Taito or Midway Space Invaders - which one do you prefer?

[Belike]

Please note, that if you suggest to buy the Taito for Ully, he will buy the Midway.......

[level42]

But of course, that's why we say Taito, so he will buy Midway, so we have more Taito's left....duh !!

[Superully]

Please note, that if you suggest to buy the Taito for Ully, he will buy the Midway.......

nope, in this case the vote is unanimous and i will respect your wishes

[gyruss]

Cool, i'm very interested in the midway one! 

[Superully]

Plus it has a joystick. (I still haven't seen a Taito with buttons...)

here you go





or has that panel been hacked? that red square looks somewhat out of place ... what do you think?

[Muerto]

Someone please point to a link on KLOV for this arcade....

Space Invaders - Taito

[McVenco]

or has that panel been hacked? that red square looks somewhat out of place ... what do you think?

Looks a bit like an aftermarket hackjob to me...

[Superully]

Someone please point to a link on KLOV for this arcade....

Space Invaders - Taito

there is no separate entry for it, only a description under the midway entry:

The Taito version of the game features a large, rectangular cabinet with blue and white sideart, and uses a joystick versus the button set-up on the Midway version. The marquee is also slightly different in terms of colour and prominently displays the "Taitronics" logo. The overall quality of the machine is arguably superior to the Midway version since its cabinet graphics are much more detailed.

obviously the panel has been hacked, because the text states that the taito version definitely uses a joystick!

[gyruss]

Here is the flyer, i don't see a red square on it.

[Muerto]

.... That is a major flaw imo! - it should have it´s own page on KLOV!

[Superully]

Here is the flyer, i don't see a red square on it.

strangely that flyer shows the cab with two buttons - contrary to what the klov text says. i'm somewhat puzzled ...

[ataritoobin]

I seem to recall seeing some in the UK and Europe that had buttons (minus the red square!), so Taito may have made two versions.

[DarthNuno]

Both are cool, I personally go with the Midway, because I clearly remember where (in pub inside a mall, close to my native house), and how (While my parents making purchases, they let me play on it inside that pub during the time of the shopping). The Taito looks gorgeous but don't bring me any memories...

[Q*ris]

Don't have the time to dig the pictures right now but I'm 100% positive there's a Taito version with buttons and another one with joystick.
Out of my head I'd say joystick where a bit more expensive to produce/maintain that's why they switched to buttons version.
I'll find some links tomorrow.
The red square is indeed a hack.

[DarthNuno]

True... I already met that version in UK