Author Topic: Warehouse full of arcade cabs that are for sale (Read 6807 times)

R.P.D rookie · « **on:** June 24, 2008, 05:50:56 pm »

Hello, I'm normally a resident of www.shoryuken.com. I've ventured here to let those of you interested know a whole warehouse full of cabs is for sale. I've talked to a mod here on the forum and after discussing it with him, I decided to post this up. Most of this is pretty much copy and pasted from my original thread. The original reason I even started coming here was because I got a cab from this guy, however due to the fact that I am moving within little over a month's time, I can't take the cab with me. However, I decided I'd help this guy get some of these (if not virtually all) of his arcade cabs, boards, etc; sold.

Alright, this is the same place where I got my cab from for cheap. It's located here in Mobile, Alabama. These are just sitting around and need to move. They're all up for grabs. Local pickup only, more than likely.

The man who owns this warehouse full of arcade cabs needs them gone. No, you can't just have them for free but the prices should be pretty good. He's given me the go ahead to post them up. As I'm a loyal member to srk first, srk gets first grabs at these before I start posting them up on other sites. There's quite a few cabs as you can see so I'll be updating this as I can. I took over 150 pictures today but won't be crashing srk with all of them. His name is Doug.

NUMBER TO CALL: 1-225-772-8681

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #1 on:** June 24, 2008, 05:52:41 pm »

Final Fight arcade machine

He wants $195 for it. Take it home and restore it!

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #2 on:** June 24, 2008, 05:54:02 pm »

Note, it's not in its original cab.

Doug says the audio is weak. This use to be at the local skating ring and it was so loud in there you could never tell. He can help you with the audio problem. Everything else on it works great! Take it home and restore it!

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #3 on:** June 24, 2008, 05:55:54 pm »

Decals and arcade instruction manual that you'll get with the X-men machine. Should come in handy on the resto!

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #4 on:** June 24, 2008, 05:57:26 pm »

Sorry, these pictures are a little fuzzy

Backside

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #5 on:** June 24, 2008, 05:59:05 pm »

That's about it for modern beat em ups that srk might like. Everything else is classic stuff. More shots of cabs, a lot you can't see what they are. I'm not even sure what all is in here still, some cabs have to be moved out of the way to get to others.

Various circuit boards in the back:

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #6 on:** June 24, 2008, 05:59:44 pm »

They don't make them like this anymore. "Has a leather clutch!", Doug says with excitement when the pincher drops down to pick up a stuffed animal.

Leather clutch was something on this:

Back of machine:

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #7 on:** June 24, 2008, 06:00:37 pm »

Game is SOLD! One person picking this one up with two in line should he back out. Whoever it is has also bought Pleiades.

This thing is a time capsule. Utilized X-Y screen (I got lossed in the tech talk after that part), that no matter the brightness of the enviroment you can see the screen clearly. The fanatics on the other forums will probably go nuts over this one more than anyone ever would on here but I figured I'd post it anyway.

Again, probably a collector's item for some arcade fanatic. Spread the word!:smile:

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #8 on:** June 24, 2008, 06:02:12 pm »

GAME IS SOLD!

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #9 on:** June 24, 2008, 06:03:06 pm »

Did not write down what he said he wanted for this one but I assume it's like Pleiades for $100 or maybe even less! He's got 4 of these "Astro Combat" cabs. What I mean by that is well.....they're all the same cab design but with different games inside. Moon Alien is basically Galaga, as it has the same layout, music and everything else. In fact, I'm not even sure why this is called Moon Alien but I couldn't tell the difference from Galaga.

In the pic below you can see where the circuit board is easy access on the right side. Just slides right out.

Side shot, pretty compact compared to some of the other stuff in there.

I don't think I have a pic but the cab is exterior wise perfect, it's just in those pictures, Doug opened up the top of the cab to show me the simplicity of working on it, should a problem every occur.

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #10 on:** June 24, 2008, 06:03:50 pm »

Nostalgic pinball machine from the early 90's. In perfect condition except for a baseball button which is missing. Dispenses baseball cards from the 80s when your game is over depending on how high your score was. This thing holds at least a couple thousand cards. Can be programmed in 20 different languages and excepts multiple currencies. Don't need that if you put it on free play though!:smile:

Let your pinball junkie friends know about this one.

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #11 on:** June 24, 2008, 06:04:38 pm »

Throwback to the old days when these things played records instead of cds or mp3. Plays 160 songs.

Buy it, put some Earth, Wind and Fire records inside it and call it a day.

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #12 on:** June 24, 2008, 06:05:40 pm »

Random shots of other games around the place. Off Road is fully functional, it just wasn't plugged up.

I believe that's it for right now. Might go back in a few days to photograph more cabs. PLENTY more to see, though like I said, mostly classics. Not looking forward to repeating this thread on another forum.

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #13 on:** June 24, 2008, 06:06:46 pm »

Started to not post this one as I figured it wouldn't be on anyone's radar here but I have to get a thread setup so I can copy paste this onto other forums in the future. This game goes through what's known as a "self test" on plug in. Was removed from a skating rink due to possible injury upon self test mode, should the game have been unplugged and plugged back in with children around. Bike moves out of sync with gameplay on screen. I believe Doug had the actual animatronic part of the bike disabled while he demonstrated the game.

Atari made this one

Sorry for the fuzzy pictures.

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #14 on:** June 24, 2008, 06:07:33 pm »

Beefier version of the previous Seeburg jukebox I posted about. This one only plays records as well and can play up to 200 songs.

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #15 on:** June 24, 2008, 06:08:17 pm »

Majors has informed me that the Darkstalker CPS II board seems highly priced. Being that Majors is much more proficient in the arcade cab scene than I can hope to be, I will say call Doug's number and talk to him directly if you feel some prices are too high that were stated.

Again, these aren't prices I came up with but they shall remain that way. I will leave it up to Doug to change the price if he desires because I don't want to get a call saying "Why are people calling me about this price when I originally told you to list it for X price?". I in no way am making a profit from selling these machines, this is simply a favor to a man who is not well versed in the ways of using the internet to sale items.

Again, the number to call is: 1-225-772-8681. His name is Doug and is stationed in Mobile Alabama

CheffoJeffo · « **Reply #16 on:** June 24, 2008, 06:50:30 pm »

Some nice pieces in there ...

Donkey_Kong · « **Reply #17 on:** June 24, 2008, 09:08:39 pm »

Quote

Throwback to the old days when these things played records instead of cds or mp3. Plays 160 songs.

What do they call that style of juke? Manufacturer or model? Looks identical to what I used to shove quarters into at my local teenage hangout/arcade/pizza joint.

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #18 on:** June 24, 2008, 09:44:02 pm »

Quote from: Donkey_Kong on June 24, 2008, 09:08:39 pm

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Throwback to the old days when these things played records instead of cds or mp3. Plays 160 songs.

What do they call that style of juke? Manufacturer or model? Looks identical to what I used to shove quarters into at my local teenage hangout/arcade/pizza joint.

I'm not entirely sure. I can inquire more about it as I should be going on Saturday to look over more of these arcade cabs and parts. I just got off the phone with Doug and Boxing Bugs is spoken for! I can't believe it, of all the games I listed. Pleiades is also spoken for!

Havok · « **Reply #19 on:** June 25, 2008, 12:01:54 am »

Let me know if you come across a Race Drivin cockpit boardset...

Timstuff · « **Reply #20 on:** June 25, 2008, 01:24:10 am »

I can't help but notice there's a pup tent in that warehouse... If I had access to that many arcade machines, I might not feel like driving home sometimes either...

SirPeale · « **Reply #21 on:** June 25, 2008, 08:05:31 am »

Quote from: R.P.D rookie on June 24, 2008, 09:44:02 pm

I just got off the phone with Doug and Boxing Bugs is spoken for! I can't believe it, of all the games I listed. Pleiades is also spoken for!

I'm not surprised. The monitor alone is worth quite a bit. Those classics will go fast.

Matthew Fisher · « **Reply #22 on:** June 25, 2008, 12:01:31 pm »

Quote from: R.P.D rookie on June 24, 2008, 06:00:37 pm

Game is SOLD! One person picking this one up with two in line should he back out. Whoever it is has also bought Pleiades.

This thing is a time capsule. Utilized X-Y screen (I got lossed in the tech talk after that part), that no matter the brightness of the enviroment you can see the screen clearly. The fanatics on the other forums will probably go nuts over this one more than anyone ever would on here but I figured I'd post it anyway.

Again, probably a collector's item for some arcade fanatic. Spread the word!:smile:

How in the wide, wide, world of sports is that thing still working! Looks to be in extremely good shape, too. Good luck finding an overlay, though.

Very nice score for whoever got it, I am very jealous.

TheShanMan · « **Reply #23 on:** June 25, 2008, 12:32:42 pm »

Gotta love those button labels!

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #24 on:** June 25, 2008, 01:17:01 pm »

Thanks for the replies, guys! I'm going to meet up with him Saturday. Havok, I will make a note to ask about the Race Drivin cockpit boardset. He actually has a Rally Racing motherboard brandnew, I think it's call "Rally Fury" or something like that. It works with JAMMA, I believe. I'm no expert with these things I remember hearing "JAMMA". These are terrible pictures of it but I'll post anyway of that Rally game circuit board.

Will get better pictures next time.

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #25 on:** June 25, 2008, 01:21:46 pm »

If someone had interest in Boxing Bugs, someone may have interest in these. Just pictures, haven't gotten prices for these yet, just random shots from around the warehouse, many more cabs to take pictures of in this place.

Matthew Fisher · « **Reply #26 on:** June 25, 2008, 02:06:54 pm »

Interest is high, desire to pay for gas to Mobile from Indiana is not...

Turnarcades · « **Reply #27 on:** June 25, 2008, 04:02:53 pm »

I'm sick of seeing these arcade clearances in the US, why can't some doddery old arcade owner pop his clogs in one of the English seaside towns so I can pick over his bounty? I'd travel anywhere; England's fairly small!

massive88 · « **Reply #28 on:** June 25, 2008, 04:22:01 pm »

Quote from: Turnarcades on June 25, 2008, 04:02:53 pm

I'm sick of seeing these arcade clearances in the US, why can't some doddery old arcade owner pop his clogs in one of the English seaside towns so I can pick over his bounty? I'd travel anywhere; England's fairly small!

I just thought to myself, travel across the whole country? I wouldnt even drive all over Texas to get something.

So I superimposed England over Texas, and England (not the whole UK) is basically the area from Dallas to San Antonio to Houston.

Considering I live in Dallas, and will be driving to San Antonio next weekend, and Houston the one after that, I have decided that your comment makes perfect sense!

Thanks for following on my geography journey!

SirPeale · « **Reply #29 on:** June 25, 2008, 09:17:09 pm »

If Alabama was next to Vermont, that Baby Pac would be coming home with me.

I know the guy has boards, any chance on a list? I'd be interested in Williams stuff.

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #30 on:** June 25, 2008, 10:17:59 pm »

Quote from: Peale on June 25, 2008, 09:17:09 pm

If Alabama was next to Vermont, that Baby Pac would be coming home with me.

I know the guy has boards, any chance on a list? I'd be interested in Williams stuff.

When I go down there Saturday, I'll go through the boards with him to see what he's got and make a list.

rotheblog · « **Reply #31 on:** June 28, 2008, 09:34:49 pm »

RPD...did you go down to the Mobile warehouse today to take a look at the games and boards? Did you make a list as promised?

lettuce · « **Reply #32 on:** June 29, 2008, 03:48:59 am »

Quote from: Turnarcades on June 25, 2008, 04:02:53 pm

I'm sick of seeing these arcade clearances in the US, why can't some doddery old arcade owner pop his clogs in one of the English seaside towns so I can pick over his bounty? I'd travel anywhere; England's fairly small!

Agreed! Makes me scared to think whats happened to all those cabs in all those arcades that used to litter the seaside resorts of the UK. Now hardly any Arcades anywhere!, just the other month i went to Butlins (a well know holiday camp resort in the UK, once had about 10 sites, now down to 4-6!) and not an arcade in sight apart from one area for the whole camp!!, when i used to go when i was a kid there used to be at least 2 arcades on each camp, RIP joystick cabs!

Level42 · « **Reply #33 on:** June 29, 2008, 05:51:39 am »

That Boxing Bugs is VERY rare. Especially in working condition !!!!!

Pictures like that of a full warehouse of cabs is any European arcade collectors wet dream..................

AmericanDemon · « **Reply #34 on:** June 29, 2008, 10:29:19 am »

Quote from: Matthew Fisher on June 25, 2008, 02:06:54 pm

Interest is high, desire to pay for gas to Mobile from Indiana is not...

I can agree word for word. Very Very nice.

Turnarcades · « **Reply #35 on:** June 29, 2008, 10:31:57 am »

Quote from: massive88 on June 25, 2008, 04:22:01 pm

Quote from: Turnarcades on June 25, 2008, 04:02:53 pm
I'm sick of seeing these arcade clearances in the US, why can't some doddery old arcade owner pop his clogs in one of the English seaside towns so I can pick over his bounty? I'd travel anywhere; England's fairly small!

I just thought to myself, travel across the whole country? I wouldnt even drive all over Texas to get something.

So I superimposed England over Texas, and England (not the whole UK) is basically the area from Dallas to San Antonio to Houston.

Considering I live in Dallas, and will be driving to San Antonio next weekend, and Houston the one after that, I have decided that your comment makes perfect sense!

Thanks for following on my geography journey!

England's small, but the tight network of roads and the fact we have a thing called 'corners', means even a 10-mile journey can take over an hour!

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #36 on:** June 29, 2008, 10:53:25 pm »

Quote from: Level42 on June 29, 2008, 05:51:39 am

That Boxing Bugs is VERY rare. Especially in working condition !!!!!

Pictures like that of a full warehouse of cabs is any European arcade collectors wet dream..................

Yeah, Doug reminded me a few times that he was informed about the arcade machine's rarity. It's hard to tell what some of these things should be priced at. Here I thought Boxing Bugs might not sell at $800 but someone bought that one and it was underpriced! I'm not making a cent off doing any of this so Doug is the one doing this:

after the many phone calls about Boxing Bugs.

I went down to his warehouse this past Saturday and not too many pictures this time around because we spent most of the morning sorting through circuit boards and plugging a lot of old cabs. Some of these things were covered in dust since and not touched since 1980......and actually still worked!

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #37 on:** June 29, 2008, 10:55:22 pm »

Game was originally Defender that was converted into RoboCop. Proof that you can get these cabs and cram whatever you want in there. Whoever did the conversion didn't even bother get rid of the Defender decals on the side.

Proof that it was converted from a Defender cab:

Game works, by the way but my pictures of the screen sucked.

Buy it for RoboCop or but it to rip RoboCop out to restore an old Defender arcade machine.

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #38 on:** June 29, 2008, 10:57:47 pm »

Pretty dusty in there but I guess nothing some compressed air wouldn't cure.

R.P.D rookie · « **Reply #39 on:** June 29, 2008, 10:59:14 pm »

There's a slight burn in the very center of the screen but other than that, I couldn't notice anything wrong with it. I believe he had a small list of parts replaced on it. This is the same monitor used in Boxing Bugs, which I never thought would sell for what it did nevermind it was reported to me underpriced, so you never know someone might want this.

Call Doug for the details on this part if interested.

NUMBER TO CALL: 1-225-772-8681


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