This One Fell In My Lap...

FrizzleFried

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I woke up this morning at 7AM to find this cabinet having been listed a couple hours prior at a fantastic price... I call the number and leave my usual message. I get a call back from the guy a couple hours later. Dude said his phone was blowing up but that he liked what I had to say on my message and that I could come pick up the game if I wanted it.

Done.

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Monitor needs to be re-capped. I can hear the game startup sound... I can see the rug pattern... but then it errors out with a RAM error. Dude said it worked... so there is a chance something bounced loose in the move.
 

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That's friggin sweet ! Congrats .
 
Nice grab. I love the lit up CP on these - I miss it on the upright.

When you get it running could you have a listen to the high score achieved music and let me know if it's a five note or a three note tune please?
My cocktail had a five note while it seems uprights had a three note. I'm still curious if all cocktails did this or if I had a different red ROM set in mine.
 
You lucky sumbitch!! Well done! But yeah, you've got to clue us in on how much, and what you said to the guy in your message.

OH! While we're on the subject of cocktail games...... the Dig Dug that I bought on the cheap.... Got another story about it.

I posted about Pole Position on the Atari-Age FB page, and included this picture:

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The guy I bought it from saw the picture, and said, "That Dig Dug looks familiar. Glad you got it running!"

I replied to him... "I gave it lots of love, and it's been working great. I told you I'd give it a good home."

I really didn't have the heart to tell him what was wrong with it..... Had he fixed that screw, the PCB connector probably would have been in worse shape than it was when I replaced it.
 
My typical message is something to the effect of... "Hi, I'm calling about the Defender cocktail you posted on craigslist. I am an arcade game collector and would be more than happy to come pick the game up. I happen to also live in Nampa. I have a truck, dolly, and I am big enough to handle the loading of the game without issue. If you've not sold the game already give me a buzz at ...."

When the seller called me he said "Dude, my phone has been blowing up since I posted that game... you're like the 8th person who's called. I like the fact that you're a collector and not some idiot who would do who knows what with it."

With multiple phone calls I was expecting the price to go up... but he never mentioned a price increase and I handed him exactly the amount he was asking (albeit with an OBO reference)...
 
Damn! Really? Bravo, my friend, bravo. Nice score!!
 
My typical message is something to the effect of... "Hi, I'm calling about the Defender cocktail you posted on craigslist. I am an arcade game collector and would be more than happy to come pick the game up. I happen to also live in Nampa. I have a truck, dolly, and I am big enough to handle the loading of the game without issue. If you've not sold the game already give me a buzz at ...."

When the seller called me he said "Dude, my phone has been blowing up since I posted that game... you're like the 8th person who's called. I like the fact that you're a collector and not some idiot who would do who knows what with it."

With multiple phone calls I was expecting the price to go up... but he never mentioned a price increase and I handed him exactly the amount he was asking (albeit with an OBO reference)...

There are some who appreciate dealing with actual honest people. So occasionally, you have an advantage if you happen to actually be an honest person.
 
Oh, I'm no saint. This machine will likely become trade-bait at some point. :) But at least it will get cleaned up returned to fully functioning state.

:)
 
You should drive that thing to Baltimore and drop it off at my house... just to see the look on my wife's face.

Be totally worth the drive, man. I can promise you that!

:D
 
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