Shit, that brings back memories. Kaybee had these by the pallet. Ended up with one called Cosmic Clash, the sync voice sounds like its saying "yabba dabba do" when you land a hit.Quote:
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Shit, that brings back memories. Kaybee had these by the pallet. Ended up with one called Cosmic Clash, the sync voice sounds like its saying "yabba dabba do" when you land a hit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name
not a boom box, but they did make a transformer in japan that turned into a hi fi audio setup. Sadly they did not bring him tot he US, nor was his name 'Corksniffertron'
This thread is making me very happy.
A failed toy line and show, Captain Power had ships and flak laser cannons that operated on a similar principle to the old 8 bit gun games (well, I think they did)
also the game tapes (the only time your grandmother was right by calling them "d'm game tapes') were all classic 80s anime
I remember, but never got Captain Power. I do have a boxed Action Max with 4 tapes in my basement though!
Unless you're old like me and had one of these -Quote:
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Oh yeah. I found one those atari tape thingies about 5 years ago. Cool idea.
A lot of people write about Nolan Bushnell, but few write about his failures. Apparently he was huge into robots later in his career.
Techforce was way way way ahead of its time. It was like bringing the old atari tank game to your living room. And they came with a lego compatible part so you could build lego robots. I got one used as a kid and never did figure it out. The previous owner lost the manual and paperwork
I really wish someone would write a book on the nonvideo game stuff the atari guys did. Lots of wacky stuff.
http://www.theoldrobots.com/Techforce.html
http://www.reocities.com/androbot.geo/axlon.html
http://www.reocities.com/androbot.geo/Allan_branch.html
manuals if any of you treasure hunters every hunt down a set
http://www.theoldrobots.com/book59.html
one is up for real cheap on ebay too http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Tech...-/321638413604
I always wanted an Atari Portfolio.
It was just cool to see such a small computer back then.
Some of the more recent 'ahead of their time' computers were appealing to me as well, like the Sony Vaio Picturebook, or the NEC ZX1, but not to the same degree.