Weekend Tempest Score- Legalize it?

pringlez

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While browsing Craig's fine list on Friday, I happened upon a Galaga for $100, posted an hour ago. I called, being informed there were 7 others interested. The game went to a local KLOV'er. Defeated, I decided to post an add on CL myself, looking for games. Within 30 minutes I get a call from a deep-voiced man named Kenny. Kenny has a tempest. He says the only problem-it gets out of alignment when moved. He also said it was a rarity, it was one of the first two-hundred made. We set to meet on Saturday.

Saturday rolled around, We hopped in the car, to Columbus. We Arrived at the address, it had a car with a lisence plate Said "LynSkn". We were greeted by a bearded man wearing a shirt with marijuana leaves and a picture of Willy Nelson stating "legalize it!". I though, wow, this is going to be interesting. Long story short, Kenny was a nice guy. He's in a Lynard Skynard tribute band. Anyway, the machine was beautiful. Great sides, perfect marquee, amazing CP, and there was hardly a scratch on it. The image was terribly garbled, though, it played. Sold! We loaded it up, and paid the man. We got a great deal on this one! We didn't rip the guy off, I mean, you gotta leave a guy some weed-money, right?

Got it home, cleaned it up, fighured out the x/y pots were out of line, and fixed them. It plays amazingly! Well, that's it, the arcade is growing! (pictures upcoming)
 
Kinda reminds me when I went to pick up my bubbles machine. I was friends with the guy over the internet we talked on the phone about lots of stupid crap, but the weed thing never came up. I got to the house to get the game, he had about 35 or 40 all set up in one of the 2 apartments in a house that he owned. One of the first things said after we got the games going was "do you smoke" I said hell yeah and we fired up a bowl. Ended up taking a few hours just to pick up a game what with all the smoking and playing, but bubbles ended up making it home safely.

Nice score on the game though.
 
Alright, so how much was it? :)
Suspense is a killer!.. So is weed.

Remember kids.. Don't do drugs!

Anyways nice arcade score!
 
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Alright, so how much was it? :)
Suspense is a killer!.. So is weed.

Remember kids.. Don't do drugs!

Anyways nice arcade score!
He wanted $300, got it for $270. From what I've heard, that's pretty good for a game in this shape. I hit the entire thing with magic eraser- wow! It's amazing. The only visual flaws are the expected crack near the base of the cpo, a crack along the edge of the marquee, and the usual minor scratches. We fixed the monitor issue, just adjusted the x/y pots on the board, it's displaying %99 perfect now. Pics still upcoming- damn Iphone!
 
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Sorry, first thing that came to mind. :D

Oh, and nice score!

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