Hope you can help. I can receive private messages through your system, but I'm not sure that any are sent now. When I send them, I get no notification that the message sent successfully, and there's nothing in my sent folders.
Also, it would be handy (if possible) if I got an alert through my...
Hi Dave,
Not sure if my messages are getting through (they are not appearing in my sent box). Please drop me a line at oneswitch [at] gmail [dot] com regarding Drop Zone.
Many thanks,
Barrie
OneSwitch.org.uk
This is a bit of a monologue here, but I'll share that I've spoken to someone who owns a Steeplechase, who says this Russian game "Safari" seems to be unique. He thinks, like me, that it's based on cannibalised / pirated Atari Steeplechase parts.
If anyone knows otherwise, I'd be curious to...
Vintage Soviet Video Game: Сафари / Safari - Was it a pirated game?
Hoping someone can help me pin down if this black and white Soviet game was based on another video game.
The game is called Safari / Сафари, and there's a bit on it here...
Thanks all. I managed to find this (below) as well, referring to Drop Zone Bomber (I assume another name for Drop Zone 4) up for sale in September 1975. So looks like this was the first ever commercial one-button video game. Again, if anyone has any photos/videos of the game in play, I'd be...
Happy new year all.
Does anyone know what month in 1975 Drop Zone 4 by Meadows was released? I'm wondering if this was the first ever one-button playable commercial video game.
Atari's Steeplechase was released in October 1975 as I understand.
Be great if anyone can help. I've tried...
@Kalan714 - Many thanks. I'll follow those leads. Appreciated.
@tbbk - Uo Poko plays brilliantly with one-button (i.e. down), although take your point that it's easier with the joystick. Great info on the Meadows games. They'd slipped past my radar. Really appreciated. Found a video here...
Thanks so far for the thoughts. I'm planning to finish the book in June 2013, so there's a bit of time for this. Would love to go to FunSpot one day.
@Mylstar - would be extremely cool, and be a boost to the historical preservation of these machines if you could post a video to YouTube if you...
Steeplechase, Canyon Bomber, Badlands photos HELP needed for book
I'm writing a book provisionally entitled "One switch One Hundred", detailing some key games that can be played with a single button alone.
Some of the earliest one-button playable arcade games include:
Atari Steeplechase...