New York, NY
So I picked up a cool find this week; a game that belonged to James Earl Jones and was gifted to his agents. It's moved around a couple of offices and apartments before it made it's way to me. They are selling their place and were ready to say goodbye.
Game is of course mint, but the unique thing about the game is that it has a couple of custom callouts from Mr. Jones. One of them says "Thanks Barb and Jeff!," the names of their agents, and another says something like "Flynn...I AM your father!" Flynn is James' son, who is 43 now so he was just a kid when the game was produced.
Definitely one of the cooler, odder pieces I've crossed paths with. Being in NYC can have it's perks for cool stuff like that.
Fortunately the custom ROM is fine as were the boards; the batteries were changed once (the ones in there had a 2006 expiration date on them). The previous owners said "someone from SEGA" came by to visit them in the late 90s and changed the batteries. The batteries in there currently were starting to rot but still worked and hadn't spread any visible damage.
I've reached out to some folks at Stern to see if they have any more info on this story. Game itself needs some work, some of the mechs are seized up and the DMD is dead, but it did start a game. Not sure when I'll have a chance to work on it but looking forward to it, never had this game before.
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CrazyLevi
ChadH
Did you ever confirm the CPU & Audio rom versions? Should show on boot. I’m very curious if these are a 1 off version of 1.02 or something
