thread of games converted from one thing to another by manufacturer
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I keep thinking about the extra black paint appearing on my Moon Patrol, and how it looks like it was done intentionally by someone other than an amateur. I've done some searches on the Interwebs and have not yet seen another MP with black paint on it but man it's weird.
A member here thought the game may have been a conversion from a different Williams game, but the original metal tag is long gone so, I have no way to tell if it was ever anything before being a Moon Patrol.
Anyhow, I thought it would be nice to list the cabs that were used BITD to make NEW cabs if sales were failing. Here are the ones I know already:
Lunar Lander (Atari) ---> Asteroids
Robotron (Williams) ---> Joust (at least I think that was the case)
Tempest (Atari) ---> Star Trek S.O.S. (Sega conversion kit)
Tempest (Atari) ---> Shinobi (Sega conversion kit)
What other cabs were recycled to make newer games that were up-and-coming? Feel free to include kits and conversions.
EDIT: and back to my original question, were games converted INTO Moon Patrols? ie from Defenders maybe?
If this type of thread already exists, please go ahead Mod-Gods and kill it..
I keep thinking about the extra black paint appearing on my Moon Patrol, and how it looks like it was done intentionally by someone other than an amateur. I've done some searches on the Interwebs and have not yet seen another MP with black paint on it but man it's weird.
A member here thought the game may have been a conversion from a different Williams game, but the original metal tag is long gone so, I have no way to tell if it was ever anything before being a Moon Patrol.
Anyhow, I thought it would be nice to list the cabs that were used BITD to make NEW cabs if sales were failing. Here are the ones I know already:
Lunar Lander (Atari) ---> Asteroids
Robotron (Williams) ---> Joust (at least I think that was the case)
Tempest (Atari) ---> Star Trek S.O.S. (Sega conversion kit)
Tempest (Atari) ---> Shinobi (Sega conversion kit)
What other cabs were recycled to make newer games that were up-and-coming? Feel free to include kits and conversions.
EDIT: and back to my original question, were games converted INTO Moon Patrols? ie from Defenders maybe?
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