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Arcade Treasures With Price Guide: With Price Guide (A Schiffer Book for Collectors)

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Pictures, pictures and more pictures of your favorite pinball machines and arcade machines. A bargain at the reduced price, too. This is my favorite arcade book of several I own.

Book shows developing history of coin-op machines, with most detail from the 30's through the 80's. All types of amusements covered, with heavy concentration on pinball. This book got me hooked on the subject and prompted my first pinball purchase.

Book was filled with pictures of games I played as a kid. Lots of great pics and wonderful content. Price guide is not a reason to buy this book. But if you want to find a game from a long time ago this is it.

If you're interested in video arcade games from the 80s, this book will disappoint you. The content is VERY pinball-centric, with only passing mentions of arcade cabinets here and there.

Not what I expected.

I wasn't planning on buying this book due to the price. Boy, was I glad I did! Tons of pictures and information. I'm already trying to hunt down one of my all time favorite arcade games; Wrestlefest (Not mentioned or pictured in the book, but I was inspired.)

The market is a big determiner of what these games go for. The minute this book hit the stands it was out of date. Bill Kurtz fails to touch the pulse of collectors in this guide as it appears to be more ego gratification than a viable resource. And he considers himself in the business?...

Contem varias fotos de maquinas de fliperama (muitas eletromecanicas) e outras tipo "arcade" . Infelizmente faltam algumas fotos de maquinas que fizeram muito sucesso no Brasil, como Big Shot (73), Circus (73) , OXO, Big Indian . De qualquer maneira vale a pena !