I still remember the first time I i saw a Battlezone machine in an arcade. It looked incredible to me, it was the most impressive videogame i had seen. It became also an economical disaster that afternoon. I could not stop playing and I was, still am, a disaster playing it.
The game that took all my money was Defender. But I do remember Battlezone was completely amazing. The whole 3D graphics and vector look were mind blowing. One day I'll break down and buy myself a Vectrex.
Defender was too difficult for me, had a friend at the time that was the only one playing it cause the rest were not up to the task. And a Vectrex is one of those things I keep saying my self I really don't want one and every few months reading about it and the new games that are our and sighing.
In Canada, Battlezone was $1 to play when most other games were $0.50 so I simply couldn't really afford to play it more than once or twice.
Defneder and Stargate certainly took a ton of money off me. There was a pizza place down the street from me that had a Defender that I would play while waiting for my order on Friday nights.
Defneder and Stargate certainly took a ton of money off me. There was a pizza place down the street from me that had a Defender that I would play while waiting for my order on Friday nights.