I think that we live in such a digitally oriented world now, that EM machines are just to removed for a lot of people to own or work on, particularly the younger generation. That being said, whenever I have my sons friends over, or other visitors under 25, they seem to gravitate towards the wedgeheads in my collection. I'm 45 and appreciate games from all eras. I see the 50's-60s games more as art pieces, although most are fun to play. If "what's old is new again" holds true, we may see a strong resurgence in EM interest one day. Right now, prices on average EM titles are low here in Canada. Tough sells unless you want to give them away cheap. Early solid state seems to be the new emerging vintage in collecting.

I have over 20 machines, and a majority are older than I am.

I own EM's because I like to tinker and fix them and if I go wrong it is not too much $ down the drain. I agree the popular titles are both hard to find and $ that is only 10-15 games or so. Most still fall in the $500 range plus shop out cost. I have on DMD that gets all the play from my kids. All my EM's sit dormant until pin friends come over. My experience is some of the B list titles on EM's can be as much fun as the A list.