Price Check: Mortal Kombat 3 or 4

Depends highly on the condition of the cab. The games are common as dirt, but the cabs are very good and built to last, and good for multicade projects, so there's your value reservoir. It's not impossible to get into them in the $200-350 range, but I'd expect double that to be realistic. (And people who have them and don't realize their commonality still post to eBay and CL expecting four figures, which is hilarious really.)
 
Depending on condition of cab... If the side art is in fairly good condition with no fading.. I would say MK4 anywhere from $400-$650 and MK3 $650 to $850... IMO

Thats what I pretty much paid for mine
 
Eh, if you can play the Craigslist waiting game you can get a nice one for $300 to $400. However that could take a long time.
 
I got my MK4 for $450. Cab is in almost mint condition (after I gave it a good cleaning and capped the monitor) I prefer the MK4 cab over the MK3 because the controls are spaced farther apart (so you're not getting too friendly with your opponent) heh...
 
4's fully shopped 800. to 1200.00 and unshopped 300.00 to 400.00 in good shape BUt the 3's that have not been upgraded you will pay a lot more for they are hard to come by. When I say fully shopped that is the cabinet has been washed out and sanitized, front stripped and repainted and new lexan on the control panel and monitor recapped and new power supply installed and new front glass and new bulb and starter and new locks
 
I'm going to need one sooner or later. How much is it going to set me back?

I sold my dedicated MK4 maybe a year ago now locally in the Twin Cities and it went for $350...and not fast. MK3 will be more than 4. Make sure to get an MK3 or MK4 cabinet with the run button, that way you can swap out the board for any of the MKs if you need a change of pace.
 
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4's fully shopped 800. to 1200.00 and unshopped 300.00 to 400.00 in good shape BUt the 3's that have not been upgraded you will pay a lot more for they are hard to come by. When I say fully shopped that is the cabinet has been washed out and sanitized, front stripped and repainted and new lexan on the control panel and monitor recapped and new power supply installed and new front glass and new bulb and starter and new locks

Obviously dealer prices right there, and totally unrealistic to the real world or KLOV'ers. You may find that one collector on Craigs or Ebay that will pay that, though.

I've owned all 4 machines and MK3 will take the $800 in mint condition, just because it's the rarest cab out of all of them.. but again, if you sell to the right collector. Most people looking at these are just looking to MAME them or pull parts (monitor, sell the PCB, etc.).

I had a MINT MK1 machine that I had to move since I had no room, and I had a hard time moving it at $300! Absolutely killed me to let it go at that price but I had to. I found out later that the kid that bought it turned it into a MAME cab. Wish I had never sold it.
 
Obviously dealer prices right there, and totally unrealistic to the real world or KLOV'ers. You may find that one collector on Craigs or Ebay that will pay that, though.

I've owned all 4 machines and MK3 will take the $800 in mint condition, just because it's the rarest cab out of all of them.. but again, if you sell to the right collector. Most people looking at these are just looking to MAME them or pull parts (monitor, sell the PCB, etc.).

I had a MINT MK1 machine that I had to move since I had no room, and I had a hard time moving it at $300! Absolutely killed me to let it go at that price but I had to. I found out later that the kid that bought it turned it into a MAME cab. Wish I had never sold it.

800.00 and mint so you have fully restored the cab and recapped the monitor and installed a new power supply? And when I say cab restore you installed a new bezel glass and marquee glass and new leg levelers and plates and new T molding and stripped and paint coin door and installed new locks? If so I would think about taking it for 800.00
 
And we I say cleaned and sanitize I mean like this
 

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