What a $40 mystery game looks like

Copypasta. since the CL ad won't last forever... Brilliant copy, man! :D

Arcade game - ULTRA RARE EXAMPLE - $100 (concord / pleasant hill / martinez)
Date: 2011-05-16, 4:39PM PDT
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I paid over $7,000 for this game 40 years ago and it's just gotten more rarer since then. It doesn't need a new fuse or bulb or anything like that either. Just come pick it up and play the crap out of it. Ok I might have been exaggerating a bit on when I got it and how much I paid but everyone does that and still, it's a great deal. And your wife will thank you for leaving her alone at night.

Works great. Located in Martinez. Dirt cheap. What else do you need to know?




key words: Arcade, video game, coin-op, flipper, cheap bastard, etc.

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Yeah this ad seems to have generated much more response than the oil ad before it. Not sure why. I think it's because I neglected to mention the title of the game so everyone is just asking what the heck it is.
 
I have never heard of a game without a title screen.

So I responded to an ad for an arcade game for $40 that has a "totally rebuilt monitor" and the game works good. He didn't know the name of the game and couldn't tell without turning it on but it wasn't near an outlet. But it's "some kind of game where you can drive a jeep or fly an airplane".

I told him I'd take it.

He said he had 15 responses in about 10 minutes before he pulled the ad. He's located in Hercules.

Any predictions?
 
Sorry, speaking geek. :D

tl;dr stands for "Too Long, Didn't Read" when a thread is gigantic when you first see it. I was guessing what game it was, even though it had already been "uncovered." :rolleyes:

Just being dorky, don't mind me...


No man, thats the lazy speaking. Just type out what your trying to say for christ's sake so the other 99% of old people here know what your trying to say.
 
No man, that's the lazy speaking. Just type out what you're trying to say for christ's sake so the other 99% of old people here know what your trying to say.

Don't fight new information. :D I'm helping to learn ya! I swears.
 
Dang. Someone flagged my latest ad. I was wondering how long it would take for people to get sick of me spamming this thing. :) Not to be deterred.....
 
I just liked the picture of Flipper in the only non-ridiculous ad.

P.S. You can't get someone to buy a working arcade game for $100? Wtf is wrong with people.
 
I just liked the picture of Flipper in the only non-ridiculous ad.

P.S. You can't get someone to buy a working arcade game for $100? Wtf is wrong with people.


Sometimes subtle humor works best eh? And yeah, I'm surprised...this is a bad economy but sheesh. It's not like it's a bad game either. I mean, it ain't Galaga but still. Plus, I think it's a jamma cab so you can throw other games in there easy. Oh well.

Did you see the ad where I said it was cursed by an evil spirit? That's the one that was flagged. Not sure if it offended somebody or if people are just sick of seeing this thing.
 
Did you see the ad where I said it was cursed by an evil spirit? That's the one that was flagged. Not sure if it offended somebody or if people are just sick of seeing this thing.

Haha, I missed that one unfortunately... you should've said that the legendary Ms. Pacman ghost switched machines.
 
Haha, I missed that one unfortunately... you should've said that the legendary Ms. Pacman ghost switched machines.

Yeah I thought it might have been lost on a substantial amount of the audience. But then so is the last one I posted I'm sure. Oh well.
 
If the monitor will flip, you should just 60:1 that thing. For another $100 you could sell it for $300 probably.
 
If the monitor will flip, you should just 60:1 that thing. For another $100 you could sell it for $300 probably.

That's not a bad idea. This is actually a super easy monitor to rotate. It's 2 screws, pull it out, rotate it, screw it back in. And I guess the control layout would work ok with it huh? Maybe....

I offered free delivery locally this time. I'll see what happens.
 
I keep getting people offering me like $60 for the thing. I'd sell it to a KLOV collector for what I got it for....but not just joe blow off the street. It's funny though, lowball offers on a $100 fully working game. Sounds like something I would do!
 
I keep getting people offering me like $60 for the thing. I'd sell it to a KLOV collector for what I got it for....but not just joe blow off the street. It's funny though, lowball offers on a $100 fully working game. Sounds like something I would do!

Wonder if:

A) Those offers are jokes from people on here, or:
B) CL readers have found this thread and are onto you? :D
 
I keep getting people offering me like $60 for the thing. I'd sell it to a KLOV collector for what I got it for....but not just joe blow off the street. It's funny though, lowball offers on a $100 fully working game. Sounds like something I would do!

I'd take $60 for that ugly POS if I were selling.

Actually, I would have never taken it in the first place.
 
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