Terriblefire Dabbles with Arcades

[Icky]

Very jealous @terriblefire - I have to stop looking at all the ones you have been picking up otherwise I may have to start a collection.

[alexh]

Interesting read as always. I used to have tens of arcade machines. The ex didn't like them taking up so much space so now down to just two.

There was a time in the late 90s early 00s you could pick up practically anything for £50. I lived near the sea side and arcades were replacing video arcade games with gambling machines. I once asked if they had any for sale and they took me to underneath a giant 10-lane slide and there were 100s just under tarps exposed to the ravages of sea air. Being an Atari enthusiast I bought every Atari cab they had. Roadblasters, Badlands, Pit Fighter, Escape from the planet of the Robot Monsters, Gauntlet ii. If I'd had the space I'd have bought the Sega ones too. I went back years later and asked again only to be told they were all skipped.