That Phone Call You are Dying to Get

I figured you collectors would appreciate this. I had a friend call me up yesterday to say "a friend of mine has me helping him haul arcade games to the dump, do you want them? I immediately headed out the door to find he'd saved me a Donkey Kong, a Dig Dug a Rastan conversion in a Berzerk Cabinet, a Sea Wolf and a n Exidy/Centuri Targ cocktail. To make the deal even sweeter I plugged in the Donkey Kong and it works. Dig Dug and Rastan just need some power supply work to get going. None are perfect but they will make some decent games when I clean them up.

Mark

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Permalink Reply by Shane on July 2, 2009 at 10:22pm: You lucky SOB lol lol; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ataricade on July 3, 2009 at 3:29am: Not too shabby Mark...congrats on the free games! Sadly I've never gotten one of those types of calls before. :-); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mark Hooks on July 3, 2009 at 6:53am: Actually I've been collecting for about 15 years now and this is the first time I've lucked out on free games.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Igorsr on July 3, 2009 at 7:45am: A friend called me once and told me that there was a ms pac coctail at the side of the road. $30 later it was working. I also got a free Arch Rivals because of the ad I have on my website. Just needed a powersupply.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by NoCashValue on July 3, 2009 at 8:04am: That's awesome man! I haven't had a call like that yet, but I make sure all my friends know that I collect arcade games, so that hopefully one day I do get "the call"! Nice score; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jeff Rothe on July 3, 2009 at 9:19am: I can't believe you've never had anyone call you Mark, for how long you've been doing this...

Are you going to post some photos?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mark Hooks on July 3, 2009 at 10:50am: I've had lots of calls with super deals, but this is the first time I've had the haul them away for free deal.

Jeff Rothe said:
I can't believe you've never had anyone call you Mark, for how long you've been doing this...

Are you going to post some photos?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mark Hooks on July 3, 2009 at 11:55am: Photos are posted under "Free Game Haul".

Jeff, I want you to know I sweated about 5 gallons pulling these out for pictures. How's that for dedication.

Mark

Jeff Rothe said:
I can't believe you've never had anyone call you Mark, for how long you've been doing this...

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Permalink Reply by Orrimarrko on July 3, 2009 at 2:41pm: Awesome! That Sea Wolf might clean up very nice!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mark Hooks on July 3, 2009 at 2:49pm: I think it will. I found a key for the back door and it is super clean inside. The outside looks like it's coated in cigarette smoke. I just need to get after it with some Formula 409. I also need to replace the base wood as it's gone soft.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Hooks on July 3, 2009 at 3:03pm

Here's the group pic

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