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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. --- End quote --- 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? --- End quote --- 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. --- End quote --- 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: --- End quote --- 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. --- End quote --- 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. --- End quote --- Yep, lets move on. Water under the bridge. :) |
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