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$2,772?
[ Posted by Dan on December 05, 2003 | 2 Comments ]

So, Space Invaders was kinda cool back in the day (I was more of a Defender and Asteroids kind of guy) but I think this is just dumb...

Japanese game machine maker Taito Corp said on Friday it plans to restart sales of "Space Invaders" in the United States, almost 25 years after the game first appeared in video arcades.

Taito aims to sell 10,000 of the stand-alone game machines at 300,000 yen (U.S. $2,772) a unit.

Uh, $2,772? that's a pretty big price to pay for nostalgia and a meagre amount of technology. And besides, Geometry Wars is way cooler.

That is cheaper than a new arcade game in a cabinate.

Then again if you wanted to make your own you could do something like this
http://cmdrtaco.net/jubei/

-Posted by Jake of 8bitjoystick.com on December 7, 2003 03:08 PM

For an original, I've heard of them going for much more than $2000, especially the Ms. PacMan table games. Had the "honor" of being at a video game auction and while most of the games went for under $1000, there were a couple in the $1500+ range (original pin ball, hard-to-find, etc.) and one of the guys who bought an original Star Wars pinball (think late 70s analog, not even Space Invaders digital) knew he could sell it for almost double after a little cleaning and touch-up.

Yeah, then there was the HGTV "Basements" (I think that's the show) that featured one guys arcade in his basement. He had to turn off the power to one room when he had the power on in another, otherwise it caused a grey-out in his subdivision.

-Posted by Huxley75 on December 10, 2003 05:02 PM

Comment posting has been turned off because I don't have enough time and will to deal with the constant comment spamming. I'm very sorry and will fix this sometime soon (soon = before 2004 ends).