well, Its beveled like breakout(I just checked mine), but its as large as a tron and has
no skirt. I have not see a super breakout in years so I can't argue that point. Over
the years, I have have had my hands on maybe 20 tempests, 4 mh to tempests and 2 mh to
space duels . I have seen this knob maybe 3 times. I am not 100% sure but I think I
might have gotten one them off the mh to space duel. Maybe it came with that kit.
Jeff Anderson wrote:
> > I have a different knob on a few of my tempests. I prefer it to the skirted knob.
> > It has more mass and It grips a lot better. Its the size of a tron knob but it has
> > a beveled top. I have no idea if it was a late replacement run, a test run or
> > after market. But I have seen it on at least 2 tempest panels.
> >
> > If you like, I can provide a picture of the knob in question.
>
> That sounds like the knob Atari used in the late 70's on games like super
> Breakout and Tournament Table.. ITs about the same size and shape as a
> Tron knob and the top has an aliminum disc with beveled edges.. The knob
> used on games earlier than that (like Breakout) looked just like a tempest
> knob but instead of the center being flat it had a raised and beveled
> edge..
>
> At any rate that knob will not be original.. keep in mind
> these games were not in any of our hands until after they got years of
> use.. anything could happen including knobs breaking and getting swapped
> with different ones.. If your tempest has a different knob it is not
> original, Atari didnt use a new knob until the Space duel kit for MH (its
> the same knob from Blasteriods with the molded Atari logo).
>
> If they would have switched to a new knob there would have been manual
> revisions or a reprint and all games from that point on would have used
> them. You cant change stuff like that during a production run without
> doing so, it affects the gameplay too much.
>
> Jeff
Received on Thu Apr 8 22:23:11 1999
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