Good finds this weekend (its been dry for a while!)

[Cassidy Nolen]

Well,

 

Just got back from a warehouse the likes I have never seen! I am serious about this: 400 classics, easy. Most of the games were sort of beat, but not all. I got a super deal on an Anti-Aircraft (which is missing the iso, I'l bypass with a switcher) and a beautiful Williams copy of Pong called Paddle Ball. Get this; takes NICKLES for play, not quarters! Thats a first I have seen of that! Absolutely perfect fake of it, looks identical to the Atari one, right down to a TV in it (handle, knobs and all).

 

I am keeping the Anti-Aircraft, but will be fixing and sell the Pong. PM if interested.

 

Just to get yall drooling.... here's what I passed on:

 

Starfox

I Robot

Computer Space (funny, I owned that exact one about three years ago!)

Pong number V-036 (still 35 higher than Curt's Give or take a few letters of the alphabet!)

Warrior

Death Race

Tempests (I'm not kidding, like 10 of them!)

Froggers

FireTruck

 

Tons of EM stuff, too.

 

If you would like the addy, glad to share it. Prices are reasonable (not bargain basement, but consider where else are you going to find it?). Assume none of it is working.. The place is about two hours north of DC.

 

Cassidy

[sebastius]

Would you perhaps be selling a Pong (or bootleg or anything like it) PCB? I can get an NTSC capable tv over here, and i can built a cab myself, but a pong pcb is virtually impossible to get in Holland.

[jim]

Can you get parts there? I need any of the following:

 

Galaxian board

Anti Aircraft board

Tank boards

DK or DK Jr boards

DK harness, marquee, bezel

Space Invaders daughter board

Pleiads marquee

 

EM stuff:

 

Speed Shift interior cardboard scenery and car

Motorcycle top marquee and blower motor

Speedway tape player/tape

Sea Raiders sound boards

Whirly Bird marquee, background picture, helicopter

[Cassidy Nolen]

Update:

 

Talk about what I was not expecting...

 

The Paddle Ball is FLAWLESS! I can't believe how nice this thing is! Turned the volume down (must have been in a hearing impaired location!), played with the picture controls, and a little TLC, this thing is perfect. I have never seen a video game set up for dime play (even has the 10 cent insert that lights up. Wild looking, and I had forgotten how addictive it is to play! I may keep this one around a little while. How should I feel about putting Atari's nemesis side by side in my basement? Feels strange to me...

 

As for the Anti-Aircraft, well that is going to be a while. I found it did not have the transformer for starters, so I wired in a switching power supply. Easy, right? Well, then I fired it up, and the neck on the monitor would light fine, but no picture. Then I noticed there was no high voltage. Now I need a flyback. Anyway, I took the monitor out of my Night Driver to see if I could get it to do anything at all. With a working monitor, I now know the board has problems. The guns are just lines, there is no score, wont start playing, and the ship graphics are all screwy.

 

Lets see; bad wiring, bad monitor, bad board, and cabinet needs some tlc (good art and glass, just needs t-molding and some touch up on the corners). I don't think I could have had a bigger project! All this to play a coin op version of Air Sea Battle!

 

Cassidy