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Prices valid during Spring of 2020. Full Social distancing in effect. All games in Pasadena MD. 21122 Walk-out garage, no steps. Can work with shippers or possibly deliver for a fee if close/local.

**Sold** Star Wars - offer
I Just got a Star Wars upright. Now working 100%
https://youtu.be/d1IMuKDbdYw

Uprights
Pacman – $1100 better than average condition. Recent PCB repair
Millipede $1050 – better than averafe condition. Recent PCB and ARII repair
Mechanized Attack $400 – Plays and looks great. Loose speaker wire
Cruising World Upright - $950 – Newer CRT. Plays 100% sometime resets until warm.
TMNT – $2950 - Custom Art, looks and plays sharp. Needs controls re-hooked up
**SOLD** Galaga - $1150 – Above average. – Recent PCB rapair
Atari Gauntlet Legends $1200 – Just gorgeous. Plays 100%. LCD
Space Invaders - $800, Plays 100% Looks good
Sega Head On - $860 – Decent shape, plays 95%. Start button is intermittent
Sega Lock On - $760 – Plays 100% Looks sharp, no side art. Noisy cooling fan
Karate Champ - $800 – Plays 100% Looks sharp
Zaxxon - *Sold* – a little rougher cabinet, Plays 100% Monitor pretty

Cocktails
Macro Cosom Wars – $1000 - One-off custom – Galaxian bootleg
Galaga multi-cade 9-in-1 or 60-in-1 $$ depends configuration
Taitio Space Invaders II – $575 - Custom art – Plays 99% shooting sound missing but all others work.

Rarities
** now at Jaybird Auctions**1978 Hershey Park Space Invaders - $2000 – Extremely unique.
**Deposit received** Taito Space Invaders Cabaret $1000 – Ser # 05 or #105 matching PCB, prob prototype
 
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Not in the market for it, but I'd love to hear the story behind the Hershey Park Space Invaders if you're so inclined.
 
Ditto. How did it end up in Maryland and how was the provenance confirmed? Has to be a good story.
 
alfonzotan said:
Not in the market for it, but I'd love to hear the story behind the Hershey Park Space Invaders if you're so inclined.
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Sure!

I saw an add 4 years for a non-working Space Invaders in.....HERSHEY PA.... I did not think anything of it. A very old lady was selling it for her husband. It was in a garage for "many years"....
I pulled it out and I couldn't place my finger on what was different about it....then it clicked! It was painted all round 360! I thought it was just a really good job of someone painting it to match...When I got home I noticed the monitor was front facing and someone had done an amazing job getting rid of the mirror effect. They even painted all the wood mountings and screws/bolts. I was intrigued. I looked at the serial number and matching serial on the PCB and it was less then #less than 2000 and had a build date of 1978. I called the women back up and she put her husband on the phone.

It turns out he bought it from a Hershey Park Auction in 1981. He said he talked to the techs at the auction. The tech said that Hershey ordered it to feature in their then brand new, Starlight Arcade. They wanted to feature these new fangled "arcade machines". They arranged the factory to paint it all around before delivery, because they wanted to make it their centerpiece of the arcade.

They did just that and did not put it back against a wall but instead in the center of arcade when you first walk in. The tech said it got bad glare and the mirror reflection washed out in the ambient light, so they removed the mirror and front mounted the monitor.

-Cheers.
 
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flyarlee said:
Sure!

I saw an add 4 years for a non-working Space Invaders in.....HERSHEY PA.... I did not think anything of it. An very old lady was selling it for her husband. It was in a garage for "many years"....
I pulled it out and I couldn't place my finger on what was different about it....then it clicked! It was painted all round 360! I thought it was just a really good job of someone painting it to match...When I got home I noticed the monitor was front facing and someone had done an amazing job getting rid of the mirror effect. They even painted all the wood mountings and screws/bolts. I was intrigued. I looked at the serial number and matching serial on the PCB and it was less then #less than 2000 and had a build date of 1978. I called the women back up and she put her husband on the phone.

It turns out he bought it from a Hershey Park Auction in 1981. He said he talked to the techs at the auction. The tech said that Hershey ordered it to feature in their then brand new, Starlight Arcade. They wanted to feature these new fangled "arcade machines". They arranged the factory to paint it all around before delivery, because they wanted to make it their centerpiece of the arcade.

They did just that and did not put it back against a wall but instead in the center of arcade when you first walk in. The tech said it got bad glare and the mirror reflection washed out in the ambient light, so they removed the mirror and front mounted the monitor.

-Cheers.
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That's awesome, thanks much.

My wife is from that area, and I would bet a great many quarters that my a couple of my brothers-in-law made substantial contributions to the financial upkeep of that cab in its heyday...
 
That is crazy cool! And knowing that you're only the 3rd owner is really cool too. I wish I knew the history of literally any of my games.
 
flyarlee said:
Sure!

I saw an add 4 years for a non-working Space Invaders in.....HERSHEY PA.... I did not think anything of it. A very old lady was selling it for her husband. It was in a garage for "many years"....
I pulled it out and I couldn't place my finger on what was different about it....then it clicked! It was painted all round 360! I thought it was just a really good job of someone painting it to match...When I got home I noticed the monitor was front facing and someone had done an amazing job getting rid of the mirror effect. They even painted all the wood mountings and screws/bolts. I was intrigued. I looked at the serial number and matching serial on the PCB and it was less then #less than 2000 and had a build date of 1978. I called the women back up and she put her husband on the phone.

It turns out he bought it from a Hershey Park Auction in 1981. He said he talked to the techs at the auction. The tech said that Hershey ordered it to feature in their then brand new, Starlight Arcade. They wanted to feature these new fangled "arcade machines". They arranged the factory to paint it all around before delivery, because they wanted to make it their centerpiece of the arcade.

They did just that and did not put it back against a wall but instead in the center of arcade when you first walk in. The tech said it got bad glare and the mirror reflection washed out in the ambient light, so they removed the mirror and front mounted the monitor.

-Cheers.
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Meh...still not buying the "history". Documentation, otherwise it's still just a entertaining story about a "little old lady from Hershey, PA". :rolleyes:

https://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=424472
 
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OneNine said:
Meh...still not buying the "history". Documentation, otherwise it's still just a entertaining story about a "little old lady from Hershey, PA". :rolleyes:

https://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=424472
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I was hoping to get some early pictures of the Starlight arcade to see if I could spot it. I've yet to find any, but if anyone has them I'd be really excited to see them posted. I'd like to see if their story matches the photos. :).
 
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