modessitt
Volunteer: Encyclopedia Submission Moderator
Why does it always seem that when you meet someone who finds out about your hobby or work with arcade games, that they usually tend to have a story about some rare or desirable game that they had or knew about that ended up being given away or thrown in the trash - sometimes mere weeks before you find out about it? Like the operator who "just threw 20 cabs away last week" when you show up asking about project games.
Just yesterday I was at a customer's house (old guy) delivering a pin and checking out a very strange looking dedicated Lil Hustler cocktail (mine if I want it for my pool table room), and he starts telling me about a game he used to have called - Beastie Feastie:
Apparently this is a game that can be put on an original Pac-Man board. He gave the thing to the Two Bits guy, who promptly changed it back to Pac and threw the Beastie Feastie stuff away (years ago).
While the game is not a real desirable one, it's hardly ever seen and something I would keep just because of that.
What else has been dangled in front of you as a missed treasure?
Just yesterday I was at a customer's house (old guy) delivering a pin and checking out a very strange looking dedicated Lil Hustler cocktail (mine if I want it for my pool table room), and he starts telling me about a game he used to have called - Beastie Feastie:
Apparently this is a game that can be put on an original Pac-Man board. He gave the thing to the Two Bits guy, who promptly changed it back to Pac and threw the Beastie Feastie stuff away (years ago).
While the game is not a real desirable one, it's hardly ever seen and something I would keep just because of that.
What else has been dangled in front of you as a missed treasure?