Which arcade games still aren't worth jack after all of these years?

Bullshit! Great game that was Centuri's first hit game. 80% of Centuri games aren't worth anything, but Phoenix isn't one of them! Don't devalue a game because you may not like it (or even if you do!).

I'd say, Birdie King anything. Also, any of those hack machines by Potomac Mortgage.
 
Bullshit! Great game that was Centuri's first hit game. 80% of Centuri games aren't worth anything, but Phoenix isn't one of them! Don't devalue a game because you may not like it (or even if you do!).

I'd say, Birdie King anything. Also, any of those hack machines by Potomac Mortgage.
What's even stranger is that Pleiades is also a fantastic game that does seem to command higher prices. Dunno why, I think both are equally rare and equally desirable.
 
Bullshit! Great game that was Centuri's first hit game. 80% of Centuri games aren't worth anything, but Phoenix isn't one of them! Don't devalue a game because you may not like it (or even if you do!).

I'd say, Birdie King anything. Also, any of those hack machines by Potomac Mortgage.

Phoenix is a great game, but it isn't worth shit.

I see them sitting for in working condition for a few hundred bucks.
 
Bullshit! Great game that was Centuri's first hit game. 80% of Centuri games aren't worth anything, but Phoenix isn't one of them! Don't devalue a game because you may not like it (or even if you do!).

I'd say, Birdie King anything. Also, any of those hack machines by Potomac Mortgage.
Try selling one for $500 and report back to me. My market has already spoken.
 
What's even stranger is that Pleiades is also a fantastic game that does seem to command higher prices. Dunno why, I think both are equally rare and equally desirable.
I agree with you, to an extent. Not sure in your region, but I've seen loads of Phoenix uprights for as far as I can remember. Pleiads, not so much.
 
Try selling one for $500 and report back to me. My market has already spoken.
Spare me! Compared to my region, your market is a mime! I've seen several Phoenix machines go for over $500 this side, both online and personally. And that's over the past 18 months! Games aren't going to fetch much in NoMan'sLand, USA!
 
Spare me! Compared to my region, your market is a mime! I've seen several Phoenix machines go for over $500 this side, both online and personally. And that's over the past 18 months! Games aren't going to fetch much in NoMan'sLand, USA!
You speak for your market and I will speak for mine.
 
I'd say nearly every cocktail. There's some exceptions, such as Ms. Pac-man and Warlords, but Atari and Nintendo cocktails don't see to be worth diddly. No one seems to want them, they're giant space hogs for being "smaller." You see a line up of cocktails sell at captains every time for 1/3rd the cost of the same upright. Everyone wants an upright Donkey Kong, but the Cocktail seems to be completely ignored. I have a Galaxian cocktail I've been trying to sell locally, but I'd rather keep it than get the bottom dollar I've been offered.
 
Took me 6 months to sell my BattleZone and a year to sell my Hard Drivin', so those two are contenders. I didn't think I was asking crazy money for either one. Any large driving games seem to stay listed forever even at reasonable prices.
I agree with @DarkKobold the cocktail machines are not generally desirable and hard to pass along.
Except ol' Warlords, I'd take one of those anyday.
 
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Track & Field, Joust, Food Fight, Tapper, Space Zap, Space Dungeon, Tempest cocks…those will still bring decent money.

Jason
 
you could name 500 lame games that are not worth anything. but games that should be worth more:

asteroids deluxe
millipede
steel talons
space duel
battlezone
hard drivin
liberator (As rare as it is, it should be in the $2k+ range)
klax
vindicators
xybots
blasteroids
omega race
space invaders deluxe
stargate
 
I made this over 20 years ago and none of you have played it and the roms are lost forever so...

I'd say this game ain't worth Jack after all these years, But it actually tells you to "DO A SHOT" and to "GET A BUZZ" during the game so that can't be right...

JackMan

"Jack Man Was Here"

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I'd say nearly every cocktail. There's some exceptions, such as Ms. Pac-man and Warlords,

Agreed. People collect UR's and mini's, some cockpits are especially valuable, but cocktails are almost always less valuable (even though games like Hat Trick and Space Duel are best in their cocktails.)

I'll add Crash and Head On and Head On 2. All super fun, cool cabs, always cheap.
 
Star Wars pod racers, and virtual on. Both great games but impossible to sell. I had 2 linked virtual on and 2 linked pod racers all fully working. Took forever to sell them and I think I got around $800 for all four.
 
People like to put them in centipede cabs. Those boards are pricy. I have both cabs. My wife loves them.
That's me. It was easy to find a very nice centipede cab but extremely tough to find a Millipede PCB or nice cab
But I did get multipede
 
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