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Ever Wonder Where Your Games Have Been Before You Bought Them?

By fatality83

2 years ago


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#8 2 years ago

One early solid state game that I currently have I bought from someone who said they won it in a radio station raffle back in the 80s.

I don't think any of my other games I've owned have really had any interesting history that I'm aware of. Some do have various stickers/tags/labels from arcades/locations/operators, tax stickers, or had business cards or stickers from previous techs or repair shops.

A number of years back, I did make attempts to buy the broken pins from my local arcade that I grew up playing, but someone else from Connecticut managed to swoop in and snag them all. I was a bit disappointed about that.

#15 2 years ago
Quoted from MrMikeman:

the missing coin box, manual, allen key for the head, and key fob makes me think it may not haven been NIB originally….

That doesn't really mean much. Easy enough for those things to get misplaced or left behind when moving/selling the game.

I met one collector years ago who hated coin boxes. Whenever he bought a game, he would always remove it and toss it. I have no idea why he did that.

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#38 2 years ago
Quoted from killerrobots:

It is so weird to think about someone putting all that work to just the underside of the playfield.

I sometimes start with the mechs. Basically, the idea is to get everything functional before doing a proper tear-down and working on the cosmetic stuff.

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