Hi Dark, Oh, it was definitely something playing games like Space Invaders and other games on a 78 inch screen. Not that I got to do so that often. That was my parents TV, and naturally they bought it to watch movies etc in the den. So most of the time I ended up playing games on a standard 25 inch TV in my room.
Anyway, I imagine there were several color variations of the games out there. I know on my Atari 7800, for example, I could toggle between color modes and get variations of the same game just by pressing a button on top of the console which was cool. That doesn't even include all the various retro remakes over the years. Cheers! On 5/22/14, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > Wow! I bet original space invaders on a 78 inch projector was cool. I > currently have my snes, Pc and gamecube plugged into a 42 inch flatscreen, > which is pretty awsome after years of playing on standard sized tv screens, > > but I'm still jealous! :D. > > Back when we had the atari 2600 we were on a 15 inch tv, so no, I don't > imagine the invaders were very clear. > > I also however do wonder if there was a different version of space invaders. > > The one we had on the Atari 2600 had the invaders in rows and columns, but > if I remember rightly the invaders were yellow, and the shields between you > > and them were orange while your gun was green. it also had a two player > option with one green gun and one purple gun. > > I have played a version with red invaders and blue shields on one of those > multi game consoles that have hundreds of games on one machine and you just > > plug into the tv. > > I suppose though just like Packman and several other games at the time, > there were various different versions of space invaders around and it's > entirely possible that the first one I played wasn't the original. > > All the best, > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
