Archive for April, 2009
Arcades: Buying from a retailer vs. a fixer upper
You want to buy your first arcade game or pinball machine and you have found a vendor is selling your favorite game for a decent amount of money, something ranging from $800-$2500 or so, maybe more, maybe less. You’ve seen these same games sell for less on eBay and you’ve been monitoring Craigslist and noticed that some games there are even given away for free. I just want a working game, what are my options? We’ll touch a little bit on that in this post. (more…)
Dig Dug cabaret CPOs have started printing
Remember the Dig Dug cabaret artwork that I worked on last September? This Old Game posted an update to let us know he has started printing that limited run of overlays. (more…)
Professor Pac-man Marquee Artwork
Turning arcade artwork into an editable vector file is relaxing for me. In a time of stress, working on this artwork in Illustrator can be soothing. Such was the case over the last two weeks. After a half hour there, half hour here I have a new finished piece of artwork – the Professor Pac-man marquee artwork. (more…)
Interesting Arcade Links – 2009-04-26
- Donkey Kong cocktail arcade game for sale, Wyoming MI – $150, broken. He’ll probably need to come down to at least $100 – http://is.gd/twBS #
- Looking for a Gottlieb Reactor? Both a Joust and Reactor for sale on Craigslist Charlotte, MI – $800. – http://snipr.com/gmfod #
- Dig Dug cocktail arcade game for $250, working Grand Rapids MI Craigslist. Good value, may need a cap kit. http://snipr.com/gmhpl #
- Midway Gorf working arcade game $450 Lansing Craigslist. Nice looking, value down in today’s market – $300-$350 – http://snipr.com/gmhs7 #
- NW Original Midway Space Invaders, asking $350, Jefferson Park Chicago Craigslist. Better be asking about $100 instead. – http://is.gd/ukVL #
Play arcade games in Broad Ripple
Looking for locations out and about to play arcade games? Great classics like a hideous Battlefrogs and yet another Multicade? Didn’t think so. But if you’re in the Broadripple area and you really need a fix, these two might fill the need. Here’s where they’re at. (more…)
Sinistar hungers for his own comic strip
You remember Sinistar, the sweet devil cat planet that taunts you as you play “Run Coward”, “I Hunger” and “Beware I Live”. Cut and comforting, I imagine the playing experience of Sinistar in the 80’s was similar to an experience I had playing Resident Evil at 2:12 am in a dark basement jacked up on Mellow Yellow. But who knew he could also be so…funny? Stephen Notley figured when compared to a PO’d daisy anything is funny and gave Sinistar his own book of comic strips.
Different Mr. Do! Bezel Sizes
I was looking forward to today, a package was coming for me that contained not one but two of those character artwork Mr. Do! bezels that you can find on the rare white licensed version of the game. The price to ship is the same whether it was one or two, so I just bought both. However, I got a little bit of a surprise when I did some comparison. (more…)
