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    Rare arcade games you've seen

    in Arcade and Pinball

    Posted

    Probably the rarest game I've seen, is Guardian. I own the only one I've ever even HEARD of, let alone seen. The machine pictured on the KLOV site is my machine.

     

    Another game I'd never heard of was Donkey Kong II, NOT Junio, which they have at Funspot. It's a hyper-difficult version of the original DK. They also have a Cloak & Dagger there, both of those are the only places I've ever seen them, and I've been to a few classic cons.

    Never heard of anything you mentioned except for Cloak and Dagger. We had a few of those floating around in the area (Tigard)I grew up in.

    My Air Raid Auction Update

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    Checked out the auction today. Already over $4000 with 9+ days to go. This one is going through the roof. Probably 10 pics of it on there. Anyone got any guesses on what the end price could be? We should start a poll or something =)

    Read the thread.

    My Air Raid Auction Update

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    I'd bet who whom ever wins and however much, they will pay the highest price both now and for the future of this game. Almost certainly since the attention is going to cause others to surface, just like this one did as a result of the last big sale, the price may go down :evil: can't wait for that box full of unopened copies from Venezuela to pop up on eBay. :rolling:

     

    AX

    That would be so funny........ :ponder:

    What pinball machines do you own?

    in Arcade and Pinball

    Posted

    What are you looking to spend on the Space Shuttle pin.? The reason I ask is you are fairly close to me and I have a friend that has one that has been shopped and is pretty nice.

     

    Fair price on it, beats me, I don't know much about pins. I've heard it's a good one to start with because it's not super-expensive but is still fun...

    I recently sold mine for $700 which I think is fair market value ($650 to $850) just my opinion though ;)

     

    I'd gladly pay $700 for a Space Shuttle. I really like that pin. ^_^

    $700 is a decent price for a fair machine. A shopped Space Shuttle you are looking at $1000 easily.

    Anyone going to the pinball and gameroom show 2010

    in Arcade and Pinball

    Posted · Edited by ericwierson

    Thought I would put this here instead of announcements, because I think more arcade and pinball people read this thread than the announcement thread. There is a pinball and arcade game show June 11th-13th at the Seattle Center. There will be 250+ pinball and arcade machines set on free play there. It's $40 for a 3 day pass. There is more info. available @ nwpinballshow.com . Hope to see some Atariagers there.

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    What pinball machines do you own?

    in Arcade and Pinball

    Posted

    A 455? Olds engine in a chevy? And it is a 402 not 403.

     

    Ack! You're right. For some asinine reason I was mixing up Eric's Chevelle with my dad's '69 Cutlass, because I was just talking to my dad about dropping a new block into his car.

     

    Olds made a 403 and a 455. I was talking to my dad about both of those options as his Cutlass only has a Rocket 350 in it (which is anything but a Rocket, lol).

     

    454 all the way then. :thumbsup: ...spendy as hell, though.

     

    Anyway enough off-topic, I am still looking for Space Shuttle for my first pin. :D

    What are you looking to spend on the Space Shuttle pin.? The reason I ask is you are fairly close to me and I have a friend that has one that has been shopped and is pretty nice.

    What were the hardest arcade coin-op games?

    in Arcade and Pinball

    Posted

    Never really played Sinistar in the arcades (tried once or twice, got wasted fast) but just watching others play it I knew I'd never get the hang of it.

     

    For me, counting only the games I actually tried to play, I'd say Stargate was one of the hardest. Defender was hard enough but something about Stargate's controls made that task even more terrible.

     

    Lunar Lander was basically impossible for me. I might get to the third try once in a while but I'd eat up all my fuel too quickly.

     

    Gravitar is an extension of Lunar Lander and so was even harder.

     

    Karate Champ hasn't been mentioned. Usually I'd play against a friend for a few quarters. Once we decided we were done feeding more quarters the "winner" would take on the computer opponent and that guy would just strut out and beat me or my friend unmerciful. We would laugh at that and play each other Karate Champ just so one of us could get creamed by the computer.

     

    Another game nobody mentioned is Empire City: 1931, that one started out easy but at a certain point the tommy gunners were too difficult.

     

    Rip-Off was hard mostly because of those controllers and the increasing speed of the enemies (and never getting your little triangle pods replenished). Just thinking about playing that game again gives me carpal tunnel.

     

    Tailgunner was hard, once you lost that shield (and you never got it back) it was only a matter of time before you died.

     

    Robotron 2084 was too difficult for me, I would watch my friends who were good at it and try what they did but I'd always get wiped.

     

    The laserdisc game Cobra Command beat me solid, too. I loved the anime look to it and being the gunner for that copter but at a certain level I just couldn't kill the enemies the right way. Love the sound effects for the guns and the explosions, that cost me a lot of quarters.

     

    Moon Cresta owned me. I loved that game and would try and try to get a high score but having that stacked ship made it so hard to avoid getting killed.

     

    I own a Xevious machine, it's one of my favorite games, but I still never got that good at it, it was always so difficult once I died the first time, the enemies got harder, especially those exploding black balls.

    Great list.

    Stargate - Tough one. I did find I was able to play longer on this than Defender.

    Xevious - Loved this game, but I was only able to get past the first mother ship and was done.

    Karate Champ - Not trying to brag, but could get quite far against the comp.

    I never played Empire City, Rip-off, Tailgunner, or laser disc Chopper Command.

    Pac-Man is the worst game!

    in Atari 2600

    Posted · Edited by ericwierson

    Congratulations! You get +1 "I wanna be popular" points for parroting mindless statements that have been argued ad nauseum for the last 15 years on every classic gaming board known to man.

     

    For the extra +5 bonus points please tell us how:

     

    A. E.T. caused the gaming crash

    B. Atari should have sold the NES when Nintendo offered it to them

    C. The Jaguar was (or was not) a 64-Bit system.

     

    + 2K Monies if you can work some C-64 or Amiga bashing into your argument.

     

    Tempest

     

    WOW! Someone's underwear is too tight today. Here is a list of my own:

     

    1) I only just joined your precious forum two days ago.

    2) Was the Comic Book Guy on the Simpson's based on you? If you read your post with that voice, it sounds just like him.

    3) I didn't post to be popular. I am popular enough with my newly found Air Raid cart. Which I now wear on a gold chain around my neck. Nerd Bling!

    Wow. You have an Air Raid good job on that. Even though I think your story on that is a little suspect. Might you be that same guy from Texas who pulled his auction on E-Bay last year? In my opinion you are just drawing up interest again (with a new A.A. name) for your Air Raid that you are soon going to try to sell on E-Bay (again).

     

    There are many Pac-Man 2600 bashing threads here, so post on them. Tempest is probably the fairest moderator here. And I think it is a bad idea to bash him.

    Chase the Chuckwagon?

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    I used to think CTCW was the holy grail. I finally got one a few years back and thought I had it all, but after joining A.A. I see I was mistaken. There are many 2600 holy grails out there that I did not know about, until I joined this site. My holy grail now is a boxed Air Raid. After reading a recent post (as long as this person is being truthful) I think it may be possible to get one.

    eBay Don'ts

    in Auction Central

    Posted

    I read all the posts and agree with most of them, especially the third party pay system. That has to be the stupidest thing on buying an item that I have ever experienced. I just do not get it. Why the hell as a seller pay some 3rd party to process your order? Lazy? As far as caps. lock or font size I am O.K. with that. When did those things become annoying? I guess some folks read alot of Maddox' website.

     

    What does drive me crazy is that idiot AnGiE ThAt DoEs HeR AuCtIoNs LiKe ThIs. VERY ANNOYING AND HARD TO READ! Especially since she sells alot of the games I need to finish my 2600 collection.

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