Re: Has anyone heard of or seen Vector "promo" Video Tapes??

Hi!

Well I'm interested....I'll help out in the buying if that is what you
are looking for, and I suspect others will be happy to as well!

John :-#)#

MKDUD@aol.com wrote:
>
> Hello Everybody,
>
> I was talking to an older operator about AMOA and CES shows 1979-1984.
> He was telling me that his friend has a bunch of these video tapes that he
> would be willing to sell me from different manufacturers. They were kind of
> like infomercials for operators and distributors made to generate hype and
> encourage advance orders for new machines. He claims Cinematronics, Sega, and
> Atari all had promo video tapes running at the 1980-83 CES and AMOA shows that
> showed games that were soon to be released, but were not in production yet. He
> claims they also sent these to various distributors and operators (but he also
> said they were in Beta format so thay won't work on your modern VCR). (I can
> easily run a beta-vhs copy, though). He specifically mentioned "Star Trek",
> Zektor", "Red Baron", "Armor Attack", and "Tempest", but says there are many
> others on the tapes that he can't remeber, and some of which NEVER made it to
> production as far as he knows.
> Has anyone seen these? Do they really exist? I don't know if I want to
> risk $100 to get a bunch of stuff that might end up being "How to beat Atari
> VCS games..." starring some funny looking guy in a green polyester suit. Any
> advice would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Michael Kelley

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