Hearbreaking to see the scrappers got in there and wrecked havoc glad you are still able to save all of those games. I can't wait to see them all up and running again!
The sad part about that is the scrappers probably got like 100 bucks combined for all the damage they did . That’s a generous estimate . The boards aren’t worth anything because those were before the days of using a lot of precious metals . What a waste .
The BZ should be relatively straightforward to bring back to life. The Sonic Asteroids is basically empty, but could be fixed up with guts from a standard Atari Asteroids.
Great story, way to work the long game and ferret them out. Tough luck with the tweaker damage but glad you all got to the, when you did. Nice work man!
A second run theater in Louisville KY called J-Town 4 had that same version of Asteroids, and was the only kind I knew of when I was knee high to a grasshopper until I got older and found the normal ones in other arcades around town.
It's always strange to find games manufactured for different markets (e.g., games built in the Atari Ireland factory, or domestic Japanese games) show up in the US. There's usually some kind of reason for it, like a shortage of US-market cabinets or an unscrupulous importer trying to circumvent licensing restrictions! Haha
Awesome! These amazing places still exist,unfortunately often tied up in legal issues or personal family issues. We got about 30 of our 50 games from a very interesting open air warehouse in north Louisiana that belonged to an elder operator that had passed away. Lots of really cool units. Cockpit red Baron,cabaret Tempest and Stargate. Sometimes we get lucky,and get a chance to pick up the pieces of the past that are waiting for us…⚡️👾⚡️
Thanks so much! Don't tell anyone, but I've got at least one other potential warehouse raid (maybe two) that I'm working the long-game on... but who knows if they'll actually ever come together?
I don't know why, but i absolutely love NATO Defense. I'm so jealous of that find. If you can't locate a tape deck for it, I've seen people modify them with MP3 players. I also think it's hilarious that not even the scrappers wanted to touch the Kangaroo.
Yes, I'm glad I got the NATO Defense -- especially with the board set attached to the back door. I'll probably look into going down the MP3 player route with that one. And yeah, poor Kangaroo gets no love from anyone!
@@overtimearcade I might be able to help. I do know who makes a harness. It’s identical to a thief so working on both of them at the same time will be good.
If only they were smart enough to safely part out the games, they would have made a lot more money selling stuff to collectors than what they got in scrap metal!
I saw a video along time ago with a dragons layer two cabinet in it. I tried to ask the person who filmed the video where the location was, and they promptly deleted the video.
50 bucks a game even if you get one game running you got free parts very good pick up was very interesting finds good luck with the project hope you can get them all back together
HEY,....NICE SCORE ON THE BZ CABARET, (I HAVE TWO OF THEM ) W/REDZONE KITS & ORIGINAL PCBS,....LOVE TO SEE THE RESTORATION VIDS ON THAT ONE. KEEP UP THE COOL VIDS!...YOURE DOING GREAT
Kinda sad to see, but unfortunately, it's cheaper to just abandon ship rather than pay the money to move giant cabinets when the money is too tight to rub two nickels together. Lifelong Kanawha County resident, and I can tell you that at some point, all the arcades died off and never came back. There were attempts at retro gaming shops, but those also died off quickly. Someone keeps telling the gameroom operators that there's just no money here, and they can't help but listen. And then everyone's shocked when the kids pack up and leave, saying "There's nothing to DO here!". And then the bars with slot machines move in, along with all the meth dealers. I've heard there's a barcade, but it's over in Huntington, a College town, and I live nowhere near there, and it's just not cost-efficient to travel fifty miles to go to an arcade.
If you're planning to restore that Asteroids, let me know if it has a high voltage cage. I have a WG 19V2000 monitor that I would trade for a good Electrohome G05-801 high voltage set.
Very cool -- I might just take you up on that! I've got a few people very interested in buying or trading for the Sonic Asteroids cabinet as-is, but I'll let you know if I decide to keep it and need to figure out a monitor situation. Thanks!
so which cabs were outright missing since the original find? Were the town council (or whomever your contact was) forthcoming in what the current state of affairs was in the building before you went there?
In the original video 6 years ago, we could see a Gyruss, Wizard of Wor, and Space Zap that were missing when we arrived... but the Space Firebird cabaret was a surprise find. The mayor got us some updated photos before we worked out a deal, and although we could tell that some of the games had been moved, it wasn't a comprehensive tour or anything. All in all, I think we're happy with the outcome but it would have been even better to save this stuff 6 years ago!
Indeed -- if they knew anything about this stuff, they could have made a LOT more money by selling the intact wiring harnesses to collectors and restorers!
@@overtimearcade realistically speaking, how much money worth of copper is in a crt yoke? I can't imagine it being more than 2-3 bucks.. probably it's even in the cents. are these people just so desperate or is it some sort of hobby? I really don't understand, pretty much everyone should get that these are classic games that are worth more than just the raw material, and even then why are you destroying something so valuable just for a few bucks
Yep, very little value as scrap. I do think many people don't understand what these things are worth -- see the wild prices on Facebook Marketplace (crazy high is just as common as crazy low) for example. Plenty of people don't think to do 5 minutes of research to understand the market prices for stuff.
@overtimearcade I'm driving 500+ miles one way to get games at the moment. I'm in hurricane country so we lost a lot of places that might have had treasures over the years. Currently people want above retail for even non working games.
Oh wow! Have you ever had anything shipped with Fastenal? The price can be very competitive if the seller is willing to palletize the game and drop it off at a terminal.
Thanks - I’ve already got one for the Irish FF I picked up a few months back, but I think Liam from Retrobotics is in search of a board for the FF he pulled out of this raid…
WOW CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PURCHASE, IT'S A SHAME ABOUT THE BROKEN MONITORS TO GET THE COPPER BASTARDS. HAS THE BOSCONIAN BRAND ARRIVED? I'LL SEE IF I CAN FIND THE ASTEROID SAGASA-SONIC BRAND. BEST WISHES
Hey now, I figure I should pick up as many projects as I can while I'm still a young man with a strong back... and then in my golden years I can spend my days tinkering in the garage without exerting myself too much!
@@overtimearcade You can't expect a lot of cash rolling in in short times. But you will make a lot. If you buy a broken space invaders for $100 and fix it up..then you can sell for $1000 you're making $900. Only if you're into. Most people don't have the time and hours or skills. Remember..you're doing this for fun and at the same time you're making money. But if you think in terms of turning this into a business you might get disappointed because it takes patience and time.
@retroconsole_ That math don’t math though. 😂 $100 might have been the cost for the trashed cabinet itself, but by the time you factor in parts and labor (to say nothing of taxes & business expenses), I’d be selling it at a loss for $1000. Also, a decent Space Invaders isn’t even worth $1000…
@@overtimearcade you're telling me there are not arcade enthusiasts out there? There are more than you think. I said "$1000" but you can sell for more. This is even a great money making hobby if you're retired and you want to do something.
@@chriscravens4915 That would be the healthy approach. It is kinda nice to flip flop between five or so projects to keep from burn out, but I think I'm gonna start working my way towards getting them sorted.
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Hearbreaking to see the scrappers got in there and wrecked havoc glad you are still able to save all of those games. I can't wait to see them all up and running again!
Thanks - they’ll live again! Wiring harnesses can be replaced, but finding all those necked tubes was a real gut-punch!
@@overtimearcade Indeed! A fully functioning CRT monitor would be more valuable than the copper wiring they got from the coil
@CyranoJones509 500x yes!
The sad part about that is the scrappers probably got like 100 bucks combined for all the damage they did . That’s a generous estimate . The boards aren’t worth anything because those were before the days of using a lot of precious metals . What a waste .
What a world, what a world!
Awesome video. Love these raids. Cant wait to see these games getting restored especially the sonic asteroids and the battle zone
The BZ should be relatively straightforward to bring back to life. The Sonic Asteroids is basically empty, but could be fixed up with guts from a standard Atari Asteroids.
Maaaaaaan, that's a fantastic adventure. Asteroids and Battlezone, my beloveds! Battlezone stressed me out when I was a kid lmao
Thanks! I’m really psyched about the BZ!
Great story, way to work the long game and ferret them out. Tough luck with the tweaker damage but glad you all got to the, when you did. Nice work man!
Thanks, buddy! Wiring harnesses can be replaced, but the necked tubes were the real tragedy!
That was awesome! Sad to see all the damage but at least they were still mostly in tact. So many Thiefs. Thanks!
Multiple Thief cabinets and multiple scrapper thiefs!
"Asteroides". LOL. Whoever Jim is, he freaking LOVES Lock 'N Chase... I'm surprised he didn't take that cab and put it in his bathroom!
Who *doesn’t* love Lock ‘N Chase??
Wow, what an adventure. Most would look at that and see junk. I's so cool to see the vision you guys have to get these restored and saved.
Thanks -- one man's trash is another man's treasure!
This was my first legit raid too, lol. Definitely one to remember haha
Unforgettable for sure!
I remember you telling me about this. Wow! Glad you guys got to do this!
@rossvinelli1267 It was quite the adventure!
A second run theater in Louisville KY called J-Town 4 had that same version of Asteroids, and was the only kind I knew of when I was knee high to a grasshopper until I got older and found the normal ones in other arcades around town.
It's always strange to find games manufactured for different markets (e.g., games built in the Atari Ireland factory, or domestic Japanese games) show up in the US. There's usually some kind of reason for it, like a shortage of US-market cabinets or an unscrupulous importer trying to circumvent licensing restrictions! Haha
Awesome! These amazing places still exist,unfortunately often tied up in legal issues or personal family issues. We got about 30 of our 50 games from a very interesting open air warehouse in north Louisiana that belonged to an elder operator that had passed away. Lots of really cool units. Cockpit red Baron,cabaret Tempest and Stargate. Sometimes we get lucky,and get a chance to pick up the pieces of the past that are waiting for us…⚡️👾⚡️
Wow, an *open air* warehouse in Louisiana? What sort of condition were those games in, and did you take any video??
Wow! Great video!! Nice grab on the Food Fight!!!
Thanks -- I would have been angling for the FF myself if I didn't already have one in my restoration queue!
Awesome video, Charlie! Thanks for documenting such a cool find and adventure! Love watching stuff like this. Keep up the great videos!
Thanks so much! Don't tell anyone, but I've got at least one other potential warehouse raid (maybe two) that I'm working the long-game on... but who knows if they'll actually ever come together?
@@overtimearcade Nice! Hope they end up working out!
@cosmiccottagearcade Thanks - keep your fingers crossed!!
@@overtimearcadeIs that so? 🤔🤔🤔
@retrobotics Oh snap, no one was supposed to see that!
Being from WV and wanting arcade machines this both breaks my heart and upsets me I didn't know about this place
I’m sure there are more places just like this one waiting to be discovered out there!
Very well job done Charlie with the help of your friends 👍🏼
Thanks - it was definitely a team effort! 🤩
Such a crazy score! I'm happy for you guys.
Thanks -- it was an adventure for sure!
Love seeeing that Space Firebird - this was a big favourite of mine back in the day and one of the first times I'd heard of Nintendo.
I’m jealous that it went home with Dillweed instead of me. 😂
@@overtimearcade Dahoyey
@@overtimearcade I would seriously love an official one. I have my MAME arcade and it's fine and all but nothing beats the original.
@crunchyfrog555 Maybe make
@thedillestweed2644 an offer he can’t refuse??
@@overtimearcade A Cube Quest!
Congrats on taking away what you were able to salvage from the savages.
Thanks! If we don't fight against entropy, who will?
This is like finding an Egyptian tomb but the looters got to the treasure first.
Hey, at least it wasn’t completely empty like Al Capone's Vault!
I don't know why, but i absolutely love NATO Defense. I'm so jealous of that find. If you can't locate a tape deck for it, I've seen people modify them with MP3 players.
I also think it's hilarious that not even the scrappers wanted to touch the Kangaroo.
Yes, I'm glad I got the NATO Defense -- especially with the board set attached to the back door. I'll probably look into going down the MP3 player route with that one. And yeah, poor Kangaroo gets no love from anyone!
Fun stuff. I’ve still got to finish my nato defense. Everything is there, it’s just a matter of getting the board set fixed I think.
Thanks! Any suggestions for how I can fix mine will be appreciated!
@@overtimearcade I might be able to help. I do know who makes a harness. It’s identical to a thief so working on both of them at the same time will be good.
@randomfungames3208 Good, because I’ll need a complete harness!
Super awesome video and raid! Next time lemme ride along 😂 Cool saves
Are you saying you want to be my... passenger princess?? LOL
@@overtimearcade Anytime when arcades are involved 😂!
@BacktotheMedia Fine, then you’re in charge of snacks!
You know ive heard of this building, but i never knew which one it was. Now i know. Missed out on this being less than 15 minutes away from me.
Oh interesting, how did you hear about it??
A place to basically show up with a Large U-haul & hand trucks & furniture dollies & work fast.
That's exactly what we did!
Had to call out the "Arcade Hieroglyphics" at 11:54. Sorry, not Sorry. 😂
Get yer mind outta the gutter, Del! 😂
Awesome raid, but those scrappers can die in a fire, wow, so much destruction 😢
If only they were smart enough to safely part out the games, they would have made a lot more money selling stuff to collectors than what they got in scrap metal!
Kangaroo cabs are always mint. Never fails.
It’s because the game was so lackluster it never got played! 😂
I saw a video along time ago with a dragons layer two cabinet in it. I tried to ask the person who filmed the video where the location was, and they promptly deleted the video.
Maybe they thought you were a fed?? LOL
@@overtimearcade just some punk kids who in the video were throwing rocks at the game sadly.
@wingerfan1 Hopefully justice caught up with them eventually!
Great find there. Nothing in the Uk like this :(
Everyone always says the days of warehouse raids are over in the US too… until somebody finds one!
@@overtimearcade I bet there’s still plenty out there hidden away waiting to be discovered
Hope springs eternal!
Nicely done boys!
Thanks!
Man im so jealous right now :)
Your warehouse raid is out there somewhere too, just waiting for you!
50 bucks a game even if you get one game running you got free parts very good pick up was very interesting finds good luck with the project hope you can get them all back together
I’m definitely planning to restore all the games I got, or at least trade/re-home them with fellow collectors!
More midweek madness 🤪 Love a good raid.
Mucho love for my channel members!
Thats was totally worth it just for the Battle Zone.
I agree 100%!
Great deal. No doubt
Thanks -- I agree!
👍fantastic finds
What an adventure!
HEY,....NICE SCORE ON THE BZ CABARET, (I HAVE TWO OF THEM ) W/REDZONE KITS & ORIGINAL PCBS,....LOVE TO SEE THE RESTORATION VIDS ON THAT ONE. KEEP UP THE COOL VIDS!...YOURE DOING GREAT
Thanks, Angelina - I appreciate your support!
Can’t believe this guy still hasn’t invested in an enclosed trailer yet lol I couldn’t IMAGINE picking up games without mine!
I’ve owned 50+ games and this is the first time I’ve even used a trailer to pick any of them up! 😂
@@overtimearcade I guess you’re a real man! Great vid bro!
@OneLovePsych Thanks! I figure any money I invest in a trailer is that much less money I’ll have to spend directly on games! 😅
Having no Enigma 1 is … enigmatic.
I know, right? And what about Pepper II as well??
That was fun!
Thanks, bro!
Tells me to get in, and drives off.
Take a running start and leap into the truck bed!
is that Tayllor Lucas??
The one & only Dillweed!
Those were Asteroids for the Latin American market that match what you found. We parted a bunch of these in Miami.
Wild stuff - really strange that I found it upside down in a warehouse in the middle of West bygawd Virginia!
The warehouse we found them was slammed with termites lol
@Coinplaygaming Ouch, one of the downsides of Florida and the rest of the southeast, eh?
@@overtimearcade just places that are left unwatched. I have pulled a bunch with no issues
@Coinplaygaming I’m sure it’s a bit like rolling the dice each time?
Kinda sad to see, but unfortunately, it's cheaper to just abandon ship rather than pay the money to move giant cabinets when the money is too tight to rub two nickels together.
Lifelong Kanawha County resident, and I can tell you that at some point, all the arcades died off and never came back. There were attempts at retro gaming shops, but those also died off quickly. Someone keeps telling the gameroom operators that there's just no money here, and they can't help but listen. And then everyone's shocked when the kids pack up and leave, saying "There's nothing to DO here!".
And then the bars with slot machines move in, along with all the meth dealers.
I've heard there's a barcade, but it's over in Huntington, a College town, and I live nowhere near there, and it's just not cost-efficient to travel fifty miles to go to an arcade.
Maybe you could open up a public retro arcade, or perhaps start with a few games placed in a popular hangout?
You obviously love games more than I do! 🤣
I live for this!
@@overtimearcade To catch Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Lymphocytic choriomeningitis, Tularemia, Hantavirus, Rabies, Toxoplasmosis? 💉
@tigheklory Nothing ventured, nothing gained!
@@overtimearcade LOL!
@z0ner69 👈 This guy gets it!
If you're planning to restore that Asteroids, let me know if it has a high voltage cage. I have a WG 19V2000 monitor that I would trade for a good Electrohome G05-801 high voltage set.
Very cool -- I might just take you up on that! I've got a few people very interested in buying or trading for the Sonic Asteroids cabinet as-is, but I'll let you know if I decide to keep it and need to figure out a monitor situation. Thanks!
so which cabs were outright missing since the original find? Were the town council (or whomever your contact was) forthcoming in what the current state of affairs was in the building before you went there?
In the original video 6 years ago, we could see a Gyruss, Wizard of Wor, and Space Zap that were missing when we arrived... but the Space Firebird cabaret was a surprise find. The mayor got us some updated photos before we worked out a deal, and although we could tell that some of the games had been moved, it wasn't a comprehensive tour or anything. All in all, I think we're happy with the outcome but it would have been even better to save this stuff 6 years ago!
@@overtimearcade thanks for the reply, appreciate it....OVERTIME!
@808v1 I try to respond to every comment I receive - thanks for watching!!
unbelievable what some people do for just a few bucks worth of copper
Indeed -- if they knew anything about this stuff, they could have made a LOT more money by selling the intact wiring harnesses to collectors and restorers!
@@overtimearcade realistically speaking, how much money worth of copper is in a crt yoke? I can't imagine it being more than 2-3 bucks.. probably it's even in the cents. are these people just so desperate or is it some sort of hobby? I really don't understand, pretty much everyone should get that these are classic games that are worth more than just the raw material, and even then why are you destroying something so valuable just for a few bucks
Yep, very little value as scrap. I do think many people don't understand what these things are worth -- see the wild prices on Facebook Marketplace (crazy high is just as common as crazy low) for example. Plenty of people don't think to do 5 minutes of research to understand the market prices for stuff.
Awesome raid. Did Jungle King #2 get saved?
Sadly, no. It was stripped for parts though - everything that wasn’t directly in contact with the raccoon skeleton at the bottom, that is. 💀
Wow! They wanted to auction that stuff?
Yeah, they really didn’t know what they were doing methinks!
Would’ve been an amazing find if a majority of the machines weren’t necked and destroyed. Still a great find but that really sucks
It’ll just make the restorations that much more satisfying!
That kind of stuff never happens around here. Its like a desert here. Or Robotrons for $3k.
This is my first real raid, and it happened after I’d already owned 50 games. Have you seen my “how to find deals” video? Networking is the #1 key…
@overtimearcade I'm driving 500+ miles one way to get games at the moment. I'm in hurricane country so we lost a lot of places that might have had treasures over the years. Currently people want above retail for even non working games.
Oh wow! Have you ever had anything shipped with Fastenal? The price can be very competitive if the seller is willing to palletize the game and drop it off at a terminal.
Can someone link the video of the walkthrough six years ago that was referenced?
It’s in the video description, but here it is for your convenience: th-cam.com/video/cfN1jH0y92A/w-d-xo.html
Seeing almost every monitor necked made me want to throw up
Only two out of 18 tubes were intact… 🪦 🍺
@@overtimearcade easily my biggest worry about the hobby...the increasingly dwindling, finite number of tubes out there
@tekidtheblack5946 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may!
All because someone on the town counsel was greedy.
Greedy?
Nobody was greedy. The town gave us a good deal.
@retrobotics Yes, well, at first they gave us the run-around, before ultimately giving us a decent deal!
I'll tell you one thing, This would never happen in Australia.
But it HAS happened in Australia… www.aussiearcade.com/topic/14187-warehouse-raid-in-adelaide/
Hope those were free
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure!
I have a Food Fight board if you are interested in rebuilding yours.
Thanks - I’ve already got one for the Irish FF I picked up a few months back, but I think Liam from Retrobotics is in search of a board for the FF he pulled out of this raid…
@@overtimearcade ok if you can let him know I have one for sale.
Thanks for the shout! I think I've secured one though. Only thing needed is a harness.
@retrobotics Thanks for organizing this epic raid!!
WOW CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PURCHASE, IT'S A SHAME ABOUT THE BROKEN MONITORS TO GET THE COPPER BASTARDS. HAS THE BOSCONIAN BRAND ARRIVED? I'LL SEE IF I CAN FIND THE ASTEROID SAGASA-SONIC BRAND. BEST WISHES
Thanks! I believe the Sidam Bosconian marquee has shipped and should be arriving soon. Please do let me know if you find one for Sonic Asteroids too!
Hey Charlie just I have a space invaders deluxe monitor bezel.. it’s free for you!!
Thank you so much, Todd, but Liam from Retrobotics already gave me one!
Will these games get fixed up in the near future or will they sit in the garage in the background for the next 10 years. 🤣
Hey now, I figure I should pick up as many projects as I can while I'm still a young man with a strong back... and then in my golden years I can spend my days tinkering in the garage without exerting myself too much!
They're barely worth worrying about
You wouldn't want a Battlezone cabaret or Food Fight cabinet to restore??
@overtimearcade yeah but with less cockroaches and spiders :-)
@brad9529 We found zero roaches, tons of spiders, and one raccoon skeleton!
if you're good in fixing old broken arcades you could make tons of cash on flipping.
I’ve done the math. The “tons of cash” you speak of ain’t there. 😂
@@overtimearcade You can't expect a lot of cash rolling in in short times. But you will make a lot. If you buy a broken space invaders for $100 and fix it up..then you can sell for $1000 you're making $900. Only if you're into. Most people don't have the time and hours or skills. Remember..you're doing this for fun and at the same time you're making money. But if you think in terms of turning this into a business you might get disappointed because it takes patience and time.
@retroconsole_ That math don’t math though. 😂
$100 might have been the cost for the trashed cabinet itself, but by the time you factor in parts and labor (to say nothing of taxes & business expenses), I’d be selling it at a loss for $1000.
Also, a decent Space Invaders isn’t even worth $1000…
@@overtimearcade you're telling me there are not arcade enthusiasts out there? There are more than you think. I said "$1000" but you can sell for more. This is even a great money making hobby if you're retired and you want to do something.
@retroconsole_ It’s a great hobby, and it can even be a somewhat profitable hobby, but it’s not a highly profitable business.
what is bizarre to you is not bizarre for a meth addict cutting wires
Are you saying I should try to think like one?? 😅
@@overtimearcade you may already. . . not saying you are an old school arcade games addict but. . .
@13rett13allard I can stop anytime I want to… I swear! 😂
First comment!
YOU WIN!
How many more arcade cabs do you need?…….Don’t you think that you have way too many to work on?????……geezzz
I ask myself this everyday
@@thedillestweed2644 You need to work on the ones that you have then get more……
@@chriscravens4915 That would be the healthy approach. It is kinda nice to flip flop between five or so projects to keep from burn out, but I think I'm gonna start working my way towards getting them sorted.
Why, do you have some you’re looking to sell?? 😅
@thedillestweed2644 Don’t let those dark thoughts cloud your mind!