Saw An Old Flim-Flam Pong Variation - For Sale $10

[Atari Rescue Group]

In Sacramento today I saw an old pong clone variation arcade machine today at a garage sale. $10 was the price.

 

Flim Flam by Meadows. 1974-ish or so. It's a 2-player upright machine and different from the one at klov.com...

 

KLOV's Flim-Flam

 

It's a pong game where you can move your paddle all over your side of the screen and you have a "speed" button.

 

I didn't test it but the the guy said it works and that the screen "looks faint--probably because it's not used much."

 

The cabinet looks pretty good (it's big and brown from all that wood laminate covering on it) and I noticed one of the tips of the joystick knobs was missing.

 

Not sure if anyone is interested in this one. I got the seller's phone number and he says it's not gonna make the move when he move out of his house in a week.

 

If anyone may be interested let me know.

[sku_u]

Let me get this straight. You PASSED UP an opportunity to obtain a working table style classic ultra rare pong machine for $10.00 that could have doubled as a poker table in your basement?

 

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[Atari Rescue Group]

The one I saw is a two-player upright version, not that 4-player tabletop one from the KLOV page. I've got a Black Widow arcade in my garage already, so no room right now.

[sku_u]

The one I saw is a two-player upright version, not that 4-player tabletop one from the KLOV page. I've got a Black Widow arcade in my garage already, so no room right now.

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Okay, that makes more sense. *phew*

[Dr Galaga]

Rare, but only worth about $50 - $100.

 

Still, you should MAKE room for it!

[Cassidy Nolen]

Tubes mounted like that tend to get clogged guns. You can have the tube rejuvenated at a TV shop for a few bucks, and it should be up and running.

 

I would suggest picking it up if you could. I think you could make some money on the flip of it. Few Meadows pieces survive today. Not worth much money on the market, but there are a few collectors out there that would pay real bucks for it.

 

Cassidy

[chadtower]

If it's an upright, that's not the problem. It probably is about 20 years overdue for a cap kit.

[Stingray]

I don't believe that there is a complete arcade game in the world that I would pass on for $10.

 

-S