WTD: Atari Akka Arrh

Alpha1

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Mar 8, 2006, 3:27:03 PM3/8/06

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Please contact me if you're a lucky SOB and happen to have one you're now
bored of :-)

Good price paid.

Oliver

Paul

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Mar 8, 2006, 11:02:00 PM3/8/06

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$3K USD

prOk

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Mar 9, 2006, 8:50:05 AM3/9/06

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That means you have one for 3k? Or you're stating a value?

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rgvac...@mgcap.com

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Mar 9, 2006, 10:17:06 AM3/9/06

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I believe all the games (all three of them) are accounted for and in
collector's hands. I don't think they are going anywhere though and $3K
is a pretty low estimate.

tm

Steve Muccione

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Mar 9, 2006, 10:59:44 AM3/9/06

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I had never heard of it before...

what's it like? It looks to be a raster quantum type game...

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Mar 9, 2006, 12:33:46 PM3/9/06

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Steve Muccione wrote:
> I had never heard of it before...
>
> what's it like? It looks to be a raster quantum type game...

Some pictures here:
http://www.ionpool.net/arcade/cax_2001/cax_2001.html

Tough to describe. Missile Command meets Liberator meets Quantum.
Actually a really fun game. Amazing it didn't get made.

RayB

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Mar 9, 2006, 3:21:13 PM3/9/06

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What does 'WTD' mean? I know WTB is "want to buy". What's WTD, "want to
destroy"? "Want to Donate"?

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Alpha1

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Mar 9, 2006, 4:17:26 PM3/9/06

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WanTeD

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Steve Muccione

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Mar 9, 2006, 5:09:58 PM3/9/06

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heh..

now if the Arab's really wanted to start a war all they would have to do is
bomb Cax.

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Isaac W.

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Mar 10, 2006, 4:49:44 AM3/10/06

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The reason proto/ one of owners are semi-secretive is so they are not
bombarded with tons of offers like yours every waking moment. If this
one comes up for sale, consider yourself lucky but I'm sure the line
for the akka arrh machine is likely more then full.

I'd love to have a marble man machine but im sure its not going to
happen.

On the flip side, I do wish there was a way to repro these machines
somehow without needing mame and being legal all at the same time
(again not going to happen)

-isaac

Simon Scott

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Mar 10, 2006, 5:50:21 AM3/10/06

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Isaac W. wrote:

> On the flip side, I do wish there was a way to repro these machines
> somehow without needing mame and being legal all at the same time
> (again not going to happen)
>
> -isaac

oh, I dunno

Get the cab measurements. Knock one up. Thats the easy part.

All artwork can be repro'ed (its costly, obviously).

You could then use either mame, or you could knock up a jamma pcb. These
early games are pretty simple, parts wise. You could even get someone to
emulate the entire setup in an FPGA. More than likely its a z80/pokey/sram
based thing, which would be easy to duplicate.

It *would* be possible to repro these machines. As for legalities, who is
going to sue you? In order to be sued, theyd have to show damages. You
copied a game they never sold, and never will sell. Legalities are moot.

If you had the money and the time, you could repro a short run to cover your
costs.

prOk

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Mar 10, 2006, 7:43:18 AM3/10/06

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All the silly talk about legalities of mame/making a mame cab etc are funny.
Legal or not, who the hell really cares. Nobody is going to knock on your
door and waste their time with legal action because you made yourself an
emulation cab, no matter how complex. You try to sell it for a premium or
make a business of yourself then you're asking for it but otherwise nobody,
even the copyright holder cares about joe blow and his handmade game.

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Simon Scott

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Mar 10, 2006, 9:14:37 AM3/10/06

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prOk wrote:

> All the silly talk about legalities of mame/making a mame cab etc are
> funny.
> Legal or not, who the hell really cares. Nobody is going to knock on your
> door and waste their time with legal action because you made yourself an
> emulation cab, no matter how complex. You try to sell it for a premium or
> make a business of yourself then you're asking for it but otherwise
> nobody, even the copyright holder cares about joe blow and his handmade
> game.

Lawyer: "This man copied a game my client owns the copyright on!"
Judge: "How much does your client sell the game for?"
Lawyer: "uuhhhh, he doesnt sell it"
Judge: "Case dismissed"

MARK

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Mar 15, 2006, 9:30:45 PM3/15/06

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Would you settle for a gagrr arggr aggr ggar instead for 35 bucks:)
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MARK

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Mar 15, 2006, 9:33:07 PM3/15/06

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Are these games from another planet????.How come i never saw most of them
before in all my travels?????Who are these people.I quote Sienfeld:)
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MARK

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Mar 15, 2006, 9:33:56 PM3/15/06

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Thats because they are Cax suckers:))
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MARK

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Mar 15, 2006, 9:34:30 PM3/15/06

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MARK

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Mar 15, 2006, 9:34:54 PM3/15/06

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What's This Damn game????

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MARK

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Mar 15, 2006, 9:37:05 PM3/15/06

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Knock Knock open up it's the mame police and the Copyright patrol.Your under
arrest for making a game like Ataris and word has spread all over the Worl
Wide Web so we have come to take you away ha ha
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