Price check Ultimate MK3 dedicated

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Hey guys,

I'm looking at a dedicated Ultimate MK3 that looks and plays perfect, art is beautiful and the cab has no wear of scuffs what so ever. What is a reasonable price to pay for this?
 
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I paid 300$ for mine, fully working with nice monitor but needed cosmetic work: cpo, marquee, tmolding, ect. I'd say around 750-900$ if the one your looking at is really that nice as you described
 
Very tough cabinet to find, and I do think that region would affect price a little, as I can't seem to get any love for my dedicated MK cabinets in Florida when I tried to sell them. In over a year of searching I never came across an MK3 cab that I could buy, period, except the overpriced ones on Ebay, while passing on several MK1's, 2, and a nice 4.

I'd say $600-800 for one in the condition you described, with local market adjustments which would be tough to figure out unless you have seen what others have sold for.. and unfortunately if you wait on this one to go lower in price, you may lose out.

Just get it and be done with it, the MK3 cab is the best one to get (most collectible and rare) and has the run button, so no modification needs to be done to make it a multi to run all 4 games in.
 
I am going to take a look at it in a couple of hours. I hope it is in the condition he claims it is. I prefer MKII to play, but will glady take a Ultimate MK3:) Thanks for the input guys.
 
I picked mine up recently for $200. Not in perfect cosmetic condition, but pretty good and it works fine. I wouldn't say that is anywhere close to the norm though. In the condition you describe, I would think $600 would be fair if you want it, probably a little more even.
 
I am going to take a look at it in a couple of hours. I hope it is in the condition he claims it is. I prefer MKII to play, but will glady take a Ultimate MK3:) Thanks for the input guys.

Make you take some pictures so we can see it as well! :)
 
This thread is interesting. I sold my UMK3 to a guy that lives in Bloomfield about 2 months ago. I sold it for 450 delivered. It was in real nice shape. Not the same machine is it?
 
This thread is interesting. I sold my UMK3 to a guy that lives in Bloomfield about 2 months ago. I sold it for 450 delivered. It was in real nice shape. Not the same machine is it?

I bought it from a guy in Waterford. Paid $530 delivered. I will have to take some picture soon. It does look amazing though, it is alsmot perfect except it had those damn bars installed over the coin doors, but art and cab are imaculate. I don't think $500 is a steal by any means, especially in MI, but from what you guys have said I think it is a very fair price.
 
I bought it from a guy in Waterford. Paid $530 delivered. I will have to take some picture soon. It does look amazing though, it is alsmot perfect except it had those damn bars installed over the coin doors, but art and cab are imaculate. I don't think $500 is a steal by any means, especially in MI, but from what you guys have said I think it is a very fair price.

You did very good, I paid 300$ for mine like I said and I had to put about 200$ into it for marquee, tmolding, cpo, midway logos for the side of cp and all new buttons and joysticks and I put my own time into repainting the front
 
I thought UMK3 was a kit. Is the artwork on the side any different from MK3?
 
Ultimate MK3 was a kit that was sent out free to all the operators who purchased a dedicated MK3. This was planned and advertised from the start so the ops knew they'd be getting the upgrade kit sometime later that year. The kit included a new marquee, security chip and all the game roms. There was no new side art or anything like that. So a dedicated MK3 could have either regular MK3 or ultimate in it, but will be the same cabinet regardless.
 
That's what I thought, thanks for clarifying that up. I guess the original MK3 ROMs are the rarer of the two, correct?
 
That's what I thought, thanks for clarifying that up. I guess the original MK3 ROMs are the rarer of the two, correct?

For sure they are. You lose a few characters with the original MK3 roms but it has a lot of replay value, unlike UMK3 which has almost zero replay value against the computer. You can use repetitive moves with a couple of characters, but other than that, the computer cheats and reacts faster than a human could and counters your move before you even finish it.
 
I actually have more fun playing MK3 than UMK3. When I say that people look at me like I have two heads. UMK feels too cheap against the CPU but is fun against other players.
 
I actually have more fun playing MK3 than UMK3. When I say that people look at me like I have two heads. UMK feels too cheap against the CPU but is fun against other players.


They definitely ramped up the CPU in UMK3. MK3 isn't so bad until you get to Motaro, but in UMK3, the computer just cheats like a bastard, worse than it does in MK2 even. Jade is the most egregious example, with her ability to use her invulnerability move and dial a combos at will.
 
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