i am still trying to sell my space duel whole and unparted, but so far no one wants it whole at 400 in reno nv in case anyone wants it.
but what is the big deal in parting any space duel? (i am getting flak for thinking of parting it, what am i supposed to do when it wont sell at 400 but the monitor is worth 300 alone, plus the other parts 200+ and i have no extra storage space and in fact now dont have room to work on anything.)
i have been in this biz/hobby since these were new, and heres the facts about space duel
it was produced in hi 5 figure numbers, i want to say more than 40,000 u/r and 4000+ c/t but im sure one of you know the exact number made. (there is no shortage of them they are not rare)
there was little demand for it from ops and arcades, this was atari pushing quota's on distribs at the height of their power and production. (game was massivly overproduced, in fact most sold at closeout prices of from 695 to 1595 i remember getting a call from a LA distrib in 1982 asking how many i wanted at 695 new in box lol.)
there is also no giant demand for this game from collectors. (there is more demand for its parts than the game, hence the valuations of its monitor, ect)
most will end up as parts store houses for the much better and more collectable
color xy games like star wars, tempest, major havok, quantum, ect.
in fact without space duel as a parts store house for these games most of above would not be working.
as the monitor, power supply, brik, are interchangable in most cases
but what is the big deal in parting any space duel? (i am getting flak for thinking of parting it, what am i supposed to do when it wont sell at 400 but the monitor is worth 300 alone, plus the other parts 200+ and i have no extra storage space and in fact now dont have room to work on anything.)
i have been in this biz/hobby since these were new, and heres the facts about space duel
it was produced in hi 5 figure numbers, i want to say more than 40,000 u/r and 4000+ c/t but im sure one of you know the exact number made. (there is no shortage of them they are not rare)
there was little demand for it from ops and arcades, this was atari pushing quota's on distribs at the height of their power and production. (game was massivly overproduced, in fact most sold at closeout prices of from 695 to 1595 i remember getting a call from a LA distrib in 1982 asking how many i wanted at 695 new in box lol.)
there is also no giant demand for this game from collectors. (there is more demand for its parts than the game, hence the valuations of its monitor, ect)
most will end up as parts store houses for the much better and more collectable
color xy games like star wars, tempest, major havok, quantum, ect.
in fact without space duel as a parts store house for these games most of above would not be working.
as the monitor, power supply, brik, are interchangable in most cases
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