Spy Hunter was one of those games that I just thought I'd never get.. The few I've seen have been beat or converted.. The others have been expensive.. Well, my luck finally changed with this title.. Took me 3 hours, a hurt knee, and ripped my shirt puling out of the truck by myself last night..
But, I now own one!!
The seller bought it out of the WantAds in 1990. He even still had the ad in the coin bucket. Monitor is dead, and the original ps is there, but a pretty old switcher is hacked in.. Seems like the game runs on both power supplies.. Instead of wiring the switcher in, it's plugged in the base of the game.. Awesome.. As the seller didn't know that, he just turned it off with the switch he installed on the front of the game..
Which only turns off the monitor and marquee.. So have the boards been running for 20+ years? Who knows..
Game works, actually works really well. It's really dirty..It was covered in spider webs, eggs, and dirt. But hardly a scratch on the game. No water damage... It sat in a corner in his cellar since he bought it in 1990..
I've got a newer Wells monitor with low hours that's going into it.. Plugged it in last night just to see if the video actually worked.. It did!
Pictures were taken this morning, haven't even had a chance to clean it up...
But, I now own one!!
The seller bought it out of the WantAds in 1990. He even still had the ad in the coin bucket. Monitor is dead, and the original ps is there, but a pretty old switcher is hacked in.. Seems like the game runs on both power supplies.. Instead of wiring the switcher in, it's plugged in the base of the game.. Awesome.. As the seller didn't know that, he just turned it off with the switch he installed on the front of the game..
Which only turns off the monitor and marquee.. So have the boards been running for 20+ years? Who knows..
Game works, actually works really well. It's really dirty..It was covered in spider webs, eggs, and dirt. But hardly a scratch on the game. No water damage... It sat in a corner in his cellar since he bought it in 1990..
I've got a newer Wells monitor with low hours that's going into it.. Plugged it in last night just to see if the video actually worked.. It did!
Pictures were taken this morning, haven't even had a chance to clean it up...
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