Environmental Discs of Tron Roadside Pickup

Sometimes I think I live in different planets to some people...

I saw this a few days ago on an arcade collector's forum (not based in the US), and the majority reaction was disbelief. People seemed to think it was a hoax. That thing is museum quality.

I wonder if it's due to those suburban garages, allowing people to pile up stuff for decades. That and having more cash to buy goodies than most of the rest of the world, of course.

I'm not surprised at seeing this. Most of my electronics "purchases" in the 80s to 00s were perfectly good discarded things just thrown out on the street because they were inconvenient or someone bought something shinier. I even got a 2 year old Intel Mac Mini once and used it as a desktop for nearly 3 years!

An arcade machine, regardless of how rare it was, would be something I walked straight past though! Too big and heavy. I suspect that's why this turned up on the street.

Here's one for $8k: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/240731233987834/

That's awesome.

When I was a kid, my dad acquired an Eight-Ball Deluxe pinball machine. He restored it, and for years it was a regular fixture of our house. We moved a ton, but it always came with us, for about a decade. Then my dad finally sold it.

I played that game a lot. I have fond memories of the lights, sounds, and feel of it. It was a very different experience than modern pinball machines.