Omega Race is underrated

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I was browsing the KLOV top 100 arcade games and am shocked that Omega Race didn't make the list. It is such a great game. It surprises me that a game like Gauntlet Legends made it onto the list when in my opinion that game is such a yawn. Anyone else want to weigh in on this? Maybe because every Omega Race is broken, noone has played it to appreciate it.
 
It did make the top 100 most collected (71), but didn't make top 100 in most wanted. It's a top 100 game in any category, as far as I'm concerned.

Love Omega Race. Played it all the time in the old days in a gameroom in the back of a local cafe. Would love to have one someday, but I've heard they're a bear to own/maintain.

EDIT: Oops, I see the list you're talking about now. Yeah, that's a game that feels like it should be there.
 
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It did make the top 100 most collected (71), but didn't make top 100 in most wanted. It's a top 100 game in any category, as far as I'm concerned.

Love Omega Race. Played it all the time in the old days in a gameroom in the back of a local cafe. Would love to have one someday, but I've heard they're a bear to own/maintain.

EDIT: Oops, I see the list you're talking about now. Yeah, that's a game that feels like it should be there.

I'm glad others agree. I just got mine working. It took about 5 months. I sent my boards off to elektron forge and Alex repaired them for me. I just finished repairing the monitor last week. I've been playing nonstop and am so addicted. It has great game play and the upright with the backlit scenery is awesome.
 
It's definitely underrated,but not a game I'd go out of my way to find considering of how often I hear they need repair.
 
It's definitely underrated,but not a game I'd go out of my way to find considering of how often I hear they need repair.

I believe it's the initial repairs that are frustrating, once those are done the game operates like any other Vector (great till you move it! LOL) Seriously though once those acid damage board are repaired they work just fine for the most part. Fantastic game, great artwork, the old mirror trick is priceless, awesome game! Underrated, yes simply because there are so few that are left working imho.
 
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Very underrrated game. It's in my top 3 favorites for sure. Omega Race would have been a much more profitable and popular game if it wasn't for that stupid battery.
 
Mine will never go anywhere. I actually like it better than Asteroids/Deluxe.

Once the board is repaired, they are just like any other game for reliability. It is also nice to get the complete Midway vector catalog in one fell swoop :)

Buy a Billtronix spinner if you do get one running.
 
I remember BITD the Tropicana Casino in AC had an Upright,mini & a c\t in their gameroom.
 
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