NoCashValue.info has teamed up with GameStencils.com to provide you, the fevered arcade hobbyist, with brand new Gunsmoke artwork for your very own restoration! Brian over at gamestencils has been great to deal with and his products are really top-notch. I know this probably isn’t a product in high-demand, but I love the fact that Game Stencils is willing to step out on a limb and carry some of the more “off-the-wall” and obscure items out there. Read the rest of this entry »

I made some VERY cool additions to my post over at coinopspace about my GUNSMOKE restoration. Check it out!

Here’s an update I just sent to the folks on the email list: (if you’re not on the ATL collector email list, just send me an email with your email address and I’ll add you)

The party is still planned for July 25 and will start @ 5:30 PM. I will be providing hamburgers, hotdogs, and some beverages. I know one guest plans on bringing a dessert of some type. If you want to bring something else, great, but not necessary. I will have some alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks on hand, but if you have a preference, please BYOB. I have a full bed in my basement along with an air mattress in the same room in case anyone has too much to drink. If there are too many folks that need a place to crash, I can open up my office that is a few blocks away.

I just added a Wizard of Wor cabaret to the game list and I hope to add Read the rest of this entry »

I am now the proud owner of a Wizard of Wor cabaret from 1981 in great shape. The game is in great cosmetic shape except for the expected wear around the controls, and it is working 100%.
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Here’s a really cool video using stop motion animation and legos to create some classic ‘cades. I can’t even begin to imagine how long this took to shoot. I did some stop-motion in high school and it was loooong. Kudos to the creator for being spot on. See if you know them all.

In my latest warehouse lot, I was fortunate enough to come across some old Playmeter Magazines. Playmeter was a magazine about the arcade industry geared toward operators and distributors in the industy. Some of the articles in there are really mundane, and some are very interesting. While following article is pretty dry, I think it is neat to learn some history about a parts provider that most in the collecting hobby are familiar in name only, but not in the actual company or history. Below and after the jump, you will find 4 scans of the pages of the magazine. Click on each smaller version to view the larger, readable version. Cool to note: the author of this article is none other than famed repair tech Randy Fromm.

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I posted some updates to my Gunsmoke Restoration Thread over at CoinOpSpace.com. I’ve decided on the cabinet I intend on using for the restoration along with the side art I plan on applying. Spoiler – it ain’t the art that came with the kit…it’s CUSTOM!

Well, I scored it! Let’s chalk another one on the tally board. As far as large bulk deals go, this is my fifth. This lot isn’t the largest I’ve scored, but it isn’t the smallest either. Although there aren’t too many classics in this lot, for the money I think it is still a decent buyout.

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I am leaving my house in about an hour to investigate another potential warehouse that is about an hour and a half away from my house. I already know the contents of the warehouse, so there should be no suprises, but you never know. This lot is smaller, has fewer classics, and is slightly more expensive – but hey, you gotta take what you can get. The good news is that this lot has far more working games than projects.

I’ll be off shortly to meet with the retired operator and eat lunch with him before getting my hands dirty in the warehouse. If all goes well, I should be picking up the games later this week. Fingers crossed…

As a collector, there is always an ebb and flow to your collection. Tastes change, opportunities arise, shit happens, etc. Having had the fortune to be able to own many many games during my relatively short time spent as a collector I have seen many games come and go. My actual basement arcade can only accomodate a moderate amount of games (per the wife) and therefore many times, if I want to add something to the collection, something else has to go.

Crazy Climber was one of the first games I owned once I actually considered myself a “collector” back in 2007. Read the rest of this entry »