Crazy Otto Recreation, California Extreme, and VICE

[JrPac]

Although I am not very active here any more, I thought I'd share this.

 

Over the past few years, I have been working on recreating a full cabinet of the mysterious prototype Crazy Otto, reverse-engineering Ms. Pac-Man code as well as designing a full set of artwork.

Essentially, it's a recreation of what Crazy Otto would have been if it had come to market.

 

 

I was recruited to give a presentation at the California Extreme Arcade & Pinball convention regarding my classic games collecting and Crazy Otto, also paired up with one of the original programmers: Steve Golson. The game was out on the show floor for all to play.

AtariAge gets a mention

 

The local newspaper has done an article on the subject as well,

http://www.goldenstatenewspapers.com/tracy_press/teen-builds-lost-video-game/article_34affc3e-2c0f-11e5-9b09-8fb35dd3931f.html

 

And even VICE wrote an article on preservation of classic games. I'm in the second half.

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/passing-the-arcade-torch

 

Pretty exciting

Edited July 27, 2015 by JrPac

[fiddlepaddle]

Great accomplishment!

[Jeremy Popp]

Congratulations and well done. Also, great job with your public speaking, when I was your age I would not have done as well as you. Sorry your first experience with Atariage wasn't so great, but we are glad to have you. Keep up the good work!

[PacManPlus]

Congratulations.

 

Haven't watched the video yet (I can't where I am) but kudos for preserving Crazy Otto!

 

Bob

[JrPac]

Thanks guys

Nice to be welcome back on AA.

Edited July 29, 2015 by JrPac