Hey Pinsiders. I was curious if anyone knows what some of the older games went for when they were new?
You know... what did a ToM, Cyclone, Black Hole or whatever go for back in the day when they were new?
Just something I was thinking about... 
Some like circus vol didn't sell well and were eventually sold at clearance blowouts for less than $2000
Quoted from tcore:I was thinking about how expensive the new machines are now, but $2800 for Black Hole would have been a lot of money back in 1981.
Just for fun I ran those prices through an inflation calculator website. I don't know how accurate it is, but I'm guessing it's somewhere in the ballpark.
Black Hole at $2800 in 1981 would be equivalent to $7068 in 2013
Theatre of Magic at $3400 in 1995 would be equivalent to $5135 in 2013
Medieval Madness at $3600 in 1997 would be equivalent to $5191 in 2013
Quoted from LTG:Black Hole about $2800, TOM about $3400, Medieval about $3600.
LTG : )™
Thats a lot Stern was selling games for $3500 10 years ago.
Quoted from ek77:Thats a lot Stern was selling games for $3500 10 years ago.
keep in mind the machines that stern was making 10 years ago. high roller casino anyone? 
Quoted from Phantom1911:Just for fun I ran those prices through an inflation calculator website. I don't know how accurate it is, but I'm guessing it's somewhere in the ballpark.
Black Hole at $2800 in 1981 would be equivalent to $7068 in 2013
Theatre of Magic at $3400 in 1995 would be equivalent to $5135 in 2013
Medieval Madness at $3600 in 1997 would be equivalent to $5191 in 2013
Wow! Well, I guess that's about what they're charging for the Pro machines now and Black Hole if it was a "Premium". 
Quoted from ek77:Thats a lot Stern was selling games for $3500 10 years ago.
Stern was killing themselves making great games at old prices.
Remember all the layoffs, when times looked like they might not make it ?
LTG : )™
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