Pinball Map: Crowd-sourced worldwide map of public pinball machines

Post by Boogie_Man » Sun, Feb 04, 2024, 2:50 AM UTC

Boogie_Man wrote: post #130

bdash wrote: post #129

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To get that game for $500 I think the owners would need to be at a point where they're sick of it and just want it gone. A couple of thoughts: 1. Games on location are often not owned by the location, but instead owned by a third-party operator that is responsible for maintenance and splits coin drop with the location. 2. Since the game is on location it was probably playable at some point recently. It may be off bec…

You're making good points. 1. I neglected to mention that I confirmed the owner owned the machines. The employee I spoke to said she was going to approach the owner about purchasing the pacman machine herself. 2. The location seems like it's being kept alive by bowling leagues. I wouldn't be shocked if it wasn't there in five years. They quite literally do not turn the lights on in this section of the building. 3. Yo…

Post by 0lll_-_lll0 » Mon, Feb 05, 2024, 5:48 PM UTC

ohwaitnvm wrote: post #120

Boogie_Man wrote: post #113

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This is the best, most helpful message I've ever received in response to something I've typed on the Internet. I'll take it to heart, thanks boss. Edit: to further take advantage of your kindness, let me ask you a question: it looks like an old bowling alley near me has several machines reported to be non functional, including an Elvira and the Party Monsters. In your humble restoration opinion, would it make sense f…

Aww I'm glad it helped! I wanted to illustrate the amount of upkeep it takes to even keep a machine that was already about 99% working from disrepair. I think you could give the offer a shot, but it looks like the market is a good bit higher - the bigger the discount the more you're probably going to have to work to get it operational. It looks like you've already got a headstart on that, so if none of this is scarin…