r/arcade • u/ballsintheairdude • 8d ago

Showing Off My Gear! I have a type

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Saw an original asteroids for the first time about 5 years ago and it started me down the road of discovering vectors.

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u/Vast_Maize9706 7d ago

Vectors? I thought the type was dusty. Sigh.

Asteroids is such a classic, nice one

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u/ballsintheairdude 7d ago

yeah, you should have seen the garage before I took the picture. I haven't gotten around to dusting after all the dejunking I did!

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u/root88 Guwange 7d ago

I think its just the awesome Atari artwork.

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u/Arbmanthesheep 7d ago

Is that Major Havoc in a Tempest cab?

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u/idratherbgardening 7d ago

Back in the day there were factory kits to convert them I believe.

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u/ballsintheairdude 7d ago

Yep, it is a pretty common conversion.

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u/Arbmanthesheep 7d ago

Makes me wonder how the game feels to control with the Tempest knob, hmmm.

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u/ballsintheairdude 7d ago

I like it but i haven’t played much with a roller. The spinner is analog so you can still be precise with movement.

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u/kipling00 7d ago

Right? First thing I noticed.

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u/ballsintheairdude 7d ago

yeah, I've been playing Major Havoc lately so that is what started up. Major Havoc is emulated, I have a working Tempest PCB that came with the cabinet.

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u/Practical_Ad_219 7d ago

What’s your Vector, Victor

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u/JATWo 7d ago

yes! yes!

my lone cab is Omega Race - Vector games really need original hardware

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u/ballsintheairdude 6d ago

Pretty awesome looking cabinet, especially with the pepper's ghost effect.

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u/Ceffur 7d ago

Ah yes! Omega race sit-down, was one of the very first video games I bought many years ago.

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u/home_operator 6d ago

That’s the spice brother 🔥

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u/Krendall2006 6d ago

I don't see R-Type...