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Scramble Arcade Cabinet buy ? Yes or No

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Hello!

I need your opinion.
I've been looking for a machine like this for at least 30 years.
Unfortunately, I'm not an expert in this area, so I wanted to ask here.
I can get this machine for just under €300.
Approximately how much is it worth?
It has the following defects:

1. The sound is scratchy.
2. The screen unfortunately has severe streaks.
3. The cardboard covering the screen is torn.
4. The key is missing.

Can the screen be repaired so that it works 100% again?
I can do a bit of soldering and so on.
I would need help, though.
What would you do? Buy it or not.

Thank you in advance for your help
 

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Firstly, those Zaccaria cabinets look so cool. :) There is a collector here in the northwest US who has a bunch of them he brings to a pinball show every year, they are very unique!

I would buy it! It sounds like this is a game you have been looking for, and I don't know the market in Europe but the price seems good to me. The cabinet looks like it is in great cosmetic condition, and the monitor is working; these are the two major things I look for when purchasing a cabinet, as they are the biggest hassle to deal with. The cardboard surround can be remade/repaired easily and the lock can be drilled out.

The game board is alive with some issues that can be fixed. I would dump the ROMs and check they are good first. There is also a test rom for Scramble available here which might help you pinpoint the issue: https://forums.arcade-museum.com/threads/test-roms-galaxian-moon-cresta-scramble.395098/

EDIT: oh yeah, also if you don't want to try and repair the board, you could replace it with something like a BitKit2 FPGA (https://craftymech.com/bitkit-arcade-fpga/) with an adapter like this one: https://pcbjunkie.net/index.php/cabinet-adapters/jamma-to-konami-cabinet-adapter/
 
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