Re: Weird.... Bally Space Duel?????

Hmmmm that is interesting but since I'm looking for work and strapped for
cash. I'm willing to sell my Space Duel project. I live in Hastings
Michigan if anyone in the area is interested let me know.

See ya,
Jeff

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From: ayeckley <ayeckley@neo.rr.com>
To: vectorlist@synthcom.com <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Weird.... Bally Space Duel?????

>>Started working on one of my Space Duel projects tonight, and I found a
>>curious thing.... a Bally factory sticker on the PCB, still said Atari
too,
>>but the board had a Bally sticker. Is this normal?? The game looks like
>>it's never been opened before. Instruction manual bag never been opened,
>>still had all the coin sticker/inserts, and the PCB still had those
>>bubble-zip ties holding the connectors on. I was just curious if other
>>Space Duels came with the Bally sticker.
>
>
>At one point, I'm pretty sure Bally (as in Alladin's Castle) was a
distributor
>(or at least a lessor) for Atari.
>
>Example: at the beginning of the season at Cedar Point, the semi
>truck from Bally's Alladin's Castle would roll up, and we would unload
>brand new Atari games from it. The games were leased, and the same
>truck (from Chicago) would roll up at the end of the season and cart the
>games off again. When there were serious board problems, the PCBs
>would be sent off to Alladin's Castle for repair or replacement (this was
>in the late 80's).
>
>Alex
>http://www.elektronforge.com
>ayeckley@elektronforge.com
>
>
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