Who got the Inferno boardset off Ebay Tonight?

Williams made just enough games during the classic era that it is possible to collect them all and put them all in a row. Atari and Midway both made too many to make that possible. Thus those people who want complete Williams collections drive the prices of their rare and uncommon games ridiculously high (particularly since their rare titles aren't all that good).

Although even the completists only seem to collect the games based off the Defender and Joust 2 hardware.
 
All that and the board is "untested" on eBay so its most likely dead. Is this so rare an untested PCB would go for more than most other games out there?

I think a complete working inferno could sell in the 4-5000 range to the right collector so I'd say the board set even nonworking is not ridiculously priced.

Hell the game is rare. People seem to have no problem paying nearly $200 for an untested zoo keeper board set and $400 for a working set and zoo keepers are not that rare and usually only command $1000 for a complete working game.
 
I think a complete working inferno could sell in the 4-5000 range to the right collector so I'd say the board set even nonworking is not ridiculously priced.

Hell the game is rare. People seem to have no problem paying nearly $200 for an untested zoo keeper board set and $400 for a working set and zoo keepers are not that rare and usually only command $1000 for a complete working game.

I'll have to remember to keep my eye out for one then! :D I'm in strange warehouses and buildings all the time so I never know what I'll find. I saw 4 Rush the Rock, a 1943 and a few other games today but most were beat and overpriced. I saw a Harley Davidson game with a motorcycle you sit on in the back corner, I don't know if its worth anything but its there.
 
Someone got a killer deal.. Yes, it is rare enough where if you wanted one, working or not it would go for bucks. Outside of proto games, I think people would pay good money for only a few pcbs..

I have a spare working inferno pcb(tim tested it for me back when he had his inferno) and I would not have thought it mounted like that stacked. I would have guessed it was like joust 2 or mystic marathon..


Joust 2 pcb will work, but I think you don't get the lava to pulse/flash..
 
In the last 20 years, how many working Inferno PCBs have hit Ebay?....something like 3......and they've averaged around $850. So, $400+ doesn't seem crazy out of line.

Edward
 
Someone got a killer deal.. Yes, it is rare enough where if you wanted one, working or not it would go for bucks.

I have a spare working inferno pcb(tim tested it for me back when he had his inferno) and I would not have thought it mounted like that stacked. I would have guessed it was like joust 2 or mystic marathon.

I agree with Bill, rare enough that it would go for good bucks.

Also, same as Bill, I did not think it was stacked. I recall Tim's detailed write up on how to convert a Joust 2 PCB to an Inferno. (I never heard about the lava flow missing though). Wonder if that's still on-line anywhere. Hmmm...time to do some net searching...
 
I recall Tim's detailed write up on how to convert a Joust 2 PCB to an Inferno. (I never heard about the lava flow missing though). Wonder if that's still on-line anywhere. Hmmm...time to do some net searching...

Found it, still there:

http://www.arcadecollecting.com/info/Joust2toInferno.txt

So, now, who's got an extra Joust 2 boardset lying around?

By the way, if you've never browsed his site, take a look around, he's got a lot of great stuff and information on that site.
 
I recall Tim's detailed write up on how to convert a Joust 2 PCB to an Inferno. (I never heard about the lava flow missing though). Wonder if that's still on-line anywhere. Hmmm...time to do some net searching...

Found it, still there:

http://www.arcadecollecting.com/info/Joust2toInferno.txt

So, now, who's got an extra Joust 2 boardset lying around?

By the way, if you've never browsed his site, take a look around, he's got a lot of great stuff and information on that site.

I have the write up and a spare Joust II boardset. I scrounged the MAME ROMs a while ago. Now I just need the time to put it all together.

Too many projects, too little time. I need to win the lottery just to have the time to tinker with all the projects. :(

ken
 
Someone got a killer deal.. Yes, it is rare enough where if you wanted one, working or not it would go for bucks. Outside of proto games, I think people would pay good money for only a few pcbs..

I have a spare working inferno pcb(tim tested it for me back when he had his inferno) and I would not have thought it mounted like that stacked. I would have guessed it was like joust 2 or mystic marathon..


Joust 2 pcb will work, but I think you don't get the lava to pulse/flash..

I can definitely report that the boardset does not sit in the stacked configuration in my Inferno upright but rather the CPU board is in the top position while the ROM board is seated below. I saw that, too, in the picture and thought it was strange.

I thought about picking this up as a spare, but I have too many other non-arcade related expenses afoot so I passed...I do have an extra working Joust 2 main CPU board that I think I can use in a pinch...just hope my ROM board stays healthy.

As was said already, to my knowledge there are only 6 Inferno uprights known to exist currently so $417 is certainly not an outrageous price to pay for a boardset, even an untested one.

Hopefully, the new owner will be able to use it in a cabinet, although he might need to make one on his own :) .

Jon
 
I agree with Bill, rare enough that it would go for good bucks.

Also, same as Bill, I did not think it was stacked. I recall Tim's detailed write up on how to convert a Joust 2 PCB to an Inferno. (I never heard about the lava flow missing though). Wonder if that's still on-line anywhere. Hmmm...time to do some net searching...

Tim fixed my spare mystic marathon and inferno boards. He was the one who told me there was a difference between the boards. It was just so long ago I can't remember exactly what. I think it had to do with the lava moving, pulsing or flashing.

I figured it was really weird it was stacked. The only reason to do that would be for a cocktail.. So,someone needs to talk to the seller and ask where they got it...
 
I figured it was really weird it was stacked. The only reason to do that would be for a cocktail.. So,someone needs to talk to the seller and ask where they got it...

I'm not the seller, but I found it in the seller's warehouse. The seller is a friend, and I was helping him clean up his warehouse this summer....as he prepared for a move. It was tucked under a shelf, behind a pile....of literally.....200+ coin doors. I asked him where the rest of it went to.....and if he remembered the game, at all. He knew nothing about it. The ROM labels are labeled "proto", but I figured they all were "proto".

I thought the two board stack was odd, too. It's got an interconnect card (similiar to Atari stuff) connecting the two boards. The interconnect has Williams logo on it. The only other thing (maybe) worth mentioning.....the metal assembly it's mounted to, was mounted to another giant "L" shaped metal assembly (very similiar to those big metal racks in an Astron Belt). This didn't seem original to me....big oversized (and non-matching) sheet metal screws, no Williams sticker, etc. Ultimately, though, I dont know.

Edward
 
I 'wonder' if the new buyer actually found a cab or using this as a backup...

I can just picture one of these Inferno machines residing in a basement of some ex-Williams' employee in the Chicago 'burbs.:eek:
 
Interesting about the interconnect. They did something similar with Mystic Marathon for Defender cabinets. One of the local ops near me has a pair of MM boards with both sides having female connectors, so there had to be a cable or something to allow them to mate.

ken
 
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