There's a thrift store I went to today that has a Zaxxon arcade cab in it. The joystick is missing, there's just a nub left where the cool flightstick-style joystick was screwed on. I wasn't all that much of a fan of Zaxxon, but if I decided to pick it up for their asking price of $99.99, how hard would it be to repair it? The front panel (especially where the Player 1 and Player 2 buttons are) doesn't have very much art left on it. The side art looks good, though. That's not much of a concern for me, really, I'm just wondering how well it functions and if repairs would be costly.
I don't really know what I'd do with it if I bought it anyway, since I don't have the room for it. I could always keep it at my brother's house (if his questionably mentally unstable girlfriend doesn't object). It's just that I would like to start collecting arcade games, I just don't know if I would want to start with Zaxxon (I think I've talked myself out of buying it, just typing all this out). But if any Dallas area folks want it more than I do (or anyone in, say, Oklahoma that's willing to come down and get it), just PM me for the location.