Originally Posted by
Goblin
I'm still on my quest for a machine, so I thought I'd document the search. I paid a visit to TNT in PA last weekend, and I've contacted Classic trying to set something up for this weekend. My short list now contains mostly Dot Matrix games although I am looking into a few older Solid State Machines too. I'm using pinmame to try and test as many of them out as possible.
It's funny how I'm now so committed to getting a machine that I am actually rationalizing the thought of spending $2.5k on one. I started out wanting to go cheap, trying to trade for it. Then I begin to think I should just buy one that needed some work. I have no doubt I could figure out how to do the repairs myself, I just don't have the time right now to start another major project. Then I start to think that I should spend a little more and get one that is fully working. Then I started to really narrow down the games that I want and like the game play of and the price again starts to creep up. Then I begin to figure that if I'm going to spend close to $2k on a game, that perhaps I should spend even more and get one that has been fully shopped out, so I can get some kind of guarantee with it.
I'm beginning to think I'm nuts, but then again I don't often splurge on random things. I still have a standard def tv, I drive an average American car that is paid off, and I have absolutely no credit card debt. So why shouldn't I treat myself to something that I want. Now I just need to find what I want hopefully locally. What is sick is that I'm beginning to imagine owning multiple pinball machines before I even have my first.
So the quest continues...