Heavy Sixer Posted November 9, 2002 Share Posted November 9, 2002 GHOSTS 'N GOBLINS: Purchased it from a local operator for $60. Works, but the monitor's dead. PENGO: My first machine. Got it for $50 at a Salvation Army. The monitor needs new caps and VOTs. I'm currently building a web page dedicated to Pengo; I'll post a notice when it goes online. KANGAROO: This was a Kangaroo machine that had been converted into Taito's Samurai Nihon-Ichi (why anyone would mess over a perfectly good Kangaroo for the sake of that crappy little game is beyond me ) I obtained the necessary parts from eBay (the PCBs went for $6 ) and converted it back. Now it's just about perfect! XEVIOUS: Got it at a flea market with "Samuroo" for $110 total. Works, but the monitor's dead. Transporting Kangaroo and Xevious: HEAVY***6***er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witchfynde Posted November 9, 2002 Share Posted November 9, 2002 So, how many continuances does it take for you to get to the ending on Ghosts...the first ending, that is?! Nice little collection man. Good luck with the Pengo site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavy Sixer Posted November 9, 2002 Author Share Posted November 9, 2002 Actually, I've never beaten the arcade Ghosts 'N Goblins. The farthest I've ever made it is the dragon at the end of the fire bridge, and I only did that one or twice many years ago. Nowadays, I usually get wiped out by the red devils in the brick cave. One of these days, I'll get the monitor in my machine fixed, and I'll get some practice . The NES version of GNG is another matter... I'm the only person I know who has beaten the game both times. Of course, it has always taken me a couple of hours and many lives, but I've done it! HEAVY***6***er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximebeauvais Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 Actually, I've never beaten the arcade Ghosts 'N Goblins. I beat it when I was young.... I try it on MAME a week ago and I was not able to do it. I will try it again soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schuwalker Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Your Pengo machine looks in pristine condition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylark68 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Why can't I live near a Salvation Army store that sells arcade games??? I can't even find any decent 2600 games at mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 The Pengo machine really looks fantastic...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAtari2600 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 uhhhmmm i wana find an arcade at a salvation army What is with this stuff ppl pitch? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theking21083 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 uhhhmmm i wana find an arcade at a salvation army What is with this stuff ppl pitch? lol I got my VS. Unisystem for free from a salvation army. They also had a broken pac-man arcade in a golf cabinet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboypacman Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 A Salvation Army down state from had a Arkanoid for $60 at one point and it looked to be in great shape i should of snag it at the price but i dont think Mrs.Jboy is ready for a cab in the house yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAtari2600 Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 A Salvation Army down state from had a Arkanoid for $60 at one point and it looked to be in great shape i should of snag it at the price but i dont think Mrs.Jboy is ready for a cab in the house yet. the one here smells horrible lol the most i found was a sealed version of linux im holding onto for keeps sake xD it was only 50 cents! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 My Star Wars cockpit was in a guy's driveway. It was free. I let it warm up, reseated the chips and installed an ESB kit in it (thanks to Clay!). Worked since the day I got it home... I got a Missile Command on the side of the road, literally. Needed a board repair (of course on that machine) Got a Ms. Pac from a goodwill (cocktail) Got a Pac cocktail from the same place I got Missile Command, I knocked on his door and gave a 100 bucks for it. Bad regulator cost me about 5 bucks to fix... You never know what folks will chuck... C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAtari2600 Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 My Star Wars cockpit was in a guy's driveway. It was free. I let it warm up, reseated the chips and installed an ESB kit in it (thanks to Clay!). Worked since the day I got it home... I got a Missile Command on the side of the road, literally. Needed a board repair (of course on that machine) Got a Ms. Pac from a goodwill (cocktail) Got a Pac cocktail from the same place I got Missile Command, I knocked on his door and gave a 100 bucks for it. Bad regulator cost me about 5 bucks to fix... You never know what folks will chuck... C the average IQ of the people who chuck this stuff must be well below 90 seeing as the avg machine will sell atleast $50 lol i hope to run into luck like this i CANNOT wait to get my hands on my cabs again Evil warehouse.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_c Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 "works, but the monitor is dead?" uh...if the monitor is dead, then the game don't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theking21083 Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 "works, but the monitor is dead?" uh...if the monitor is dead, then the game don't work. Actuall that's not true. If your TV is dead does that mean that your Atari 2600 doesn't work? The monitor is not the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_c Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 (edited) no, it means i plug the 2600 into a TV that DOES work. Edited February 16, 2008 by frank_c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theking21083 Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Exactly, or you plug a new monitor into the cabinet. The game is still working even if you don't have a monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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