14 Jul
1997
14 Jul
'97
5:30 p.m.
Picked up an ActionMax system from the thrift store today. I got it
nearly complete, which is rare. Only missing the power supply (common
9V) and the VCR cable. This is a game that you hook to your VCR. It has
a light gun and some sort of red either sensor or light (don't know
yet). It came with a fighter combat VCR tape that you play in the VCR
and I assume you use the gun to shoot at stuff on the screen. I'm sure
someone else knows more about it than me. I haven't hooked it up yet.
But I won't be able to do anything with it until I get the VCR cable.
Anyone know how to rig one up?
I also finally found a C16 but it has a broken key in the upper row :(
These things apparently aren't too common in these parts as this is the
first one I've ever seen.
Sam
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14 Jul
14 Jul
6:33 p.m.
Sam:
I used to have one of those ActioMax games myself, ol' chap. I don't know
if it was an ActionMax for sure, but it was one of the VCR shoot-em-up
games. Anyway, near as I can remember, you can use just the standard VCR
to TV cable (forget the techie name for it) to attach it to the TV. Did
your come with a special box that attaches between the VCR and the TV. Not
for sure, but I may remember needing that for the sensor to accurately
work on the TV. If I remember correctly, you could even cheat the game
somehow by getting a long way back from the TV and firing... it would
sense a direct hit everytime. Again, not sure, but I do have some vague
memories of.
All in all, I know nothing, and really can't help you out much. Sorry, but
I just wanted to feel important enough to contribute what little I do
remember. I guess all I can say for sure is my family used to have one...
REALLY! I PROMISE! NOT FIBBING!!!
Take it easy,
CORD
p.s. I doubt the C=16 is for sale, huh? The check's in the mail for the
Plus/4... again, PROMISE!!
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On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Sam Ismail wrote:
Picked up an ActionMax system from the thrift store today. I got it
nearly complete, which is rare. Only missing the power supply (common
9V) and the VCR cable. This is a game that you hook to your VCR. It has
a light gun and some sort of red either sensor or light (don't know
yet). It came with a fighter combat VCR tape that you play in the VCR
and I assume you use the gun to shoot at stuff on the screen. I'm sure
someone else knows more about it than me. I haven't hooked it up yet.
But I won't be able to do anything with it until I get the VCR cable.
Anyone know how to rig one up?
I also finally found a C16 but it has a broken key in the upper row :(
These things apparently aren't too common in these parts as this is the
first one I've ever seen.
Sam
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Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass
9:51 p.m.
On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Cord Coslor wrote:
games. Anyway, near as I can remember, you can use
just the standard VCR
to TV cable (forget the techie name for it) to attach it to the TV. Did
your come with a special box that attaches between the VCR and the TV. Not
The jack on the unit is a 1/8" phono jack. I assumed there was probably
some module that connected between it and the VCR. I'm assuming this
requires some special cable.
Sam
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15 Jul
15 Jul
4:59 a.m.
At 02:30 AM 7/15/97 +0000, you wrote:
Picked up an ActionMax system from the thrift store today. I got it
nearly complete, which is rare. Only missing the power supply (common
9V) and the VCR cable. This is a game that you hook to your VCR. It has
a light gun and some sort of red either sensor or light (don't know
yet). It came with a fighter combat VCR tape that you play in the VCR
and I assume you use the gun to shoot at stuff on the screen. I'm sure
someone else knows more about it than me. I haven't hooked it up yet.
But I won't be able to do anything with it until I get the VCR cable.
Anyone know how to rig one up?
I had one a long time ago, and I don't remember having to hook a cable to
the VCR. I think the red thingy acts as both a score light and a sensor. It
should have a suction cup and IIRC just stick it to the top right corner of
the TV screen.
The fighter pilot tape was the pack-in with the system. There was only
about 6 tapes total made. I see these things quite often though, in fact I
saw one several days ago. I believe it came out in '86.
James
jscarter(a)worldnet.att.net
8:35 a.m.
On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, James Carter wrote:
Yep, it has a suction cup, so now I know where to put that. Each jack
has a little icon above it showing what goes into that jack. There is a
gun icon, a flasher/sensor icon, a headphone icon and a little icon that
looks like a VCR. I would think it gets perhaps some special
synchronization information recorded on the tape that tells the unit when
you actually made a hit. Otherwise I can't think of how the unit
actually knows you hit anything.
Sam
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Picked up an
ActionMax system from the thrift store today. I got it
I had one a long time ago, and I don't remember having to hook a cable to
the VCR. I think the red thingy acts as both a score light and a sensor. It
should have a suction cup and IIRC just stick it to the top right corner of
the TV screen.
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