Retro Gaming

[Dr. Vegetable]

I'm sure he needs alot of help to get going again but I think I'm going to make it part of my current basement renovation project and reintroduce him to the family.

Nice! You should still be able to find parts for that machine, I would think. There are a lot of coin-op repair places near me that have warehouses full of that stuff.

My machines are a Williams Flash and a Data East Time Machine. Both machines are 98% functional, with the usual quirky days. Flash is a decent specimen from the late 70's. Time Machine is fun because as you earn multipliers, the machine progresses back through the decades with soundtrack to match, so that when it reaches the 1950's only electro-mechanical sounds are used. The 1980's disco soundtrack is a shock.

I've seen so many old arcade cabinets either free or dirt cheap lately on Craigslist. Last week some guy was giving away two Asteroids cabinets, with enough parts to make one fully operational game.

You should do that project. Seriously. PM me if you need any boards.

Not so long ago you could get $200 for a broken machine, and over a grand for a working one. Those monochrome vector displays weren't as prone to failure as the color ones. Every coin-op enthusiast should have one.

And a Battlezone right next to it.