AH JONSEY STOP ME!!!!!

Flack · Post by **Flack** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:33 am

http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/vgm/2649544515.html

$95??!?!?!

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 6:55 pm

Good price but the game kinda sucked. I always thought of it a a quarter eater.

I guess they all were, but that one never gave me the satisfaction like a Gauntlet would.

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Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:41 pm

Haha! I love it. Here's the listing:

This listing features a Taito 10-Yard Fight Video Arcade Game.

Cactus Jacks is getting rid of a lot of video games and other related equipment. We're located at 1211 N Council, Oklahoma City OK 73127 (NW 12th and Council). This item is on the arcade floor, so come by and check it out all you want - we're open from 10A thru 10P Monday thru Sat and open at Noon on Sunday.

Price is firm, cash only. We will not hold this item - first person to pay for it gets it and must take it within 24 hours (preferrably immediately).

If this add is still posted, this item is still available. Call or Text Mike at (405) ThreeOneFourThreeFiveSixNine for more information.

The funny part is that Cactus Jack's had TWO Ten Yard Fight games. That's twenty total yards of fighting!

$95, though, man.

So, Flack. I guess this is the question everyone wants to know:

How does it feel?

You are moving into your new home... you are selling your old games to some extent... you no longer have the ability to have that "free agent" mentality where you can pick any game up you want... Are you OK with this? Is it weird at all? Or had you given up reading craigslist for deals lots lately?

Flack · Post by **Flack** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:03 am

Here's the background -- as a kid, I loved that game and was semi-decent at it. ICJ and I went to Cactus Jack's and they had not one but two 10-Yard Fight machines there. I did really bad at it with ICJ looking over my shoulder and do not feel that my performance that day was a true representation of my virtual football skills.

So the lack of space in the new place kind of sucks. Like I said, there's a small area (upstairs) that could house about three machines. If I were a bachelor then I would say yes, the back den/living room could hold my entire collection, but apparently the head of the household (not me) says that's not an option. Putting some of them out in the garage is a possibility but ... I just can't imagine playing them all that often out there. We'll see, I guess.

10-Yard Fight is an old game that can be 100% faithfully recreated in MAME. Additionally, I'm not sure they ever released dedicated cabinets for the game -- I think they are just Taito cabinets painted black. There's no reason "today" to own that game. It's the 12-year-old me that wanted to own this game "back then" that's doing the wishing.