#Snow bros 2 jamma full
Both were stuffed full of arcade gems from the late 80s and early 90s.
There appeared to be some really interesting stuff, stored across two locations, the room mentioned above and a separate garage. What he saw was an untouched treasure trove of filthy arcade cabinets, crammed into the small room: Standing on the tip of my toes, I popped my head over the threshold of the door and the sight that met my eyes was nothing short of astounding. One of the lads showing me around perched atop a bench that was balanced on its end, and illuminated a small crammed space on the other side in a way that only an inadequate torch from a smartphone can muster. At the back of the room was a door slightly ajar, that had to be climbed up to see what was on the other side. Once in, they clambered over all sorts of junk – the type of thing you’d expect to be stored in such a place – boxes, tables, benches and old gym equipment. On arrival, Phill was ushered across a field to an isolated outhouse. This was a perfect scenario: a seller with a room full of untouched “junk” who was going to bin everything anyway, and an eager collector, happy to pay a fair price for the machines. Arrangements were made with Phill to pop over, take a look at the machines and hopefully make an offer to clear the lot. Sure enough, two days later, Phill received a phone call telling him that the machines were still there, and that the owners never got round to hiring a skip to get rid of them as they had originally planned.
Then he said a couple of years ago they were going to hire a skip and get rid of the lot!! He took my number and told me he’d pass it on to his mate… Said hangout was an out-house with a pool table, air hockey and 15+ arcade machines! He went on to say that as the kids grew up the machines fell into disrepair and were stored in the garage (the hangout became a gym). My friend started to tell me that as a kid he used to hang around at a neighbor’s house as they’d built a hangout for their sons and their mates, as there really was no where else to go in the small village. This is one example of discovering a haul of cabinets as a result of a random conversation about the hobby.Ĭollector Phill Burton happened to be talking to a friend one day earlier this year, and the subject Phill’s passion for arcade collecting came up. Often, these “raids” come about by pure chance.
But they do happen, and proves that these machines are still out there waiting to be discovered. As stashes of arcade machines get discovered over the years, finding out about new ones becomes more difficult. Always good to report on an arcade raid over here in the UK, as sadly for us British collectors, these tend to be few and far between.
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