technabob » tempest http://technabob.com/blog gadgets, gizmos, games, cool gadgets, geeky gadgets Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:53:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 ms. pac-man: the best arcade game ever? http://technabob.com/blog/2009/07/15/ms-pac-man-the-best-arcade-game-ever/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/07/15/ms-pac-man-the-best-arcade-game-ever/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:51:40 +0000 alisha k. http://technabob.com/blog/?p=16827 Ms. Pac-Man, the girlied up version of everyone’s favorite power-pellet chomper, must be the best arcade game of all time… or at least, the easiest to track down. Ms. Pac-Man is apparently the most collected arcade game. Rounding out the list, we have some expected titles: Donkey Kong,…]]> According to at least one set of criteria, Ms. Pac-Man, the girlied up version of everyone’s favorite power-pellet chomper, must be the best arcade game of all time… or at least, the easiest to track down. Ms. Pac-Man is apparently the most collected arcade game.

ms pac-man arcade game collector

Rounding out the list, we have some expected titles: Donkey Kong, Pac-Man (the manly version!), and Galaga, and some you may not have expected, like Tempest. At least, I didn’t expect it.

The full top ten:

  1. Ms. Pac-Man
  2. Tempest
  3. Pac-Man
  4. Galaga
  5. Donkey Kong
  6. Centipede
  7. Asteroids
  8. Joust
  9. Defender
  10. Robotron 2084

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]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2009/07/15/ms-pac-man-the-best-arcade-game-ever/feed/ 2 scope 2 rgb led watch reminds me of vector video games http://technabob.com/blog/2008/10/17/scope-2-rgb-led-watch-reminds-me-of-vector-video-games/ http://technabob.com/blog/2008/10/17/scope-2-rgb-led-watch-reminds-me-of-vector-video-games/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:30:40 +0000 technabob http://technabob.com/blog/?p=4863 I don’t know what it is about these retro-futuristic watches from Japan, but for me they conjure up images of 1980s color vector video games like Tempest or Quantum.

The limited-edition Scope 2 watch uses a special multi-color (RGB) LED display to tell the time. Depending on the model you choose, either a red or green horizontal hairline signifies an hour, while a contrasting colored “target” surrounds the current 5 minute interval, and four tiny dots which reside on a separate circular nub indicate individual minutes. Sound a bit confusing? Maybe this diagram will help sort things out for you:

Better, no? If you do manage to figure out anything other than the fact that it’s about 20 minutes after something or other, let me know.

At this point, the only place you can get the Scope 2 is from Japanese watch seller Seahope for ¥21,000 (appx $207 USD) but I’m HOPEful (get it?) that they’ll make their way to the western hemisphere soon.

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2008/10/17/scope-2-rgb-led-watch-reminds-me-of-vector-video-games/feed/ 6 space giraffe = tempest on steroids http://technabob.com/blog/2006/12/15/space-giraffe-tempest-on-steroids/ http://technabob.com/blog/2006/12/15/space-giraffe-tempest-on-steroids/#comments Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:17:40 +0000 technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2006/12/15/space-giraffe-tempest-on-steroids/ Space Giraffe is the latest game from Jeff Minter’s Llamasoft, creator of such classics as Tempest and it’s various derivatives as well as the cool light show visualizations you see in the Xbox 360’s music player.

A video has now surfaced, showing work in progress on the game, and it looks like it could be the first live arcade game to give Geometry Wars a run for its money.

The game play definitely is reminiscent of Minter’s classic Atari vector-based arcade game, combined with the trippy psychedelia that he’s well known for these days. The game is still in development, but should be hitting Xbox Live Arcade some time in 2007.

[via videogamesblogger]

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