XcALiBrE
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I was reviewing some old posts and I thought, why not check with people and see what they got a SUPER awesome deal on...
I got 3 free scores. I lived in the country and we had to take trash to the "dump". You have to back up and toss it overboard into a huge dumpster they emptied 3 times a week. Anyway, a normal trash run turned into a GREAT find. sitting on top of the random "appliance/couch" dumpster was a REALLY good looking Dig Dug machine. The side art wasn't perfect but it was solid. I asked the dump operator if I could take that out he said sure. I had to call my stepfather as I didn't have a truck then. he pulled down we had to unload a bunch of crap to get to it and open the bin from the side to get it out but we did it. Took it home, plugged it up and it had jumbled characters on the screen. I cut it off, flipped the switch inside the coin door and it worked perfectly!
2nd free score was a Ms. Pac man that had a monitor that didn't work. A local guy that went to storage auctions ended up getting it and said I could have it. Drove 60 miles to Raleigh to get a monitor and plugged it in. Boom! worked great. Cabinet art was all faded but was 100% original.
Final free score was a Nintendo Dual Vs. cabinet. Horrible shape. almost falling apart. It had Vs. Tennis in there and roms for Hogans Alley. worked great. Cabinet made it necessary to destroy unfortunately. but it went to save other machines. :/ can't save them all.
I got 3 free scores. I lived in the country and we had to take trash to the "dump". You have to back up and toss it overboard into a huge dumpster they emptied 3 times a week. Anyway, a normal trash run turned into a GREAT find. sitting on top of the random "appliance/couch" dumpster was a REALLY good looking Dig Dug machine. The side art wasn't perfect but it was solid. I asked the dump operator if I could take that out he said sure. I had to call my stepfather as I didn't have a truck then. he pulled down we had to unload a bunch of crap to get to it and open the bin from the side to get it out but we did it. Took it home, plugged it up and it had jumbled characters on the screen. I cut it off, flipped the switch inside the coin door and it worked perfectly!
2nd free score was a Ms. Pac man that had a monitor that didn't work. A local guy that went to storage auctions ended up getting it and said I could have it. Drove 60 miles to Raleigh to get a monitor and plugged it in. Boom! worked great. Cabinet art was all faded but was 100% original.
Final free score was a Nintendo Dual Vs. cabinet. Horrible shape. almost falling apart. It had Vs. Tennis in there and roms for Hogans Alley. worked great. Cabinet made it necessary to destroy unfortunately. but it went to save other machines. :/ can't save them all.



