Money-Making Ideas??

[Rabid]

I love genius, madness and obsession.
Not necessarily in that order..
Good luck.

 

[cookingfat]

Recently, you have noticed me being on here less...this is due to a new addiction: Donkey Kong
I currently can get about 100,000 points, and I think I am pretty good!

As addictions go, it's not a bad one to have! I spent a large part of the early '80s playing Donkey Kong. My high score is a little over 250,000 but I don't play it regularly. My poison is Defender!

I've searched online for places to buy a Donkey Kong machine, and it seems that $1,700 is about the standard price...

I am very willing and wanting to save up for this.

No need: build yourself a M.A.M.E. cabinet for $100! Here's mine.

good job on the MAIM cabinet. the screen is small I guess, but you did well for what you had.

Also, I watched that film, 'King of Kong a fistful of quarters' and it was OK, I suppose. I don't like that Billy Mitchell though, he's too full of himself.

 

[MichaelErskine]

good job on the MAIM cabinet. the screen is small I guess, but you did well for what you had.

That screen is a 17" monitor (rescued from landfill) which looks tiny in the cabinet but doesn't seem to matter when you're playing. Somebody kindly donated a 19" monitor to replace it but it requires some quite severe cabinet modifications!

Also, I watched that film, 'King of Kong a fistful of quarters' and it was OK, I suppose. I don't like that Billy Mitchell though, he's too full of himself.

I haven't yet seen that particular movie. I did attend the European premiere of the 2006 movie "High Score" and got to talk to the subject, William Carlton. The world Defender champion was also in the audience but I was too intimidated to speak to him

 

[samsung4123]

is cubelagoon worth it? i worked really hard just to get an ES 2x2

 

[Nuceria]

Actually, my teacher just sold his machine for pretty cheap. He had it in the shop and had to get rid of it when he retired. Too bad you didn't ask earlier.

 

[SaberSlash49]

Has the TC(Thread Creator for people that don't know) found his DK machine? This might take a while, but while you're raising money, ask your parents (if you still live with them) if you could have their spare change, and you put all of your spare change into a decently sized bucket or something, and then after a while, it can stack up fast. I had an ordinary water bottle (half a liter) and decided to stuff it full with change, and I got about 15 dollars (about 1/4 of it was pennies) from it. Then, you can exchange at a local bank or grocery store (Target, Wal-Mart, Kroger, etc.) and get some good cash.

Just my two cents. (pun intended)

- Saber

 

[StachuK1992]

No I haven't, but I don't really plan on buying a DK machine anymore. I've decided to spend it on stuff I really need, like college tuition (and cubes).

 

[Edmund]

King of Kong was a great movie. It was on G4 so awhile back and I watched it.

 

[StachuK1992]

Yeah. I've been wanting to watch "Chasing Ghosts," but don't know where it's showing. :/