atari_aaron Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 Anybody know what this thing is? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=1383609438 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 Holy cow, that's neat... My guess is its questions for an arcade quiz game... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari_aaron Posted September 30, 2002 Author Share Posted September 30, 2002 So it's like a tape for a tape drive? For loading the questions into the video game or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monochrome Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 It was used on the Kee Games Quiz Show arcade game: From the KLOV Technical the game used a strange magnetic tape loading mechanism for the questions. Additional tapes could be purchased with alternate sets of questions. It is unclear whether this was an 8-track tape or a normal cassette. Questions were streamed off the tape directly to the screen. http://www.klov.com/Q/Quiz_Show.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 So it's like a tape for a tape drive? For loading the questions into the video game or something? When in doubt, check the Killer List... Quiz Show by Kee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monochrome Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 Great Minds think alike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 Great Minds think alike. Then what's our excuse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 So I'm still trying to figure this out. Is the tape that is being sold on Ebay one that plugged into the full sized arcade machine or is it made for a home unit? Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monochrome Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 It's for the full size arcade unit. For what I understand the question are stored on the tape, and are loaded in when somebody is playing the games. Like that old home computers that stored stuff on tapes, before floppies. That way there are many many many questions, without taking up ram. Ram was very very very expensize back then. That game probley had less than 256k. (1/4 of a meg). Probley more like 14k . Data East did this with some games. I have a Burger Time that was on a mini-tape. Just change the security device and tape and viola a new game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 Data East did this with some games. I have a Burger Time that was on a mini-tape. Just change the security device and tape and viola a new game. Yep it was called the DECO Tape System. DECO stands for Data East COrp. One of my favorite games, Peter Peppers Ice Cream Factory, is only available on this system. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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