As
mentioned a couple of weeks back, my progress on the 100k Challenge has been
limited during August. The main reason for this is the acquisition of two new
arcade machines that I have been playing or tinkering with...
Firstly I
picked up a Sega House of the Dead cabinet, in fully working condition (though
there is some cosmetic damage) for £300 including delivery. This is currently
resident in my garage, which will eventually be knocked down and replaced with
a brand new games room designed to hold 10-15 machines. It was a bit impulsive
to buy it so soon but at that price it was too good to resist!
The second
machine came from Martin, the excellent deliveryman who is relied upon by many
arcade and pinball collectors in the UK, and delivered the HOTD cab. The
machine is Exidy’s Crash, a 1979 black and white release that cost me £125 with
no charge for delivery since it came along with the Sega machine!
The Exidy
cab has an interesting back story, as it came from the Duke of Lancaster ‘Fun
Ship’ in North Wales, as part of a large scale operation to remove all the
machines from that location last year. This is well documented on a number of
sites including JAMMA+ and Dragon’s Lair Fans. This machine needs some work as
you can see from the picture, but is complete and should make a nice project.
I did
manage to get a little bit of gaming in for the 100k Challenge too, setting a
new high score of 58,800 on BurgerTime. More importantly I am now at the level
where I can get over 40k on every game, so can hopefully increase the top score
more significantly in the future.
That rounds
things up for August. It’s not really worth showing a summary as there have
been no significant changes since July, but here’s the current state of play
with each game…
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