LyonsArcade
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Went and picked up a neo geo one time, when i got it home the coin door was unlocked already and had the coin bucket just sitting inside with about 40 bucks in it and I paid 75 for the machine 
What's the most $ you've ever found inside a game??
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The funniest thing I've found was after the last Houston game show, I opened the coin door on the Joust and somebody had dropped $3.50 in quarters into it. The reason I found that funny is that all the games (the Joust included) were on free play!
Other than that, the best I've done is $4.25 in a jammed coin mech and another $5.75 in the coin box of a $50 cabinet.
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Other than that, the best I've done is $4.25 in a jammed coin mech and another $5.75 in the coin box of a $50 cabinet.
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pookdolie
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Nope - no silver.
Dave27
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thebman80
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To tell if there silver just look at the coins edge if you see a copper stripe its not silver. I only have found a few bucks in games and tokens nothing really worth keeping track of.
Riptor
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When I hear jingle in a machine I always get my hopes up. Everytime im let down when I find a bunch of hardware or a blob of crusty tokens that soda was spilled on and now is a brick of unusable scrap metal.
Average I might find $1 in quarters but never more than 3 or 4.
Average I might find $1 in quarters but never more than 3 or 4.
smokinfish
Member
Earlier this year, as I was driving I saw what looked like a Robotron machine in a yard sale. (and yes I mean it was sitting in their YARD) I decided to stop and see what the deal was...
Turns out it was a dedicated ROBOTRON. The outside had the normal wear and tear but the inside looked really good and all the coin mechs and doors were there. I asked if it worked? They said no and plugged it in. When they turned it on and the screen went orange.
I asked how much? I figured $100 - $200... They said $20. $20?? I said I'll take it! Then the girl said she needed to ask her brother, who was on the phone. I figured here comes the price hike... After some spanish dialogue, that I did not understand, she said he will take $50. I said $40. She said DEAL! We loaded it up and I took it home. You can do that when you drive a Chevy Avalanche!
Once I got it home and my girlfriend stopped asking me why I bought such a piece of junk, I opened it up and put in $6 worth of new fuses. I then crossed my fingers and turned it on... That sound you love to hear and I can't spell was loud and clear and the screen fired right up, bright and crisp! Next I attempted to play it... Perfect just perfect. Even my girlfriend was impressed! I then opened the coin vault, where I found $3 in quarters, in the coin box.
So while it was only $3, it made my total cost for a working dedicated ROBOTRON $43!!!
Man I love that story!
Turns out it was a dedicated ROBOTRON. The outside had the normal wear and tear but the inside looked really good and all the coin mechs and doors were there. I asked if it worked? They said no and plugged it in. When they turned it on and the screen went orange.
I asked how much? I figured $100 - $200... They said $20. $20?? I said I'll take it! Then the girl said she needed to ask her brother, who was on the phone. I figured here comes the price hike... After some spanish dialogue, that I did not understand, she said he will take $50. I said $40. She said DEAL! We loaded it up and I took it home. You can do that when you drive a Chevy Avalanche!
Once I got it home and my girlfriend stopped asking me why I bought such a piece of junk, I opened it up and put in $6 worth of new fuses. I then crossed my fingers and turned it on... That sound you love to hear and I can't spell was loud and clear and the screen fired right up, bright and crisp! Next I attempted to play it... Perfect just perfect. Even my girlfriend was impressed! I then opened the coin vault, where I found $3 in quarters, in the coin box.
So while it was only $3, it made my total cost for a working dedicated ROBOTRON $43!!!
Man I love that story!
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datafry
Member
47.25 in a Neo Geo cab, that I paid 50 for. Thats been the best so far, but I have had a bunch of $20-$25 coin boxes. Guess I've been lucky.
PhoenixStar
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Out of my 3 machines ive found about $3 in quarters, $2 in tokens, a sticky comb, empty pack of Camels, and a crusty rock hard tube of DiDi 7.
SuperBee4406
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I am a field tech for a Bingo Supply company. We have instant game dispensing machines that look like slot machines. Well, I picked up one of these machines from a account they didn't want it anymore one day, and brought it to our shop where is sat for at least 3 years collecting dust. One day my boss tells me to take the machine to the dump. I load the game into the truck and before I push it off the back off the truck I decide to open up the Bill Validator box, and low and behold, its loaded with bills. I pull the cash out and take it home. The cash total was $320.
I got $40 out of my Ms Pac when I bought it. And the guy told me he checked it before I loaded the game into my van.
I got $40 out of my Ms Pac when I bought it. And the guy told me he checked it before I loaded the game into my van.
benkeezer
Member
My first machine was a Pac Man that I got from the college I work at. I got it for free and it had $43.61 inside. I offered to give the money back to the college and they said to keep it! So, they gave me my first AND some cash to start restoring him.
FatChuck
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found 30 bucks in a punchout i restored !!!
