Re: Tech: Asteroids Deluxe Hack?

Jon,
Atari put out some anti glare kits for asteroids deluxe and warlords. They
have the same artwork as the original but were slightly different in angle.
The DLX one actually claimed to improve the bass. Someone might have
actually replaced the original bezel in yours with one of these. A local
distributor used to have a stack of these at one time.

Omar

----- Original Message -----
From: Jon Raiford <raiford@mindspring.com>
Newsgroups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting
To: <vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 9:34 AM
Subject: Tech: Asteroids Deluxe Hack?

> I recently traded for an Asteroids Deluxe (so nobody has an NOS
> cpo?? :).. Anyway, the monitor glass (plexi) on it appears to be
> original, but instead of it leaning away from the player, it
> leans towards the player (you can see the reflection of the
> butt-ugly control panel in it). The MG is longer than what I'm
> used to seeing, and it bends at the bottom. The speaker is
> actually between the MG and the mirror. Has anyone else seen
> one like this? I'll try to throw some pics together this
> weekend.
>
> By the way, if it were just how I described, I would have still
> guessed it to be a hack, but there are wooden pieces that are
> mounted and painted that hold it in place. The paint looks
> exactly the same as the other black in there, and the pieces
> appear to be professionally cut and attached. I guess I really
> need to get some pics to show you what I mean, but maybe you
> guys have already seen one like this?
>
> Jon
>
>
Received on Fri Jun 18 08:53:21 1999