Williams Parts Folder Cover

I had referenced this item as one of many in an old operator’s box of paper, but I wanted to show it off because I thought it was a particularly nice design. The operator used the folder to store mostly flyers and some interesting notes about sales forecasting and probabilities of profits on certain machines.

Mad Planets underlay artwork finished

Earlier this week, as I sat in the hotel trying to get home from my Chicago trip, I had some time to finish drawing any missing pieces of the Mad Planets underlay and then make sure that all fills were added.

“Arcade away from home” Part 5 – Heading Home

The hope was that the worst days of my Chicago trip were behind us. Yesterday the truck had broken down with the games in the back, in the rain. We got it towed, but the dealership closed before we could get some answers and for all we knew, we might be in South Bend until Wednesday. Fortunately, that didn’t materialize.

“Arcade away from home” Part 4 – Smoke and Rain

In part 1, part 2, and part 3 of my story about picking up a couple of games in Chicago, everything had generally went well. I had some problems getting into town, some more expenses than expected and a hiccup on the way home from St. Louis but it seemed as though things were going fine. It didn’t end up that way…

“Arcade away from home” Part 3 – HUO Pengo!

Trust me, I’ve been itching to talk about this for over two months. A Home Use Only Pengo in awesome condition that plays blind. By the end of the trip, things certainly didn’t turn out the best, but the Pengo did make it back regardless.

Interesting Arcade Links – 2009-05-31

• Twin Eagle arcade game for $150, Sharpsville PA / Ohio Craigslist. Offer no more than $100, decent gameplay – http://tinyurl.com/qame2q #
• Super Cobra arcade game $250 South Elgin, Illinois Craigslist. Classic era game, probably worth $200 right now – http://tinyurl.com/p2xmpq #
• Super High Impact Football arcade game FS Chicago, Craigslist, $500. Interesting piece, overpriced, motivated seller – http://is.gd/FwUM #
• NARC Arcade game that fell off a truck. Asking $150, offer him $25 max for parts. Jenison Michigan Craigslist –

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Bringing back the “Arcade away from home” Part 2

I had this nice little idea where every piece of my trip to Chicago would be smooth and I would be able to crank out a post per day. Little did I know a perfect storm was brewing, in every sense, and the trip gets really interesting. But here is day two….