Tempest price check/ for sale
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Phetishboy
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To be quite honest, it's not really what they are going for, but what's been done to them. The boardsets are getting flaky (or always were) The power supplies need rebuilding, the monitors need rebuilding and LV mods done to them, etc. I would pay $800 for a nice bullet-proofed Tempest (like mine is now). I'd pay $300 for a nice looking, complete one in original condition or condition unknown.
Spot on pricing.
enjoyvelvet
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sold a Tempest a couple months ago in B- cosmetic condition with a graphics glitch and non-working spinner for $460. Included original manual
Robotron Jon
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I'd agree with these price ranges. Not sure about the cabaret vs. full size unit. Cabarets might go for a bit more, but it seems that a lot of people prefer the full size version.
Ghostnuke
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This is a good point. How many dongs have been on the control panel? This is very important in determining a price.
i86time
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Funny this came up the other day. I have a chance to pick up one for $500. The guy bought it from an arcade 15+ years ago and it's been stored for quite a bit. It's a solid 8 in condition, typical CPO flaking and some slight cab damage at bottom corners, but nothing major. No water damage whatsoever, boards and power brick are clean, plays great. It looked fine but a couple things struck me as odd. Now, I haven't played or seen a Tempest in well over a decade, but the image on the screen looked much smaller than I remember, kind of like it had been shrunk inward on all sides. Also I noticed on the bottom of some of the text that there was a shading effect where the vector lines didn't match up. Like on the bottom of an "E", it would be blue and right below would be another _ that was greenish. Are either of these problems major, or something that can be tweaked with monitor controls?
Sounds like the pots needed some adjustments on the PCB to expand the pic and the convergence was probably off some too. Typical for a vector that's been bumped around over the years.
warp9pinball
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Totally agree with this. I picked up a cabaret that had the same issue. Brought it home and I fired it up the next day, messed with it for an hour and a half later and we were all set. Sounds like a good deal.
