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Post number 14339

jcterminal — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 08:58:01 -0800

The chances you've played these games are slim. Very slim. We're talking about arcade games made by Atari limited to runs of 2 or 3. Prototypes from dumpsters and ex-employee yard sales, original (hand-drawn!) marquees, garage-soldered circuit boards.

Somehow, this one guy keeps getting his hands on them. Lucky bastard. Sure obsessions like this might seem unhealthy, but he has working versions of Marble Man, Primal Rage II, and Beavis and Butthead; you don't.

By: Kafkaesque

Kafkaesque — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 09:04:47 -0800

Pretty neat. Reminds me of the legendary Atari test room that was spoken of in hushed whispers when I was a kid. Myself, I'm waiting til I have room for one of these. Pinball is still the best game in the world if ya axe me.

By: vbfg

vbfg — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 09:06:37 -0800

Who does he play online against?

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 09:13:57 -0800

Sweet. I know it's like talking about cds to a dj spinning vynil, but I've found some of the rarer 2600 games for Stella floating around the net. Mostly the games that didn't sell or were very hard to find at the time (Custer's Revenge, Friday the 13th). Of course using my keyboard isn't the same as the sweet ass old 2600 sticks.

By: trioperative

trioperative — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 09:29:56 -0800

I agree with eyeballkid, about it not being as fun when playing with a keyboard, but it sure is hell is still fun to play paperboy, having been reminded from that site how fun it used to be.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 09:44:23 -0800

At last year's arcade extreme show in San Jose, I got to play these. They were surprisingly complete, with cabinet art and everything.

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 10:01:57 -0800

Bummer, no I, Robot.

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 10:24:59 -0800

Yes there is NortonDC, for MAME. I play it all the time. Lately it's my fave MAME game.

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 11:07:40 -0800

As do I, eyeballkid, but I haven't seen a cabinet in maybe 15 years, so I was hoping this guy would have one his site.

By: waxpancake

waxpancake — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 11:20:12 -0800

There was an I, Robot cabinet at last year's California Extreme, too.

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 11:45:19 -0800

Hah, good find, waxpancake. That picture made me feel 14 again.

By: crog

crog — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 13:13:48 -0800

The documents and art in his collection are rather interesting, too. The goofy bellbottom conception art for the box cabinets are sweet. And I enjoyed reading the proposals for Star Wars, as well as LucasArts response which called for change for some inconsistancies with the Star Wars arcade game.