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Is this Battlezone project worth $75 (or more)?
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pgifford:
Hi,

  I'm near enough to pick up this item.  Is $75 reasonable considering what would be required to get it operational?  What does a Battlezone monitor go for these days anyway?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6104059082

Thanks!

Paul

IG-88:
um..........JUMP ON IT! Thats a fine looking cab!
NoOne=NBA=:
If you are intending to RESTORE it, I'd say no.
The vector monitors are getting harder to come by, and are commanding HUGE prices.

Now, for the good news.
If you just want to get it back to a working state, then I'd say yes.
Paige will probably disagree, but he lives in Arcade Central, gets great auction deals all the time, and probably wouldn't pay more than $1.25 for it (hoping to find $1.50 inside, like the did the last time).

The cab has all the high ticket items on it (CP, periscope assembly, etc...)--except the monitor.
From what I can see the cab is in pretty decent shape, and the sideart is complete and decent as well.

What I would do is replace the monitor with a similar sized PC monitor (arcade raster monitors don't do vector very well), and MAME it back to life, as a dedicated cab.
You wouldn't need anything special computer-wise to run Battlezone with no artwork, so replacing the guts with a MAME system shouldn't be too expensive.
Lilwolf:
mame it for 100 battlezone would be cool and cheap.

keep everything in case you can find a powersupply and monitor.... get it working... and change it all back to the original...

then take your computer and move it to another project.

As long as your careful... you can make it playable with a PC with allowing you to go back to the original at any point.
RayB:
Go for it. It won't hurt to go shopping for a monitor even if they are rare....

:-D
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