[... video game tapes ...]
Along with format changes can we turn them into AVI or MPEG files? (or
whatever video format people can play on their pc/mac/amiga/zx80)..
(and I'd chip in some $$ too..)
Kurt
>
> 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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Received on Tue Jan 26 23:30:19 1999
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