The curse of sister machines

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It is sort of a curse to own a space ace now. I haven't even had time to enjoy it and I am already think that I have to have a dragon's lair. Now I'll spend hours looking for a machine that will not likely show up here many months.

This is how it works all the time for me....

I had a battlezone, then had to have a red baron.

what is pacman without galaga?

robotron without joust?

punch out without super punch out.

I feel neurologically unbalanced because of it.
 
Heh... my sister (maybe brother?) machines are Berzerk and Frenzy... both were working perfectly for a long time. Then out of the blue Berzerk locked up and wouldn't boot anymore. Then the next day Frenzy wouldn't boot.

Different curse, but still a curse I think ;) .

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Sure it does...Bungy, you need to put your other Tron on the other side of the DOT, like bookends...

Or throw in a Satan's Hollow...

I know it's not the same, but the joystick style and blacklighting would go together well, I think

Mine would probably be Ms. Pac and Galaga, or Pac and Galaxian...

Of course there's the want for a nice Nintendo row as well...
 
Sure it does...Bungy, you need to put your other Tron on the other side of the DOT, like bookends...

LOL, I still need to paint the other one! When are you coming over to play the DOT?

Or throw in a Satan's Hollow...

I know it's not the same, but the joystick style and blacklighting would go together well, I think

Done. Satan's Hollow looks so much better in red though.

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Or throw in a Satan's Hollow...

I know it's not the same, but the joystick style and blacklighting would go together well, I think

Close enough, I was reading some notes from Tron's development where they were talking about what games should be included. There were originally more than the 4 minigames that are in Tron already. Satan's Hollow is one (reworked to not be Tron based), Discs of Tron was another.

So... yeah, they all belong together.

I don't have any sister machines yet... I don't think. But seeing them at the arcade... I understand they conspire with each other. DOT went down for a while, got it back up'sh... then BAM, Tron goes down... and Tapper is acting like it's on it's way (all MCR's... close enough).
 
I feels your pain...

In addition to Asteroids and Asteroids Deluxe, I have the following (some are iffy, but hey...)

Wacko and Kozmik Krooz'r (got em both at the same time)
Tron and Journey?
Star Wars and Star Wars Trilogy? (Got the Star Wars, then just had to go get a Trilogy...)
Battlezone and Assault?

Centipede and Millipede (not currently working)

Also, I have an upright Tempest, plus a cocktail and a cabaret Tempest project...
 

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I feels your pain...

In addition to Asteroids and Asteroids Deluxe, I have the following (some are iffy, but hey...)

Wacko and Kozmik Krooz'r (got em both at the same time)
Tron and Journey?
Star Wars and Star Wars Trilogy? (Got the Star Wars, then just had to go get a Trilogy...)
Battlezone and Assault?

Centipede and Millipede (not currently working)

Also, I have an upright Tempest, plus a cocktail and a cabaret Tempest project...

... Tempest cocktail... want. We have some friends up from Dacula here right now... I might have to hitch a ride back with them and work on liberating your Tempest CT from... errrr... for you... for you... yeah... too many projects. I'd be doing YOU a favor. ... you're welcome.
 
For me the curse isnt sisters or "twins", its "triplets". Satans Hollow led to a Tron, and then led to Gorf. In the same manner, Mario Bros. led to DK and then led to DK Jr.
 
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