god I was obsessed with this game (lode runner), on my Colecovision back in the 80s..great game..pretty sure I made it to the end of the game
Name that video game
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I heard about this game..it was the first arcade video game from the early 70s...Computer Space or Space Wars or something like that I think..What crappy 70's arcade game is this?
It is Space Wars, a 1977 game. Computer Space I posted earlier, and that is the first coin-operated game, from 1971.
Gyruss aka VenusNo one got this one yet. Here your ship is moving in a circle. It seemed too weird for me, so I never tried this game.
I know it as Electronic Quarterback...you're right, the Coleco brand seems off tho..I guess it was Mattel..everyone I went to highschool with in the early 80s had one, including me..it was a real fad..then a couple years later Rubik's Cube was the next big thing everyone was playing in the school cafeteria
It was mostly pinball machines in arcades during the 1970's. These were the old style games where your score went up 10 and 20 points at a time. The machines were often poorly maintained, with one of the flippers not working consistently. Large Air Hockey tables and Foosball machines were also common. Shooting games usually had a gun you could hold in your hands connected to the machine.
It was also common to find the early console video games in bars that catered to a young clientele. A game link Pong might be inset in a table-like console about 2½ feet high, so drunk people could play, very poorly, while sitting down.
I had this game, played the shit out of it. My parents had it tucked away in a drawer for years and someone found it, a grandkid, and the damn thing still worked!I know it as Electronic Quarterback...you're right, the Coleco brand seems off tho..I guess it was Mattel..everyone I went to highschool with in the early 80s had one, including me..it was a real fad..then a couple years later Rubik's Cube was the next big thing everyone was playing in the school cafeteria
