Recent content by peterschell

Oh, hell. They just sold a Kroozer at the SuperAuction last Wendesday in Wisconsin. Everything on it was working except for the light-up spaceship above the screen. I knew they were rare and I probably could have gotten if for cheap but I'm not much of seller.

Re: Taito "Renegade" Kit I've got a full Renegade conversion although I'm not sure I'm ready to part with it. It's an old Defender cabinet with a screen from a Galaga. Works fine. Are Renegades rare?

Thanks BillyJoelFan. Lotsa memories and lots of games I almost beat.

Are there any "spoiler" sites or books out there that show or describe the endings for arcade and home games both past and present? Call me lazy and uncoordinated but I just don't have time, skill or resources to buy and beat them all. Does any ending compare to the beauty and majesty of seeing...

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Bally Midway's Journey used digitized graphics before NARC. And, like Tron (not before Tron), it was a multi engine game based on a licensed property. It used a casette tape for some of the backround music but this technique was used 2 years...

The poll option on KLOV doesn't have many polls on it. This should probably be one of them if the administrators are listening. You can always ask someone to give a game another try but you can't make them like it. One man's Ishtar is another man's Empire Strikes Back. We will always dare to...

I noticed a 10 best list as part of KLOV so I was wondering what a 10 worst list should be. I've got a few of my own candidates in mind, many from Midway Bally. Maybe you can come up with even worse stinkers on your list. Spy Hunter II- an insult to the original Zwackery- I figured out how to...

I don't have G4 yet but I used to watch Starcade when TBS showed it. Now if Cartoon Network would just buy the Dragon's Lair reruns. They can skip the Pac-Man, Q*bert, Kangaroo, Space Ace, Donkey Kong, Mega Man, Zelda and, well just about every other video game cartoon made.

The arcades at Southride and Spring Malls are practically the only ones left in the Milwaukee area. I'm on board with Coleco Kid's idea. There was an arcade in Norfolk, VA that had all old games. It was pretty cool although some of the controls were defective. I'm not sure if they're still in...

I have a Defender schematic diagram pasted on the back door of my Renegade convert. It's a bit large for me to scan or copy, however.

And don't forget Golgo 13. He's got two movies and two NES games in the US. Lupin III is also a favorite. I've got Castle of Cagliostro on tape plus some Japanese bootleg movies that are a lot more grim. They made a Lupin III SNES cart in Japan that never made it to the states. Pity.

Most of the Pokemon knockoffs on FOX-TV Saturday morning are horrid: Digimon, Medabots and MonColli (?) Knights. Yu-Gi-Oh! is also a Pokemon rip off but I really dig that one even though it is a rather stupid melodrama over card games. In keeping with the theme of the site, the animation for...

Hmmm. Phantom bids, disappearing parts, deceptive repair assessments and bulk games sold for double the price. Thanks for the warnings! So far the items I bought from SA worked OK before and AFTER I bought them. I'll consider myself lucky. From now on, I'll keep my eyes peeled for those nasty...

I've been getting my games from Super Auctions which travels the US. They charge 13% over the bid. With sales tax in Wisconsin, that makes about 20% I pay over the bid. I've scored a Renegade and a Downtown for about $225 apiece bottom line. Has anyone else had good or bad experiences with Super...

Were there mulitple endings for ...Ransom? I only got a black screen that said the heroes saved the girls and went shopping. I like the sequel. I think it was called Crash and the Boys Summer Games or something like that. Did the winter games ever come out in Japan? I thought I saw a photo of it...