Archive for April, 2009
What’s up with Jeffsromhack.com?
I had no idea this site was down, but a reader mentioned this to me today. Appears as if Jeff didn’t renew his domain, which could be bad news…. (more…)
Steve Wiebe (King of Kong) Live Chat
The latest in my series of live chat sessions at Coinopspace.com, Steve Wiebe is going to be joining us on April 15th 2009. The only requirement to chat with Steve is to be a member of the website and you can ask any respectful question you want.
Getting ready to draft a promotional release on Steve hasn’t been easy, and I certainly was a bit naive and tremendously lucky when he agreed to do the session. Instead of repeating everything that everyone already knows about Steve – He worked for Boeing, he’s a math teacher and all the details surrounding his many attempts, I thought I’d share a little bit into my own timeline in arranging a chat session. Certainly the more interesting insights have the potential to be revealed when the fans get to connect with him in real time. (more…)
Artwork for the A.P.B. seat – A simple but rare item
Late last night Francis gave me a ring and asked if I could do my vector magic on the decals that go on the seat sides of an A.P.B. arcade game. I’m not too familiar with the game, and just assumed the artwork was complex enough that I wouldn’t be able to look at it until May, when classes were done. The artwork was extremely simple, however, and in an hour I was done. (more…)
Rock Ola sideart decal really finished
After 8 months of waiting, I finally got some final dimensions for the vector Rock Ola logo, so now that sticker artwork for a number of classic Rock Ola games including Demon is finished. Here are the sizes as an FYI. (more…)
Interesting Arcade Links – 2009-04-05
- Guerilla War arcade game Indianapolis Craigslist $125. Cheap video game, full sideart – http://snipr.com/exsi7 #
- Atari Asteroids, vector monitor issue, wants $200 Indianapolis Craigslist. With the market, may be $50 too high – http://snipr.com/exskd #
- Final Lap arcade game – $250, dual racing style stand up, cool kickplate artwork NW Indiana Chicago Craigslist – http://tinyurl.com/cr7qxm #
- Galaxian mini $400, Indianapolis Craigslist. Haven’t seen one before, probably priced too high by around $100 – http://tinyurl.com/c6otqt #
- 3 arcade games, Wapakoneta / Lima Ohio Craigslist – Zero Wing, Thunder Fox, Shinobi. Good restorations?? $200 each – http://snipr.com/ext4q #
- Atari Marble Madness for $500! in Anderson, Cincinnati Craigslist. Priced a little high, but not a common game – http://tinyurl.com/d6z3sq #
- 1983 Taito game Change Lanes, Chicago Craigslist. Complete, but NW. Probably worth less than set price of $100 – http://tinyurl.com/c5joyy #
- 3 arcade classics – Zaxxon, Carnival, Donkey Kong Jr. Richmond Chicago Craigslist $500, for each? Good price for 3 – http://snipr.com/ey8k8 #
- Ms. Pac-man arcade game $225 Rockford (Chicago) Illinois Craigslist. Good deal depending on condition of cabinet – http://snipr.com/ey8p9 #
- Bagman arcade game in Kentwood, Grand Rapids MI Craigslist – $400. Priced too high, but these don’t come up often. http://snipr.com/eydi6 #
- Karate Champ arcade game in Flint, MI. Make an offer, fairly popular non classic era game – Could be good deal. – http://snipr.com/eyhtb #
- Complete Galaxian arcade game, $200. Guy’s been trying to sell for some time, good price – Indianapolis Craigslist – http://snipr.com/f5dvd #
- Depth Charge back up for sale – $195, Kentwood Grand Rapids MI Craigslist. Rare game, may talk him down to $150 – http://snipr.com/f5dz1 #
- Sega Major League arcade game – Brookville, OH Craigslist 80. Interesting looking game, cool artwork, cheap price. http://snipr.com/f5e7r #
- Atari Asteroids cocktail table game $150 – Stanwood Grand Rapids area Craigslist MI – Good price, check condition – http://snipr.com/f5ou3 #
- Looks like Mr. Donkey Kong is still for sale Bitely Craigslist (Grand Rapids, MI) Might be a great deal in hiding – http://snipr.com/f5p05 #
Quantum CPO sells on eBay for $146.01
Law of supply and demand baby, and those laws supersede any type of market climate. Where many games have seen a dip as much as 25-30% of their value, parts and games that are highly sought after and that had limited initial production runs always sell for a ton of money. (more…)
Free Major Havoc level editor
Late last month, right around the time of the Owen Rubin live chat at Coinopspace I had written a post about Jess Askey announcing that he was going to make a free level editor for Atari’s Major Havoc that would allow the average user to drag and drop elements in a graphical interface to create their own stages that could then be taken and burned onto ROMs. In case you missed it, Jess quitely released his editor and one level has been made. (more…)
