I usually don't post a trade or price question here, but this one came from left field.. Met a guy that's got a Red Alert that was given to him in 1980-81 as a birthday gift from his mom's boyfriend. He was the corporate lawyer for GDI and as part of his payment they gave him a RA. Prolly around the time when they were blowing these out to help pay for Slither, the game that was supposed to be a huge hit 
My centipede/millipede is very nice, new cpo and rebuilt trackball with new ball. All new paint in the front, sideart is near perfect. ARII has been rebuilt, a month or two ago by me. Also has a rebuilt chassis with new burn free tube.
The Red Alert is near perfect. Only issue is the red is missing from the graphics, could be a few easy fixes.. Has less than 1000 plays and looks like it was built yesterday. It's sat in the same gameroom since 1981.
I've played RA on mame, it's not a great game.. But it's also not like HUO games pop up that often. I've got a Burgertime that was sold to me as HUO but I've got nothing to back it up.. Might be cool to have two 1 owner games in my collection.
What do you guys think? Is it worth driving 2.5 hours one way to grab it and is it worth putting in my collection? Think anyone will play it? Heh.
I could just sell it, but from what I've seen it's a hard sell and doesn't get much coin. I've wanted to move out the multipede for a while now, so I was thinking this might be the perfect time. Hell, I'd rather trade the RA for something else then sell it..
My centipede/millipede is very nice, new cpo and rebuilt trackball with new ball. All new paint in the front, sideart is near perfect. ARII has been rebuilt, a month or two ago by me. Also has a rebuilt chassis with new burn free tube.
The Red Alert is near perfect. Only issue is the red is missing from the graphics, could be a few easy fixes.. Has less than 1000 plays and looks like it was built yesterday. It's sat in the same gameroom since 1981.
I've played RA on mame, it's not a great game.. But it's also not like HUO games pop up that often. I've got a Burgertime that was sold to me as HUO but I've got nothing to back it up.. Might be cool to have two 1 owner games in my collection.
What do you guys think? Is it worth driving 2.5 hours one way to grab it and is it worth putting in my collection? Think anyone will play it? Heh.
I could just sell it, but from what I've seen it's a hard sell and doesn't get much coin. I've wanted to move out the multipede for a while now, so I was thinking this might be the perfect time. Hell, I'd rather trade the RA for something else then sell it..
