Mine would be my Nintendo Armwrestling. Just love that game.
what would be the hardest game in your collection to let go?
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HarumaN
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My pair of Capcom Impress cabs
Munch Mobile. An amazing game, and I think it more folks got to play it on original hardware it would be insanely more popular.
Arcadenut
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I like all my Arcades so All of them...
Constellation
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Probably my burger time - Its pretty damn immaculate.
Absolute hardest for me? It's a tossup between Frogger, Pole Position, and my OutRun Mini
Frogger: This was the first machine I ever "restored." I rescued the cabinet from an outdoor flea market, where it was being kept under cover, under a tarp. I got lucky, no water damage, but it was stripped, only had controls. I saved it from a fate worse that MAME.
Pole Position: The game that got me into Racing games, and still one of my all time favorites. It's another cab I bought stripped, and pieced back together. It was being used as a PS2 arcade cabinet when I got it. Luckily it had a decent set of controls.
OutRun: All-time favorite driving game, I probably have more hours playing it, than all the other games in my collection combined. and the fact that it's a mini is even cooler. I traded a Popeye cocktail for it, and had to drive almost 4 hours one way to pick it up. I didn't have to do any work to have it playable. Although, the left audio channel doesn't work, and the steering gears are worn, and cracked, I will need to replace them eventually.
Frogger: This was the first machine I ever "restored." I rescued the cabinet from an outdoor flea market, where it was being kept under cover, under a tarp. I got lucky, no water damage, but it was stripped, only had controls. I saved it from a fate worse that MAME.
Pole Position: The game that got me into Racing games, and still one of my all time favorites. It's another cab I bought stripped, and pieced back together. It was being used as a PS2 arcade cabinet when I got it. Luckily it had a decent set of controls.
OutRun: All-time favorite driving game, I probably have more hours playing it, than all the other games in my collection combined. and the fact that it's a mini is even cooler. I traded a Popeye cocktail for it, and had to drive almost 4 hours one way to pick it up. I didn't have to do any work to have it playable. Although, the left audio channel doesn't work, and the steering gears are worn, and cracked, I will need to replace them eventually.
My Dance Dance Revolution would be the hardest to take away.
You know.
Cause it's so big.
You know.
Cause it's so big.
Sleepdroid
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Easy. My Spy Hunter cockpit. I drove 3300 miles round trip through thick fog, heavy snow, a torrential rainstorm, a blown water pump, and a half killed transmission (lost 3rd and 4th) over 4 days to pick it up. I'm going to be buried in that thing. If the house is on fire, I'm letting the wife know, then running downstairs to rescue the Spy Hunter.
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It a toss up between the dk3 dad played before he died or the gauntlet machine where I picked up that sunburn hitch hiker and her little dog.
I still have her cardboard sign. It has a permanent home inside of that cab. Since I was running late, I took her to the seller's home. Sometime I wonder what the seller was thinking.
I still have her cardboard sign. It has a permanent home inside of that cab. Since I was running late, I took her to the seller's home. Sometime I wonder what the seller was thinking.
Sophie's Choice
Thanks,
Jason
Thanks,
Jason
It's interesting to look back on my response to this question 10 years ago when I said it was my 6 player X-Men. My Star Wars cockpit is right up there with the X-Men, but if I had to choose now it would be Star Wars. It's funny because I have a lot of memories playing the 4 player version of X-Men growing up and never played a Star Wars cockpit until I bought mine. I had wanted one for years though. I love the gameplay and even just the look of the cabinet is awesome.
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Probably my Eagle prototype. The title means so much to me. It was the first game that I ever put my hands on back in '81.
Runner-up would be my Spy Hunter sit-down.
Runner-up would be my Spy Hunter sit-down.
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Asteroids, just because it's the first game I brought back from the dead. Tired and beaten and left out in the elements to die....I swooped it up and with a little luck and 100 bucks......restored it back to it's former glory.
And it's fun to play!
And it's fun to play!
Asteroids, just because it's the first game I brought back from the dead. Tired and beaten and left out in the elements to die....I swooped it up and with a little luck and 100 bucks......restored it back to it's former glory. And it's fun to play!
very cool! i too had an asteroids (still might?), but it was a shared project and the cab is being held hostage
for the last decade and i've long forgotten about it and let it go from my life. and then i purchased another
empty cab for $50 for no reason at all, then ended up giving that away to some rando. i dunno. oh well!
BoomstickSaint
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Probably 6 player X-Men. Don't know if I'd be able to find one again and definitely not at the price I paid.
SanTe
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I have 30. Hardest to let go of? Most of them, honestly.
If forced to pick just one, probably Arabian. I'm the world record holder, I love non-violent cartoonish platformers, it's a tough game, and the more people bitch about the control scheme the more I laugh. It's not the controls, it's you.
Runner up choices:
Bagman - Awesome game that is super difficult to crack. Great long-term challenge.
Mario Bros. - Very fun, and I have unfinished business with this game.
Moon Patrol - The game that inspires the most golden era nostalgia for me.
Qix - It's JAMMAtized w/ either a 412-in-1 or 60-in-1.
Tutankham - Love the theme, the game play, the music, and the sound effects. Also, it's difficult as hell.
Wild Western - I'm also the world record holder on this one. Underrated and super fun.
Zoo Keeper - Awesome game play and even better music and sound effects.
If forced to pick just one, probably Arabian. I'm the world record holder, I love non-violent cartoonish platformers, it's a tough game, and the more people bitch about the control scheme the more I laugh. It's not the controls, it's you.
Runner up choices:
Bagman - Awesome game that is super difficult to crack. Great long-term challenge.
Mario Bros. - Very fun, and I have unfinished business with this game.
Moon Patrol - The game that inspires the most golden era nostalgia for me.
Qix - It's JAMMAtized w/ either a 412-in-1 or 60-in-1.
Tutankham - Love the theme, the game play, the music, and the sound effects. Also, it's difficult as hell.
Wild Western - I'm also the world record holder on this one. Underrated and super fun.
Zoo Keeper - Awesome game play and even better music and sound effects.
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Les Manley
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For an arcade game, probably my KI2 because I have lots of good memories playing it, it has a lot of replay value for me and it's working (this is key). For pinball, no doubt it would be my JJP Pirates of the Caribbean. That game isn't leaving.
ElectricDreamz
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Nick Toons Racing
