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My own Holy Grail

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It took a bit of wheeling and dealing, but I managed to snag something quite important to me.



The very first arcade game I ever played, and still one of my favorites. I got it for a great deal considering everything still works and the monitor on it is less than a year old.
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  1. Arashi_Leonhart's Avatar
    Oh. Oh boy. That might be the sexiest thing I've seen in a long while.
  2. Dark Pulse's Avatar
    So you bought it, did you? Congrats.

    But man does that wheel and those pedals definitely need some replacing.

    In fact, pretty much all of the bottom metal does.
  3. RoadBuster's Avatar
    Small price compared to the shaker motor actually still working. And none of that will actually need to be replaced. That rust will come off pretty easily. The inner workings of those pedals are still in great shape.

    And... there's next to nothing wrong with that wheel. Is there something off in the picture?
  4. ZidanReign's Avatar
    Wow
  5. Mr. House's Avatar
    Arcade racing, classic machine...

    It's truly delicious~
  6. Ivan The Mouse's Avatar
    Holy shit...
  7. Nicktendonick's Avatar
    .....


    .....wow. Only way to sum that up. Wow.

    How much did buying that arcade machine run you?
  8. Dark Pulse's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by RoadBuster
    Small price compared to the shaker motor actually still working. And none of that will actually need to be replaced. That rust will come off pretty easily. The inner workings of those pedals are still in great shape.

    And... there's next to nothing wrong with that wheel. Is there something off in the picture?
    It looks a little nicked and dinged up on the left and bottom, though that may just be the way the light's hitting it.
  9. Chaos Greyblood's Avatar
    Have you also tried to get a classic shooter game?
  10. Aiden's Avatar
    Fuck, that had to be expensive.
  11. Crying_Vegeta's Avatar
    SEGA
    USTRALIAN FOR
  12. Break's Avatar
    you are a man among men, roady.
    that is all i have to say.
  13. RoadBuster's Avatar
    @Nick: It was $300... Which is maybe $50 more than that monitor in it cost, really.

    @Darples: There are some minor nicks in it, but really nothing that affects it. There's also some small cuts in the sideart and a very small cigarette burn on the plastic bezel. These are things I can replace down the road, but there's nothing immediately wrong with it. And for something that's not over 25 years old, but also has been in an arcade (Still has the license sticker on it) where it was played by hundreds of people that didn't give a shit about it cause it wasn't theirs, it's in amazing shape. I seriously can't believe that shaker motor is still in perfect condition.

    @Chaos: While not a shooter in the traditional sense, my next target is After Burner.
  14. Chaos Greyblood's Avatar
    Well, if you do get a rail shooter, I'd recommend Space Gun and Terminator 2.
  15. ZidanReign's Avatar
    One day I hope to own a House of the Dead Arcade Machine.

    God the memories ;_;