One more for the collection
Back in the late 80s i wanted to buy one of each Star Wars arcade machine.
I found most the sit down Star Wars machine two different versions etc so all was good , but the one that i never found was the sit down Empire Strikes Back machine, i only ever heard of one still running in the UK and it was at a shop long gone now called the Star Wars emporium , Gary who owned the shop had one and used to still charge for a go in it , this was the only one i have ever seen or heard of in the UK and the case was a dedicated ESB case with some yellow on the Vader that is different to the Star Wars machine so i always wanted a UK ESB sit down for the collection.
That was back in the middle 90s and that was the last i heard of one of these ever being in the UK.
last Christmas i was trolling through ebay like i do and there was one for sale , not working but intact and ready for restoration , i had to have it and sat there till it came up , the final price was much lower than i had expected and even though there was some work to get it up and running again it was nowhere near as much as i though it was going to go for and at last i got the last machine i needed.
Then the owner contact me to arrange for the pick up of the machine and thats when it hit me, it was the same Gary that owned the Star Wars emporium , this was the same machine that i had seen in the 90s and the only one i have ever heard of being in the UK , i am shore there were a few in the 80s but none laster and most got converted back to being just Star Wars machines as that game was more popular , all in all an amazing find one one thing off my list of things i need smile emoticon
So here it is for everyone to see, i am so please to own this machine something i have looked for over 29 years
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