Maybe.
Every summer, my elementary school converted its cafeteria to a rec center. I lived a block away, so I visited pretty much every single day. They had two arcade games: Berzerk and Pleiades. In the summer of '91 (I was 10), I told myself that I'd own a Berzerk someday.
Fast forward to 2003, and I bought one from a local retailer about a 5-10 minutes from my former school. Just like the one I played more than a decade prior, this one's bat joystick was replaced with a red ball-top stick. It also had similar bezel flaking.
I have no way of knowing if it's the same machine... but I like to think it is. Either way, it was the first arcade game I ever bought, and I'll never sell it.
Every summer, my elementary school converted its cafeteria to a rec center. I lived a block away, so I visited pretty much every single day. They had two arcade games: Berzerk and Pleiades. In the summer of '91 (I was 10), I told myself that I'd own a Berzerk someday.
Fast forward to 2003, and I bought one from a local retailer about a 5-10 minutes from my former school. Just like the one I played more than a decade prior, this one's bat joystick was replaced with a red ball-top stick. It also had similar bezel flaking.
I have no way of knowing if it's the same machine... but I like to think it is. Either way, it was the first arcade game I ever bought, and I'll never sell it.




