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SavannahLion:
This guy is selling, what he bills, a rare Death Race front door.

What's really depressing is the story that goes along with it. He had decided to trash the cab and only salvage the front door despite the fact that he originally obtained the cab from a Coin Op museum. It's only later did he realize that that particular cab might've been a first or last cab built.

Is it just me, or would getting anything from a museum pretty much send up a red flag that that piece has some kind of history behind it?

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--- Quote ---this is the front door off the game death race, the idea was i was going to clean it up, touch it up then frame it and hang it on the wall, never got around to it,,this game did have its place in arcade history,, it was the first game that was based on a movie , http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072856/trailers-screenplay-E29321-10-2. contact me for shipping,sold as is

In the game,inspired by the 1975 cult film Death Race 2000 by Paul Bartel
(starring David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone and produced by Roger Corman),
one or two players controled a car with a steering wheel and gas pedal.
The object was to run down people who were fleeing the car.
As the player hit them, they would scream and be replaced by tombstones.
This increased the challenge of the game the player had to avoid the tombstones.
The player was rated based on the number of points they scored:

1-3 points: skeleton chaser
4-10 points: bone cracker
11-20 points: gremlin hunter
21 points or over: expert driver

The graphics were  primitive, and the people looked like stick men and the game's
working title had been Pedestrian, so its implication was clear.
In spite of Exidy's president at the time denying that the intent of the game was
to promote violence, Death Race touched off a media frenzy of controversy.
The National Safety Council called it sick and morbid. 60 Minutes did a show on
the psychological impact of video games. It was also covered on NBC's "Weekend"
news show, in the National Enquirer and Midnight magazine.
The controversy increased the game's sales, causing another product run, but
the game was banned and caused so many protests—including the first-ever organized
protests over a video game,
In the end only about 500 units were made.
There were even stories about the stand-up games being dragged into parking
lots and burned by protesters.

The controversy is also credited with fueling the failing arcade industry as a whole.
The market had shown signs of stagnation, but in the end 53 new titles from 15 different
companies appeared on the market in 1976.
There had been 57 titles released in the prior two years combined.

i also have the monitor plastic that covered the top of the monitor

After checking for people looks like shipping for this item ranges from $12-$25 to most places in reg box
Also found this may be from first or last machine built(kicking myself in rear for trashing it)on inside of back door is
"Exidy death race front door MASTER do not ship!"
I got the machine from The Coin Op Museum here in St.Louis So it might be,dont know for sure

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--- Quote ---After checking for people looks like shipping for this item ranges from $12-$25 to most places in reg box
Also found this may be from first or last machine built(kicking myself in rear for trashing it)on inside of back door is
"Exidy death race front door MASTER do not ship!"
I got the machine from The Coin Op Museum here in St.Louis
 
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Edit: Changed title to be less dramatic
Edit #2: Added the full text and photos from the original auction for prosperity

ahofle:
Wow, that's maybe the coolest coin door ever (integrated with the artwork).

SavannahLion:
Yeah, I noticed that right after I posted the link here.

It'd be cool to buy it just to recreate the cab and the accompanying artwork.

SithMaster:
Yeah getting anything from a musuem would be something to look into before destorying it.  Surprised hes only kicking himself.

bleargh:

--- Quote from: SithMaster on April 18, 2007, 04:52:59 pm ---Surprised hes only kicking himself.

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More like.... surprised that he's the only one kicking him...

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