How Much Will Bret Get for his Michael Jackson Arcade Game?
This is my friend Bret–a successful Pinball Machine & Arcade Game repair man–dancing with a vintage (c. 1990) Micheal Jackson’s Moonwalker coin-operated arcade game. I also have a photo of Bret dancing with a goat, but the goat made me promise not to reveal it.
Anyway, Bret was absolutely devastated with the news that his favorite singer, Michael Jackson, had passed.
Bret loved Michael Jackson; he even confessed to me that he secretly wanted to be Michael Jackson. He often said that, if only he could find a way to do it, he would–if asked–seriously consider having Michael Jackson’s next baby (and possibly naming it “Tilt”).
Haha! I’m just kidding around here folks! I had to issue a little payback to Bret for the cruel Michael Jackson-related social homicide he attempted to pull on me back during the Holidays.
What he did was, he drove me through the crowded streets of downtown Glendale in his heavily-oxidized black Mitsubishi Mini-Truck (which happened to be loaded down with pinball machines at the time) while bobbing his head up-and-down to Michael Jackson’s “Bad” as the song blasted out the windows at full volume for all the Christmas shoppers.
You know I’m bad…I’m bad…you know it…
Real funny, Bret.
He was pretty proud of himself for embarrassing me, but I wasn’t nearly as embarrassed as his hysterical laughter would indicate.
But, I didn’t write this blog post to get back at Bret (at least that’s not the only reason). I thought it would be fun to try and guess how much Bret’s Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker arcade game–which is currently listed on ebay–would sell for given the current interest in everything Michael.
The item is a full sized coin-operated arcade game designed by Michael Jackson himself and is in excellent working condition.
You can see the auction details, more photos and current price HERE.
The bidding started at 99-cents and has had a few bids already.
So, how much will the final bid be?
The person that comes the closest to guessing the final bid will receive a special “I won a lame-ass contest on Dead Rooster” badge to put on their blog (If the winner is not a blogger, I will try and come up with an equally useless item to present them with).
The eBay auction ends on Sunday night, so the deadline for my contest will be Thursday at 11:00 pm Pacific Standard Time.
Go for it!
Update: the contest is over! The final price was US $1,025.69 which means that Jenn at Of Cabbages & Kings is the winner! Congratulations, Jenn! (I’ll have to create your “I won a lame-ass contest on Dead Rooster” badge for your blog. I’ll bet your thrilled. LOL Don’t worry, I won’t be upset if you decide it’s way to beautiful to display in public.)
Dead Rooster is the online home of 
*raises pinky finger to mouth*
One million dollars!
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William McCamment
reply on June 29th, 2009 4:53 pm:
I think you may be overshooting the value a bit there Dr. Evil. LOL
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492…unless he changes his title to include the word arcade
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William McCamment
reply on June 29th, 2009 6:25 pm:
I agree. He needs to add the word “arcade”
You are smart baby!
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$1,376.45
It’s my lucky number.
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William McCamment
reply on June 29th, 2009 7:00 pm:
See, now THAT seems like a realistic prediction!
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Oh, let’s say… $1,000
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William McCamment
reply on June 30th, 2009 7:56 am:
Thanks for participating, Jenn! Good luck!
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I am entering the prediction of $6,695.00 on behalf of Michael who’s prediction came in via email. Good luck, Micheal!
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William McCamment
reply on June 30th, 2009 8:01 am:
Um, let’s hope that’s not “Micheal” as in “Micheal Jackson.” LOL
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This is a tough one, I was thinking that it would go for much much more when I first started reading the post, after taking a peek at where it stands now I will have to go with $1296
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William McCamment
reply on July 6th, 2009 5:55 pm:
You were close!
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I’m going with $1,370.00
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William McCamment
reply on August 9th, 2009 9:02 pm:
Haha! Nice try, but the bidding was over weeks ago and Jenn was the winner.
Ending bid price was US $1,025.69
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So who won?
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William McCamment
reply on April 29th, 2011 3:28 pm:
I revealed the winner in the final paragraph. Hello? LOL
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I remember playing this when I was a kid. I have thearcade in my games room and mine is a bit different. It was prettyfun, and I wasted quite a bit of quarters in it… hahahah. I thought this game would be stupid but it looks fun. The enemies are well designed and the pace is fast.
Back in 1990, this game was hot in the arcade. I bought the Genesis version, which was cool too, but I preferred this arcade version because it was multi-player and you got to move around the screen versus the regular back & forth movement.
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That was a steal for that machine! Now the big question is, did that include shipping?
I was thinking about this game the other day and doing a little research on all things arcade. I loved this game! I hope the person who purchased it will treasure it always!
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