Uncommon game pick up - Zwackery

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I picked up a Zwackery missing the monitor on an op raid a couple weeks ago. Got a chance to test it this morning. Appears to be fully working including sound (which is good because it's the only game to use that particular sound board), even though it's clear it's been in water at some point. Actually, it appears that it was in a place where water was dripping down on the cabinet, because one side is swelled up a bit the whole way, but the other side looks good. Game is dirty, but the CP looks like it will clean up pretty nice. Not a game you come across every day. Never played this game in the arcade days and maybe only a couple times since, so no idea yet if I like it or not. I recall it's pretty hard game play. Because of the unique controls, you can't play it on MAME on a keyboard. Well, at least you can't play it to get a feel for how the game plays. Sorry no better pics right now. I'll get better ones after I throw in a monitor and clean it up.
 

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Cool discovery, though its always sad to see a game like that left under a leaky pipe for years. Nice to see that it is still working though!
 
Take some video of the gameplay. If it's not a keeper let me know if you decide to sell it.
 
Take some video of the gameplay. If it's not a keeper let me know if you decide to sell it.

Fire it up on MAME. While it's not really playable, you should at least be able to get an idea of what is going on.
 
wow joe you always end up with the rare birds...

Makes me sad to see the water damage but hey at this point its kind of like a life battle scar.
 
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