Oh the attack of the hand helds a/v console attack

[ussexplorer]

Well, I was in Wamart and they are stocking for christmas. With tons and tons of handhelp a/v classic and even new games. I added them up and figured I would least need 120.00 at about 20.00 a peice for eatch unit.

So I decided to hit the walmart site and found even more stuff. I admit some of them I'll never purchase. Like snow board, sponge bob, disney and what not. But Atari, intellivison, and check out the arcade legends space invadors.

 

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product_lis...430&sb=61&bti=0

 

laters,

 

ussexplorer

[Radio F Software]

It looks just like the arcade controls!

 

The monster truck one is cooler!

[sega saturn x]

the spave invader hurts your hand. Thier all cool but their all way way to small.

[Mr Egg]

i bougth the space invaders stick . i wanst impressed . lots of missing sounds and not very good framerates specially in KIX. i returned mine to wallyworld promptly . the miss pacman from jakks is way better , specially pole position with te twist controll

[Stingray]

It looks just like the arcade controls!

 

 

I assume this was sarcasm, as it looks nothing at all like the arcade controls. Space Invaders doesn't even use a joystick, it uses a different style of buttons, and the artwork is completely different.

 

-S

[NE146]

Space Invaders doesn't even use a joystick

 

Yes it does. All original Taito Space Invaders machines used Joysticks. You're thinking of the U.S. made Midway licensed versions (which arguably had inferiour artwork/construction as well). But your point is taken

[NE146]

Forgot to include the Midway upright for comparison

[Stingray]

I stand corrected on the joystick issue. Of course I was thinking of the Midway version, having never even seen a Taito machine in person.

 

And I would argue that the Midway machines (both upright & cocktail models) were better looking, but of course that's only my opinion.

 

In any case I'd think that most people in the US, where this device that Wal-Mart is flogging is primarily being marketed would be more familiar with the buttons only control on Space Invaders than the joystick.

 

-S

[NE146]

Yeah was just showing you. But again you're right in that the tv-unit we're talking about above looks nothing like the arcade controls.. either of them!

 

You really think the Midway version is nicer? Look at this sideart! And the Taito version is made even snazzier since it's vinyl too!

[Stingray]

Well again, I guess it's just what you're used to. When I think Space Invaders, I think of those big-ole stenciled monsters.

 

But then again, I'm pretty fond of my Space invaders cocktail:

 

 

Which doesn't have the monsters on it anywhere. Nor does it have a joystick or left/right buttons (it uses an odd lever control for base movement). I guess this is one game that had quite a few variations both in controller setup and in overall cabinet looks. But I stand by my original point in that the system we're discussing uses controls that look like none of the arcade varieties.

 

-S

[NE146]

But I stand by my original point in that the system we're discussing uses controls that look like none of the arcade varieties.  

 

Agreed upon earlier

you're right in that the tv-unit we're talking about above looks nothing like the arcade controls.. either of them!

 

Yeah you got the U.S. 'lever" controlled cocktail. Those are actually harder to find I think than the original Taito cocktails... which probably number in the gazillions (I remember whole arcade rooms filled with nothing but them). Also too the recent Space Invaders 25th Anniversary collection for the Playstation 2 came out with a commerative controller that was shaped like the cocktail.. 'course it was the Taito version though.

[Stingray]

Also too the recent Space Invaders 25th Anniversary collection for the Playstation 2 came out with a commerative controller that was shaped like the cocktail.. 'course it was the Taito version though.

 

That's pretty nifty, I haven't come across one of those yet.

 

-S