FORQ Brings Street Fighter II: Championship Edition to Rusty Quarters!!!!

Today was an incredibly exciting day for the Friends of Rusty Quarters.  FORQ made its first purchase and was able to pick up the most demanded game that Rusty Quarters did not yet have: Street Fighter II: Championship Edition!!!

Thanks to everyone who had donated to recent FORQ fundraising efforts, we were able to purchase the game and bring it to Rusty Quarters.  Before the business day was over, Sage was able to get all the hardware squared away and it has already seen it's fair share of action!

A huge thank you to Paul in St. Michael, MN, for being such an incredible guy and selling his SFII cabinet to FORQ.  Paul told me how much fun he and his friends have had with this cabinet over the years, and he is very thankful that his cabinet will be enjoyed by gamers young and old for years to come!

If you wish to donate to the Friends of Rusty Quarters so that we may continue to bring more gaming classics to everyone's favorite Twin Cities classic arcade, please do so by clicking here.

It's a start...

The "Build Lego Mario" Indiegogo campaign has come and gone, and while we didn't hit our lofty goal of $1,287 (which would of been a dollar donation for each brick needed to build Mario), it did allow us to take that very important first step.  A total of $210 was raised, and after PayPal and Indiegogo charges were taken out, $183.21 was added to the FORQ account.  With the $5.05 in the account already (to open the checking account prior to FORQ launching), there is currently $188.26 available for FORQ to help expand Rusty Quarters's game selection!

We will be using the Lego Mario project again to raise money for the fund in the near future (stay tuned!) as it would be great to present the completed project to Annie and Sage to show how many people support this great classic gaming museum.

Here's how much we were able to build of Mario with $210 in donations!

 

We will also be holding other forms of fundraisers in the upcoming months, so please check back to see what else FORQ will be up to!  You can also donate at anytime via PayPal (click here to do so right now!).

 

Now that we have funds available for us to use and to help out Rusty Quarters, the big question looming over FORQ is whether to save up the funds until we can help purchase one of the Top 5 Missing Gems or to use them to purchase other great games that aren't on that list but we could purchase for a cheaper price.  What are your thoughts?  Let us know in the comments section below on whether we should Save or Spend!

 

Thank you again to everyone who donated!  We appreciate your generosity and your desire to see Rusty Quarters improve and grow!