Archive for April, 2009
Sinistar for $200 Craigslist – Phoenix Arizona
I don’t usually say the typical “If only you were closer”, but wow, a working Sinistar for $200 with a whole bunch of new parts. I would be all over that if I was anywhere near Arizona. (more…)
Interesting Arcade Links – 2009-04-19
- Starting to blog fairly regularly, other original arcade content on Coinopspace.com. The link to those posts – http://tinyurl.com/d5y8oz #
- My Mad Planets had a small fix, & is done. Plus, based on pcb condition, may have been HUO for most of it’s life – http://snipr.com/fueah #
- Venture 2 arcade game? Some home brew sequal to this classic Exidy game. Good? Try it if you’re a fan – http://snipr.com/fufvt #
- Wearing my retro Donkey Kong champion tshirt in excitement of talking to the Donkey Kong champ tonight Steve Wiebe at Coinopspace.com. #
Rally-X overlay separations finished
Over Christmas I had time that I was able to vectorize the Rally-X control panel overlay artwork. I knew that once school started, I probably wouldn’t get back to the color separations until May. Instead, I finished them this week knowing that there were probably a couple of other pieces that I’d like to do in that downtime. (more…)
Star Wars cockpit marquee glass films
Just over a week and a half ago a Star Wars cockpit glass marquee sold on ebay for $182.50! Wow. Quite a bit of demand for an original piece of glass in great condition. With shipping that is over $200.00 for this one piece of artwork. Wonder if the winner saw my post about the Star Wars films and that eventually these pieces will be reproduced. (more…)
A.P.B Sideart, CPO & Marquee Reproductions
I almost missed this a day ago, but Steven P. posted on Coinopspace.com preview image of his vectorization / reproduction progress on A.P.B artwork. For over a year he’s been consistently working on the details of the control panel overlay, marquee and sideart. A tremendous undertaking, here is one of those preview images from the thread. (more…)
Coinopspace chat with Steve Wiebe a success
Last night on Coinopspace.com Steve Wiebe dropped by for over an hour and a half to chat live(longer than expected) with members at the site. Although the chat was hardly perfect or smooth at times, it was a success in many ways….the most important being that over 35 individual members questions were answered live by Steve and over 90 members attended the chat. (more…)
Interesting Arcade Links – 2009-04-12
- Atari console retro themed arcade game shirt – http://snipr.com/fcm4e – I like the idea of the design, not sure I’d wear this though. #
- Gyruss arcade game FS – Villa Park Craigslist Illinois – $350. GREAT game, good price, if unlimited room, I’d buy it – http://is.gd/rfYp #
- Shadow Dancer – Rare hard to come by Bally Sente SAC cabinet $50 Saline, MI Craigslist – Awesome deal for right person – http://is.gd/rfZq #
- Williams Fire! pinball machine $450 Fort Wayne area Craigslist (Auburn). Great artwork, sounds like a great price – http://snipr.com/fjadf #
- 2 arcade cabinets in Salem, Indiana (Louisville) area Craigslist. TMNT / Wonderboy. Too high priced, wheel & deal – http://snipr.com/fkiqy #
- One of the ugliest X-Men conversions I have ever seen. Not even worth $25 – Flint Craigslist – http://tinyurl.com/c7rquj #
- Sounds like someone got 7 free games this morning, Centipede, Kickman & others Warren / Youngstown Craigslist – http://tinyurl.com/c2glu8 #
- Top 25 hardest games of all time on Digg. Sinistar, Defender, & some other console favorites / classics make the list. – http://is.gd/rVnz #
- Pumped about chatting live w/ Steve Wiebe (King of Kong) April 15th @ Coinopspace. Steve made his account today – http://snipr.com/fqumh #
