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December_1997
RE: Nightmare! (was: Re: more info on euro star castle boards)


From: Clay Cowgill ( )
Date: Tue Dec 02 1997 - 18:03:21 CST


>G'day,
>
>I'll second Kev's nomination for Cine->Atari BW/color (or Sega for that
>matter). Now what's this Nightmare game? (Putting on my asbesto
>suit...is this thing getting worn from use?)

Nightmare is a prototype Atari arcade game that I got from an ex-Atari
employee. It was done by GCC (Quantum and Food Fight) and is based on a
Food Fight board (raster). I think it was to be a conversion kit for TRON
(since it uses the same controls and screen orientation) but for some
reason didn't make it out-- maybe too difficult to convert a TRON cabinet
in the field?. Very cool game though-- nice graphics (twice the ROM of
Food Fight), digitized sound, etc.

I've been collecting parts to duplicate the thing as a kit. (Found the
required ADPCM chips in a bunch of old Voice Response Unit motherboards
last week, BTW!)

-Clay

Clayton N. Cowgill Engineering Manager
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