In 1983 Galaxian was at the top of my want list. If you were a member of the Atari Club you could pick it up for $26.95. What a bargain.
ClaymationWerewolf: @retroist! I couldn’t agree more! I know you travel as much as me and I’m sure...
The Retroist: I hope some future family dinner ends with a loud and braggy game of KerPlunk.
Professor Brian Oblivion: Great post! The Criterion had better come in a huge plastic clamshell case. Only Jess...
Fraze: I can’t even BELIEVE you posted this!! Just last weekend we had some friends over and during dinner we...
roadsidewonders: Damn! Had I envisioned them that I way — I would have tried a lot harder to avoid them :) Professor Brian Oblivion: Great review! I loved that show! Nobody wore shirts in the ’80′s because it...
Classick Material: 80s TV show… black guy nicknamed “Turbo”. It never fails. Glad we’ve made...
Sean Hartter: Thanks, but I think ANY other art besides the VHS art would be an improvement! I have fond memories of...
Daniel Th1rte3n: Awesome review! And take it from me, no one wore shirts in the 80′s.. Daniel Th1rte3n: Wow..I too remember this, yet have never seen it…is this some sort of weird psychological...
Shoot, I’ve got that beat: http://poodfoison.tumblr.com/post/80815897/i-am-not-fucking-around-if-i-was-to-get-one-more (the one against the wall…also, excuse my language)
!!! You are very very lucky. Those are dream items for me.
Found them both on Craigslist over the last couple years. It seems to me the arcade game market is pretty down right now (like everything else); you should look around.
Back in California I tried to buy a Mr. Do, from a guy in San Jose, but it fell through at the last minute because he got a better offer. Still wish I had gotten it. It was in great shape and very clean inside and out.