For some reason this title is on the upswing in the Midwest. I tried for 9+ months to find one, never saw one less than 2k and all disappeared immediately after listing. 5 years ago you couldn't give an NBA away.

I know, I heard that there were a bunch of people in Texas and a couple others in the Midwest that have bought up the Nba games for conversion. I actually don't understand that at all now that mmr is out, it doesn't make sense at all with all the effort required.

That echoes exactly what I was seeing. I don't get it, nobody wanted this game ever, it was a hard sale at any price and now it's a super hot title out here.

If they're doing it for the love of the build, why destroy a game to do it? Just build the mm from scratch. It seems counter to what this hobby is for most of us, which is preserving and restoring games.

The ones I'm familiar with being bought for this purpose were not destined for the scrap heap, they were average working games. And if the game was in so bad of shape that it's not worth saving, it's hard for me to believe that you'd want to convert it to anything.

As far as competition goes, I think it would be great for people who aren't pinball players, because they know sports and the scoring translates well. Most pinball players hate it because it's a sport, and no pinball collector would be caught dead with a sports themed game in their gameroom, lol. Since I'm one of the few who likes both, it's perfect for me.