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ark_ader:

--- Quote from: SavannahLion on March 03, 2008, 04:02:17 pm ---OK, I found the thread: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=68034.0

At the end, someone does say there is a price guide, but the link never worked for me then. Still seems to fail for me.

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There is a price guide, and it shows the value of the games when the book was published. 

Now most of the games incuded in the publication will have changed due to the economy.  The game Dragon's Lair 3D bumped the original cabinets up like $3000, but today you can get the same game much lower.

I bought it for all the neat cabinets, and I got it from Amazon.  I cannot believe I played nearly all these games when I was a kid.

The title: The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games

ISBN: 0-7643-1925-6  I got it for $29.99

Link:  http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Arcade-Video-Schiffer-Collectors/dp/0764319256/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1204771299&sr=11-1

One of these days I might learn how to just type the name and hide the link..... ::)

paigeoliver:
I don't think you have to worry much about game prices raising anytime soon. They have been going DOWN as long as I have been involved in the hobby. Mame cabinets are basically the reason too.

SavannahLion:

--- Quote from: paigeoliver on March 06, 2008, 04:06:17 am ---I don't think you have to worry much about game prices raising anytime soon. They have been going DOWN as long as I have been involved in the hobby. Mame cabinets are basically the reason too.

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Yet there are still twits asking $1500 for a single slot NeoGeo on Craigs.  ::)

Ken Layton:

--- Quote from: CCM on March 03, 2008, 03:20:23 pm ---Is there such a thing as an arcade machine blue book?  Or a pricing guide for machines?

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Yes, there is. Coin op machine distributors use a book called, "Distributor's Blue Book" (published quarterly). I believe it sells for around $100. It lists all games (including pinballs and redemption games) going back ten years from publication date.

CCM:

--- Quote from: Ken Layton on March 06, 2008, 11:13:24 am ---
--- Quote from: CCM on March 03, 2008, 03:20:23 pm ---Is there such a thing as an arcade machine blue book?  Or a pricing guide for machines?

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Yes, there is. Coin op machine distributors use a book called, "Distributor's Blue Book" (published quarterly). I believe it sells for around $100. It lists all games (including pinballs and redemption games) going back ten years from publication date.

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Can a non-distributor get one somewhere?

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