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Title: I would say I did OK here
Post by: bob on February 03, 2013, 12:50:33 AM: So a few months back, I purchased this at a local auction for $12.50 ($10 winning bid, 15% premium and sales tax).
Anyway, when I got it home, I found there was $2.75 in quarters still in it (w00t!!)

So I have started to strip it down to make a different game out of it. The monitor had some significant issues, and I never had any interest in keeping it as an Assault game to play.
Being the nice guy that I am, I figured "what the hell, maybe somebody out there is looking for some cheap parts". Rather than throw them away, I posted a $30 listing on ebay for the joystick panel. Reason, I did $30 is because I offered free shipping on a pretty heavy/large package that this will be. Wasn't looking to make any money out of it, but I didn't want to throw it away.

To my surprise, I started getting a ton of emails about it asking for the game boards, manuals, etc.
I threw it all in (still free shipping) and I was happy with the result.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/111006546377?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1561.l2649

(http://www.dotsandloops.com/turbo/assault.jpg)
Title: Re: I would say I did OK here
Post by: termis on February 03, 2013, 01:15:56 AM: Nice job - sorry to see it being split up, though. It's an awesome game and I had a good time with this one as a kid...
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Post by: turboswimbz on February 03, 2013, 01:21:27 AM: Nice deal! Hopefully the parts will be reused to make another machine complete.
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Post by: PunkicCyborg on February 03, 2013, 01:24:56 AM: You could throw in the marquee too, it's easy to find replacement marquees or have custom ones made up.
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Post by: Tatsujin on February 03, 2013, 01:35:50 AM: nice job there..wait..assault isn't from atari..damn stealers.
Title: Re: I would say I did OK here
Post by: Sparky on February 03, 2013, 02:07:08 AM: Ya did really good, thats a good honest auction. :)
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Post by: esteban on February 03, 2013, 04:21:59 AM: STATUS: You did well, indeed.

ANECDOTE: Assault was lots of fun to play in l'arcade. Le truth. (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcds.png)
Title: Re: I would say I did OK here
Post by: Jibbajaba on February 03, 2013, 04:43:39 AM: Quote from: termis on February 03, 2013, 01:15:56 AM
Nice job - sorry to see it being split up, though. It's an awesome game and I had a good time with this one as a kid...

Well just look at it this way. Those parts are going to put another machine back together. So the universe stays in balance.

Chris
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Post by: roflmao on February 03, 2013, 05:58:15 AM: Nice!
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Post by: TR0N on February 03, 2013, 05:12:45 PM: Quote from: Tatsujin on February 03, 2013, 01:35:50 AM
nice job there..wait..assault isn't from atari..damn stealers.
LOL it is by namco in the 80's atari distributed for them.
Title: Re: I would say I did OK here
Post by: Tatsujin on February 03, 2013, 08:08:50 PM: Quote from: TR0N on February 03, 2013, 05:12:45 PM
Quote from: Tatsujin on February 03, 2013, 01:35:50 AM
nice job there..wait..assault isn't from atari..damn stealers.
LOL it is by namco in the 80's atari distributed for them.
LOL, sure I am aware of that fact :)
I just lol everytime, when I see a Namco game by Atari, because 99% of the peeps out there in the west think that these games were really made by Atari.
Title: Re: I would say I did OK here
Post by: TR0N on February 04, 2013, 04:51:40 PM: Quote from: Tatsujin on February 03, 2013, 08:08:50 PM
Quote from: TR0N on February 03, 2013, 05:12:45 PM
Quote from: Tatsujin on February 03, 2013, 01:35:50 AM
nice job there..wait..assault isn't from atari..damn stealers.
LOL it is by namco in the 80's atari distributed for them.
LOL, sure I am aware of that fact :)
I just lol everytime, when I see a Namco game by Atari, because 99% of the peeps out there in the west think that these games were really made by Atari.
I still see that as well allot even now oddly enough.