Usually I ran into the traditional machines, three buttons which had to be slapped silly. But at a laundromat in a crapsville called Fredericktown Ohio I once found a machine which used a trak-ball instead. You had to spin the ball fast (in any direction) to move. It was a lot easier and more fun than the button version. Was this an official Konami machine or did some engineer splice this together at home?
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Track & Field with a Trak-ball
Started by NovaXpress, Jan 17 2004 11:17 PM
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Posted Sat Jan 17, 2004 11:17 PM
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Posted Sat Jan 17, 2004 11:59 PM
There was one that used the trackball at the old La Mirada mall in CA back in 84/85/86. The control panel was different than the normal control panel. According to http://www.klov.com/...T&game_id=10180 it was a later conversion board. And it was MUCH EASIER and fun to play. I had the top scores on every event, but, DAMN, I got some major blisters from that damn game!
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Posted Sun Jan 18, 2004 9:11 AM
:-) That cocktail table you see at that site is going up on ebay begining next week ill post addy once its up :-)
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Posted Sun Jan 18, 2004 9:21 AM
NovaXpress said:
a crapsville called Fredericktown Ohio
Near Mt. Vernon, OH?
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Posted Sun Jan 18, 2004 11:14 AM
Near Mt. Vermin in Knox county? Yes that's the dump I was referring to. Home of the FFA Jacket and Luke Perry!
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Posted Sun Jan 18, 2004 11:23 AM
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Near Mt. Vermin in Knox county? Yes that's the dump I was referring to. Home of the FFA Jacket and Luke Perry!
I spent my formative childhood years growing up in that neck of the woods. When did you live there? For me it was from '77 to '83. I used to spend almost all of my paper route and lunch money at the "Electric Animal" arcade in Mt. Vernon.
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Posted Sun Jan 18, 2004 11:55 AM
Flashback! I remember the Electric Animal though I wouldnt have remembered the name if you hadn't said it. It shut down around 86 or so. I moved to that area in '83 and got the hell out in '88. That was a lousy area to live in, but at least one could drive to Columbus. In Nebraska there is no hope.
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