Scored a Q*Bert

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I gotta give a big thanks to my GF for finding this one for me. She is active on a Facebook group for buying and selling stuff among local residents and noticed someone listed a partially working Q*Bert for sale. I contacted the seller but for some reason never heard anything all week and apparently he didn't get my messages. Luckily my GF asked him about it again and sure enough it was still available. I almost didn't go pick it up because I had kind of a rough time with an MRI that I had earlier that day, but decided it would be good for me to keep my mind occupied if nothing. :) So here's what I dragged home. It needs either a PS rebuild or switcher kit. Currently it has a hacked in switcher and the original PS is pretty toasty in spots. The board does fire up and run though no sound and the down-right direction doesn't work. The cabinet itself is in okay shape and definitely restorable, but I already have a Q*Bert I restored. If nothing I hope to use the working board in this to figure out the issues with mine.

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Nice grab. I never really had respect for the game until CrazyKongFan showed me HOW to play it at Phet's party. Very cool game. Good luck on the repairs
 
Way cool! Even cooler that your gf is an active arcade hunter! Hope you are getting better bro.
Thanks. :) Physically I'm fine right now it's just more mental than anything. I guess in summary it was a good MRI scan, but they are just being cautious when comparing previous MRI's to the newest one. A difference in the MRI's can come from my current medication or even me moving during the MRI, but of course all I could think about was the difference existed even if it is no big deal. Even just having them look into something to be certain made me really anxious, but yesterday his nurse called and while they still aren't sure they aren't worried about it.
 
Glad to hear you are feeling better over here too.

Hey if you ever decide to sell one of the Qberts off give me a shout!
 
Congrats! was this the one on craigslist as part of the clawson garage sale a weekend ago? I think the ad said they wanted 3 bills for it.
 
Glad to hear you are feeling better over here too.

Hey if you ever decide to sell one of the Qberts off give me a shout!
Thanks. :) Like I said it's basically all a mental thing right now, but given the situation it's understandable. Overall I think I've done pretty well with it and am doing my best to live my normal life. I'll keep you in mind when I figure out what I'm doing with it.

@ARCredux: Nope this is not that one. I definitely had an inside track though because it was only listed on a local FS group and not a place like CL...that would have probably resulted in the guy getting bigger offers and turn into a war.
 
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