Author Topic: Aliens arcade game in Boston, MA - Not Mine (Read 3225 times)

Havok · « **on:** August 01, 2006, 10:49:19 pm »

Craigslist post for possibly free Aliens game:

http://boston.craigslist.org/nfc/ele/189036192.html

Quarterhorse · « **Reply #1 on:** August 02, 2006, 11:23:30 am »

Looks like it could be in a joust cabinet.

ChadTower · « **Reply #2 on:** August 02, 2006, 11:38:22 am »

I live 5 minutes from there. Email sent. Good looking out, thanks.

Q*Bert_OP · « **Reply #3 on:** August 02, 2006, 06:34:50 pm »

Quote from: Quarterhorse on August 02, 2006, 11:23:30 am

Looks like it could be in a joust cabinet.

WTF are you smoking? That's a Dynamo cab...look above the coindoor

Hoopz · « **Reply #4 on:** August 02, 2006, 06:46:26 pm »

Havent seen Qbert's avatar in a while. That pic always makes me laugh.

pmc · « **Reply #5 on:** August 03, 2006, 07:15:05 pm »

Apparantly she's got 14 offers.

-pmc

ChadTower · « **Reply #6 on:** August 03, 2006, 07:28:48 pm »

Yeah, I never got a response, and wouldn't pay more than $50 for that and that's WITH a decent 19" monitor.

Havoc · « **Reply #7 on:** August 04, 2006, 02:28:38 pm »

I just noticed this thread, I responded after seing this on CL and never got a responce.

ChadTower · « **Reply #8 on:** August 04, 2006, 02:41:47 pm »

Well, if people in MA need a standard JAMMA cab like that, PM me and I can likely get you one for a decent price.

pmc · « **Reply #9 on:** August 06, 2006, 10:17:00 am »

I got it. Pick it up this week.

Does anyone know the dimensions of the cabinet? I want to ensure it fits, laid down, into the back of my Ford Explorer before I bother to borrow a pick-up.

This is a conversion, isn't it? It doesn't look like the KLOV picture of the 1990 Konami cab. Worth a restore?

-pmc

ChadTower · « **Reply #10 on:** August 06, 2006, 10:53:15 am »

It's a Dynamo.

It should fit easily into an Explorer. I've moved Dynamos in much smaller station wagons.

ElGwako · « **Reply #11 on:** August 06, 2006, 12:19:34 pm »

Quote from: pmc on August 06, 2006, 10:17:00 am

I got it. Pick it up this week.

Does anyone know the dimensions of the cabinet? I want to ensure it fits, laid down, into the back of my Ford Explorer before I bother to borrow a pick-up.

This is a conversion, isn't it? It doesn't look like the KLOV picture of the 1990 Konami cab. Worth a restore?

-pmc

Out of curiosity...and it certainly is understandable if you do not wish to say, but i am curious as to how much you got it for.
I had offered $175 pretty much right after it was posted on CL. I know of 2 other bids for it ,one way over mine and one just about the same . I'm pretty sure Chad threw in an offer.
None of us ever heard back (Chad?)
Unfortunatley for me, I have been using my work e-mail and it gets filtered out as spam so they probably never got my offer anyway.

ChadTower · « **Reply #12 on:** August 07, 2006, 12:51:57 pm »

I offered to haul it away for her. Didn't offer cash but did offer to be there the next day with a truck from very closeby.

ElGwako · « **Reply #13 on:** August 09, 2006, 10:25:32 pm »

LOL, I'm sure a good # of the 14+ that replied offered the same. At least for us it was literally down the road. I always forget to think of the amount of gas $$ it takes to pick some of these up when i maker an offer.

pmc · « **Reply #14 on:** August 09, 2006, 11:25:04 pm »

Sorry for the late response. Been a crazy week (the newest Black Tuesday from MSFT was a doozy).

I picked up the machine tonight. It's a pretty tired cabinet and the game itself sucks. But it has leaf switches and buttons, a good display, and decent bones. I think it'll clean up OK and I'll very likely turn it into something else. I've still got much to learn about these things.

Turns out that the seller is a "he" and not a "she" as I thought. Nice guy. I think he took the first offer he got but I didn't confirm that fact. I offered him a small cash amount but he asked me take it for free. This was odd given that he indicated that there was great interest in it. I think he just wanted it gone (not unlike what I think my wife is feeling right now) and didn't care about taking money for it.

Heavy as sh*t. I think I busted a vessel carting it out of his basement. Anyway, I like to think it went to a good home.

-pmc

ElGwako · « **Reply #15 on:** August 10, 2006, 07:40:23 am »

that's cool. They must not have got my offer. I figured my offer would have been the higher one. I only offered that much thinking it would guarantee me a reply. I actually regretted making that high of an offer but a buddy of mine really wants a Jamma cabinet.

Luckily ...I got the Time Soldiers that was advertised for free a week or so ago. I responded to that one about 10 minutes after it was posted and the owner just got back to me(almost a week later)....I picked it up late last night.
turns out it's in a Journey cabinet.

That was definitely cool of the guy to let you have it for free after asking for offers. He probably saw the struggle it took to get it out and was happy he didn't have to do it.

Havok · « **Reply #16 on:** August 10, 2006, 10:18:18 am »

Quote from: ElGwako on August 10, 2006, 07:40:23 am

Journey cabinet

Man, what were they thinking back then...

pmc · « **Reply #17 on:** August 10, 2006, 12:39:11 pm »

Quote from: ElGwako on August 10, 2006, 07:40:23 am

That was definitely cool of the guy to let you have it for free after asking for offers. He probably saw the struggle it took to get it out and was happy he didn't have to do it.

Yeah. Particularly given that I offered him cash. He basically declined payment. Personally, I don't really understand that since it was easy enough to take my money. It may be that he was overwhelmed by the responses and offers and decided to go the simplest route and simply give it to the first responder.

I'm glad you got another cabinet.

Oh, and thanks to Havok for the heads-up on this one.

-pmc

Havok · « **Reply #18 on:** August 10, 2006, 02:24:22 pm »

Quote from: pmc on August 10, 2006, 12:39:11 pm

Oh, and thanks to Havok for the heads-up on this one.

-pmc

No problem - glad to see it went to a good home...

Havoc · « **Reply #19 on:** August 10, 2006, 02:29:02 pm »

If so many people are getting free cabs, feel free to send one my way

... nice snag

Hi Havo"K"

monkeybomb · « **Reply #20 on:** August 10, 2006, 02:31:00 pm »

Quote from: Havok on August 10, 2006, 10:18:18 am

Quote from: ElGwako on August 10, 2006, 07:40:23 am
Journey cabinet

Man, what were they thinking back then...

You've obviously never seen that ---smurfette---'n concert they do when you win.

srabelpawz · « **Reply #21 on:** August 11, 2006, 04:03:05 am »

Quote from: Havoc on August 10, 2006, 02:29:02 pm

If so many people are getting free cabs, feel free to send one my way ... nice snag

Hi Havo"K"

where are you located? i may have 1 or 2 cbs to get rid of soon

Havoc · « **Reply #22 on:** August 11, 2006, 03:25:07 pm »

Quote from: srabelpawz on August 11, 2006, 04:03:05 am

Quote from: Havoc on August 10, 2006, 02:29:02 pm
If so many people are getting free cabs, feel free to send one my way ... nice snag

Hi Havo"K"
where are you located? i may have 1 or 2 cbs to get rid of soon

Hi I am on the southshore MA area .... pm sent!


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Author Topic: Aliens arcade game in Boston, MA - *Not Mine* (Read 3225 times)

Author Topic: Aliens arcade game in Boston, MA - Not Mine (Read 3225 times)