liveinabin Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Remember, in the early 80s, MB released 'family versions' (board games) of the hottest coin-ops of the day? Well, I'm in the process of getting them all and I just wanted to check with everyone's memory that this list is exhaustive. Right, I have:- Pacman Frogger Berzerk Zaxxon Turbo Defender Donkey Kong and I'll soon be in possession of Centipede. Anyone know if there were any more? They don't have to be necessarily by MB, I'm just keen on collecting, in full, every example of this curious spin-off of early videogaming. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xot Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Remember, in the early 80s, MB released 'family versions' (board games) of the hottest coin-ops of the day? Well, I'm in the process of getting them all and I just wanted to check with everyone's memory that this list is exhaustive. Right, I have:- Pacman Frogger Berzerk Zaxxon Turbo Defender Donkey Kong and I'll soon be in possession of Centipede. There are many, many more. There's a few dozen, actually. I personally know of Q*Bert and Ms. Pac-Man. I'm sure a Google search will turn up the rest of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted October 17, 2005 Author Share Posted October 17, 2005 Oh wow Can you remember who made them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seob Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 A sweet thougt, we used to play Pac-man from MB, back then it was the closes i could get by owning a computergame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 There was a Cloak & Dagger game (not sure if it was based on the movie or the arcade game). I also think there may have been a Last Starfighter game. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Q*Bert was Parker Brothers. I had the Zaxxon game. It was pretty fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted October 18, 2005 Author Share Posted October 18, 2005 I was impressed how close they got to the game mechanics with some of those titles. Donkey Kong in particular. It has the hammer, the fireballs and, when you press down Kong's paw, he drops a little plastic barrell. Very clever. Defender kinda loses something in the translation. They didn't quite capture the element of speed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookieghana Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 (edited) To follow up on what a few people posted: FASA - The Last Starfighter example: http://cgi.ebay.com/SEALED-1984-The-LAST-S...1QQcmdZViewItem IDEAL (CBS Toys/Universal Studios) - Cloak & Dagger example: http://cgi.ebay.com/1984-CLOAK-DAGGER-jack...1QQcmdZViewItem Not yet mentioned: Milton Bradley: JUNGLE HUNT example: Milton Bradley: Jungle Hunt - http://cgi.ebay.com/JUNGLE-HUNT-Board-Game...1QQcmdZViewItem Great topic. EDIT: I made a webpage with a collection of pics of these games: http://www27.brinkster.com/mookieghana/nes/vintage.htm Also, check out this list that was complied: http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/cvg/nexus/...oardgames.shtml It mentions games that I missed such as Pitfall, Pooyan, Turtles, Wizard of Wor and Joust! Edited October 21, 2005 by mookieghana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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