vintage gaming anyone?

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Hi guys, just thought i would share this with you guys... i introduced my self telling people i had vintage arcade games.. i do and i would like to show you my games... all of them work at least to some degree and some are in various states of repair.... i have a cocktail super pacman non working... i also have a upright pacman... a upright galaga, and upright omega race... ballys only black and white vector game, a upright spy hunter, and a upright neo - geo with 145 carts, currently playing street fighter 2... so tell me whatcha think?

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game room in the dark

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games off
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ms.pacman up close
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galaga up close.... btw a pain to keep running...

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super pacman cocktail.... not working... bad ram on cpu board...

omega race is not pictured because it was not here at the time.... i recently got it at imperial ammusements for 150$ non working... some of the extra guts for it are in the photos though..

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older games moved to the garage...

That's just absolutely beautiful.


I know it's more toward the end of the arcade's lifespan but I would love to have a full, working 6-player X-Men cabinet. It might not qualify as vintage, but to me; it's a classic.

ya... actually i know a buddy of mine who has one for sale right now locally on craigslist.... he wants 200 obo, working. i actually paid less than you think i did for most of those classics, as they were not working at the time.... i hate to say it but since i have been restoring them i have spent more money into them than i really wanted to.

Pretty sweet.

I've love to build a MAME cab some day, or have a pinball machine or something.

I approve of this and welcome to the video game forums.

heres another pic, got spy hunters monitor working and the super pacman cocktail working..


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here is a video of the gameroom in action...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuE1PKPnCP4[/youtube]

Even the crap on the floor is just like it used to be in vintage arcades!

thats just trash im too lazy to pick up....

equipment question: octogonal, circular, or square gate for your joysticks?

That is dedication. Must've been an expensive venture.


Myself, I recently picked up Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection. Over 40 classic SEGA Genesis titles for $30. Beautiful collection.

Yea... i have logged alot of hours working in that basement repairing that stuff, all of the games were non working when i bought them... i only spent about 700 for all of them and put about 2-4000$ in parts, labor and stuff into them.... there value has went up since then. but im not selling them as they are getting passed down to my kids someday if i ever have any or get married, of course if they still work by then. :p hehe

Where do you find the space for all those machines?

my parents let me use the basement for that, and the garage as storage for project games.. im 20 and still live at home.... not suprising..

i wanna say square, some of the bally joys are 2 way, like galaga, and there are 4 way like pacman and there is a 8 way for galaxian...

another video!! !
inside of midway pacman... how it works.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnJSs43d8W0[/youtube]

Thanks for sharing. That was awesome! The only thing I found difficult was the lighting... esp when you went inside the cabinet and started pointing to stuff. I couldn't see anything.