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Author Topic: computer space game auction... not mine, just interesting :-)  (Read 1747 times)

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http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Fiberglass-Arcade-Console-One-of-a-kind-find_W0QQitemZ170241582413QQihZ007QQcategoryZ139971QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

  He has an original Computer Space game for sale, although it doesn't work, prolly just needs one or two vacuum tubes replaced.  $500 seems like a steal to me....

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Re: computer space game auction... not mine, just interesting :-)
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2008, 04:30:26 pm »
HE bought it when he was ten?? Maybe his dad did, but still. Then again, maybe they got it cheap compared to Asteriods just coming out.
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Re: computer space game auction... not mine, just interesting :-)
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2008, 06:19:51 pm »
vaccuum tubes?
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Re: computer space game auction... not mine, just interesting :-)
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2008, 03:16:43 am »
Is this emulated? I know that it is, whats it called discreet something-or-rather. I have seen this machine as the holy grail of what is rare, but i'd love to play it. Does anyone like it?

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Re: computer space game auction... not mine, just interesting :-)
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2008, 01:38:07 pm »
Somebody's gonna get murdered if I see this show up as MAME cabinet later this year.



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Re: computer space game auction... not mine, just interesting :-)
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2008, 02:32:35 pm »
Yes indeed, it does have vacuum tubes! It uses  a regular B/W  RCA television set, including plastic case mounted in it. I have a one and a two player game. The game play is a lot like Asteroids. You are a ship floating around in space with two enemy ships trying to shoot you. You can control the direction and speed of your ship and when to fire at them. The enemy's pattern is random and they disappear off the screen and reappear in another place. The game play is timed. It only keeps score of enemy's hit, time you were hit, and time left in the game. That is my biggest beef - there isn't a high score to beat. The two player has a joy stick with a fire button on the top of it. I like this better than the one player that has all buttons. Fire, rotate, and thrust. I know that a lot of people dislike the game play, but they probably do not have one of their own. I enjoy  playing them not just for the game play, but also for the looks and the history. I have seen a couple of these converted to other games.....made me want to cry :'(

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Re: computer space game auction... not mine, just interesting :-)
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2008, 02:58:53 pm »
This is local to me, but I'm not really interested in it. Saw somewhere (KLOV maybe) that its located near Doylestown, PA.


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Re: computer space game auction... not mine, just interesting :-)
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2008, 04:20:35 pm »
Somebody's gonna get murdered if I see this show up as MAME cabinet later this year.

I know how some people on this forum get when groups of people say stuff like that, but I am with you on this one