they sell in the lower 3k range. bad game play, code never finished..
it was $3400 new. sterns back then were cheaper with cheaper boards etc. newer sterns that cost in the 5k's have a more superior more expensive board system. you cant suddenly jump the price of all of the older sterns that cost under 3500 new like this, wpt, bbh, nascar, sharkeys, 24 etc.

how many node boards were in those? zero
those are pricey and there are several per game now. Minimum 250 each x 5 or more node boards.. also the lcd screen now vs the dmd back then when dmd new were $129 to public and less for a company like stern of course. The main board is 1k in a spike 2.
The main sam board is less than half of that now and was less back then.
so as i stated initially, the boards cost less in those games back then that were $3400 brand new in box, not over 5k like today with newer pricier score display and more pricey boards.

buy all the node boards and main board plus lcd screen in a current spike 2 game right now and find out if im serious.
Then buy all sam boards from back then plus a dmd.
tell me what is cheaper..