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[Crazy Climber]

Turned out my PCB was bad, popped a nice rebuilt one in and I now have Galaga in my ghetto-cade, sweeeeeeeet!

[tcv]

Crazy Climber, on Sun Nov 14, 2010 2:51 PM, said:

Turned out my PCB was bad, popped a nice rebuilt one in and I now have Galaga in my ghetto-cade, sweeeeeeeet! galaga is working! 003.JPG

Congratulations! What's really cool is you have the lower front artwork. It looks pristine.

But what about that ultra-rare reverse-Galaga to the left of the machine? That's gotta be something, too, right?

[Crazy Climber]

tcv, on Sun Nov 14, 2010 3:31 PM, said:

Crazy Climber, on Sun Nov 14, 2010 2:51 PM, said:

Turned out my PCB was bad, popped a nice rebuilt one in and I now have Galaga in my ghetto-cade, sweeeeeeeet! galaga is working! 003.JPG

Congratulations! What's really cool is you have the lower front artwork. It looks pristine.

But what about that ultra-rare reverse-Galaga to the left of the machine? That's gotta be something, too, right?

That is actually a portal to Bizzaro world, seems they play Agalag over there

[Cebus Capucinis]

In Soviet Russia arcade, Agalag and Elgea play YOU! Noxxaz has yet to be developed, though, I see.

Congrats on getting Galaga up and running....and congrats on if I remember right getting all your machines for a hell of a steal, making me jealous! Aren't you concerned that those Space Invaders will shoot at some point in time, thus completely destroying your back wall there?

[Crazy Climber]

Cebus Capucinis, on Sun Nov 14, 2010 3:41 PM, said:

In Soviet Russia arcade, Agalag and Elgea play YOU!

Congrats on getting Galaga up and running....and congrats on if I remember right getting all your machines for a hell of a steal, making me jealous!

What? No love for Noxxaz in potato land?

[Cebus Capucinis]

Crazy Climber, on Sun Nov 14, 2010 3:42 PM, said:

What? No love for Noxxaz in potato land?

LOL! Posted at the same time I was editing.

Maybe in potato land but not in Green Chile Planet, which is where I live now!

[Crazy Climber]

Cebus Capucinis, on Sun Nov 14, 2010 3:44 PM, said:

Crazy Climber, on Sun Nov 14, 2010 3:42 PM, said:

What? No love for Noxxaz in potato land?

LOL! Posted at the same time I was editing.

Maybe in potato land but not in Green Chile Planet, which is where I live now!

Ah forgot you moved

[Crazy Climber]

Cebus Capucinis, on Sun Nov 14, 2010 3:41 PM, said:

Congrats on getting Galaga up and running....and congrats on if I remember right getting all your machines for a hell of a steal, making me jealous!

Yeah, the 3 in the pic I have a total of $400 invested. They are just giving stuff away in my area right now, just scored a working Asteroids Deluxe cabaret for little over $100 also, don't quite have a perfect spot for it yet but when I do I'll post some pics

[rmaerz]

That Eagle cab is giving me a stiffy...congrats on that piece in your collection!

[MitchSchaft]

Nice! I'm actually working on my first cabinet which is Galga. Sans the cab for probably atleast a year . I've got a PCB and ordered an original control panel last week. It's a start! Next I plan to go for the wiring harness/psu and then a CRT to make sure the PCB even works.

[Crazy Climber]

rmaerz, on Sun Nov 14, 2010 4:03 PM, said:

That Eagle cab is giving me a stiffy...congrats on that piece in your collection!

Thanks man. I was having trouble making up my mind on that one since I had never played it and it was a pretty far drive to pick up. Once I found out it was basically Moon Cresta and he accepted my offer of $100 it was a no-brainer.

MitchSchaft, on Sun Nov 14, 2010 4:29 PM, said:

Nice! I'm actually working on my first cabinet which is Galga. Sans the cab for probably atleast a year . I've got a PCB and ordered an original control panel last week. It's a start! Next I plan to go for the wiring harness/psu and then a CRT to make sure the PCB even works.

www.klov.com is a goldmine for parts if you didn't know already
*edit - lol Just noticed you posted in my KLOV topic as well so I guess you do know

[MitchSchaft]

Yeah, I found that place a couple weeks ago. AFTER I bought a control panel from quarterarcade.com and a busted PCB from ebay that I'm hoping to teach myself how to fix. If it's worth the effort. If I can't get it working, KLOV, here I come!
The control panel will be here Tuesday and I'm most excited about having it around. Total motivation for me.
If all goes well, I'd love to do a Burgertime next.

[RJ]

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They are just giving stuff away in my area right now

You're still in MN? Where is this happening?

[Crazy Climber]

RJ, on Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:26 AM, said:

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They are just giving stuff away in my area right now

You're still in MN? Where is this happening?

Craigslist mainly. My purchases this month alone...(all in working condition except Galaga)
Eagle (dedicated) - $100 - CRAIGSLIST
Zaxxon (dedicated) - $150 delivered - CRAIGSLIST
Galaga (dedicated) - $150 delivered (private seller/friend)
Arkanoid - $100 delivered - CRAIGSLIST
Ikari Warrios 3 (dedicated) - $125 delivered - EBAY
Asteroids Deluxe Cabaret (dedicated) - $125 delivered - CRAIGSLIST
Charlies Angels pinball machine - $300 delivered (private seller/friend)
There have been others I have passed on due to no transportation (all in working condition)
Birdie King 2 (dedicated) - $75
Phoenix (dedicated) - $100
Tecmo world cup - $80
After Burner (dedicated) - $100

[Crazy Climber]

The Phoenix is still available
http://minneapolis.c...2077006623.html
So is the Afterburner
http://minneapolis.c...2054944157.html
and the Tecmo
http://minneapolis.c...2105231771.html
this one is a pretty good deal if you don't mind a road trip, I believe he told me he would take $100
http://minneapolis.c...2067272331.html
This one is a steal but too effen big for my stairway..
http://minneapolis.c...2048687806.html

[RJ]

Hmmm- nothing listed of interest to me but if you ever let your Gyruss go, LMK

[Crazy Climber]

RJ, on Wed Dec 22, 2010 7:44 AM, said:

Hmmm- nothing listed of interest to me but if you ever let your Gyruss go, LMK

I'll let you know if I do. I paid $200 for that one though so thats what I would want for it Trades usually interest me more.

[keilbaca]

Why can't deals like this happen in Pittsburgh...

I'd love to have that Phoenix cab.

[R.O.T.S]

Congrats with the repair,i am replacing all the rom ic sockets on my Galaga board as they are a bit dodgy

[save2600]

Crazy Climber, on Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:50 PM, said:

Charlies Angels pinball machine - $300 delivered (private seller/friend)

Delivered to Janesville, WI? Might be a good reason for you to come on down my friend!

Especially if it's the EM version!

Edited by save2600, Thu Dec 23, 2010 2:51 PM.

[Crazy Climber]

save2600, on Thu Dec 23, 2010 2:47 PM, said:

Crazy Climber, on Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:50 PM, said:

Charlies Angels pinball machine - $300 delivered (private seller/friend)

Delivered to Janesville, WI? Might be a good reason for you to come on down my friend!

Especially if it's the EM version!

When I was pretty young, from the age of 7 to 10 or so my Dad would bring me with to one of his side-jobs which was snow removal and lawn care for a Church. The main thing was to teach me how to work, and then get paid for my work but as young as I was there was a lot of stuff I couldn't help with which resulted in down time where I would just sit and stare like kids do. I apreciate him teaching me this work ethic but at the time I wasn't crazy about it. One day he said he wanted to show me something, in the attic of this Church was a small rec room, nothing fancy, had an air hockey/foosball table and some chairs scattered around. In the corner was a broken down EM racer collecting dust but near the back was a nice pinball machine, a Charlies Angels pinball machine. I had never played pinball. I knew what they were though and was excited to play. What felt like 5 minutes must have been a few hours and I remember telling my Dad I was going to save all my money and buy one of them someday. He laughed and said something to the effect of good luck or yeah right, can't quite remember. Anyways, I don't think I would have been the pinball fan I am now if not for the years and thousands and thousands of games I played on that Charlies Angels. What used to be a chore turned into excitement knowing that when I was done, I got to play pinball. I continued to follow and support pinball and as the better fancier machines like Twilight Zone and Addams family came out, I forgot about the game I played that started it all. 25+ years later I am bringing CA home, I wonder if my Dad will remember our conversation, I finally got one....

[Robot2600]

Crazy Climber, on Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:50 PM, said:

RJ, on Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:26 AM, said:

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They are just giving stuff away in my area right now

You're still in MN? Where is this happening?

Craigslist mainly. My purchases this month alone...(all in working condition except Galaga)
Eagle (dedicated) - $100 - CRAIGSLIST
Zaxxon (dedicated) - $150 delivered - CRAIGSLIST
Galaga (dedicated) - $150 delivered (private seller/friend)
Arkanoid - $100 delivered - CRAIGSLIST
Ikari Warrios 3 (dedicated) - $125 delivered - EBAY
Asteroids Deluxe Cabaret (dedicated) - $125 delivered - CRAIGSLIST
Charlies Angels pinball machine - $300 delivered (private seller/friend)
There have been others I have passed on due to no transportation (all in working condition)
Birdie King 2 (dedicated) - $75
Phoenix (dedicated) - $100
Tecmo world cup - $80
After Burner (dedicated) - $100

Wow, I love Afterburner and really want to start my own "ghetto-cade" as well. Can you post more pictures of your arcade? I'm going to keep checking Craigslist in my area. I don't have a big budget, but I could swing $100 for some random machine

[MitchSchaft]

I'm still working on my Galaga project. I got an old control panel shipped to me. That's about as far as I've made it .

[Cebus Capucinis]

You will get there soon enough, piece by piece!

[MitchSchaft]

Yeah, I can't wait. I need to find a monitor/chassis and the power supply stuff and I can start troubleshooting the board I got that supposedly doesn't work.