Van Dyke Sports Center (Butterfly) selling all equipment

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Van Dyke Sports Center (Butterfly) selling all equipment

Haven't been there in a LONG time but looks like it's finally going to die:

http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/clt/2899183705.html

Here is your chance to make an offer on your favorite arcade games from the past. The video games, pool tables, juke box, deli equipment, beer signs, golf mats, yellow golf range balls, and other range operation equipment, and all our go-karts are located at the Van Dyke Sport Center in Warren, MI, 32501 Van Dyke Avenue just below 14 Mile Road. Most of our games and equipment will not be sold until late April or early May. All games and equipment will be sold 'as is' and all sales will be final. You can put in offers online by replying to this ad. You may also come in and make an offer in person with J.R. 7 days a week from 8 a.m. until noon. Otherwise, leave a sealed envelope with your offer on a specific game or piece of equipment at the front counter with "J.R." written on the outside of the envelope. Please include your full name and a phone number where he can reach you between the hours of 10 a.m. and noon. Deposit requested with all serious offers.

In late April or early May, we will begin reviewing all offers we've received and sell games and equipment accordingly. We reserve the right to not sell any item if the offer is not to our satisfaction. Please note that all of our pinball machines and Cougar dart games are already sold. Again, most items will not be sold or picked up until late April or early May.

• Location: warren
•it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
 
ugh the Butterfly is nasty. The games in there are as well. I wouldnt imagine you could ever get the cig smoke stench out of them.
 
Finally going under, eh? I'm not surprised given the dirty building and the condition of their games. It's clear that the owners aren't reinvesting into maintaining anything there.

Off the top of my head, they have over a dozen pins, several Ms. Pacs, Turtles in Time, Street Fighter 2 with the "rainbow edition" hack installed, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Marvel vs. Street Fighter, Super Bust a Move, House of the Dead 1 2 3 & 4, Big Buck Hunter, Ivan Stewart's Off Road, Area 51, Centipede, Millipede, Dig Dug, Tetris, a multicade with over 50 classics on it (like Joust, Robotron, Defender, Tapper, Dragon's Lair, Space Ace, Marble Madness), a bunch of driving games, and a metric ton of crappy pool tables.

EDIT: Re-read the CL ad, all of their pins are sold already!
 
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Last I was there they had a Burgertime cab converted to something. If that excites any Michiganders.
 
ugh the Butterfly is nasty. The games in there are as well. I wouldnt imagine you could ever get the cig smoke stench out of them.

Yeah have you ever looked at the ceiling in the pool table area? Seeing a ceiling fan up there spinning with what looked like black peanut butter covering each blade made me want to vomit!
 
Yeah have you ever looked at the ceiling in the pool table area? Seeing a ceiling fan up there spinning with what looked like black peanut butter covering each blade made me want to vomit!

Yeah I had a Ex that liked that place years back. Its just way too seedy for me. Its pretty disgusting.
 
It would be cool if someone super close by could go in and snag some covert pics of all the games, like what was done with the mt. clemens warehouse sale this past weekend.

I wouldn't mind a nice Dynamo to house marvel vs. capcom and other fighters...
 
Sport Center Closing

Might be cool, alot of those games are beat to death

May have to check it out

I've been going there for years, since they had go carts.
 
Alright Michiganders! As promised, I went to the Van Dyke Sports Center (aka the Butterfly, aka the Golf and Games) and snapped photos of everything that the owner "J.R." is selling in his silent auction thing. See the first post in this thread for the CL ad info, which of course has been flagged and removed at this time...

Before I begin I'll mention that none of the games are mint, in fact many of them are beat to hell. I'd say the majority of games are in good/fair to poor condition, although most of the problems are with the appearance and/or the controls. Some of them have surprisingly good side art.

Also, NONE OF THESE GAMES ARE MINE!!! I just live nearby so I thought I'd help you all out with pics. I may be able to answer some questions on game condition, but I'm not even certain if everything pictured here is for sale.

I do know that the building is going to be demolished eventually, and that the owner "J.R." should be contacted if you're interested.

Here goes! (all of these pictures were taken today, March 13 2012)

TMNT: Turtles in Time
Side Art is April holding the camcorder, looks pretty good


Centipede (dedicated)


NAMCO Classic Collection w/ "Double Axle" Side Art
NOT POWERED ON


Ms. Pac-man (dedicated, 1 of 3)
NO SPEED CHIP INSTALLED


Centipede/Missile Command/Millipede


Galaga (dedicated)
SCREEN DOES NOT DISPLAY ALL COLORS, SEEMS TO BE MISSING WHITE


MACE: The Dark Age
DISPLAYS ERROR: "Error mounting file system. Mount Error, could not find any valid home blocks"


Killer Instinct 2
Side Art Good, Marquee label torn to pieces


(doh! I have to break this into multiple posts, 8 image limit... bear with me)
 
Badlands (in a Midway, NBA JAM cab)
Saw 2 guys playing it so this definitely works
MY CAMERA FLASH MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THIS IS OFF BUT THE SCREEN IS ON AND BRIGHT


Sammy Wing Shooting Championship Outdoors
2 Pump Rifles look to be in good shape


NBA Maximum Hangtime
Side Art Good, Marquee label torn


Shuffleshot (in a Midway cab with Good Killer Instinct Side Art)


Killer Instinct
POWERED OFF
Side Art Good, Marquee Label Torn


Tekken 5


Terminator Salvation
(I think this is the newest game here)


Terminator 2: Judgment Day (T2)
Side Art looks good
 
Target: Terror Gold
Happ Guns look brand new, Side Art Good


Sharpshooter Ultimate Challenge (Midway Cab w/ MK3 Side Art)
(MY CAMERA FLASH MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THIS IS OFF, IT WAS ON AND SCREEN WAS NICE AND BRIGHT)


Ms. Pac-man (dedicated, 2 of 3)
NO SPEED UP CHIP, BLURRY MONITOR (might be a dirty bezel), needs degaussing


Street Fighter II
No Side Art, HAS RAINBOW EDITION HACK INSTALLED, LINK TO RAINBOW EDITION GAMEPLAY IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT (in this version it doesn't matter which character you select, you and your opponent change into different characters randomly as you fight)


Sega Virtua Fighter
Good Side Art


Battle Balls (with Samurai Shodown II Side Art)


WWF Wrestlemania
Good Side Art


Millipede (dedicated)
(MY CAMERA FLASH MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THIS IS OFF, IT WAS ON AND SCREEN WAS NICE AND BRIGHT)
Good Side Art, No Glass/Plexi cover for Marquee, Marquee is stained
 
Ms. Pacman (dedicated, 3 of 3)
HAS SPEED UP CHIP, Left Side Art worn off severely where you'd place hands on the cab


Capcom Bowling (in a Burgertime cab)
Side Art is Worn, Right Side Art vandalized with marker


Namco 20 year reunion Ms. Pac-man & Galaga
Good Side Art & Marquee, Control Panel and Front Art worn through


Atari Tetris in Bally Midway Cab
NO MARQUEE


World Class Bowling (in Mortal Kombat 2 cab)
Good MK2 Side Art


Sega Die Hard Arcade


Area 51
Good Guns and Side Art, 4" tear in Marquee label, but a well placed piece of tape could salvage the label


Mortal Kombat 4
(MY CAMERA FLASH MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THIS IS DIM, IT WAS BRIGHT)
Good Side Art
 
Street Fighter Alpha
Has remnants of Data East "Fighter's History" Side Art, right side vandalized with marker


Sports Shooting USA
Has "Atomswave" written on cabinet side


Sega World Series 99
Swing Bats and Joysticks look to be in good shape, Good Side Art


NBA Showtime, NBA on NBC


Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (in a Dynamo Showcase cab)
Has Street Fighter Alpha 2 Art below monitor, between control panel and monitor


Big Buck Hunter (in Dynamo Showcase cab)
Busted Marquee Label


Tekken Tag Tournament (in WHITE Dynamo Showcase cab)


X-men vs. Street Fighter (in Dynamo Showcase cab)
(MY CAMERA FLASH MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THIS IS DIM, IT WAS BRIGHT)
NOTE: CP and Marquee say Capcom vs. SNK 2, but the game really is X-men vs. Street Fighter
 
Silverstrike Bowling (in Dynamo Showcase cab)


Sega Virtua Tennis


Sega Water Ski


Maximum Force
Guns look and feel brand new


Rolling Extreme Street Luge
MONITOR'S VIDEO PICTURE IS GLITCHY, ARTIFACTS ALL OVER


Sega Scud Race
RIGHT PLAYER HAS NO SHIFTER


Ninja Assault
Guns look and feel brand new


Arctic Thunder
 
Time Crisis 4


DDR Extreme


House of the Dead 1
POWERED ON, BUT INDICATES "OUT OF ORDER" VIA SIGN ON SCREEN. SUSPECT ACCEPTS MONEY BUT GUNS DON'T WORK?
Incidentally, this machine has my initials SLB ranked as #1 High Score!


House of the Dead 2
Screen looks brand new and crisp, but it looks like a smaller screen was mickey mouse'd into where a larger screen should be


House of the Dead 4
POWERED ON, BUT INDICATES "OUT OF ORDER" VIA SIGN ON SCREEN. SUSPECT ACCEPTS MONEY BUT GUNS DON'T WORK?


Sega L.A. Machineguns - Rage of the Machines
Screen seems set up to display in 3D? Looks dim and unplayable without 3D glasses, maybe there's a setting for 2D mode


Sega 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker
Thing is huge


Tokyo Wars
 
3x War Final Assault, suspect these could be linked play
Player 1 works, the screens are not in sync and it just looks off in this pic, but it was working


2x Kart Duel Real Motor Sports Racing
POWERED OFF


Big Buck Hunter II Sportsman's Paradise
Pump rifle and Side Art Look Good
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A PROGRAMMABLE LED DISPLAY IN THE MARQUEE? IT'S OFF


Sega Airline Pilots Flight Simulator
Thrust Control Arm is missing half it's handle


4x Daytona USA 2 (linked play)
1st Player missing shifter, ignore numbers on seats just count left to right


2x Midway Cruis'n World
1P screen is dim, 2P screen looks new


Gauntlet Legends
Dim screen, Good Marquee and Side Art, CP has minor cig burns on each player


NFL Blitz 2000 Gold Edition
Fist-sized hole in center of right Side Art, CP has thorough cig burns each player
 
Sega Outrunners
1P screen looks dim, 2p screen looks new. LCD text display on 1P does not display anything, 2p LCD working, both players missing buttons for change view/music on dash


2x Dark Silhouette Silent Scope 2
one has working marquee backlight, other does not, different side art but same game


2x Smashing Drive (linked play)
2P shows error "NO SIGNAL"


2x Cruis'n Exotica (linked play)


CarnEvil
1P gun held together w/ electrical tape, but trigger seems functional. Good side art


6x Daytona USA (linked play)
Player 1 video glitches, Players 3 & 5 no video. entire unit indicates "up to 5 players" even though 6 present


6x Sega Super GT (linked play)
1P missing seat back, 4P has white screen


4x Atari Road Burners (linked play)
Player 1 Marquee light out, Player 4 powered off
 
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