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Rarest, coolest or most unusual arcade game you've owned...

Postby jasonec » Fri Jan 24, 2014 8:17 am

Just thought this would be a cool thread to start....
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Donkey Kong, Burgertime, Galaga, Pac-man, Ms.Pac-man, Missile Command, Robotron, Dig Dug, Space Invaders, Arkanoid, Tempest, Raiden, Tetris
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Postby scogon » Fri Jan 24, 2014 8:59 am

but you didn't start with your own??

For me most unusual would be Boogie Wings/Great Ragtime Show the game is insane and fantastic. Runner up... Outfoxies

Not sure about rarest... I used to have Virtual On: OT on Naomi that's pretty rare... maybe Ketsui or Space Invaders Anniversary
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Postby jasonec » Fri Jan 24, 2014 9:30 am

scogon wrote:but you didn't start with your own??


Yeah, I didn't start with my own because I thought other people would probably have more unusual games than me. I have mostly the usual stuff.

The only game I have that could be considered somewhat unusual is Pinbo by Jaleco (1984) - a video game with a "very loose" pinball theme where you have to kill pookas before they eat your paddles, you can potentially have 3 balls on the screen of different size, and there are over a dozen side games like baseball, gold digging, killing clowns, etc.

Oh, and it's also signed by Hulk Hogan (we took it to our booth at Fan Expo last year ;-) )

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Postby scogon » Fri Jan 24, 2014 9:33 am

nice!
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Postby OTTOgd » Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:12 am

For vids, I guess my rarest would be a Warlords cocktail.

Oddball EM arcade machine might be Midway Gangbusters.

For pins, it might be a 3-way tie between Bally Spectrum, Gottlieb Spirit and Stern Star Gazer. Could prolly throw in my '49 Gottlieb K. C. Jones; only 800 produced 60+ years ago.
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Postby Newfie » Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:37 am

Maybe not rare, but I have 3 vids that don't pop up for sale very often:
Bubbles, Bagman, Super Bagman
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Postby RWElphinstone » Fri Jan 24, 2014 11:03 am

I have a real-life one of these currently being built, if that counts. And yes, it's one-of-a-kind.

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Postby opt2not » Fri Jan 24, 2014 11:37 am

Oh, I love pinbo! It's simple and bright.

Mine is my Robotron mini cabaret. Not many of these made!
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Postby jasonec » Fri Jan 24, 2014 3:43 pm

That Robotron mini is awesome!
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Postby Braido » Fri Jan 24, 2014 3:44 pm

jasonec wrote:That Robotron mini is awesome!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIOHX_GGFFQ

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Postby Weasel » Fri Jan 24, 2014 4:50 pm

Hmmm lets see

Chiller
Turkey shoot
Death race
Computer space - not sure i own this anymore
Qbert cocktail
Warlords cocktail
Return of the Jedi cockpit
Star wars cockpit

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Postby RWElphinstone » Fri Jan 24, 2014 4:59 pm

Weasel wrote:Chiller


Dude. You own this game?

Weasel wrote:If anyone is interested I can post pics


I'd be interested in pics.
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Postby opt2not » Fri Jan 24, 2014 5:22 pm

Braido wrote:
jasonec wrote:That Robotron mini is awesome!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIOHX_GGFFQ

:D


Haha, all the Robotron mini's are in BC! :)
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Postby Waterborn » Fri Jan 24, 2014 5:50 pm

opt2not wrote:Oh, I love pinbo! It's simple and bright.

Mine is my Robotron mini cabaret. Not many of these made!
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If you ever decide to sell that, please let me know ;)

Mine "rarest" arcade currently is my recently acquired Joust cocktail.

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As far as odd games go, I used to own a Ninja Clowns.

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Postby scogon » Fri Jan 24, 2014 6:13 pm

Nice Robotron... Warlords cocktail and Joust cocktail! It's like my wish list this post ......
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