I picked up a Midway-style cabinet that had been converted to a Street Fighter II a few years back. After some inspection I noticed it has previously been a Ms. Pac-Man, which was made apparent by the signature bright blue paint that was over-sprayed onto the inside of the cabinet.
Even though I grew up with 90's style arcade cabinets, I've always had a soft spot for the "golden age"-era Midway cabinets, which housed games like Galaga, Galaxian, and Pac-Man. When a Ms. Pac-Man cabinet popped up on Craigslist, I jumped at the opportunity to pick it up.
Once
I feel quite a bit of nostalgia for a few specific arcade machines that were in my local Round Table pizza when I was growing up: The 4-player beat-em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the 3-player racing game Off Road, the super cool 4-game Neo-Geo, and the cocktail cabinet version of
On Christmas eve, as we were driving to visit family, I was browsing Craigslist and stumbled upon an almost comical posting:
Free arcade machine, must go today, need to put up Christmas tree
I didn't realize people put up their Christmas tree the day before Christmas, but who was I
I've always been drawn to Nintendo's cabinet style, so when I saw a Nintendo cabinet on Craigslist only an hour's drive away, I jumped at the chance to get it.
The cabinet I picked up was orange. It had been converted to Arkanoid and had a beautiful original Sanyo CRT
