Okay, so I'm in Florida at Disney's Saratoga Springs currently, and happened to look on ebay and there was a Black Hole for a fair price....in Kissimmee...and I'm driving my truck. Sooo
I shoot over there and he has a PacMan arcade game for sale too for the fair price of $350. I load both. I've been looking for a Pacman for a few months, as I too, have been bitten by the vid bug. There is just something so cool and iconic about these games, to be working still, playing them- instant time machine for me, and the art is awesome.

Anyways, I have a full load and I went to the theme park connection warehouse to poke around at the disney prop stuff. I've been there a few times over the years and always noticed they had an original Centipede with a dopey $950 price on it. The owner notices my truck and says ''hey, interested in the Centipede for cheap?''................
"'How cheap?'' I said.
$300
$200 I said, but we settled at $225. I tetris this in the back of the truck. I'm FULL/DONE/SCREW DOWN THE MAN HOLE COVER.

I need to go to Walmart tomorrow for a tarp and a couple more straps, this should be an interesting ride home in about 10 days LOL!

My list now includes:
Original Pacman
Original Ms Pac Man (have to pickup from a friend back home)
Original Centipede
Gunsmoke conversion in a pacman cab (looks slick)
Big Buck Hunter 2
Mario Bros dedicated
A 60-1 I'm working on, but may convert this to a Final Fight (yeah, I think I'm going to, Final Fight is bad ass)

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picked up the NBA JAM last week, and the Dk last night! Wooo!

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If anyone has a working nfl blitz board for sale, pm me. Thanks

Man, I've really gone off the deep end with vids recently,

here is my updated list:
Pacman
Ms Pacman
Centipede
Pole Position
Asteroids Deluxe
Joust
Dig Dug (board out for repair)
Galaga
Tron
Gunsmoke
Final Fight
Golden Tee 2004
NBA Jam
NFL Blitz 2000
60-1 mega cab
Wayne Gretzky's 3-d Hockey (in repair mode)
Mario Bros widebody
Donkey Kong
Super Hang On (Working on a board issue)
Big Buck Hunter 2
Midway Tri SPorts

...(damn...I think I'm good for now) Though I really want a dedicated Paperboy

This is what one might think. I dabbled in it 5-6 years ago and got out. I got back in and plan to stay in. I find that much like pinball, there is no substitute for the real deal. I actually have to stop myself from playing pacman, centipede, donkey kong, mario bros, etc, because I'm likely to get addicted and can't stop playng.
Sure, I can mame or CPU, but none of that takes me back like a time machine, I really like the feel of the original old school games, there is a lot of history there! Think back to when you were in the 80's, I'm sure there are some long forgotten moments and memories, and much time has passed... but to walk up to an original Galaga or Centipede that's still playing? It was here then and it's still here now. Really fun stuff.

Just sold my Super Punchout to buy an Eight Ball Deluxe, I'll play the EBD until the cows come home, Punchout only so often, so win win.

Have dedicated:
Centipede
Defender
Joust
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong 3
Popeye
Golden Tee 2004
Stand up 60-1

That's about it.