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Started by xxx
Wed, 20 May 1998 00:00
space zap
Author: xxx
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 00:00
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Believe it or not before pacman, before defender, before virtually anything, there was: SPACE ZAP! with a square in the middle, and you being fired at with increasing speed for all four sides.... anyone know of this, and/or where it can be found?
Re: space zap
Author: Al Kossow
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 00:00
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From article <895687350.16862.0.nnrp-07.9e98a0c3@news.demon.co.uk>, by "xxx" <zzz>: > Believe it or not > > before pacman, before defender, before virtually anything, there was: > > SPACE ZAP! > > with a square in the middle, and you being fired at with > increasing speed for all four sides.... > > anyone know of this, and/or where it can be found? It is a Midway game based on the Gorf/Wizard Of Wor board/chip set. Released 11/80, one month AFTER Defender and after only a few hundred other vids were released. I saw one at Eldorado Games when I was there last week, but it's not going to be cheap... (www.eldoradogames.com)
Re: space zap
Author: Jeff Waldron
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:00
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I may be able to get one for you. Where are you located? xxx wrote in message <895687350.16862.0.nnrp-07.9e98a0c3@news.demon.co.uk>... >Believe it or not > >before pacman, before defender, before virtually anything, there was: > >SPACE ZAP! > >with a square in the middle, and you being fired at with >increasing speed for all four sides.... > >anyone know of this, and/or where it can be found? > > >
Re: space zap
Author: Ven
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:00
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xxx wrote: > Believe it or not > > before pacman, before defender, before virtually anything, there was: > > SPACE ZAP! > > with a square in the middle, and you being fired at with > increasing speed for all four sides.... > > anyone know of this, and/or where it can be found? Yep, I remember it. I thought it was called Space Zzzzzap or something. Me & my friend would play it at the same time. I would aim the gun and he would get a good rythym on the fire button. It was fun.
Re: space zap
Author: John Robertson
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:00
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Hi Al and "xxx"!
We have that game in stock, asking $395Canadian, that's about $250US for it...
John :-#)#
On 20 May 98 17:15:36 GMT, aek@goonsquad.spies.com.spies.com (Al Kossow) wrote:
>From article <895687350.16862.0.nnrp-07.9e98a0c3@news.demon.co.uk>, by "xxx" <zzz>:
>> Believe it or not
>>
>> before pacman, before defender, before virtually anything, there was:
>>
>> SPACE ZAP!
>>
>> with a square in the middle, and you being fired at with
>> increasing speed for all four sides....
>>
>> anyone know of this, and/or where it can be found?
>
>It is a Midway game based on the Gorf/Wizard Of Wor board/chip set.
>Released 11/80, one month AFTER Defender and after only a few hundred
>other vids were released.
>
>I saw one at Eldorado Games when I was there last week, but it's
>not going to be cheap... (www.eldoradogames.com)
>
>
>
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Re: space zap
Author: Gamester
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 00:00
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> > Yep, I remember it. I thought it was called Space Zzzzzap or > something. I think you are thinking about 280 ZZZap or something like that. I could be wrong. > Me & my friend would play it at the same time. > I would aim the gun and he would get a good rythym on the fire button. I don't think there was a GUN on Space Zap I believe it just had 4 buttons in a up, down, left, right configuration. you would hit button that you wanted the shot to fire towards. Gamester > It was fun. > > >
Re: space zap
Author: Ven
Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 00:00
Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 00:00
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Gamester wrote: > > > > Yep, I remember it. I thought it was called Space Zzzzzap or > > something. > > I think you are thinking about 280 ZZZap or something like that. I > could be > wrong. > > > Me & my friend would play it at the same time. > > I would aim the gun and he would get a good rythym on the fire > button. > > I don't think there was a GUN on Space Zap > I believe it just had 4 buttons in a up, down, left, right > configuration. > you would hit button that you wanted the shot to fire towards. > > Gamester > > > It was fun. > > Sigh, I suppose I wasn't clear enough. Yes I would control the four > buttons and he would just pound away on the fire button. The "gun", (laser cannon, blaster, photon torpedoes, whatever it was) was represented onscreen, and with the four buttons I would point, or "aim" the "gun"at the approaching enemies coming from top and bottom and left and right....Howzat?
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