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Okay, I have decided after collecting for 10 years that it gotten to be too much to maintain the herd of games. I am letting go of much of this and reconnecting with my weekends.

I had 43 now down to just those below..

If you were going to keep just a dozen which would it be from this this list. Alternatively which would you part with.It has been really hard to choose. A few opinions might help. I want to maintain a game room, but I'm going to use the money to purchase a little camper and campsite and hang out with the family, ride atvs, and fish. Might just put the fishermen's bait in the cabin. I know it's not going to bring anything anyway.

POTC *
Addams *
Strikes and spares 1994 *
BSD *needs a sound board.
Batman Forever
25th anniversary pacman *
60 in 1 in a nice burgertime cab *
asteroids
asteriods deluxe
missile command
Battlezone
Astron Belt (awesome shape)*
AREA 51/ force duo
Anniversary DK/ mario brothers/ DKJ *
punchout *
super punchout *
donkey kong
excite bike
cocktail ms pac
fishermans bait.
dedicated galaga
 
Addams *
BSD *needs a sound board.
25th anniversary pacman *
60 in 1 in a nice burgertime cab *
asteriods deluxe
missile command
Battlezone
Anniversary DK/ mario brothers/ DKJ *
super punchout *
donkey kong
cocktail ms pac
dedicated galaga
 
My take...

Okay, I have decided after collecting for 10 years that it gotten to be too much to maintain the herd of games. I am letting go of much of this and reconnecting with my weekends.

I had 43 now down to just those below..

If you were going to keep just a dozen which would it be from this this list. Alternatively which would you part with.It has been really hard to choose. A few opinions might help. I want to maintain a game room, but I'm going to use the money to purchase a little camper and campsite and hang out with the family, ride atvs, and fish. Might just put the fishermen's bait in the cabin. I know it's not going to bring anything anyway.

My edited list of what I would do,
POTC * keep!!!!
Addams * sell has alot of value too!!!!!
Strikes and spares 1994 * no clue on this one!!!
BSD *needs a sound board. sell!!!
Batman Forever - keep if u like it!!!!
25th anniversary pacman * dont need this with 60 n 1!!!!sell has good value
60 in 1 in a nice burgertime cab * keep has all your popular titles
asteroids - sell dont need with AD...
asteriods deluxe- keep!!!!
missile command- keep!!!
Battlezone- keep!!!!
Astron Belt (awesome shape)*- keep!!!
AREA 51/ force duo - keep for your gun fix
Anniversary DK/ mario brothers/ DKJ *- keep this one for the dk fix, also still have dks on 60 n 1
punchout *sell!!!!!!
super punchout *- keep if its better than original!!!
donkey kong- sell , how many dks do you need!!!!
excite bike- gets boring sell it
cocktail ms pac -sell how many pac mans does one guy need/ cocktail easy sell
fishermans bait. keep if u like it!!!
dedicated galaga- sell on the 60n1

I would snag me a williams title and slap a jrok in it as well......
 
POTC * Sell
Addams * Keep
Strikes and spares 1994 * Sell
BSD *needs a sound board. Fix and Keep
Batman Forever Keep
25th anniversary pacman * Sell
60 in 1 in a nice burgertime cab * Keep
asteroids Sell
asteriods deluxe Keep
missile command Keep
Battlezone Keep
Astron Belt (awesome shape)* Sell
AREA 51/ force duo Keep
Anniversary DK/ mario brothers/ DKJ * Sell (I never liked the big monitor in these)
punchout * Sell (I would just keep one of the Punchouts, so whichever you like best)
super punchout * Keep
donkey kong Keep
excite bike Sell
cocktail ms pac Keep (might be great in the cabin)
fishermans bait. Sell
dedicated galaga Keep
 
I appreciate the opinon. So far it has been pretty easy to part with them until now. Many of the reamaining titles do get played on a semi regular basis. BZ and BSD have some maintaince issues and I am cooked in that department for a while. So right or wrong, they will hit the chopping block.

Unfortuately the hobby just became too much. I have been more concerned about the collecting than the playing of games. Don't get me wrong I've had a great time, simply have to curb my enthusiam while my kids are still little.

The game that I play the most is the 25th anniversary machine. It fits nicely the corner of a room in the basement I hang out in the most. I know alot of people don't like the art work, but I think it rocks. Since it looks like new, its awesome to have rocking the billards room.

I also love the POTC, Asteroids, and both punchouts. Addams is the family favorite, and oddly enough kids that come over for partys play the heck out of Astron Belt. ? Who knew?

I forgot to mention I have a sweet little mame machine that a fellow klover built. Kids like that one too. The truth is that I have enjoyed the collecting and running around wheeling and dealing and meeting interesting people. Most fellas on this forum are really decent people, helpful, funny and trustworthy.

Essentially I came up with 12 by looking at the space they occupy in the billards room and a little extra room I stuff them in. I've decided to take back my home theater and only keep 1 pinball in there.

Maybe I can save a couple more by putting 1 in each of my kids rooms, but keeping and maintaining many more seems unreasonable to me now. It also bugs the heck out of me when stuff isn't working. So lower numbers will likely mean more peace of mind.
 
> keeping and maintaining many more seems unreasonable to me now. It also bugs the heck out of me when stuff isn't working. So lower numbers will likely mean more peace of mind.

Wise decision. Scale back, keep your sanity and the enjoyment rather than running screaming from the hobby because it's too much.
 
I am also getting a little tired of constantly having to work on my games. I am getting closer to having them all work, and I am really hoping they will stay that way for a while.

I currently have 12 vids and 2 pins, and I am really hoping that is manageable. Now I just need to stop buying projects. I like your idea to sell the non working ones, and I really should try that. I tend to sell the working ones when I space or money for another game, and it really defeats my attempts to get and keep all of the games running. :)
 
Okay, I have decided after collecting for 10 years that it gotten to be too much to maintain the herd of games. I am letting go of much of this and reconnecting with my weekends.

I had 43 now down to just those below..

If you were going to keep just a dozen which would it be from this this list. Alternatively which would you part with.It has been really hard to choose. A few opinions might help. I want to maintain a game room, but I'm going to use the money to purchase a little camper and campsite and hang out with the family, ride atvs, and fish. Might just put the fishermen's bait in the cabin. I know it's not going to bring anything anyway.

POTC *
Addams *
Strikes and spares 1994 *
BSD *needs a sound board.
Batman Forever
25th anniversary pacman *
60 in 1 in a nice burgertime cab *
asteroids
asteriods deluxe
missile command
Battlezone
Astron Belt (awesome shape)*
AREA 51/ force duo
Anniversary DK/ mario brothers/ DKJ *
punchout *
super punchout *
donkey kong
excite bike
cocktail ms pac
fishermans bait.
dedicated galaga

Have an old pic of the 43 games? Ive never seen so many together except in an aracde.

My vote for the 12(or less :)) games:
Batman Forever
60 in 1 in a nice burgertime cab *
punchout *
super punchout *
 
Pins are infinitely replayable. I'd only sell the pins on your list in order to replace it with something on MY want list. :p

Vids it's a tough call. One thing you could do is start investigating what cabinets would make good candidates for running multiple similar games (not talking about xxx-in 1 or MAME per say...but like a Galaga cabinet can also house a Pac-Man/Ms.Pac-Man since it is practically the same cabinet). Could you combine both Punch Outs into one cabinet? How about the Asteroids? You already are doing that with some games, but how much further could you take it to maximize your space?
 
If it were me i would keep :

Addams *
25th anniversary pacman *
60 in 1 in a nice burgertime cab *
asteroids
asteriods deluxe
missile command
Battlezone
super punchout *
donkey kong (add the DKII)
excite bike
cocktail ms pac
dedicated galaga
 
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