Asteroids

**NeoZeedeater** · 07 Jul 2002, 08:16 PM

The Vectrex is a great machine. I plan on buying one some time. There's a T-Shirt store in a mall near where I live that has one on display but they wouldn't sell me it.

**Sqoon** · 07 Jul 2002, 08:26 PM

Originally posted by NeoZeedeater
The Vectrex is a great machine. I plan on buying one some time. There's a T-Shirt store in a mall near where I live that has one on display but they wouldn't sell me it.

Zuh? Why would a tee shirt store (of all places) have one out on display?

**NeoZeedeater** · 07 Jul 2002, 08:32 PM

It's a custom T-shirt place with a '70's/'80's retro theme going on. Not only do they have a Vectrex but they have a Night Driver arcade machine and an Odyssey 1! My jaw dropped when I entered that place.

**Regus** · 07 Jul 2002, 08:50 PM

Originally posted by NeoZeedeater

Omega Race(Midway)

According to Omega Race's story line, the events of the game will occur next year.

Black Widow(Atari)

Wow, thanks for reccomending this game. I just played it , and I really like it's Robotron like play mechanics.

**NeoZeedeater** · 07 Jul 2002, 10:21 PM

Glad you like Black Widow. It's definitely a forgotten classic.

I wonder which came first, Black Widow or Robotron. They're both dated 1982, I think.

**Cheebs** · 08 Jul 2002, 11:04 AM

Man, I can play Asteroids until the cows come home. Pure gaming zen. The game just has perfect control.

**Cafeman** · 08 Jul 2002, 03:44 PM

<==== bigtime Asteroids fan.

Guess who's back, back a-gain? Coffee's back. Tell a-friend.

I think that Asteroids was the very first game I ever really played. If not, I still can vividly remember the place & situation of when I saw that machine in the back of a little Isaly's restaurant in around 1980 when I was probably 12 yrs old or so. Two bearded biker dudes (adults) were just having a great old time playing that game. When they left, I cautiously made my way over to the pulsating machine. Asteriods!

I still play it on the Digital Eclipse PSX and DC discs I have it on. The DC is a bit too high resolution though, it may be easier to see on the PSX a bit, due to the PSX's lower rez. Great game, and challenging. Getting to 10,000 is a feat!

**James** · 08 Jul 2002, 04:48 PM

Quite possibly the first arcade game I ever played, or saw for that matter. Honestly I'm not sure any more, but odds are pretty high and I've got a clear memory of sucking bad at it. I didn't get anything like good at arcade games until they introduced the joystick.

Playing Asteroids today, I've no idea how I could have played it so poorly. Amazing what 20-some years of gaming will do for you skills.

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James