WTB Sharkey's Arcade Tokens Eureka California
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O ya we drove by it earlier this year, still go back to the area to visit. We used to go there all the time when I was young, I had a birthday party there one year where you could rent it out for a couple hours in the morning but they never showed up so we ended up having it at the McDonald's across the street. Hoping to find some tokens!
I go there at least twice a year. Eureka has the best weather in the state (in my opinion).
I have seen a few tokens on ebay, but never in bulk.
I have seen a few tokens on ebay, but never in bulk.
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I never got to play at that one that I remember. What about trapshoot at Angelo's Pizza?
And yes please help me out if someone out there has some Sharkeys Arcade Tokens! Still Looking!
Happy Thanksgiving!
And yes please help me out if someone out there has some Sharkeys Arcade Tokens! Still Looking!
Happy Thanksgiving!
I go to Angelos twice a year. We play the hell out of trapshoot. I worked there from 95-97.
I worked at fortuna angelos in 88-89
I worked at fortuna angelos in 88-89
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Nice! When my wife and I went there in March recently is was down so we didn't get to play it, but they had all the games in there mini arcade going. There was a deli place over by Cutten Elementary that had a mini arcade also. Had a nice neo geo mini.
OMG - so you guys aren't going to believe this. So ironic. As per a "finder thread" I will post soon, yesterday I traveled out to Chico to pick up a couple good finds. In one of them I found a token. It said Sharkey's on it. It looked vintage and unique so I googled it. Brought me here (amongst other places). So crazy to me, cause I never heard of it.
Sadly, @Alabeen , sorry, but I always keep coins I find in my games, as I feel they are nostalgic for me and collective to my personal acquirement so I am keeping this one. It tells a story and reminds me of my venture for this game.
Anyway, so I pieced it together after talking to the seller, and he bought the game from a guy that had the game on location at Sharkey's years ago. So this game was at Sharkey's !!
DOPE ! Frickin historic.
Sadly, @Alabeen , sorry, but I always keep coins I find in my games, as I feel they are nostalgic for me and collective to my personal acquirement so I am keeping this one. It tells a story and reminds me of my venture for this game.
Anyway, so I pieced it together after talking to the seller, and he bought the game from a guy that had the game on location at Sharkey's years ago. So this game was at Sharkey's !!
DOPE ! Frickin historic.
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That is awesome! I have gotten a few coins since this post but still looking for more. Definitely a cool coin for your collection. What game did it come out of? Curious if I remember playing it there.
Donkey Kong Jr - I'll have pics of the trip/story soon in another thread and I'll link between threads.
So I was offered a deal I couldn't refuse. If you know anything about me from before, I usually only buy very excellent condition games, as I am not the "project" type. But these two I got (coming soon to a thread near you) I just couldn't refuse. They need work, yes, but all is doable and really good looking for "project" games.
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That's really cool, I don't specifically remember playing DK Jr. But I'm sure I did. Sharkey's would rent out the arcade for kids on their birthday and get everything on free play or give games credits that didn't have a free play option. From what I remember it was a 2 hour time slot. So if you were at one of those birthday parties you would just run around and play everything! Thanks for sharing that you found a token and got an arcade game from there! Let me know if you ever sell it, would like to get a game from Sharkey's!
$4.95/token + $3.50 S&H (lol):
SHARKEY'S EUREKA CA. REDWOOD COUNTRY TOKEN. | eBay
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$3.99/token + $1.00 S&H:
Sharkey’s Redwood Country Eureka CA Token | eBay
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So mine is even more vintage ?? Cool ! $15 ea then !
I also found some pennies and a quarter in there. They were all from the 80's. That doesn't mean much though because someone can put a 197x penny in a cab today on accident/randomly.
As promised- Check out the thread about the game I found that used to be on location @Sharkey's Arcade in Eureka, CA back in the day. There was a token from Sharkey's inside. Its also a cool thread more about the success story of linking up with a fellow Klov member for the road trip:
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I might have some in storage in Eureka. Only problem is I won't be up there until summer. Sharkys was my hangout from 82 to 87 before I moved back to Sacramento. I was born in Eureka but raised in Sac since birth but lived in both towns back and forth through my childhood. I would walk to the joke house then over to Sharkys. Thinking back on it I feel like I'm watching The Andy Griffith Show
