prototype bally midway game? norcal, not mine

I got an email for the the guy, its an auction now. Current offer is $1k..

Interesting. I had e-mailed him really early after the ad was posted and never heard back from him. It will be interesting to see who the players are. If Greg's in on it I want in!
 
Interesting. I had e-mailed him really early after the ad was posted and never heard back from him. It will be interesting to see who the players are. If Greg's in on it I want in!

I just got off the phone with him and he is looking for cash. He says he is going to email and call back those people that replied.

He had a proto pargon, but buddy of mine bought it a few months ago. He does not have any more vids. He is moving in 2 weeks, so thats why the game is going.

I was hoping to get it for cax, but it might get priced out of range.. Will see..
 
Someone's lying. This message was emailed back 30 minutes ago:

Hi,
Lots of interest in the game. Offers up to $500. Please call me asap XXXXXXXXXX to talk if you're still interested.

I deleted the name and number but the offers sound farce.
 
Someone's lying. This message was emailed back 30 minutes ago:

Hi,
Lots of interest in the game. Offers up to $500. Please call me asap XXXXXXXXXX to talk if you're still interested.

I deleted the name and number but the offers sound farce.

Yeah, I saw the $1,000 misinformation so I thought I'd up the ante. He told me $500 also. :)
 
Yeah I am just thinking everyone posting in here is trying to keep others away with those offers...1k and 2k off the bat, uh huh, lol
 
social engineering?? yeah i could smell it too..

I'm heading over to pick it up right now. Wish me luck.

There...try that one on for size.

Actually, I don't have any intention of going after the thing. It does look cool and, while I'd love to have a neat item like that, I really don't have the room for the beast. Or the time for a project like that. Plus it's fairly high risk since the board may not ever be made to work again and let's face it, most prototype games end up sucking.
 
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Just got an email saying he sold it for ..... (EDIT).and a follow up call saying some guys named Ken and Bill came and hauled it off. Nice pickup guys.
 
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prototype bally midway game? norcal, not mine.

Well the $1,000 offer was real because I made it.

Waited all day at work for a response while watching this thread. When mrbill2084 stated that an offer of $1,000 was made I figured the seller was waiting for a better offer before contacting me.

So I leave work at 7pm est and wouldn't you know it during that time the seller Michael emails me and says...

Hi, Steve,
You are motivated.
Call me asap 831-XXX-XXXX. I have someone coming out to offer $500+ in the next hours, and need to hear from you right away.
Michael

Of course this just happens to be the night I meet my wife for dinner and don't get home for a couple hours to find this message...

I sold it. Thanks for your interest.

So I call him and he said that when he didn't hear back from me he sold it and that the buyer had already picked up the machine.

You guys on the west coast got lucky on this one because he sold it for less than my offer.

I guess the upside is I just saved $1,500 - $1,600 that I would have spent on this with shipping. :)
 
I'm willing to bet this was going to be the US version of Metro Cross before Namco and Bally/Midway had their falling out.
 
I'm willing to bet this was going to be the US version of Metro Cross before Namco and Bally/Midway had their falling out.

Google it - it's a continuation of Metro Cross. Supposedly Aero Cross is going to be released on Namco's series of classics for Xbox 360, etc.
 
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