View Full Version : If anyone has a few spare minutes....
shawnbo42
03-10-2007, 09:04 AM
I have a what I think could be a fun "challenge" for everyone here (if anyone's interested). A while ago, I put up a post to identify the video game in the opening sequence of the movie "The Goonies". After some speculation, we were successful in ID'ing the game, but now I have a new quest. In the movie Tron, there is the one scene in the beginning of the movie where he's walking through an arcade, just before he goes into the computer program. I want to see how many machines we can ID. I know, some of them will be stupidly easy because they are obviously right in front of you, but how about the stuff people are in front of, or is way in the back? Anybody up to the challenge?
Flack
03-10-2007, 12:38 PM
I think that sounds pretty fun! I'll post some screen shots from the movie tonight and we can start from there.
shawnbo42
03-11-2007, 10:32 PM
Well, I don't know if anyone else is into this or not, but, hey, Flack, if you wanna post those screen shots, we can give it a try between us....
boatofcar
03-11-2007, 10:36 PM
I'm into it!
Candycab
03-16-2007, 09:43 AM
This covers all the vids for the most part :) Space Wars, Battlezone, Atari Football (2 and 4 player), Rally X, Asteroids Deluxe, Tailgunner, Sprint 2, Berzerk, Atari Basketball, Omega Race cockpit
http://pic70.picturetrail.com/VOL1845/7894294/15662996/238198366.jpg
http://pic70.picturetrail.com/VOL1845/7894294/15662996/238198362.jpg
http://pic70.picturetrail.com/VOL1845/7894294/15662996/238198363.jpg
http://pic70.picturetrail.com/VOL1845/7894294/15662996/238198364.jpg
http://pic70.picturetrail.com/VOL1845/7894294/15662996/238198365.jpg
diskoboy
03-16-2007, 02:44 PM
Second picture - very lower left corner....
Is that a Sea Wolf machine?
Bonus points for anyone that can name all the pins! I know I can't. ;)
And where is the Omega Race cockpit? I can't find it....
Flack
03-16-2007, 02:53 PM
Hey candycab, thanks for posting those. After my laptop died last week I haven't reinstalled WinDVD, which is what I used to use to grab DVD snapshots. Thanks!!!
shawnbo42
03-16-2007, 06:51 PM
Second picture - very lower left corner....
Is that a Sea Wolf machine?
Bonus points for anyone that can name all the pins! I know I can't. ;)
And where is the Omega Race cockpit? I can't find it....
I thought so as well (Sea Hunter), but if you look at the marquee really close, it looks like a "T" and maybe an "O"? something....I can't figure that one out, maybe a conversion?
Candycab
03-17-2007, 03:10 AM
Second picture - very lower left corner....
Is that a Sea Wolf machine?
Bonus points for anyone that can name all the pins! I know I can't. ;)
And where is the Omega Race cockpit? I can't find it....
LOL you didnt see it beacuse I didnt put the pic up :)
Here it is right in the middle and rather obstructed
http://pic70.picturetrail.com/VOL1845/7894294/15662996/238408411.jpg
shawnbo42
03-17-2007, 08:52 AM
Second picture - very lower left corner....
Is that a Sea Wolf machine?
Bonus points for anyone that can name all the pins! I know I can't. ;)
And where is the Omega Race cockpit? I can't find it....
It IS a Sea Wolf machine, but not the marquee? (apparently) Any ideas on that one?
Candycab
03-17-2007, 09:44 AM
That is definitly a Sea Wolf on the lower left of the 2nd pic.
I couldnt make heads or tales of any of the pins either.
diskoboy
03-19-2007, 12:04 AM
It IS a Sea Wolf machine, but not the marquee? (apparently) Any ideas on that one?
It is a Sea Wolf 1 machine. You can vaguely make out the silhouettes of the boats on the only visible part of the marquee, sticking out.
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=S&game_id=9459
EDIT - The other one I'm trying to figure out is the very bottom picture. Far right. The Marquee that has the tank on it. Now someone needs to post pics of the arcade scene from WarGames :)
shawnbo42
03-19-2007, 08:52 AM
It is a Sea Wolf 1 machine. You can vaguely make out the silhouettes of the boats on the only visible part of the marquee, sticking out.
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=S&game_id=9459
EDIT - The other one I'm trying to figure out is the very bottom picture. Far right. The Marquee that has the tank on it. Now someone needs to post pics of the arcade scene from WarGames :)
Yeah, me too. You would think that with that much marquee visible, it would be an easy one. Funny, though, isn't it? We can ID a "mainstream" classic by one square iinch of sideart, but here we have like half the marquee, and still don't know (yet...). We'll ponder on it some more. And, I agree, the arcade scene from War Games would be cool as well.
Candycab
03-19-2007, 07:34 PM
Found this
http://www.mameworld.net/movies/Wargames1.jpg
diskoboy
03-20-2007, 11:46 PM
Found this
http://www.mameworld.net/movies/Wargames1.jpg
From left to right (visible)
-Dig Dug
-Galaga
-Zaxxon
-Subroc 3-D
cant make out whats next to Subroc.
and at the very end, Tutankham. :)
Are you sure that's an Omega Race cockpit? It doesn't look like the right shape... compare to: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6267374978 .
DogP
Candycab
03-21-2007, 11:38 PM
Are you sure that's an Omega Race cockpit? It doesn't look like the right shape... compare to: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6267374978 .
DogP
lol compared to that its definitly not an Omega Race, the graphics arent even close.
Anyone else venture a guess ?
diskoboy
03-22-2007, 10:59 PM
Actually I think it is an OR cockpit. The "OMEGA" lettering is above that little 'notch' on the side of the cabinet (the part of the sideart that looks like it should be protruding from the cabinet).
The only problem is - this pic is the only view of the cockpit model, I can fiind. I cant find a picture that shows the rear or front of the cab. That little rocket looking thing on the front would give it away. And if I remember correctly, weren't the Omega Race cockpits pretty small (compared to most others at the time)?
http://www.peterhirschberg.com/arcade/images/_games/omegaracegame.jpg
EDIT - someone took the pic down... Sorry.
Yeah, the OR cockpits are small... here's a pic of the rockets though... not the same style: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://ggdb.com/img/ggdb/vol1/1976_1_th_gm.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ggdb.com/GameByName.aspx%3Fvid%3D1976&h=150&w=133&sz=8&hl=en&start=14&um=1&tbnid=emRy2DVdifm3GM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=85&prev=/images%3Fq%3Domega%2Brace%2Bcockpit%26svnum%3D100% 26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1B2GGGL_enUS176%26sa%3D N . I have an OR cockpit and it's definately not the same.
Ah... here it is... Space Tactics: http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=9683
DogP
diskoboy
03-23-2007, 10:29 PM
Yeah, the OR cockpits are small... here's a pic of the rockets though... not the same style: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://ggdb.com/img/ggdb/vol1/1976_1_th_gm.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ggdb.com/GameByName.aspx%3Fvid%3D1976&h=150&w=133&sz=8&hl=en&start=14&um=1&tbnid=emRy2DVdifm3GM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=85&prev=/images%3Fq%3Domega%2Brace%2Bcockpit%26svnum%3D100% 26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1B2GGGL_enUS176%26sa%3D N . I have an OR cockpit and it's definately not the same.
Ah... here it is... Space Tactics: http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=9683
DogP
BINGO!! I didn't even know there was a cockpit version of Space Tactics. I see it now... It's almost got that Turbo cockpit design...