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Author Topic: Ebay - Space Invaders Fishtank (Aus)  (Read 2202 times)

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Ebay - Space Invaders Fishtank (Aus)
« on: January 09, 2006, 10:57:26 pm »
I have never seen ANYTHING like this before!!

Its an LAI Space invaders cabinet thats been turned into a fish tank.

Heres the link!





If I lived in South Australia I'd DEFINITELY bid on this one.
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Re: Ebay - Space Invaders Fishtank (Aus)
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2006, 11:14:31 pm »
Looks like Asteroids to me.
Why are there joysticks on that?
This is just too ghetto. EpTheGeek where are you? We need you!
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Re: Ebay - Space Invaders Fishtank (Aus)
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2006, 11:15:19 pm »
A travesty to Asteroids and to fish alike.
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Re: Ebay - Space Invaders Fishtank (Aus)
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2006, 11:23:01 pm »
A travesty to Asteroids and to fish alike.

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Re: Ebay - Space Invaders Fishtank (Aus)
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2006, 12:46:40 am »
It's got an Escape from the planet of the Robot Monsters marquee on it- the joystics may be Hall-Effect sticks.

edit- just read his Q&A section- looks like he added some regular sticks after he gave it the Aquaman treatment.
« Last Edit: January 10, 2006, 12:48:51 am by Kremmit »

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Re: Ebay - Space Invaders Fishtank (Aus)
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2006, 12:56:41 am »
It would be easier and more respectful to run an aquarium screensaver.

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Re: Ebay - Space Invaders Fishtank (Aus)
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2006, 03:03:51 am »
I had a buddy of mine put a fish tank into a gutted cab once. It wasn't Asteroids though...it was Hydra.

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Re: Ebay - Space Invaders Fishtank (Aus)
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2006, 06:47:32 am »
Damn you all (and everybody else) - I've been watching this with the intention of restoring it, but it looks like it's going to go for way too much :P

---by the flying spaghetti monster's hairy nether regions!---, I am so jealous of you North Americans who can get cheap interesting cabs...

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Re: Ebay - Space Invaders Fishtank (Aus)
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2006, 10:55:21 am »

What I want to know is why they'd use such a huge stand for such a tiny tank.

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Re: Ebay - Space Invaders Fishtank (Aus)
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2006, 12:21:29 pm »
Do the joysticks control the fish?  That would be cool.

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Re: Ebay - Space Invaders Fishtank (Aus)
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2006, 12:35:10 pm »
The fish die if you don't 'insert coin'
Now in a tasty new flavour.

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Re: Ebay - Space Invaders Fishtank (Aus)
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2006, 12:37:47 pm »

Do you still get the Space Invaders music?

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Re: Ebay - Space Invaders Fishtank (Aus)
« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2006, 01:16:06 pm »
It would be cool if you could still play Asteroids.  It would add a new level of challenge and depth because you couldn't always see the asteroids when a gold fish swims in front of them.  It might have been better to turn it into a reptile tank.  It would add a low budget Godzilla/SciFi effect to the game.

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Re: Ebay - Space Invaders Fishtank (Aus)
« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2006, 01:19:24 pm »
It would be cool if you could still play Asteroids.
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Re: Ebay - Space Invaders Fishtank (Aus)
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2006, 01:20:59 pm »

You wouldn't be able to keep the water at a suitable temperature anyway.

(and no, you ain't putting a fishtank in my AD)

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Re: Ebay - Space Invaders Fishtank (Aus)
« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2006, 04:48:08 pm »
$108 isnt expensive!! What do you reckon it would cost to courier the cab from SA to Sydney??

Its only got 3 hours to go..
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Re: Ebay - Space Invaders Fishtank (Aus)
« Reply #16 on: January 10, 2006, 05:47:35 pm »
$108 isnt expensive!! What do you reckon it would cost to courier the cab from SA to Sydney??

Too much for you ;) Seriously though, I'd guess around the $100 mark at a bare minimum (it doesn't have a monitor and you could always forego the fish tank unless you really want it, so that would save on weight).

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Re: Ebay - Space Invaders Fishtank (Aus)
« Reply #17 on: January 10, 2006, 05:52:44 pm »
Shameless Plug!

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6243926332&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

This is my old cab for sale on ebay!

I bought it with the intention of doing it up, but it never happened. Just bought my MEGA mortal Kombat machine, with MK1, MK2, UMK3 and MK4 inside, so it kinda went on the backburner.
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