Archive for August, 2008
Interesting Arcade Links – 2008-08-24
- Two design layouts done last week, one started last night, first Indiana Blog conference past weekend have made slow week. Back tonight. #
- Empty Food Fight Arcade Cabinet for $50 in VA. Will be hard to find old parts, cabinet artwork is decent condition. http://snipr.com/3hgke #
- Big Buck Hunter arcade cabinet with monitor! – $25 Saginaw Craigslist – Awesome deal. http://snipr.com/3hjot #
- Oops, that Big Buck Hunter is in Ohio – Delhi #
- $150 Millipede arcade game with brand new game board (PCB) in Sagniaw TWP – http://snipr.com/3hjpd #
- $150 Burgertime arcade game on eBay in San Diego – http://snipr.com/3hsdu #
- Tempest cabinet in Kansas, cheap or available for trade – http://snipr.com/3hsed #
- Full size 50″ House of the Dead, working on Craigslist Chicago IL area for $400. Sounds like a good deal – http://snipr.com/3hwpe #
- 5 Arcade games starting at $5.50 in Michigan. Pac-man cabaret, Centipede, Asteroids, Ms. Pac-man and WWF – http://snipr.com/3i0jo #
- ’15 most valuable classic arcade games’ post – riddled with possessive mistakes and other stuff. I am sorry. Mistakes should now be fixed. #
- ’15 most valuable classic arcade games’ finally online after three months and a ton of time researching – http://snipr.com/3i18c #
- If you like the ’15 most valuable arcade games’ post, go out to Digg and give me some love. http://snipr.com/3i1e1 #
Help writing posts for this arcade blog
I do a lot of research and idea generation for this arcade game blog, but as with any discipline I can’t write about every topic knowledgeably because I just don’t know about every aspect about arcade games.
If you have ever wanted to write / start your own website about your arcade game collection, this might be the opportunity for you. Either you can write about whatever you want, or as you will see I will list some article ideas for topics that I would like written about some of these games. (more…)
15 most valuable classic arcade games
Back in June I had this idea, what are the most valuable arcade games? If there was a list of the 10 most valuable arcade games, what would they be and what would the prices be? The more I researched, I could hardly narrow my list down to just 10 arcade games, so I ended up with a final list of 15.
This list is highly subjective, one rare valuable arcade game is worth some amount to one collector and a different value to another collector. I will try to explain my criteria for this top fifteen list of most valuable arcades so read on.
Great Mr. Do! Cabinet Portland Craigslist
Wow, I totally missed a deal. A Mr. Do! on Craigslist in Portland on Sunday with an asking price of $50. It sold in 15 minutes (not surprisingly), but even that asking price seems really low especially for the condition the game appeared to be in from the photo.
Interesting Arcade Links – 2008-08-17
- Empty Midway Cocktail Arcade Game for $50 in Lansing. Probably worth $150, a good pickup for someone local. http://snipr.com/3futd #
- Added photo of a 1up Mario themed tshirt to my arcade tshirts post. http://snipr.com/3g161 #
- Galaxian for $200 in Cincinnati OH. Plays blind, may be an easy fix. Money depends on condition of oft wore art – http://snipr.com/3gfsc #
- $100 Non Working Ms. Pac-man in southside Chicago. If cabinet is original this is a great deal / not a conversion – http://snipr.com/3h0gy #
Edit your WordPress theme – Headers
Some of you out there really want to start your own arcade game blog, but are clueless about web design and therefore don’t understand how to customize the look of your own WordPress website. There are plenty of tutorials out on the internet on how to make your own WordPress theme, sifting through the good ones might be a challenge. Regardless of that fact, I don’t feel the need to rewrite them because customizing your theme is a time investment no matter what you do. You need to learn HTML, CSS and understand the purpose of each html file in the theme.
However, just about any themes out there typically can look like a completely unique website by just adding your own header graphic. I am going to show you how to edit the header in your newly downloaded WordPress theme to add your own custom designed banner graphic. (more…)
Interesting Arcade Links – 2008-08-10
- Free Top Speed Arcade Cabinet in Placerville, California – http://snipr.com/3ajez #
- Atari Centipede arcade game in Indianapolis for $250 – http://snipr.com/3ax4a – Rare buy for this area #
- Phoenix Arcade Game – $175 – In Jackson MI – http://snipr.com/3b7jo #
- Just finished – added ton of arcade reproductions done by Arcade Renovations. May be comprehensive / final – http://snipr.com/3bimj #
- Just updated my Crazy Kong post with cabinet artwork photos and more analysis of similarities with Mr. Do! – http://snipr.com/3bu0r #
- Pong clone ‘cocktail’ version for sale in Cleveland, Ohio area Craigslist – http://snipr.com/3c41d – $100? Maybe talk down to under $50. #
- Update arcade reproduction artwork page with still in stock items and links to Phoenix Arcade’s artwork – http://snipr.com/3chkt #
- Arcade artwork items from This Old Game now added with links to the reproduction artwork list. Hopefully, I’ll have ‘years’ soon. #
- Almost forgot about the arcade artwork / stencils by Game Stencils.com. All that stuff is now added into the reproduction list as well. #
- Atari Gravitar arcade game for sale in Chicago $500 – http://snipr.com/3cpcy – Craigslist – Needs a new vector monitor, ouch. #
