12 Aug
2010
12 Aug
'10
2:23 p.m.
it up to explore the insides at all - yet. On the
bottom next to the
list of games are copyright dates from 1960 to 1983, the best I can
I wonder what the copyright from 1960 covers?
tell. There is also a copyright notice on the bottom
dated 2004 for
JAKKS Pacific, Inc. and a reference to www.jakkstvgames.com.
This little gadget has a joystick, a few pushbutton switches, and
composite video and a sound output. It allows one to play vintage Ms.
Pac-Man, Galaga, Pole Position, Mappy, and Xavious by connecting it to a
standard TV's video and audio inputs. I mention this here because I
just thought it was really cool to be able to play these vintage games,
and some might be in the same uninformed group with me. :-) FWIW, my
daughter says there are a number of other similar units with different
games, and the web seems to confirm this.
I've sene similar units (with different numbers of games) on sale over
here. PAL video output, of course. And rather more expensive than the
equivalent of $20...
Anyway, I'd assuemd (with no evidence, I must add) that the internals
were mostly epoxy-capped chip-on-board things, impossible to modify. So
I've not bought one.
-tony