Posted on 06/03/2015 5:19:20 PM PDT by icwhatudo
I've seen many people have sucess at moie names knowing only a fdistant memories. Im hoping you can help me with an old video arcade game.
This was after pong but just before/during space invaders if I remember correctly. It was a game similar in graphics to asteroids that had two spaceships defending a group of ten or so fuel containers. The game lasted as long as you were able to keep wave after wave of enemy ships from stealing all the containers. My brother and I loved this game with one of us camping our ship near the containers and shooting the approaching ships as the other would fly after the theives and shoot them which forced the containers to be dropped.
The graphics were very old school. All black background with the two ships shaped somewhat like straightlined boomerangs.
Thanks for the help!
What do i win?
Bingo
RIPOFF!!! Thanks everyone!
That’s RIPOFF...
Thanks! Brings back great memories!
That looks like asteroids, 2 player
sargon wins - I want to play this again!
What do you win? You win the signed, original drawing from post #22.
Thanks for playing!
How did you do that?
Rip off- great game
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Hah! I just watched that, after googling gorf. Brings back old times.
Last time I saw that game was 30 years ago. Amazed I was pretty close on the drawing lol
LOL! Yeah same here :) The good old days!
Post a sketch you mean? I used an online drawing site then used screengrab to cut out the selection. Its a mozilla add-on.
I got a hand held game which was similar to “Space Invaders” it actually may have been it but I am not sure. This was mid 80s and I found myself playing it until I was beginning to get mentally exhausted.
Anyway nearly 30 years later I found the old game in a box. I put two C cell batteries in it and was surprised that it still worked.
I gave it to my Grand children and did not think they would like it as it was pretty crude compared to what they have today. A few days later my Daughter told me that were hooked on it and played it so long that she had to take it away from them.
I thought it was funny that it still had that effect.
“Space wars”...and yes, as a kid I loved it, too!
Oops...my bad..
I beat a kid playing asteroids back in the early 80s at the local crossroads watering hole.
Won $75 which was serious coin back then.
The girl holding both of our cash prior to the bet took a liking to me.
But that’s a story for another day.
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