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Price Check: Tempest with problems for sale or trade. Please read.

So after having this expensive paperweight here at Rusty Quarters, alejandromad and I have been trying to make this POS work. The screen would turn off and on (power throughout the cabinet). Sometimes the game would work but the monitor wouldn't turn on. So we put in a new power supply and a fixed board and BOOM! Tempest worked... for two days.

Today, at 7 the screen was fluctuating when the spinner was spun around (thought the vibration was wiggling a loose wire in the cabinet). Later around 11pm, you could hear and see the screen click on and off. Now all I got is power to everything but the screen won't turn on and the game will not play... and for some reason the 1 & 2 player buttons are lite up.

So I emailed alejandromad (I'm still learning but I am still a novice at fixing big problems) hoping to fix it, but I'm to the point if it's not a Quick fix, I'm got to have to get rid of it.


Ok so now you guys know the back story, I would like to know how much should I be able to get for it? I would say the cabinet is probably in a 6.5-7.0 condition? The cabinet wood is solid but artwork and speaker and control overlays are faded and cracked at corners. Since the power brick isn't mine (alejandromad let me borrow his), I would have to sell it with one that needs repairs. I was hoping instead of cash, I would like to do a trade for a working upright game with no repair issues. I would like to entertain any offers of cash or trade.

I love tempest but it's been nothing but a headache and since I'm running an arcade I need a working machine that will make me money, not an very expensive paperweight just wasting space.

Thanks for reading,
Sage James Spirtos

Rusty Quarters Retro Arcade & Museum
Minneapolis, MN
 
I will add this... the PCB set was repaired by Talon2000 so it 'should' be good. The deflection PCB is a little sketchy. If you put pressure on it the monitor works fine. The transformer brick just needs rebuilt
 
I will add this... the PCB set was repaired by Talon2000 so it 'should' be good. The deflection PCB is a little sketchy. If you put pressure on it the monitor works fine. The transformer brick just needs rebuilt


Sounds like someone needs to rebuild the 6100 deflection board and possibly take a look at the HV board as well.

There is a Karate Champ in Eau Claire. You should consider buying that. It's cheap.

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/wsh/vgm/2810427447.html

It says pick up only but it is probably worth the hour and a half drive from Minneapolis.

If you want to go rare but not as popular there is also a pretty nice Space Encounters over there:

http://eauclaire.craigslist.org/for/2777235441.html

The bottom line on this (Tempest) machine is that someone is going to have to get the monitor working and buy a power supply. The last two on CL in the Minneapolis area went for $700. (I bought one of them--I paid $650.)

I'd say someone is going to have to put a fair amount of hours in on this machine to get it working 100%. Bare minimum they will need $23.50 for a Atari AC Power Supply Repair Kit and K6100 Repair Package Deluxe kit from Bob Roberts is $40. So for around $80 (including shipping) you could potentially have this working again.

I'd say pocket it in the back room, buy a different game as filler and repair the tempest later.

Else, $300-$400 is probably fair depending on what shape it's in. (Pictures would help if someone is to entertain the idea of a trade.)
 
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OK, we're getting rid of Tempest.

See above for more information. I can put up pics tomorrow.

We would rather take a trade offer (or credit towards a trade) for a working game over cash. Must pick up and drop off.

PM me only. Please don't call the arcade.

Thanks,
Sage James Spirtos
Rusty Quarters Retro Arcade & Museum
818 West Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN
 
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