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Main => Buy/Sell/Trade - non-retail => Topic started by: DarkSoul1 on November 26, 2004, 08:22:19 am

Title: What's an upright space invaders worth?
Post by: DarkSoul1 on November 26, 2004, 08:22:19 am

This cab is up for auction.

Title: Re: What's an upright space invaders worth?
Post by: Zathras on November 26, 2004, 09:47:31 am

Don't know about the cost but that is an "unusual" cabinet - It might be a conversion.

Here (http://www.evl.uic.edu/aej/526.old/pics/SpaceInvaders_cabinet.jpg) is what an original cab looks like (or at least the one I have looks like that :) )

As far as worth I'm not really sure.

Title: Re: What's an upright space invaders worth?
Post by: RayB on November 26, 2004, 10:28:28 am

Yeah that cab looks suspicious. It has no side-art, and I recall Space Invaders using buttons to move, not a joystick. This could be a weird European version...

Over here (Canada), a real Nice Space Invaders sells for maybe $200 - $300 us. ("Real nice" means WITH side-art, working boardset, working monitor, and no wood-rot).

~Ray B.

Title: Re: What's an upright space invaders worth?
Post by: flampoo on November 26, 2004, 10:29:35 am

I've seen some really nice ones go for as little as $400. Personally, I wouldn't pay more than $200 for that one. I can't tell if the cab is the Taito or the Midway version, though.

Title: Re: What's an upright space invaders worth?
Post by: DarkSoul1 on November 26, 2004, 08:33:53 pm

Thanks for the info guys.

Title: Re: What's an upright space invaders worth?
Post by: paigeoliver on November 26, 2004, 08:51:52 pm

Thats a Taito one. You can tell by the coin door and the joystick.

Title: Re: What's an upright space invaders worth?
Post by: dweebs0r on November 27, 2004, 05:34:42 pm

Those cabs can look really good though, have you guys seen this one:
http://www.mameworld.net/massive/Cabinet/Invaders/Invade.htm

Thats a great looking conversion in my opinion.

--Dweebs0r