What's a nice R Type worth?

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have someone trying to negotiate an R type arcade game with me.. Now he's trying to pull the game is worth this, boards are worth this, bla, bla bla... WHat's the game worth?? I told him 400-500... He says the boards are worth 300-400, and cabinet is worth 300-400?? Am i missing something on this game?? That's crazy talk if you ask me.
 
The cabinet is not worth 300-400. But the artwork on the cabinet could very well be if it were mint. Most every game is worth twice as much when its parted out. So if he is really trying to negotiate a price with that in the back of his head, he's being a douche. If he wants a fair price on an R-type sold as a whole, then $400-$500 is about right. They could pull more from the right collector if the economy were better, but folks are just not going to jump at that game for over 5 right now.

Most the value is in the board, but locating a machine with an unfaded set of marquee and control panel art is tough. I have seen 3 or 4 machines in the last 2-3 years. Each one had some sort of imperfection. Whether it was portions of sideart peeling/missing, yellowed marquees, or scratched bezels. They are out there. $500 max.
 
I restored mine and sold it for $500. I saved the original side art in the process.
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Damn that's pretty. I'm still thinking I want to 'de-jammatize' my Playchoice single and convert it to R-Type. Fun game, and the cab looks cool as hell.
 
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