Walkamo
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Yesterday a $50.00 Blasteroids, Today an $80.00 Asteroids
It has been a good couple of days...
Saw an ad on Craigslist for both an Asteroids ($100) advertised as non-working (He said just needed fuses...I am sure that is all it needs as well... j/k) and a Working Galaxian ($200)..
I was not interested in the Galaxian, however I was in the Asteroids. I have just never had good luck with Vectors (gave up on my battlezone).
After some emailing back and forth I got over there tonight and the Asteroids was plugged in (Buzzing and the marquee are lit). I looked over the cabinet and the sideart is in really good shape. Looked inside and it looks like it is in good shape. The neck on the CRT is glowing (Good sign).... None of the start lights are lit though. Also the control panel has a little rust on it.. All of the CP graphics are painted on..
I asked to see the Galaxian thinking that maybe I can by both cheap.. He plugged it in and nothing.... Just the marquee..
I offered $80.00 for the Asteroids and he took it..(Another Project)..
I just got it home and measured the voltage output from the Power Supply and the +5 test point is reading 1.6v... I had the same problem with my Battlezone.. Time to buy a big blue tomorrow...
I am feeling pretty good about my collection now.. I went from having too many games that I did not really care about to a very good start to a collection of games from my childhood.. Right now in my garage are Asteroids, Pac-man, Donkey Kong 3 (Will change to Donkey Kong), Centipede, and Spy Hunter.....
Here are some pics of the Asteroids.. Also, the color owner's manual and schematic are included...
Chris
It has been a good couple of days...
Saw an ad on Craigslist for both an Asteroids ($100) advertised as non-working (He said just needed fuses...I am sure that is all it needs as well... j/k) and a Working Galaxian ($200)..
I was not interested in the Galaxian, however I was in the Asteroids. I have just never had good luck with Vectors (gave up on my battlezone).
After some emailing back and forth I got over there tonight and the Asteroids was plugged in (Buzzing and the marquee are lit). I looked over the cabinet and the sideart is in really good shape. Looked inside and it looks like it is in good shape. The neck on the CRT is glowing (Good sign).... None of the start lights are lit though. Also the control panel has a little rust on it.. All of the CP graphics are painted on..
I asked to see the Galaxian thinking that maybe I can by both cheap.. He plugged it in and nothing.... Just the marquee..
I offered $80.00 for the Asteroids and he took it..(Another Project)..
I just got it home and measured the voltage output from the Power Supply and the +5 test point is reading 1.6v... I had the same problem with my Battlezone.. Time to buy a big blue tomorrow...
I am feeling pretty good about my collection now.. I went from having too many games that I did not really care about to a very good start to a collection of games from my childhood.. Right now in my garage are Asteroids, Pac-man, Donkey Kong 3 (Will change to Donkey Kong), Centipede, and Spy Hunter.....
Here are some pics of the Asteroids.. Also, the color owner's manual and schematic are included...
Chris
