Personal Holy Grail Acquired

[Flack]

You know what's funny about this hobby?

You never know when that one thing, that single item, maybe even that one game that made you start collecting all this videogame stuff in the first place is going to pop up right under your nose.

I've been buying and selling (mostly buying) arcade cabinets since 1995 now. For almost ten years, I've been looking for one particular game. Well, that's not exactly true -- I look for dozens of games, but there's been one that I've never been able to find at a decent price. Hell, it's getting pretty hard to find, and when you DO find 'em, they usually come with either a long list of things that need fixing as well, or a way too high price tag.

Anyway, last Friday, two days before my birthday, I finally got one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6113207449

I hate to even post it yet because I haven't picked it up, but from everything the guy's said, the machine's in great shape (or good enough for me, at least). I've got a special place waiting in my little home arcade for this baby.

[Ninja Blacksox]

Nice snag!

"Gauntlet II" is indeed a great game.

You've inspired me to begin my quest for a "Satan's Hollow" cabinet.

-A Boy

[Arcade Antics]

Wow, it looks like it's in great shape! Congrats, Flack!

No get out there and grab up all those potions, keys, and foodstuffs! :)

"WARRIOR... HAS BEEN GETTING ALL THE FOOD LATELY!"

[98PaceCar]

Wow! It's a good thing I was at CGE when that ended. I'd have easily paid that for a G2!! ;)

NICE FIND and a great price! It's always cool to see people get the games they really want! Next time I make a game run to OKC I'll have to swing by and play it some! 8-)

Congrats!
98PaceCar

[-hellvin-]

Awesome machine man! Someday I just may go buy the golden axe machine I've been thinking about getting for a while.

[Flack]

Awesome machine man! Someday I just may go buy the golden axe machine I've been thinking about getting for a while.

I highly recommend it. I love emulation and I love ROMs, but I also love standing in front of a 300lb chunk of wood and playing my favorite games from time to time.

[Flack]

Wow! It's a good thing I was at CGE when that ended. I'd have easily paid that for a G2!! ;)

NICE FIND and a great price! It's always cool to see people get the games they really want! Next time I make a game run to OKC I'll have to swing by and play it some! 8-)

Congrats!
98PaceCar

You were quite honestly who I was worried about, seeing as though it's in (or around) your neck of the woods.

You should make it up for OKGE and stop by on the way up! But bring quarters, the Elf's food don't come for free. ;)

[Raedon]

Warrior needs food badly!

MY favorate quarter eater. When that game came out we would go up there and my friend would direct everyone like a DM. We were very serious about it.. like an army delving into the underworld.

I found that when I play Darran's quarter eaters now, they don't have the same.. "you only have 2 quarters left!" feel.

Play offroad and it's NITROS, NITROS, NITROS *WALL* NITROS, NITROS

[MegaDrive20XX]

X_x oooooo you lucky man you...that rocks....I'm coming over...

[MarioAllStar2600]

I highly recommend it. I love emulation and I love ROMs, but I also love standing in front of a 300lb chunk of wood and playing my favorite games from time to time.

So true. Nothing compares to a cab.

Nice find. I have never played the game but its an awsome cabinet. How many does that make now?

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I love emulation and I love ROMs, but I also love standing in front of a 300lb chunk of wood and playing my favorite games from time to time.
Amen on that, bro. Ain't nothin' like it. And, like someone else has already said, I'll be right over. :D

[Flack]

Nice find. I have never played the game but its an awsome cabinet. How many does that make now?

Well I have about 20 at the moment, but that number's starting to change. I'm weeding out some of the not so great ones to make room for the ones I really like.

BTW, Gauntlet II is the only game in my gameroom that's going to be set for quarters. Seriously. Any other game is free play, but the idea of free play ruins Gauntlet. So, when I wanna play, it'll be with what change I can scrounge up out of the laundry room.

Elf needs quarters, badly.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Have you thought about setting up the coin acceptor for tokens and getting one of those bags o' vintage arcade tokens off of eBay? Or does that skirt the 'free play harshing the Gauntlet buzz' idea too closely?

[tholly]

Nice find. I have never played the game but its an awsome cabinet. How many does that make now?

Well I have about 20 at the moment, but that number's starting to change. I'm weeding out some of the not so great ones to make room for the ones I really like.

BTW, Gauntlet II is the only game in my gameroom that's going to be set for quarters. Seriously. Any other game is free play, but the idea of free play ruins Gauntlet. So, when I wanna play, it'll be with what change I can scrounge up out of the laundry room.

Elf needs quarters, badly.


im sure you have probably thought of something to do with the quarters, but my suggestion is to save all the quarters that you use in that cab to fund another cab. pick a cab out that you really want, and use only Gauntlet II funds to buy it.

[mosesshirai]

Oh man that is so solid of a find. I wish i had room for a cabinet or two.
Super solid find.

Stick with quarters. The only way for gauntlet to be played.

so solid(goes off to cry in corner of micro apartment in Hawaii)

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Thats cool that you finally found the one game you were looking for. Plus for only 300 bucks to boot! Very nice.


Oh and red warrior has shot his food.

[Flack]

im sure you have probably thought of something to do with the quarters, but my suggestion is to save all the quarters that you use in that cab to fund another cab. pick a cab out that you really want, and use only Gauntlet II funds to buy it.

You know what Tholly? That's an excellent idea!

[Ed Oscuro]

FLACK NEEDS GAUNTLET 2, BADLY!

Well, did I hear a HELL YEAH? Here's a hell yeah for Flack! Nice find man. Wish I had one - that machine looks like it would fit almost anywhere and the game itself ain't bad neither LOL

[tholly]

im sure you have probably thought of something to do with the quarters, but my suggestion is to save all the quarters that you use in that cab to fund another cab. pick a cab out that you really want, and use only Gauntlet II funds to buy it.

You know what Tholly? That's an excellent idea!


glad you liked it....if you do do that, i would love to know how many months you had to play it before you made enough to get another cab that you want

[anagrama]

Aw man, nice fuggin' score! One of my fondest early arcade memories is playing that with 3 friends for hours at the youth club thingy we all went to over the summer one year, aged about 8 or 9.

Shoot the generators! Shoot the generators!

[AB Positive]

tholly - when I finally come across a MVS cab when we get the house, I'm going to use that exact logic to fund getting MVS games and/or another cabinet. I don't think I'd ever put any of my cabs on freeplay, just so I can easy-save for other games :D

-AG

[QBert]

Nice snag Flack.
I need more room....and cash too, one day I will be like you! 8-)

Gauntlet games rock!

Congrats again.

[fahrvergnugen]

very nice.

[rbudrick]

Hmmm, Make all your arcade cabs coin-only and you may get more arcade cabs sooner, LOL

Nah, make half of them coin-only, so there's still incentive for people to come over and play :D

-ROb

[Flack]

I guess I didn't jinx myself this time. Game works great, just needs a little cleaning!

http://68.12.156.214:533/ohara/news/gauntlet.jpg

[pookninja]

thats really cool.congrats.

[tholly]

that cab looks great.....nice game...congrats...

[SegaAges]

i know what its like to find your personal holy grail. hell, i found and got mine (i am sure over the summer some of you remember me talking about mortal kombat 3 for sms).

you are, hopefully, in the same boat as me now. you have something you have been looking for, for literally years for a good price. now what, where do we go from here. all we have to do is find something else and strive to get it. mine may never be for a very long time (mortal kombat 3 game gear) because of price, but since you already dish out hundreds of dollars on games (even if they are arcade games) you are used to shelling out that much for a game.

enjoy your find, because i know how good it feels to be looking for something for literally years, to only stumble upon a cheap copy of it (mine has always been around the price range i got it for, it was a matter of me finding it again).