(Topic ID: 287256)
Linked Games
Hercules
Atari, 1979
Topic Gallery
Barnstable, MA
Quoted from DaveH:What the hell is wrong with me? I see this and I think "How would I fit that through my doorway?".
It's when you start looking into how you can break it down to fit through a doorway... When you buy games you aren't 100 percent sure they will breakdown enough, you might have a problem.
I've always wondered where one would find replacement parts? Played it when I was a kid and thought it was neat. I dont know how it would hold now vs then.
Quoted from hAbO:Where do you find replacement parts?
Caterpillar heavy equipment dealer. 
Not worth, fun-wise, the space it takes up, that's for sure! Unless you have unlimited space, I suppose.
Up to $3800!
And imagine the shipping, from Canada yet. "There will be no cancellation of sales due to unexpected shipping and handling costs." Or you can go pick it up... someday.
If the auction lots made up the entirety of the museum, yeesh, what a tourist trap. Gimme Marvin's any day.
I wonder how many complete Hercules are left. I’m guessing not many. I remember turning down 2 working Hercules games in the 90s for free and another later on for $100.00. It’s hard to justify the space it takes up. Hopefully this one will find a good home. It’s a cool piece of pinball history and probably quite rare now.
I played one at Flippers in the Outer Banks NC. Definitely a game everyone should play at least once
Quoted from JudeRussell:I remember playing that (when it first came out) at Fun 'n Games in Framingham, MA. Kind of a bucket list thing (you need to try it, but it was not really that fun to play).
We went there a lot around 1978-80. But pinball was dead by then.
Quoted from Playdium:We went there a lot around 1978-80. But pinball was dead by then.
It's hard to admit that but you are right - video games were all the rage and I certainly put a lot of quarters into Battlezone, Dig Dug, Pac Man, and all the rest. But there were still plenty of pins in the building - as compared to present day. Fun and Games is till open, much smaller, and no pins in sight. Solid state, voice chips, ramps, multiball were all fairly new and I remember having to wait for the newer games and being a bit frustrated at the comparatively deeper rule sets. Now I prefer the older EM games.
I guess I look to that era as a bit of a golden age for me personally (high school, I had a job, car, and ended up in the arcade a lot) but looking back pinball was in decline. In some ways games like Hercules were the pinball designers throwing stuff at the wall to see what would stick in hopes of beating back the video game demons.
Quoted from Coz:I played one at Flippers in the Outer Banks NC. Definitely a game everyone should play at least once
I played one. Once.
Quoted from JudeRussell:It's hard to admit that but you are right - video games were all the rage and I certainly put a lot of quarters into Battlezone, Dig Dug, Pac Man, and all the rest. But there were still plenty of pins in the building - as compared to present day. Fun and Games is till open, much smaller, and no pins in sight. Solid state, voice chips, ramps, multiball were all fairly new and I remember having to wait for the newer games and being a bit frustrated at the comparatively deeper rule sets. Now I prefer the older EM games.
I guess I look to that era as a bit of a golden age for me personally (high school, I had a job, car, and ended up in the arcade a lot) but looking back pinball was in decline. In some ways games like Hercules were the pinball designers throwing stuff at the wall to see what would stick in hopes of beating back the video game demons.
Don't forget Missile Command, and Tempest. Good times back then.
It was made during the hey day of arcades where companies had money to experiment and be different. I miss them.
1 week later
Quoted from DanQverymuch:OMFG, it sold for $10,000!
Plus premium.
That's completely bonkers. And the cabinet was a mess.
The Hercules that was at pinfest (in the photos above) sold for around $2500.
Muskoka, ON
YIKES !
Quoted from DanQverymuch:OMFG, it sold for $10,000!
Promoted items from Pinside Marketplace and Pinside Shops!
Reply
Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.
Hey there! Welcome to Pinside!
Donate to PinsideGreat to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!
