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> Is there anyone out in net-land that remembers how to get
> extra tanks after 100,000?
> 
> I remember seeing someone with five extra tanks after their
> initials, but have never been able to get more than one...

It gives you one for every n points above 100,000, but I can't
remember what n is anymore.  I thought it was just the straightforward
100,000 points/tank, but it could be a million or something.

That was a truly fun vector game!

					Bart Massey
					..tektronix!reed!bart

P.S. -- How much is one of those worth right now?  Is it in the
purchaseable range yet?  Are they hard to maintain?

In article <273@well.UUCP> al@well.UUCP (Al Kossow) writes:
>Is there anyone out in net-land that remembers how to get
>extra tanks after 100,000?
>
>I remember seeing someone with five extra tanks after their
>initials, but have never been able to get more than one...

Assuming this is about Battlezone.. one of the all time classics..

I suspect it's done by turning the machine over..
can anyone confirm this?

tanks in advance.


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In article <2146@reed.UUCP> bart@reed.UUCP (Bart Massey) writes:
>
>That was a truly fun vector game!
>
>
>P.S. -- How much is one of those worth right now?  Is it in the
>purchaseable range yet?  Are they hard to maintain?

I recently bought one from a local arcade -- $200.  It was in pretty good
shape, considering the coin counters had close to 100000 on them.  The
left stick is a little sticky so I'm planning on replacing it.

Points of interest:

    o	It will play in four languages -- English, French, German,
	and Spainish.

    o	It uses a 6502A as the processor and has 12K of ROM address space
	devoted to the game program.  It has a hardware display vector
	board.  Not counting power transformers and speakers, the game is
	on two boards of mostly discrete logic.

    o	Depending on the DIP switches, the game gives extra tanks at
	15,000 - 25,000 and 100,000.  Short of a bug or rollover, there
	is no way to get extra tanks after 100,000

    o	The vector board provides a resolution of 1024x768 points from
	which to start or end a vector. (I'm hazy on this as I don't have
	the manual handy...)

While having a rather ominous presence in my living room, it looks really
nice when I turn down the room lights.

I'm looking hard at a Crazy Climber...

    -- Andy

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First, thanks to all who responded to my Battlezone query!  The
replies were really helpful.  From mail I've received and articles
posted, it looks like the current price is around $200,
and that it's as reliable as any other arcade game (which sort of
surprises me, I guess...).

Second, I think there's some confusion about the "extra tanks".
It's true that the only real "extra tanks" you can get in the
game (i.e. "bonus lives", as another arcade vector game puts it) are
at 15-25K and 100K.  However, you also get little tanks by your NAME
on the high score board.  You may obtain an arbitrary number of
THESE, I believe at 100K 200K 300K 500K or some such progression...


					Again Thanks,
					Bart Massey
					..tektronix!reed!bart

In article <694@lasspvax.UUCP>, andy@lasspvax.UUCP (Andy Pfiffer) writes:
> In article <2146@reed.UUCP> bart@reed.UUCP (Bart Massey) writes:
> >
> >That was a truly fun vector game!
> >
> >
> >P.S. -- How much is one of those worth right now?  Is it in the
> >purchaseable range yet?  Are they hard to maintain?
> 
> I recently bought one from a local arcade -- $200.  It was in pretty good
> shape, considering the coin counters had close to 100000 on them.  The
> left stick is a little sticky so I'm planning on replacing it.
> 
> 
> I'm looking hard at a Crazy Climber...
> 
>     -- Andy
> 

I recently sold my BattleZone game for $200.  It was a lot of fun
but after a while ,when you turned, all of the lines were double images.
This wasn't really a problem, though.  I sold it because I was sick
of playing it and was ready for a new game.

About replacement handles for Battlezone:  They loosen up after
awhile and the replacement parts to stiffen them up were about
$20 - $30.
Parts aren't hard to find, but you pay for them.  I bought my spare
handles from an Atari dealer in Los Angeles.

Does anyone know how much a Star Wars game costs nowadays?


		   Harry

In article <2163@reed.UUCP>, bart@reed.UUCP (Bart Massey) writes:
> Second, I think there's some confusion about the "extra tanks".
> It's true that the only real "extra tanks" you can get in the
> game (i.e. "bonus lives", as another arcade vector game puts it) are
> at 15-25K and 100K.  However, you also get little tanks by your NAME
> on the high score board.  You may obtain an arbitrary number of
> THESE, I believe at 100K 200K 300K 500K or some such progression...
> 
> 
> 					Again Thanks,
> 					Bart Massey
> 					..tektronix!reed!bart

You get a little tank by your name for every 100K, and you keep
getting them until you finally die.  After awhile, though, the
tanks run off the board:  but that's only if you're really good.
My high score is over a million:
Anyone out there who has beaten that?  

		Harry Snyder