Scott Stilphen Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) A local news station did this piece from 1982: https://wnep.com/2019/03/25/video-vault-video-games-just-a-fad/ Games shown: Galaga (Midway) Ms. Pac-Man (Midway) Pac-Man (Midway) Congorilla (Orca) Space Battle (Mattel Intellivision) Tempest (Atari) Monaco GP (Sega) Super Cobra (Stern) (unknown game to left of Super Cobra) Asteroids (Atari) Battlezone (Atari) Challenger (Centuri) Vanguard (Centuri) (unknown Universal game to right of Vanguard) Edited March 27, 2019 by Scott Stilphen Justin, greenween, Atari Creep and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 A fad 43 years in the making. Quote "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 Video games? A fad? Outrageous. Its preposterous!! Obsurd. Nope...never heard of such a thing. Right of Vanguard looks like Q*Bert. I could somewhat make out the word "Challenge" on the arcade marque right of Battlezone. Not sure if it was first word or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 That one that I can make out part of the word "Challenge" next to Battlezone is bugging the hell out of me. I even visited a list of 1982 video games to try to find anything that closely resembles that game's marque but I have not found anything yet. The other one next to Vanguard I really didn't have much to go on. That marque looks like it has some kind of arm or other artwork that is either red or brown in color over a white background. So I'm marque hunting to try to find close matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 Finally Found IT!! http://www.mamedb.org/Game.aspx?id=1322 The game next to Battlezone is called Challenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 Well...now I notice you found it. Anywho, I found a picture of the cab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 Did more research (this has actually been fun) but I think I might have found a possible contender for that left arcade game next to Super Cobra. Here's a snap of the cab marque (outlined in red) where you can see something brown/red in the upper right corner. And so far the closest thing I have that comes close to that has been a game called Jack the Giantkiller by Cinematronics. and information on this game can be found here (http://www.mamedb.org/Game.aspx?id=4066). I'm trying guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 The unknown Universal game right of Vanguard ... Looks a lot like this Universal arcade game... http://www.mamedb.org/Game.aspx?id=8035 I'm still searching for game left of Super Cobra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 Well...I was browsing through lists of 1981 and 1982 arcade games from a MAME DB and noticed that most Universal cabs had this same artwork style on the sides. Then again that line on the cab in the video screenshot is closer to the edge than all the Universal cabs I've seen so far. It's also missing the yellow and orange ribbons. So still searching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Stilphen Posted April 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 On 3/27/2019 at 9:19 PM, kamakazi20012 said: That one that I can make out part of the word "Challenge" next to Battlezone is bugging the hell out of me. I even visited a list of 1982 video games to try to find anything that closely resembles that game's marque but I have not found anything yet. The other one next to Vanguard I really didn't have much to go on. That marque looks like it has some kind of arm or other artwork that is either red or brown in color over a white background. So I'm marque hunting to try to find close matches. All the games in that list were made in 1981 or earlier, with some being released in 1982 (like Ms. Pac-Man). Jack the Giantkiller (which I don't think is the game in question) was made and released in 1982. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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