show us how far your games have traveled!

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Nothing shows how far something has traveled better than a map. You can see from the attached pic how far my Time Warp pin has traveled that I know of so far. It's ridden around Maryland almost as much as DJ_DNS! (almost) :D

I have some clues that are telling me the game came into MD from VA, but until I have confirmation of that, I'll leave my map as it is right now. I can say though that there will be another LONG line added to it if I can get confirmation of where it was prior to the Frederick area!

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I don't have a map, but in 2004 I moved from Nebraska to Oregon with 6 games, approximately 1700 miles. I came back 2 years later with 7 games. Of those games, the ones I still have are Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man and Raiden. Those three games have seen around 3500 miles of travel each under my ownership. The Dig Dug that I no longer have made the round trip as well. The Depthcharge I used to have had the same "miles" on it. I moved with a Touchdown Fever (which I hope later got reconverted to Q*bert) and that did not come back. I brought back with me a Rampage and Columns cocktail that were since sold. The Super Pac-Man cocktail table came from somewhere in south central Nebraska, I forget where but probably about 200 miles away. It was in a small town antique store but no idea how it got there.
 
Of all the games I own I can only tell you the history of 3 of my games because of the coin op license still attached on the cabinets.

Space Dungeon Indiana coin op license

Electric Yo- Yo Louisiana coin op license but I bought It from Arkansas

Asteroids Oregon coin op license
 
I have a Sega Sky Target which came from Japan...

I also have a Williams Space Shuttle that came from Canada....
 
Hmm, ok.


It was hard at first to find a good map with Japan on the left of the world, but it was worth it to better show the route.

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Daytona - Texas to Indiana
Popn music and Neo Candy - Japan to the dock in California and then on to Indiana
Guitar Freaks - Nevada to Indiana
Drummania - Michigan to Indiana (it originated in Korea though)
Most of my standup wooden cabs and my DDR - Kentucky to Indiana (DDR originated in Japan)
A few odds and ends - Indianapolis, Indiana to my place in Indiana
 
I've done some long distance deals too...here are some from the top of my head...

Discs of Tron UR - Calif to the U.K.
Computer Space - Canada to Calif.
Cointronics - Lunar Lander - New York to Calif
Target Zero - Arkansas to Calif
Apollo 14 - Texas to Calif

I know there's more but that's it for now...

Sheesh, I used to really wheel and deal back in the day....

Tom
 
The last owner of my Star Wars cockpit picked it up in Kansas City and moved it to his home in Iowa. I bought it from him and brought it home to St. Paul, MN.
 
Should we create a Passport for our games? Then when we buy or sell them we transfer it to the new owners? That would be neat to see how far they travel and how many owners they get.
 
My Ms.Pac cabaret was picked up in a New Jersey suburb of NYC in 2000, whereupon it was driven back to Woodbridge VA, then it made the move to Westerville OH, right outside of Columbus Oh in 2001. That machine is still with me and is preparing to move into my first house, a few miles away from my current apartment.

Similarly, I snagged my Donkey Kong Junior from Gore Virginia a few weeks before moving to Westerville, and that game is still with me as well.

All the rest of my games were purchased locally at auctions or from other collectors.

Kyle :cool:
 
I've picked up three games that were under 10 miles from my place, all the others have come from much further away (Vancouver, B.C., Texas, New Hampshire, and Eastern Washington)
 
Should we create a Passport for our games? Then when we buy or sell them we transfer it to the new owners? That would be neat to see how far they travel and how many owners they get.

that sounds cool, but why would you want to sell your games? :)
 
Asteroids. Born in Knockenrawley, Ireland. Current residence: Salt Lake City, Utah. How it got here I haven't a clue.
 

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My longest would have to be the GA to CA trip back in 2008.
The map below shows the stops where I picked up / dropped off additional games for fellow klov'rs.

The games I purchased at the head of my trip were in Gainesville, GA (thanks to NOCASHVALUE). They stayed crammed at the head of the truck til our return home to CA.

Can't imagine what it would cost to do that trip today with gas prices. ugh. Wouldn't think twice about it as it was so much fun to cruise some of the countryside.

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My Bowler was manufacture in Chicago...end up in Belgium (yes..Europe)...back to Philly...then to Indiana...then to Alexandrian Minnesota where I bought it from and drove the 2100 mile round trip back to Buffalo NY

Those are obviously only the places I know of for sure...
 
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