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Is this Battlezone project worth $75 (or more)?
pgifford:
I won the auction for $74.99. Now the fun begins...telling the wife, getting it home. The 2nd one is easy...the first one, well, let's just say she's a little perplexed by the multiplying items in the garage. Thanks for the tips, guys :)
pgifford:
--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on June 24, 2004, 05:10:14 pm ---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.
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What would be a "huge" price? If I come across something that would work what would be a reasonable price?
From this page http://www.gamearchive.com/Video_Games/Manufacturers/Atari/monitor.html I see a number of monitors listed. Would any of them work or does it have to be a Wells-Gardner 6100?
Some day I'll tell the story of how I once bought and sold a Battlezone (with manual) so cheap it makes me cry to think about it today :'(
Thanks,
Paul
RayB:
--- Quote from: pgifford on June 25, 2004, 12:23:46 pm ---...let's just say she's a little perplexed by the multiplying items in the garage. Thanks for the tips, guys :)
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Oh? How about looking in her closet or make up drawer? If she's anything like my girlfriend's ever expanding shoe, purse and make-up collection, I'd say your hobby should be no more perplexing!
;-)
pgifford:
Just a gentle bump...
What's a reasonable price for a vector monitor, either a Wells-Gardner 6100 or an Electrohome G-05? There don't seem to be a lot of parts stores carrying them...
Thanks,
Paul
paigeoliver:
Ok, here is what Paige would say.
Paige OWNS a Battlezone. Paige got it free, although Paige did trade a monitor (color, needed cappping) for the control panel.
Mine was/is freaking minty, had no boards, no monitor. It was NOT worth the restoration cost. I tried to replace the original monitor with a PC monitor, but you CAN'T get a 19" color tube in the place where the original monitor went (black and white vector tubes are insanely shallow, less than half the depth of a color raster tube.
Paige went ahead and installed a 15" color monitor, and then promptly got sick of the project. He listed it on ebay, buyer paid $125 for it, and ONLY WANTED the control panel, periscoper stuff, marquee, etc.
So, now I still have it, now it has a double decker control panel, which is completely INSIDE the machine, but is still in project mode.
I'll see if I can't dig up any photos.
Art Mallet can USUALLY supply ANY needed vector monitors, although he is really pricy. Otherwise you can try a wanted to buy post on the newsgroups.
You see the thing with the vector games is that a tested working monitor sells for 80 percent of the value of most games that use them.