FB - 3rd Party Red Computer Space - Massachusetts

[ArcadeTechGW]

i dont know what its worth. But thats too much.

Careful - someone will label you as "The Price Police."

 

[ArcadeTechGW]

I love pinball. But id take a computer space over just about any pinball machine that exist.

Really? I'd play Xenon pinball 100 times more than Computer Space. It was a lackluster game at best.

Zaxxon was better.

(running from rotten fruit fusillade)

 

[CameronMcC]

Really? I'd play Xenon pinball 100 times more than Computer Space. It was a lackluster game at best.

Zaxxon was better.

(running from rotten fruit fusillade)

i don't disagree with this. But, again i think this goes to the how you approach the hobby in which there are many. Examples...

1. Play it
2. Repair it
3. Learn the history
4. collect
5. high score chase

I like all aspects of this. But the history is the part that excites me the most. So being able to have something from the start and show it to people would be incredible. Xenon might be more fun to play. But it doesn't check that box. And computer space while pretty vanilla in gameplay is quiet the looker.

I really don't know what these go for. I thought i used to. But then prices started soaring on certain bronze age games. Computer Space and Pong both seem to be made of gold overnight. But now the market is correcting so im not sure what anything is worth.

 

[JakesArcade]

I was watching a 2 player one in NJ on fb marketplace sit at $6000 for months about a year ago I don't remember how much it actually sold for but I remember a few price drops. And a nutting associates pong game in a similar case to computer space sit at $900 for a while. As we speak there are 4 for sale on here without prices listed.

 

[ArcadeTechGW]

I was watching a 2 player one in NJ on fb marketplace sit at $6000 for months about a year ago I don't remember how much it actually sold for but I remember a few price drops. And a nutting associates pong game in a similar case to computer space sit at $900 for a while. As we speak there are 4 for sale on here without prices listed.

The MARKET has spoken apparently.

 

[CameronMcC]

I was watching a 2 player one in NJ on fb marketplace sit at $6000 for months about a year ago I don't remember how much it actually sold for but I remember a few price drops. And a nutting associates pong game in a similar case to computer space sit at $900 for a while. As we speak there are 4 for sale on here without prices listed.

where is this 900 dollar pong? Take me to it. Immediately.

 

[DZA]

There is a $750 Humpty Dumpty pinball project in MD on Facebook (first game with flippers). I kind of put this in the same category. It is a game that I would love to say I have for historical reasons.

I will say I paid $2K for a Pong which might have been a mistake. However, I like its place in history more than Computer Space.

 

[JakesArcade]

where is this 900 dollar pong? Take me to it. Immediately.

For the life of me I can not find the screenshot of the listing, I did find the computer space.

Also I should correct myself, the name of the game was space ball. https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/computer-space-ball

 

[JakesArcade]

There is a $750 Humpty Dumpty pinball project in MD on Facebook (first game with flippers). I kind of put this in the same category. It is a game that I would love to say I have for historical reasons.

I will say I paid $2K for a Pong which might have been a mistake. However, I like its place in history more than Computer Space.

Funny you mention that I open up Facebook and there is one in PA as well for $2k. https://www.facebook.com/share/14H18HyL2tF/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

[DZA]

Funny you mention that I open up Facebook and there is one in PA as well for $2k. https://www.facebook.com/share/14H18HyL2tF/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Ha! Interesting. There was one for $1500 in Nor Cal that took a lot of my willpower to resist (I have connections in Nor Cal that hold things for me).

I have a Pong and Gun Fight. Both because of their historical background (first Atari game and first microprocessor). My Gorgar is a bit like that (first pin with speech). Anyway, I am not against these types of games. I am sure however this Computer Space will get purchased at a price higher than I want to pay.

 

[SpellboundLogic]

There was a yellow Computer Space in Jaws, by the Killer Shark game.

 

[JakesArcade]

Yup that was filmed out on the vineyard iirc.. Did anyone locate that computer space or should I head out there myself and start to do some investigating?

 

[Intruder80]

Outright RIDICULOUS $$$$$$ realities (as inane as a mini Nintendo for 3/4 million)

 

[Intruder80]

Yup that was filmed out on the vineyard iirc.. Did anyone locate that computer space or should I head out there myself and start to do some investigating?

That's a question I'm asking myself.
Unfortunately we can't ask the man that probably could have answered that question of provenance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Dwyer
It's in a notebook buried somewhere - maybe Spielberg remembers something.

 

[DarkKobold]

For the life of me I can not find the screenshot of the listing, I did find the computer space.

Also I should correct myself, the name of the game was space ball. https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/computer-space-ball

I talked to that Green Computer Space guy - he was shady AF. The pics he had were years old, and refused to take new pictures. I was interested, but it felt like the "getting scammed" possibility was through the roof. And with the game across the US, it just wasn't possible for me to get it.

 

[ArcadeTechGW]

I talked to that Green Computer Space guy - he was shady AF. The pics he had were years old, and refused to take new pictures. I was interested, but it felt like the "getting scammed" possibility was through the roof. And with the game across the US, it just wasn't possible for me to get it.

You are indeed wise.

The stank of Steven Salomon permeates long distance sales, even this many years out.