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Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: dax on February 17, 2006, 12:43:55 pm ---Is there much of a market for restored vintage games?  I have been checking eBay and there seems to be a little activity, but not much.

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For most of us, it's a question of nostalgia rather then market value.  Case in point - my nick is Tiger-Heli.  I played the game daily in college and it was the only game I ever got through all the levels on without using cheats or unlimited quarters in MAME.  I have seen maybe two of them in RL since college and always played them at least once when I saw it.  AFAIK, the game was never sold as a dedicated cab, and a full-up conversion with accurate marquee, CP, and side-art goes for around $200-$300 on E-bay.

Clearly if you found one with a good PCB, but generic CP, no marquee, and bad side-art, it would cost you more to restore it than it would be worth in the end . . .  But if you painted it black and turned it into a MAME machine, that's one less Tiger-Heli machine in the world for people like me to find and play.  (Then again, if you didn't turn it into a MAME machine and the owner threw it in a field b/c nobody would buy it, it's still one less Tiger-Heli machine for me to play, but now you don't get the enjoyment from it either . . .)

But it's that kind of thing for most of us . . .

--- Quote ---Anyone care to comment on which of the games they think is most valuable if restored?  The cockpit Red Baron?

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Hmmmmmn, two of the three people (Myself and Witchboard, but not Hoopz) that responded to your original question mentioned the cockpit Red Baron, how much plainer do you need it???
Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: dax on February 17, 2006, 01:00:54 pm ---However, that's because I'm under the impression the Simpsons as a stand-alone game isn't that valuable an item.

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It is to someone.  Point is for every game you pick that you think "This was a crappy game anyway and no-one will miss it if I make a MAME machine out of it.", there's someone that will go "OMFG, that was my ALL-TIME FAVORITE game!!! You actually had a dedicated working one and converted it!!!"

That's why we're recommending something bastardized like, oh say a Williams Blaster cockpit that's been coverted to some crappy racecar game . . .  How much could that be worth to anyone? ($5,800 AUD).
Witchboard:

--- Quote from: dax on February 17, 2006, 01:00:54 pm ---Here are some pictures of some of the cabs:
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Where's the rest?  I honestly wouldn't convert any of those you showed as they all seem to be in good condition with nothing missing.  Did they plug them in for you?
dax:

--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on February 17, 2006, 01:05:36 pm ---Back to the question at hand, where is this auction?  ;D  I doubt it's near me, but it never hurts asking.

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Louisiana.
Hoopz:

--- Quote from: dax on February 17, 2006, 12:42:15 pm ---
I understand.  I want to get along with everybody here and I want to contribute, and I don't mind you all telling me I might be a little insensitive or caustic sometimes, I can handle that.  It's better than copping an attitude and suggesting I'm not worthy of consideration... that'll just get my gander up.   Anyway, I'm over all this and I hope everyone else is too.  I was definitely burned out trying to get my cab working, especially when I'm a software guy and I figured out the hardware and the software stopped me cold.. that just really pissed me off.  I still am upset at myself when I think about it.  I hate it when I can't get a program that should work to work.

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Yep, lets move on. Water under the bridge.   :)
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