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EightBySix:
Wtf is a telegraphic address?
HeadRusch1:
Jason, what was the gameplay like?  Never saw one in a Connecticut arcade, but there weren't that many in the late 70's that were close to me so I took what I could get, had to go to The Cape or some other tourist trap to find the arcades that had been around awhile, Seaview Playland etc, that still had vintage machines before Space Invaders hit....

Was it one of those loose associations with the UFO tv show from back in the day?  Live-Action with the guy who did Thunderbirds doing all the model work....

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Nephasth:

--- Quote from: EightBySix on March 23, 2013, 06:35:52 am ---Wtf is a telegraphic address?

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--- Quote ---Definition of telegraphic address

 noun
chiefly historical
 an abbreviated or other registered address for use in telegrams.

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jasonbar:

--- Quote from: HeadRusch1 on March 23, 2013, 07:52:30 am ---Jason, what was the gameplay like?  Never saw one in a Connecticut arcade, but there weren't that many in the late 70's that were close to me so I took what I could get, had to go to The Cape or some other tourist trap to find the arcades that had been around awhile, Seaview Playland etc, that still had vintage machines before Space Invaders hit....

Was it one of those loose associations with the UFO tv show from back in the day?  Live-Action with the guy who did Thunderbirds doing all the model work....

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WOW, I wish it were like the UFO show, complete with letter-perfect ball printer! No, it was very simple. I recall there being some landscape, probably a backlit wiiiide photograph (or series of photographs lined up nicely--I'd say "stitched", but that implies recent computer image processing...). Then, I believe there was a simple UFO projected in light on the landscape somewhere, & it would probably move around--you need to swing around in the seat & find it & then shoot it.

Sorry my description is vague. For me, like pretty much all EMs, it's an absolute wonder of engineering & design, but I rarely find them fun to play, so I play them once & then forget about them. *blush*

Thanks,
-Jason
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