farquh
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I bought a 'home made' Arkanoid table yesterday (was there ever an official Arkanoid table?)
It's well put together from a cocktail table design that you usually see Donkey Kong and Frogger games packaged in. The price was right, and the game plays great, but I'm thinking it HAS to be a bootlegged board.
First of all, there is no TAITO on the title screen. It is just blank where TAITO should be written. Also, there is a stage select where you can choose which level you want to start that happens before each and every game. Don't recall real Arkanoid having that! Tried fiddling with the dip switches to see if it is an option that can be turned off, but it doesn't appear so.
This website says the bootlegged board will have 'Tayto' instead of 'Taito,' so I am wondering if anyone can tell me anything about the board I'm describing. Also, the color seems to be darker than what the screen shots on this web site depict. My board is displaying a dark navy blue as opposed to sky blue background on stage one's game play. All of the other colors seem to be fine, so I don't think it's my monitor, but I'll have to play with it further to determine that.
I'll post pictures of it later, but I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about this board based on my description of it!
Thanks!
It's well put together from a cocktail table design that you usually see Donkey Kong and Frogger games packaged in. The price was right, and the game plays great, but I'm thinking it HAS to be a bootlegged board.
First of all, there is no TAITO on the title screen. It is just blank where TAITO should be written. Also, there is a stage select where you can choose which level you want to start that happens before each and every game. Don't recall real Arkanoid having that! Tried fiddling with the dip switches to see if it is an option that can be turned off, but it doesn't appear so.
This website says the bootlegged board will have 'Tayto' instead of 'Taito,' so I am wondering if anyone can tell me anything about the board I'm describing. Also, the color seems to be darker than what the screen shots on this web site depict. My board is displaying a dark navy blue as opposed to sky blue background on stage one's game play. All of the other colors seem to be fine, so I don't think it's my monitor, but I'll have to play with it further to determine that.
I'll post pictures of it later, but I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about this board based on my description of it!
Thanks!