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General Chat => Electronic HandHeld Games & Vintage Toys, Home Consoles & Computers => Topic started by: Belike on August 11, 2011, 08:17:33 PM

Title: Mystery package arrived
Post by: Belike on August 11, 2011, 08:17:33 PM
Received this from Steve (ataritoobin) from the States today:

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-mVscUGX36BU/TkQbznfNJCI/AAAAAAAAEF8/-SnckEo7y94/s912/Pac%252520csomagb.JPG)

Thanks a lot Steve, I really appreciate it.
More at Eurocade. ;)
Title: Re: Mystery package arrived
Post by: Blanka on August 12, 2011, 11:02:33 AM
Let me guess.... It's no Bowlatronic. Nor a Coleco Zaxxon....
Title: Re: Mystery package arrived
Post by: Belike on August 12, 2011, 12:55:33 PM
No, it's a real classic, but I couldn't tell more until Eurocade. ;)
Title: Re: Mystery package arrived
Post by: Blanka on August 12, 2011, 02:52:17 PM
More real classic than those 2.....  :shock:

The top 25 op classiness in no particular order is roughly:
Bambino - Race'N'Chase
Bambino - UFO Master Blaster Station
Bandai - Airport Panic *
Bandai - FL Burger Time
Bandai - Gun Professional
Coleco - Bowlatronic
Entex - Space Invader 2
Entex - Super Cobra
Epoch - Astro Thunder 7
Gakken - Runaway *
Gakken - Dig Dug
Gakken - Frogger
Gakken - Puck Monster
Mattel - Auto Race *
Mattel - Gravity
Nintendo - Ball *
Nintendo - Donkey Kong JR *
Nintendo - Donkey Kong *
Onko - Super Space Jack
Parker Brothers - Q*Bert
Tomy - 3D Stereo Skyfighters
Tomy - Mr. DO *
Tomy - Pac Man
Tomy - Slimline Speedway *
Rosy - Space Galaxy

The ones with a star fit in that envelope.... So we are down to 8 options  ;D
Title: Re: Mystery package arrived
Post by: Blanka on August 12, 2011, 05:30:27 PM
If it is from the states, then it only can be
Auto Race
Ball
Mr. DO
Slimline Speedway

as for the other 4 it is totally nuts to get them from the USA.
Title: Re: Mystery package arrived
Post by: Blanka on August 12, 2011, 05:32:37 PM
Mr. DO and Ball can be scrapped from the list too.
6.94$ basic shipping would be too risky for these 2.

I guess it is the classic of all that is classic: Auto Race, the first ever!
It makes total sense as it can be found for 10-20$ in the USA and fits in an envelope. Sorry to spoil the fun  :wink:
Title: Re: Mystery package arrived
Post by: Belike on August 12, 2011, 05:50:46 PM
You are very far. :D
As you are a pro handheld collector, you have different thoughts about "classics", it is "just" a handheld version of a classic arcade game. ;)
Title: Re: Mystery package arrived
Post by: Muerto on August 12, 2011, 07:13:22 PM
I hope you did´nt receive the parcel like that!....TORN!
Title: Re: Mystery package arrived
Post by: Blanka on August 12, 2011, 09:47:54 PM
Oops, then it''s getting a hard one....

It must be LCD, it wasn''t the Mr. DO, so I think we must limit to the really tiny ones.

Options that are arcade classics in handheld:

Bandai - Zaxxon, but this one is easy to get in Europe, great game.
Bandai - Burgertime (LCD), was not sold in the US, so would be weird.
Mattel - Burgertime: essentially the same game, but then the US version. I have it: very cool
Bandai - Pengo: only a half-baked arcade conversion. The VFD Pengo is real Pengo, the LCD one is a fun game based on Pengo. Not classic enough.
Halion - Q*Bert: classic game, but very unknown and not so classic company, even though it shares the common Bandai handheld with ministick shape.
Bandai - Frisky Tom: nice classic conversion, but not very classic in the sense that it is well known as classic....
One of countless Pac-Man versions
One of many Super Cobra versions: not likely, they were common in the EU

Best guess: Mattel Burger Time
Title: Re: Mystery package arrived
Post by: Belike on August 12, 2011, 11:44:35 PM
Close to perfection. ;D
I received the package in perfect condition, but I had to test it with a battery, so I had to open it like that! ;D
Title: Re: Mystery package arrived
Post by: Muerto on August 12, 2011, 11:50:37 PM
Ah ok, i was a bit worried there!
Title: Re: Mystery package arrived
Post by: Blanka on September 04, 2011, 04:03:43 PM
And, what was the game???
Title: Re: Mystery package arrived
Post by: level42 on September 04, 2011, 04:36:25 PM
Béla brought his entire collection (I think)!!!!! Sadly we didn't really find a good spot for it. At one moment I asked to play DK and he showed ALL of them....I played for a minute or two and then.....I had to do some duties as organizer of Eurocade again   ;D
Totally not complaining because I managed to play a good number of games on the big machines and I even played Béla's C64 !
Title: Re: Mystery package arrived
Post by: Belike on September 04, 2011, 11:07:47 PM
And, what was the game???
I guess Etienne can tell you. ;)
Title: Re: Mystery package arrived
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on September 05, 2011, 07:00:58 AM
I sure can !

but untill i make my report of eurocade it will remain a Mystery package  ;) ::)

Oh boy, i did read this topic, but i never had a clue of what your intentions where.

I can only say that it is highly appriciated what you did !, i did not see it comming !

even when i saw the package in real life, i did not recall the package from this post, so it was a real surprise.
Well done !

Thanks Again! you rock !  :spaceace:
Title: Re: Mystery package arrived
Post by: Robinholland on September 05, 2011, 08:23:30 PM
Belike has a very nice colection of handhelds  :P
I have seen the most of his collection from the box , also the 500 dollar handheld ball
Very nice to meet you in person belika  ;)
Title: Re: Mystery package arrived
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on September 05, 2011, 09:34:33 PM
I was totally surprised by this,
Bela brought me a gift, and man, i love it !

This was my first handheld, but in those days we where children, and stuff breaks as you know..

So i asked in Bela's topic (https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=2785.0) if he maybe has this one and could bring it to eurocade.

He did not have it, but he ordered one for me as a gift in the US  :o

Thanks a million Bela, that was so nice of you to do !

and like we always say, pics or it did not happen...

This package looks familiar..  ::)

(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/pacman/1.jpg)


Another package inside this package..

(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/pacman/2.jpg)

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drumroll.....

more tence .....

Yeehhaaaa, after 30 years i play again my very first handheld !  :spaceace:

A true classic in a handheld form!

(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/pacman/3.jpg)


My son liked it too as you can see..

(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/pacman/4.jpg)


He likes it so much, that he dont want to let it go  :lol:

(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/pacman/5.jpg)

Did i say thanks already ?  ;)
Title: Re: Mystery package arrived
Post by: Q*ris on September 05, 2011, 10:20:06 PM
Béla rules, he was like the father Christmas of the Eurocade, look what he gave me:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/belarules.jpg)
A 1978 100% working Space Invaders handheld, now how cool is that?!?!
THANK YOU BELA!!!!  :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace:
Title: Re: Mystery package arrived
Post by: DarthNuno on September 05, 2011, 10:42:01 PM
Damn it! I totally missed the "Electronic HandHeld" Bela's collection @ Eurocade?!  :'(

Too bad it wasn't possible to safety display them (I've just see the explanation by André).
Title: Re: Mystery package arrived
Post by: Blanka on September 07, 2011, 09:08:36 AM
Totally surprised! Was it so cheap in the US? These are on Marktplaats every month, ranging from dumbasses asking 100€ to housewives cleaning the attic and asking 8 euro. I got myself an Ectron one. Your's can use some Retr-O-Bright by the way.
Title: Re: Mystery package arrived
Post by: Belike on September 07, 2011, 09:17:07 PM
I'm really happy that you like my little presents and sending my huge thanks to Steve (ataritoobin) to let this happen. :D
Just to make it clear, there was no international shipping possibility for that pacman, Steve bought and arranged the double shipping for us. :spaceace: