Posted by http://www.massivehobby.com on March 07, 2002 at 22:52:49:
In Reply to: old arcade cabinets! for free! posted by David Bowman on March 07, 2002 at 17:53:43:
: Hey! I've never posted on this board before, seeing as how I've got a 28.8 connection at work, and NOTHING loads fast... but, I just thought I'd throw this out:
: I live outside of Detroit, Michigan, and I'm TOTALLY into building my own MAME machine. I've been building decent arcade controls for my friends' playstations and dreamcasts, and I found this site.
: Anyway, I was nosing around this coin-op place in Livonia, Michigan, and I found that they had THREE cabinets just laying out back, labeled "JUNK"!?!?!?! One was a Jamma cabinet that had no monitor, but the motherboard from a game called "Splash" installed, and "Painted Lady" on the marquee. This cabinet is now sitting inside my place of employment.
: The other two cabs? well, there's an old atari racing game, complete with monitor (nonworking? I don't know) and old atari logo steering wheel, and one of those mini benches. And then there's a cab with some sort of periscope device taking up major real estate (although it looks removable), and a red lightbulb inside a cage mounted in the corner. Both cabs have coin doors (no validation mechs) and at least one has one of those old flip-dump ashtrays that were popular back in the day.
: The place is called Profit-Plus, and its located on 7 Mile Rd., just East of Farmington Road, in Livonia, MI... I talked to the owner, he said they're free for the taking, but he's taking to the dump next week, so ya'd better hurry. I don't have room for all three, so I took the one I want. But I don't wanna see 'em go to waste! e-mail me if you REALLY need help moving them. I live in the area, and have a stake truck with a lift gate. My rates are real cheap, REAL cheap, but I don't wanna hafta drive more than 50 miles...and you gotta help. :-) --dave