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February_1999
Re: Black Widow, how can you tell if it's dedicated?


From: bill esquivel ( )
Date: Thu Feb 18 1999 - 16:10:08 CST


well, they would take the time to convert a dud game if they had a warehouse full
of them.... They did it with battlezone, why would they not do it with gravitar?

Jeff Anderson wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, omar wrote:
>
> > I have not seen one either (that I know of) however I have seen a factory
> > conversion of a Tempest-> MH. The only thing that led me to believe this is
> > was a new Atari Serial/Model number plate on it that stated it. This plate
> > was not included in the two conversion kits I have had in the past. The
> > owner of this conversion is on vectorlist so maybe he will have something
> > more to add when he sees this message.
>
> I seriously doubt it.. Atari wouldnt take the time to convert a dud game
> they know doesnt sell well 3 years after Tempest was made. It would cost
> them as much to make them as it did for the dedicated. and the kits Did
> come with a sticker set with about 10 of the little serial # stickers for
> each component inside the cabinet and a new sticker for the back of the
> cabinet. I've had a couple MHs in tempest cabs from one op and the
> stickers were thrown in the bottom of the cab. Does it have sideart? I
> might beleive that they made one or two for display purposes, but it
> probably would have stayed in CA.


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