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kittybeater
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i have the coin door
which monitor were you looking for i have a few of the "nintendo" monitors around
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The New Arcade Boneyard
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i have the coin door
which monitor were you looking for i have a few of the "nintendo" monitors around
[email protected]
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kittybeater
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you know usually ignore this type of comment not worth the effort
but come on look at the link to your site
is that a modified myspace layout
thanks to all else on the positives
Rob
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vidkiller13
YieArKade
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I agree. But I don't like how the unecessary background pics make the site slower-than-normal to load and scroll.
The site is a bit tedious to navigate with the pop-up menus, but if he has parts I need then that's what matters to me.
badgamer
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Rob has posted parts to me in Australia in the past, both times the packaging has been very good, price has been fair, and items were as described. can't ask for more than that!
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baz
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lol rob has posted stuff i need also all the way down to Australia.
thumbs up for providing the community with all those manuals , very generous indeed.
rob you wouldnt happen to have pinouts for a space attack 2 board would you while im here ?
also any new cocktail instruction cards floating around ?
cheers man
thumbs up for providing the community with all those manuals , very generous indeed.
rob you wouldnt happen to have pinouts for a space attack 2 board would you while im here ?
also any new cocktail instruction cards floating around ?
cheers man
billyb2084
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The site is called Arcade Boneyard so I guess skeletons aren't totally wrong, but "kitty beater" for a nickname? Looks like you have decent prices and parts, i can live with the web design as I care about the content more than the graphics. But, you may benefit from a few teaks as recommended by your potential customers here.
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I've seen 12 year olds make better webpages for their school.
OU Flight
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Why do you have to glorify parting out and destroying all the cabinets? Major turn off for people trying to preserve games. Some of those cabinets you show pictures of being burned look a lot better than the ones I any attempting to save. I know that there is a lot more money and it is easier just to gut them and sell off the parts, but don't flaunt it. I know the community needs parts, but it sure looks like a bunch of games are possibly being shredded prematurely.
Oh, yeah please stop the Craigslist spam. It's tacky.
Just my 2 cents.
Oh, yeah please stop the Craigslist spam. It's tacky.
Just my 2 cents.
Mark Hooks
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I have been to his place and that's the case. He burns only the unsalvageable. He sells complete games and rebuildable cabinets too. I've gotten a lot of good parts from him and I cannot understand why people who collect games bash him. Every deal has been a good one. He sells parts you can't get anywhere else. For example I've gotten most of the brackets for my Major Havoc project from him. Where else would you find that?
shilmover
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I am thinking the CL Spamming is not hurting...
I sent him a message about a part last week (Blasteroids control panel) and have not heard back...
OU Flight
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I totally get what you are saying Mark. I understand that some games can't be saved. I just think it is in poor taste to dedicate an entire website to the destruction of games and call yourself the "Vidkiller." It just looks like he gets more enjoyment from destroying the games than fixing them by the way he has portrayed himself through his website.
ArcRevival
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Ya, nevermind the fact he spams every CL in the country, calls himself Vidkiller, has a 'kill list" on his site and claims " We kill em all", and puts up burn pics to boot. Sounds like the complete one-stop shop for people that love to restore arcade games...
Really Mark ? You really cannot understand it ? Are you really that numb ?
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kittybeater
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Honestly, the guy is very entrepreneurial. He is trying to make his business work, he is taking advantage of cheap and free advertising (some call it spam) and he has created a whole world around the death and dismantling of games. It's branding. He just needs some mad design skillz.
There are plenty of other sites that sell parts from parted out games. They are all respected sites too. He is not alone or the only one doing this. He just decided to glorify the whole thing in a tongue in cheek kind of way. It's kind of fun, if you ask me. Keep it up.
There are plenty of other sites that sell parts from parted out games. They are all respected sites too. He is not alone or the only one doing this. He just decided to glorify the whole thing in a tongue in cheek kind of way. It's kind of fun, if you ask me. Keep it up.
Mark Hooks
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No, I understand it. There's an irony about his website. He's actually about saving games. I also buy used car parts from junkyards and they crush the bodies when stripped. How is burning junk game cabinets any different? If you look at all the parts Vidkiller has to offer it's pretty apparent that the only things that get flamed are swollen and busted wood parts.
Besides, from what I'm seeing this sort of thing must sell parts. Vidkiller get lots of publicity due to the controversy, which MUST be getting them sales or he wouldn't do it.
Dr Zero
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One more vote for Rob, he has always been straight by me.
The burned cabs caught me off guard till I went to shop and saw what they looked like in person and they were no loss.
Thanks again for the parts and all the help!
The burned cabs caught me off guard till I went to shop and saw what they looked like in person and they were no loss.
Thanks again for the parts and all the help!
bwagner5150
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Wow....looks exactly like the old site. You seriously still think that lame skull and blood BS makes sense for a -business- web site? Not to mention that it looks like something made in 1996 by a kid.....
Are you still going to spam the entire country's Craigslists as well? Take a queue from a decent, professional part-out place like Quarter Arcade....those guys DON'T suck.
Are you still going to spam the entire country's Craigslists as well? Take a queue from a decent, professional part-out place like Quarter Arcade....those guys DON'T suck.
