games. The EM is super cool. Too bad they left that poor SW II outside. Hard to believe. I hope you can save it, that is one rare beast!
 
Congrats on the games. The EM is super cool. Too bad they left that poor SW II outside. Hard to believe. I hope you can save it, that is one rare beast!


wow you guys suck nothing like making me feel so guilty about how rare it is now i have to try lol i want to save it. im putting it on the back burner i have a pc-10 and a dig dug that need to be restored. those will be my test to see if i could pull this one off. i can fix the wood on the sea wolf its the insides i might need the help with plus if i do fix it does anyone know if there are stencils for the sea wolf out there? if i can get the game to work i will fix the cab.

hey rob or anyone else can i test that sea wolf 2 pcb in my space invaders deluxe ? just at a quick look they look very close. i was hoping i can that way i can see if its worth moving forward on
 
wow you guys suck nothing like making me feel so guilty about how rare it is now i have to try lol i want to save it. im putting it on the back burner i have a pc-10 and a dig dug that need to be restored. those will be my test to see if i could pull this one off. i can fix the wood on the sea wolf its the insides i might need the help with plus if i do fix it does anyone know if there are stencils for the sea wolf out there? if i can get the game to work i will fix the cab.

hey rob or anyone else can i test that sea wolf 2 pcb in my space invaders deluxe ? just at a quick look they look very close. i was hoping i can that way i can see if its worth moving forward on

Hey you can burn it for all I care! j/k
 
Saw that seawolf and thought about making the drive, looks like I would have been really disappointed. Cool that you got the remains for so cheap though.

Nice score on the old em. Those are neat machines!
 
hey rob or anyone else can i test that sea wolf 2 pcb in my space invaders deluxe ? just at a quick look they look very close. i was hoping i can that way i can see if its worth moving forward on

I doesn't look like it, the power supply boards seem to be different. Different pinout and a 10v that's not on a Space Invader power board. There's a few other differences too.
 
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