Artwork picked up from a warehouse / Irem distributor

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Artwork picked up from a warehouse / Irem distributor

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Some amazing art, including super rare In The Hunt overlays.
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Yep, it was awesome to see/play In The Hunt at a local movie theater (of all places) back in 1993. The Dynamo upright that hosted the ItH PCB had a backlit ItH marquee, so that was cool to see in person. After reading the Metal Slug article in the Retro Gamer magazine, it's interesting to learn that it was one of Miyazaki's artbooks that inspired the creation of it in the first place.

Such remarkable condition of that cool Irem arcade swag you've got there given their age, exidy. You never know what you'll find inside one of those old arcade distro warehouses, it's akin to going on a treasure hunt indeed.

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Two gold mines in a row!
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This guy :!: :lol:
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*drools* I am so jealous right now...
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That R-Type II marquee is fuckin slick.
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trap15 wrote:That R-Type II marquee is fuckin slick.
It fucking is! Jealousy! :lol:
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Stealth bragging topic :?: lol
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motherFUCK that's awesome.
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Want those Raiden posters so badly! D:
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Wow, congrats on another great find.
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Ah, Raiden II AND Fighters.

Nice haul.
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I could still use to find a Raiden Fighters marquee in the event that I ever get another cab for my PCBs... Nice haul.
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How big are these arcade posters usually? Was thinking about picking up some myself, but I need to know if I've got space on the wall for them =P.
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I had never seen the US Undercover Cops marquee. Certainly looks better than the cover of the canceled US SNES release.
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Any possibility you can scan these if they aren't readily available? They look sick.
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Please scan even if hq ones are kept private ... no idea if many decent copies of any of this wonderful work exists.

And yeah great find.
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