Here is a picture of Steve installing the Crazy Otto board.
After seeing videos of Otto at PAX, I got the idea of inviting Steve and his board out here for Crazy Otto's 30th birthday.
You see, we don't need to load a whole cabinet into the airplane.
All we need is the board.
Even better, This is exactly what Steve did 30 years ago when he showed Crazy Otto to Midway games in Chicago.
Otto was put inside a "Pac-Man" cabinet on site.
I presented the idea to Jon, and we got the green light to make it happen.
The speech was excellent.
It was completely recorded so, it should be online eventually.
So. Yes, this was all authentic!
Yes, we should have had a cabinet topper, or a big sign or something.
No the roms will never be released, because General Computer continues to receive royalty checks for Ms Pacman from Namco.
Releasing those roms could have bad consequences.
The roms are very well protected, tested and work in Mame.
Steve has also recently had other Work in progress floppy discs rescued and backed up, some of which was shown at the show.
He is passionate about the history of General Computer and favors both communities.
His son has the all time high score in Crazy Otto. of course because there is only one.
You may have also noticed Super Missile attack looked a little different.
That was Super Missile Attack: Courtroom edition.
GCC made a special version of the game over the weekend to try and appease Atari during the $15 million dollar lawsuit.
As you know, Atari chose instead to drop the lawsuit and Hire General Computer.