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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: eggedd2k on June 24, 2005, 11:46:04 am

Title: How much were jamma boards back in the 80's and 90's??
Post by: eggedd2k on June 24, 2005, 11:46:04 am

we can obviously buy jamma pcbs off ebay now for around

Title: Re: How much were jamma boards back in the 80's and 90's??
Post by: RayB on June 24, 2005, 01:23:19 pm

On average, $500 - $1500. They usually came as "kits", never just the board by itself (unless it was a bootleg). Kit's include new control panel overlay art, marquee, side-art, bezel, manual, and sometimes even new joysticks and buttons.

Title: Re: How much were jamma boards back in the 80's and 90's??
Post by: Hoagie_one on June 24, 2005, 04:45:35 pm

Time to get the time machine out.

Title: Re: How much were jamma boards back in the 80's and 90's??
Post by: eggedd2k on June 25, 2005, 05:53:53 am

cool. never realised they came as kits. 

Title: Re: How much were jamma boards back in the 80's and 90's??
Post by: RayB on June 25, 2005, 03:23:46 pm

Quote from: eggedd2k on June 25, 2005, 05:53:53 am

cool. never realised they came as kits.

Title: Re: How much were jamma boards back in the 80's and 90's??
Post by: paigeoliver on June 27, 2005, 12:14:41 am

Quote from: eggedd2k on June 25, 2005, 05:53:53 am

cool. never realised they came as kits. 

Yep, I actually acquired a complete Konami "Road Fighter" kit still in original box a few years back.

It contained.

PCB (in a bag, in a smaller box inside the main box).
A wiring harness.
Joystick + buttons (translucent leaf, wh00t!!)
Control panel overlay.
Control panel stickers
Marquee
sideart.
Instruction cards to go on the existing bezel.
Manual.
FCC sticker
dip switch settings sheet.
Advertisement poster for the game.

That kit was probably $1000 back in 1985, I believe I gave $20 for it.

Title: Re: How much were jamma boards back in the 80's and 90's??
Post by: SuperGunGuru on June 27, 2005, 12:27:26 pm

I've thought about buying some kits that I've seen on eBay from time to time. It seems like it'd be kinda cool to collect some of them, kinda like how you can collect full Neo Geo cart kits.