http://kotaku.com/366370/the-haunted-ms-pac-man
Everyone knows that Ms. Pac Man is filled with ghosts, four of them to be specific. But a fifth ghost?
That's what a Boston-area Craigslister claimed when he was contacted to ask why he was giving away a Ms. Pac Man cabinet for free.
Someone on ArcadeControls.com contacted the cabinet owner for the explanation, which involves poltergeist, a crying 3-year-old and a "dark figure."
I sent a message to see if anyone had claimed it and if they had any pics. I got a response back saying that it was available but no pictures. I emailed back asking why they where getting rid of it for free. Here is the response I got.
"When I bought this machine the previous owner told me it was haunted. I laughed, didn't believe him, because I didn't believe in that sort of thing.
Got a bad feeling the day it was delivered. Game started on its own in the middle of the night several times, had a tech service the machine three times (very pricy housecalls), but he couldn't find the problem.
Three-year old daughter started talking about the "man in the video machine", didn't think much of it, then my wife saw a dark figure move across the basement and into the machine. She ran out of the house, would not return until the machine was out of the house. I moved it to my business garage (two miles away), and several times I have opened the garage to find tools missing or scattered, things tipped over.
This is why I am giving away a $1000 machine for free."
Other forum goers who emailed the man were told that he was giving it away because he's a lucky man. So either he's changing his story, or has decided ditching a haunted cabinet would be easier if people didn't know the back story.
The Craigslist posting was still up when I checked this morning, so I emailed the owner, but haven't heard back. Maybe he's been sucked into the Ms. Pac Man.
This doesn't belong here... SPA material.
But it's about an arcade game. Surely it belongs here. o.o
Not necessarily. This isn't about news or discussion of a video game... just some weirdo who thinks his machine is possessed.
I think it's viable for either forum, actually.
But then, who cares what my opinion is???
A ghost in the machine, you say...
That's neat, have you gotten a reply yet? (I lived in a haunted semi-detatched house when I was 6, nothing really happened until the woman who had caused the person haunting the side I lived in to kill herself planned to move back into the other side of the house)
