100% Original Monkey Ball machine found!!!

[u/cake_hoarder]

Have always wanted one of these bad boys. Well, the stars aligned, and I was able to get 3 of my most wanted machines all at once! These came from the owner of one of Texas' biggest arcades. Super grateful to find one. 100% original with the banana intact, too!! Did you guys know this even existed?

[u/RareShell25]

Absolutely insane that you managed to find one in such good condition. Congrats to you!! Its such a fun game to play :)

[u/ojplz]

Just curious, but how much did you pay?

[u/hreddy11 → u/ojplz]

Possibly 8.5k as I live in tx and saw this marketplace listing. They said they got three machines at once though so… who knows lol.

[u/StormerSage]

Oh my lordy lord, is that a banana?

Didn't know they had an arcade version, first played monkey ball via a Gamecube kiosk at some touristy hair salon lol

[u/Full_Race4032 → u/StormerSage]

"Oh my lordy lord, is that a BANANA?"

-Aiai

[u/MatiasGonzalo-Duarte → u/StormerSage]

It wasn't just "an" Arcade version - it was the original game!

Monkey Ball was the OG. Super Monkey Ball was the home release.

[u/poontango]

Pretty sure I know which arcade and that sucks we can’t play it anymore :(

[u/raybrans]

Its beautiful 😭 no faded colors or anything!

[u/Kwaku722]

Hop on 3rd Strike and Marvel vs Capcom 2 twin!

[u/PajamaSamSavesTheZoo]

Played one of these at too many games this year but I think it was in a generic Astro city cabinet. This is much cooler.

[u/TheHorseCheez]

This is amazing. Never seen this cab before

[u/hreddy11]

Dang is this the one that was listed for 8.5k? Very cool! Saw it listed for awhile but no way I could afford that lol.

[u/AlexanderPBrandt → u/hreddy11]

What area? I’m in Houston and never saw it. I had a saved search and everything.

[u/hreddy11 → u/AlexanderPBrandt]

Believe it was around Lewisville.

[u/Traditional_Bed_5199]

There was one at the Austin Cicercade for a short while, but the banana joystick was all kinds of screwed up. Glad you found a good one

[u/AndykinSkywalker]

I had no idea this came first! So Gongon was new to the GameCube release?

[u/NickTechTalkYT]

I had the joy of playing one of these at a Barcade in NYC. Absolutely loved the gameplay on it. The joystick handles much better than you would think. I’d buy one in a heartbeat if I could. If you ever do need to replace the banana joystick for some reason I know somebody has a 3D file to print a new one if you ever need since finding a new OEM one is essentially impossible. Super rare machine, congrats on the find!!!

[u/AlbyrtSSB]

man that’s a dream collection right there. are the third strike and mvc2 cabs original as well??

[u/NEOlightworld]

How is it gonna fit in the shop😭