Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
In the Zone
orion:
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--- Quote from: Mauzy on March 20, 2009, 09:57:02 am ---Dang I thought this was going to be something about Twilight Zone... ;D
Sweet find though! I've never played BattleZone on a dedicated cabinet, but playing it in MAME is always great. Good luck!
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you wouldn't think that if you have ever played it on a dedicated cabinet. It would be impractical to dedicate two top firing joysticks on a mame cab just for battlezone in most setups and you can't replicate looking though the viewfinder (or whatever they call it) in mame, which to me makes this game pretty submersive.
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Oh yeah! Im sure its a hundred times better. I've never had a chance to play the deal real considering the fact that the game is ten years older than me. I would definitely jump on the chance to play one in the wild though.
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You would love it, I hope one day you do!
Level42:
--- Quote from: orion on March 20, 2009, 10:07:28 am ---
--- Quote from: Mauzy on March 20, 2009, 09:57:02 am ---Dang I thought this was going to be something about Twilight Zone... ;D
Sweet find though! I've never played BattleZone on a dedicated cabinet, but playing it in MAME is always great. Good luck!
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you wouldn't think that if you have ever played it on a dedicated cabinet. It would be impractical to dedicate two top firing joysticks on a mame cab just for battlezone in most setups and you can't replicate looking though the viewfinder (or whatever they call it) in mame, which to me makes this game pretty submersive.
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Funny, the game developers actually didn't want that viewfinder because it blocks the view for on-watchers. I think it was one of the reasons for the game's succes however, although many other games had the same thing, mostly submarine games (even mechanic one's).
Kevin Mullins:
--- Quote from: Level42 on March 20, 2009, 01:54:02 pm ---Funny, the game developers actually didn't want that viewfinder because it blocks the view for on-watchers. I think it was one of the reasons for the game's succes however, although many other games had the same thing, mostly submarine games (even mechanic one's).
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That's what the small clear side windows are for. ;D
And you will find BZ's without the entire "periscope" style bezel...... but I think they look and play oddly myself.
(and of course I can't find a picture of one at the moment, their not super common)
Spyridon:
--- Quote from: Kevin Mullins on March 20, 2009, 02:03:54 pm ---And you will find BZ's without the entire "periscope" style bezel...... but I think they look and play oddly myself.
(and of course I can't find a picture of one at the moment, their not super common)
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The cabaret style cabs didn't have the "periscope"
Here's a full size one without it
Kevin Mullins:
Thanks Spyridon ......
Yeah, none of the cabarets had any kind of periscope bezel that I know of.
Duh, just realized the non-periscope version you posted was a pic from KLOV..... I just did a basic image google and didn't even come across that one. I never even thought to just look there.
:P
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