Dozens Of Classic Arcade Games Are Going Up For Auction In Australia

Everyone loves classic pinball machines and arcade games - although in the age of home video gaming, you're most likely to find them in amusement arcades, spewing out tickets for prizes of debatable worth.

But if you've ever wanted to own one of these fabulous machines in your home, you're in luck. A bunch are going up for auction in Australia.

Loyds Auctioneers are selling nearly 100 of the retro pieces of technology, with the majority of the sales ending at the end of this week.

You'll be able to pick up things like a SEGA Daytona game, a Virtua Cop 2 game, an Air Hockey machine, a WAC-A-CROC machine and even a Mini Dunxx Basketball machine.

Lloyds Auctioneers

Lloyds Auctioneers

Lee Hames, chief operations officer at Lloyds, said there will be a lot of people wanting to pick up these items to remember the good ol' days.

"The revival of retro, classic and memorabilia items including pinball and arcade machines is very strong, with people frantically trying to get their hands on them to enjoy or put on display in their pool room or mancave," he said.

"One of our strongest performing auction categories consists of items from the 1950s to 1990s, including cars, memorabilia, comic books, fashion clothing and old electronics.

Lloyds Auctioneers

Lloyds Auctioneers

"Phones are ringing off the hook with the number of enquiries we've had.

"As we have seen with classic cars, using one example, we have found many people buying cars because their father or grandfather had one, or they remember going on holidays in the car [and] the car broke down while on a road trip.

"These memories create strong emotions with people wanting to relive or make new memories with their children in these cars - and most importantly enjoy them."

While you might think you'll be able to pick up these games for peanuts, they will set you back a bit of cash.

Lloyds Auctioneers

Some of the machines are in the three-figure mark of around $200-800. However, there are other machines that will set you back up to nearly $5,000.

You could literally have hours upon hours of fun with these and can you imagine how good pre-drinks would be if you could jump in the hot seat and race your mate on Daytona.

The big question is whether you'll charge your mates to use it...? Jokes, that would be slack.

Topics: News, Australia

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