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kain_kusanagi said:
Kasz216 said:
Maybe this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bally-Basic-Astrocade-Astrocade-Pinball-/251213161819?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3a7d78a55b

Used to have the black label FF7, gave it away.

Got some of the more expensive SNES games.


Sweet! You have a Bally Astrocade?! Coolsville daddio! From what I've read it was ahead of it's time. Would you say it has any non-nostolgic value to someone who enjoys playing games from the late 70's and early 80's. I often have a hard time decided if stuff like that is worth throwing money at if I end up playing it once and then setting it on a shelf to admire it's novelty.

Oh I still play from time to time, so I really like it.  Of course the nostlagia value is high in regards to it as playing it is like my 3rd memory.

Earthquake/ Climbing up Stairs to play Bally Astrocade, Bally Astrocade.

Thing got regular play with my frineds up until the N64 era.

 

Checkmate comes prebuilt on the console is basically the motorbike game from Tron, which makes sense since Checkmate is what that scene is based on.  It's my favorite Ballly game.

Gunfight, also prebuilt is a lot of fun for nostalgic oldshool 2 player duels.  

Wizard of Wor was my favorite non-built game, but you can get that for other systems.  

The pinball games are definitly unique and fun.

 

As for if it's worth it, not sure how much a Bally system goes for so I can't say.  I like it though.

Controller is just so unique.