New Addition to the Project pile

Just picked up a World Series- The Season in an Asteroids Deluxe cab from Nick in Sherman, IL (Nixs on Klov) for $40
Pics coming soon. Has some monitor issues,, but otherwise is fully working, including the goofy joysticks that always seem to be broken. Sides are painted black, but it appears the AD sideart underneath is in pretty good shape... might just strip it down and see what's there for the heck of it.

Two Tron's on the bay in Illinois

That's right, not one but two Tron games both fully working are up for auction on the bay... Both are in relatively good shape, and both happen to have the gorf style black joystick... odd. Of course the replacement stick is now available at GroovyGameGear
Links below:
Tron 1 in Lake in the Hills

Tron 2 In McLean IL

If anyone needs someone to pick up/store the Tron in McLean, I can do so for a small fee, as John is only about 15 minutes away from me, email me if interested.

I Robot on the Bay...

You don't see one of these everyday, especially not 15 miles from my house in the boondocks!
Extremely Rare fully working I Robot currently up on eBay : Click Here

Serial # 513

Nice Picture, original rebuilt Disco Monitor...

Winter projects...

Just a quick rundown of the projects on tap...
Punch Out!!- Replace monitors, test board, install side art
Asteroids- Cap Kit.
Robotron- Remove tetris internals, strip paint and CPO. Mew Marquee and CPO.
Pole Position...Heh....

Back from the Auction...

Back From the Belleville Auction, Picked up a Tetris in a Robotron cab. I'll post pics later, nice thing is all of the original Robotron paperwork is still in the cab :)

Pictures of the auction are available at Rotheblog.com
Results below:

Gauntlet Legends- 400
Missile Command Mini (nice) 150
Ms Pac Man 220
Donkey Kong Jr- 250
Moon Patrol- 150
Mario Brothers- 260
Burgertime- 200
Ms Pac Man- 160
48-1 Multicade- 1175
Donkey Kong 3- 225
Galaga- 200
Kickman- 120
48-1 25"Monitor- 1050
Satan's Hollow- 250
Tron (n/w) 130
Blitz 2000 Gold (n/w)-110
Area 51 Site 4- 225
World Class Bowling- 400
Double Dragon- 200
Golden Tee Fore 2005- 450
Gauntlet Mini- 200
Elevator Action- 200
48-1 Multi- 1000
Street Fighter- 150
Virtua Cop 2- 220
Trophy Hunting- 330
World Class Bowling- 150
Police Trainer- 200
World Series 99- 230
Gauntlet Legends- 175
Invasion- 225
Tekken 4- 235
Shuffleshot-150
Deer Hunting USA- 150
Silver Strike 2009- 1800
Revolution X- 90
World Class Bowling Delux- 175
Super Mario Brothers- 125
Turkey Hunt- 225
Area 51/Maximum Force- 300
Mortal Kombat 3- 310
Demolition Derby- 350
PlayChoice 10(didn't catch which games, but it was full)- 260
Trophy Hunting- 385
Trophy Hunting- 350
Police Trainer- 170
Raiden II- 170
World Class Bowling- 300
PGA Tour Championship III- 375
Big Buck Hunter- 325
Area 51- 220
Zero Point- 170
Dark Silhouette (ram error)-275
Neo 2 Slot- 160
Gauntlet Legends- 335
Area 51 Site 4- 250
Turkey Hunt- 285
Mace- 295
Blitz 99 (n/w)- 125
PGA Championship III (n/w)- 200
Golden Tee Fore 2005- 160
48-1 -1000
Street Fighter Alpha- 275
Defender- 275
Marvel Super Heroes 200
PGA Tour Challenge- 410
Street Fighter II CE- 260
Golden Tee 2000- 270
Johnny Nero Action Hero- 225
World Class Bowling Delux- 235
Turkey Hunting- 225
Deer Hunting- 150
Golden Tee 99- 85
Neo 2 Slot (monitor Flatline)- 50
Neo 1 slot- 80
Raiden II- 100
Capcom Bowling- 75
Golden Tee Fore 2005- 425
48-1 Multi (25"monitor?) 775
Turbo Mini (n/w)- 25
Pengo (pretty nice) 150
High Impact Football- 75
Mortal Kombat- 175
Area 51 (n/w)- 75
Metamorphic Force (n/w)- 85
Soul Edge (n/w)- 85
Irritating Maze- 110
Great 1000 Miles Rally- 175
Tekken II- 175
Marvel V Capcom- 235
Tekken II- 150
Off Road (Track Pack)- 200
Road Blasters- 50
Yie Air Kung Fu- 110
Twin Cobra (tron cab)- 130
Carnevil (n/w no guns) 175
Coors Light Bowling- 110
Hang On (n/w)- 55
Toki (Williams Bubbles cab)- 100
Coors Bowl (n/w)- 75
Arch Rivals- 65
World Rally- 100
Strider- 100
Tetris (Joust cab?)- 110
Out Zone- 95
Double Dragon- 75
Raiden Fighters- 150
Quarterback- 170
Out Run- 120
Mania Challenge- 85
Contra- 85
Tetris (Robotron cab)- 85
Spy Hunter- 250
Buster Brothers (n/w)- 45
Ms Pac (missing board)- 150
Pac Man- (n/w) 230
Galaga (n/w?)- 195
Golden Tee Fore 2005 Cabaret- 575

*Drivers*
Cruisin Exotica- 1175
Vapor Trax- 185
Rush The Rock- 435
Code One Dispatch- 300
Daytona USA Twin- 325
Cruisin Exotica- 975
Cruisin USA- 350
Emergency Call Ambul;ance- 375
Hang On- 100
Crisis Zone- 285
Thunder Blade- 200
Cyber Cycles- 150
Sky Target- 300
ATV Track- 350
Nascar Arcade- 1000
Road Burners- 275
*Showcase Cabs*
Tekken Tag (Plays Blind?)- 50
Johnny Nero Action Hero- 85
Area 51/ Maximum Force- 160
Tekken Tag (N/W)- 35
MegaMan- 95
Virtua Fighter 4- 160

*Not So Dead Row*
Dynamite Cop- 60
Mappy- 140
Raiden DX- 75
Surf Planet- 85
Virtua Racing- 85
Pole Position (n/w board resets)- 35
Attax- 25
Rapid Fire- 105
Lethal Enforcers II- 50
Capcom Bowl-95
Pac/Ms Pac/Galaga Anniversary (dropped off of a truck? working)-500
Wing Shooting- 270
Big Buck Hunter 06- 350
Police Trainer (n/w)- 50
Police Trainer (working, one gun broke, other missing)- 125
Area 51- 120
BagMan- 150
Zaxxon (Monitor issue)- 50
Final Lap 3 (Pole Pos cab working)-25
Pole Position (n/w)- 45
Dark Stalkers- 100
Karate Champ- 85
Hang On- 75
Shootout- 45
Double Dribble- 65
Hyper Sports- 135
Fishermans Bait- 100
NBA HAng Time- 220
Night Stocker- 60
RBI Baseball- 135
1943 (in pac cab)- 160
Trivia Whiz- 20
Kicker- 25
Majestic Twelve- 95
Commando- 50
Racin Force- 110
Ninja GaiDen-50
Super Mario Brothers (Red Cab)- 100
Revolution X- 130
Jail Break (n/w)- 35
Aero Fighters (Galaga Cab)- 115
Tekken II- 100
Double Dragon- 95
Wing Shooting- 175
World Rally (n/w)- 354
Zaxxon- 110
XMen- 85
Beast Busters- 105
Blitz 99 (n/w)- 130
Rapid Fire- 120
Moon Patrol (no red in monitor)- 65
Tekken 3- 105

*Cocktails*
Moon Base- 60
Zaxxon(n/w)- 25
Ms Pac Man- 400

Only pin I saw was a Dr Who that went for 850, Pins were really cheap too from what I heard...

Auction Tomorrow

Will post pics and prices when I get back.

Interesting Arcade Collecting Post

If you've ever wondered what goes into finding those rare nuggets, or just generally what goes into finding games, or even the trials and tribulations of the average collector, this article is a great read!

http://www.tollianweb.com/uc/Cosmic_Chasm_Cube_Quest.html

One quote from the above posting:
On April 28, 2007, I was moving a pinball game, carrying the head down three flights of stairs. Not a really heavy item, but bulky with no good place to grab it. Just as I started the last flight, I stubbed my toe into the carpet on the stair. My shoe stuck to the carpet a little bit. Normally wouldn’t have been an issue, but holding the head of the pin, it spun me around and I lost my balance. At the last second, I released the pin head and grabbed for the banister. My fingers grazed it, but not enough to hold on. I tumbled backwards head over heels about four times down a flight of 24 stairs, with the head of a pinball game bouncing down about a half second ahead of me. I heard the pin head crash onto the floor and the back glass explode and I mentally braced for some pretty bad cuts. As it turned out, as with most pinball back glasses, the glass was safety glass and shattered into about a million very small pieces. I didn’t get a single cut, didn’t shed a single drop of blood. However, I shattered my right hip, broke it in three places, splintered it, fractured it and sliced it open. It was a major injury. I would be in the hospital for a long time, then on crutches for four months and pretty much a shut-in at home facing a long and difficult recovery.

So why do we put ourselves through this?!?
Do the ends justify the means? Read the post above and judge for yourself...

Arcade Auction 1 week away

Belleville IL (St. Louis Area) Super Auctions. Nov 22nd.
Can't wait.

Random complaining...

Why is it that whenever you need one specific tool, that you can never find it, But you can find everything else in the world, including that one tool you needed for the last job you did..of course that ends up being the first thing you stumble across, though it was nowhere to be found back then...
So yeah, tried to make due with what I had, and failed miserably...and repeatedly...
So I gave up. Went back inside, sat down and just chilled out for a while. Literally 20 minutes later I had one of those eureka moments, where literally you can see the lightbulb turn on above my head. Less than a minute later (with proper tool in hand) I was able to complete the job. What I had fought with for over two hours (and failed) I finished in about 5 minutes...
The Moral of the story... use the right tool for the right job, and 4 out of 5 dentists prefer trident for their patients who chew gum.

Happity Birthday to me...I guess :)

You know, this really kinda sucks. Not that I'm turning into an old man or anything (36 this year) but that my Friggin birthday is on a Wednesday this year. Can there be a worse day of the week to have a Birthday?!? I guess I shouldn't complain, as my 21st birthday happened to fall on a friday...man that was a good day (the next day, not so much, but I digress...).
Oh well, that's all, just wanted to vent there for a minute...

Arcade fiesta , Upcoming Auction, Resurrection
Ok, so I've decided that I'm going to bring this back, since it's going to be easier to update this blog than to keep republishing my webpages. So basically, any news, updates, things going on, new acquisitions, repairs, etc, that don't need to be added to the individual pages will be posted here. That way I can put more information up on a regular basis, and not do so many page edits.

I'll start off by sending a big thanks to cnlmoore from the KLOV group for his great arcade party this past Saturday. Pics (including some of yours truly) and details are available at www.rotheblog.com and www.tokensonly.com Everyone had a great time, and Chris has a great setup of games (and had a nice spread of food and drink to boot!) Hope this becomes an annual tradition as I will definitely go back next year!

(Image from tokensonly.com)

The next Superauctions in the St Louis (Belleville) area will be Saturday Nov 22nd. Looking forward to it as always, and hope to see a lot of KLOVer's there. My Brother in law may be attending with me, so I will for once actually have some room to pick up more than one game :)

That's all for now...