Re: QB3 ???

>Aside from the name, QB3, what else is known about this game? I've
>heard people mention the name but nothing more.
>

All I know about it is what Chris Hanks mentioned in his post back
in January. I'd love to have the game, though!

FWIW, I've attached a copy of the Chris Hanks original post regarding
the game.

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Subject: Vector game called QB-3?
From: luna@teleport.com (Chris.Hanks)
Date: 1997/01/12
Message-Id: <5badep$fb3$1@nadine.teleport.com>
Newsgroups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting
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I was reading an old issue of "Electronic Fun with
Computers and Games" from Feb. 1983. One of the articles
is about the new arcade games shown at that year's AMOA
show and this paragraph caught my attention:

[quote from magazine]
"Another star of the show was QB-3 from Rockola.
Rockola, famous for its great pinball games,
entered the video game field last year with Eyes.
QB-3 shows they're here to stay. It's a vector
game in which you are trapped in a space cube and
must shoot points and stars of light. After
clearing one side of the cube, you actually rotate
it to get to the next wave. It is an incredible
game that is just slightly reminiscent of
Robotron".
[end quote]

Okay, I guess it's not totally accurate since Rockola
is more known for jukes, not pins, but the game still
sounds pretty cool! I'm assuming that QB-3 (if it even
exists) would actually be a Cinematronics vector game
LICENSED to Rockola, like Rocket Racer and Demon were.

So, does anybody know if this game exists? Perhaps
the name changed before it went into production?

Chris.
<luna@teleport.com>
Received on Wed Jun 11 14:20:28 1997