Awesome arcade in a Rosanne episode with curious game

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Awesome arcade in a Rosanne episode with curious game

Was watching the first season of "Roseanne" tonight and in one of the episodes they go bowling at a bowling alley that had the coolest classics in it, ever. In the game room, you could see a Tempest and an Asteroids in the background, as well as a couple more I couldn't make out. In the foreground, Darlene was playing what was obviously a perfect condition Space Invaders. But here's the kicker. When the camera panned back, the name above the screen said Space Enforcer. The name of the game was in perfectly matching font, too.

Anyone ever heard of this? Is it some S.I. bootleg? Googling has not turned up any answers for me.

My alternate theory is that the show made up the name since it was in the foreground to not get sued, where the other games in the background were slightly out of focus so it didn't matter.

Just wondering.
 
I would put money on this being the case.

Yeah, I believe this is the reason. I found the episode on YouTube and now I notice a Mario Bros. right next to her where they covered a letter in the title in orange-ish tape. Also one letter in the asteroids marquee is blacked out. I'm still amazed at how good the fake name on the Space Invaders looks.

Here's the episode if anyone cares. Arcade scene starts at 1:54 and picks up again at 4:34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97kZlu-wCWc
 
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The "A" in Mario Bros is blocked out, and Aster in Asteroids is blocked out. Couldn't make out what the game was between Tempest and Asteroids though. Good trivia there....
 
Always loved Roseanne. Last season or so wasn't that great but I watched every episode as it aired. So much of that show mirrored my own family.

And I never picked up on the fact that Fred was Noonan until I bought Caddyshack on dvd a few years ago.
 
the game between Asteroids and Tempest looks like a GPI/Taiyo cabinet like Kaos or Enigma II in shape and with the side stripes running back at an angle, but the bezel and cab color doesn't match anything i can find on KLOV.
 
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