andy@lasspvax.UUCP (Andy Pfiffer) (11/19/85)
In article <2146@reed.UUCP> bart@reed.UUCP (Bart Massey) writes: > >That was a truly fun vector game! > > >P.S. -- How much is one of those worth right now? Is it in the >purchaseable range yet? Are they hard to maintain? I recently bought one from a local arcade -- $200. It was in pretty good shape, considering the coin counters had close to 100000 on them. The left stick is a little sticky so I'm planning on replacing it. Points of interest: o It will play in four languages -- English, French, German, and Spainish. o It uses a 6502A as the processor and has 12K of ROM address space devoted to the game program. It has a hardware display vector board. Not counting power transformers and speakers, the game is on two boards of mostly discrete logic. o Depending on the DIP switches, the game gives extra tanks at 15,000 - 25,000 and 100,000. Short of a bug or rollover, there is no way to get extra tanks after 100,000 o The vector board provides a resolution of 1024x768 points from which to start or end a vector. (I'm hazy on this as I don't have the manual handy...) While having a rather ominous presence in my living room, it looks really nice when I turn down the room lights. I'm looking hard at a Crazy Climber... -- Andy -- ========================================================= USENET: {decvax,ihnp4,cmcl2,vax135}!cornell!andy%devvax ARPA: andy%devvax@Cornell.arpa MAIL: Theory Center/265 Olin Hall "What do you mean Cornell University I watch too much Ithaca, NY 14853 TV?" PHONE: (607) 256-8686 =========================================================
ee178acg@sdcc7.UUCP (Bud Weiser) (12/03/85)
In article <694@lasspvax.UUCP>, andy@lasspvax.UUCP (Andy Pfiffer) writes: > In article <2146@reed.UUCP> bart@reed.UUCP (Bart Massey) writes: > > > >That was a truly fun vector game! > > > > > >P.S. -- How much is one of those worth right now? Is it in the > >purchaseable range yet? Are they hard to maintain? > > I recently bought one from a local arcade -- $200. It was in pretty good > shape, considering the coin counters had close to 100000 on them. The > left stick is a little sticky so I'm planning on replacing it. > > > I'm looking hard at a Crazy Climber... > > -- Andy > I recently sold my BattleZone game for $200. It was a lot of fun but after a while ,when you turned, all of the lines were double images. This wasn't really a problem, though. I sold it because I was sick of playing it and was ready for a new game. About replacement handles for Battlezone: They loosen up after awhile and the replacement parts to stiffen them up were about $20 - $30. Parts aren't hard to find, but you pay for them. I bought my spare handles from an Atari dealer in Los Angeles. Does anyone know how much a Star Wars game costs nowadays? Harry