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name this game please i forgot the name.
« on: July 05, 2006, 06:10:09 pm »
can you name these games?
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Re: name this game please i forgot the name.
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2006, 10:29:04 pm »
Is this a trick question?
The middle one is by Atari, and is probably Rebound. The cabinet style though is the same as Gotcha.

The first and third pic (same pic?!?!) is a regular space shooter (like Galaxian or other) that had the alien head added to it.

There's an artist (or pair of artists) who were very popular for their psychedelic artwork in the 70's and they were commissioned to come up with those alien head designs as additions to arcade cabinets. I forget if a manufacturer commissioned them, or if it was a particular arcade [chain] looking to spice up their offerings. Anyways, they prototyped a couple and they were never mass produced.

Wish I could remember the artist name. It's on the tip of my tongue. I knew someone who had a whole book of their stuff years ago.


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Re: name this game please i forgot the name.
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2006, 10:38:47 pm »
Roger and Martyn Dean! Known for doing many psychedelic album covers in the 70's and 80's, as well as cover art for Psygnosis games!

That alien head game is a special Space Invaders.
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http://www.ionpool.net/arcade/taitans/taitans.html

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