I picked up a working Time Pilot on Craigslist last week. It was actually on CL for over a week before I could go get it. Anyone has tried to buy an arcade game on CL for a really good price knows that they usually don’t stay available that long. I was really lucky! I [...]

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It’s my luck that the first pinball machine I purchased needs to be torn down to clean and restore the playfield. It would have been nice to have a nice, complete machine to drop into the gameroom, but I suppose it’s a great way to learn about pinball machines. My machine had years worth of [...]

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I’ve been “collecting” classic arcade video games for the past 16 years. Through much of that time, I’ve always heard the question, “Do you have any pinball machines?” Well finally I can say, “YES!” Jeff’s Classic Arcade now has its first pinball machine…”Earthshaker!” by Williams Electronics, 1989. The timing of this purchase was pretty good. [...]

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Quick Update…This game has been sold to a new arcade collector. I also sold the Frogger to another new collector. It’s good to see more people interested in joining such a fun hobby. Enjoy the games, guys! On the heels of my last game sale, I am also listing my Sega Turbo for sale this [...]

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Quick Update…This game has been sold to another arcade collector. There is also a sale pending on my Frogger. Another sale is in the works for my Turbo. All games have been sold! Since I have a few new games to finish up this summer, I need to clear some space in the gameroom. I’m [...]

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…maybe I’ll find one at a garage sale this morning…  hmm…

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As anyone who reads my website updates knows, I am a huge Donkey Kong fan. I’m also a fan of the recent movie “The King of Kong: a Fistful of Quarters”. The movie, presented as a documentary but not truly “accurate”, made a fun rivalry between Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe. The movie quickly became [...]

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I had some really nice progress on my Centipede this week. I picked up a Centipede cabinet a couple years ago. It was fully working, but not in great shape. The cabinet had some damage along the front marquee area on the sides and there was some minor swelling around the t-molding. That wasn’t even [...]

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Joust is one of the first arcade games in my collection, and still one of my favorites. I’ve been playing Joust since the day it hit the arcades back in 1982. Back in the 80′s arcade games could be found everywhere. I actually played it regularly in my hometown Radio Shack store. They had four [...]

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This week I just decided that I will be attending the International Video Game Hall of Fame “Big Bang” event next month. The IVGHOF is a new organization based in Ottumwa, Iowa. The goal of the IVGHOF is to house a museum of every arcade game ever made, and a Hall of Fame of gamers [...]

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