What arcade game(s) you would liked to have in VFD ?

[slydc]

Hi folks,

This is a question that been bugging me for quite a time. We already know
that many arcade games have been ported in VFD handhelds/tabletops
like the Coleco Arcade Tabletops (Pac-Man, Ms.Pac-Man, Frogger...) or some
Gakken's like Frogger, Amidar, Dig Dug, etc... just to name a few.

But which arcade game(s) you would have loved to see in VFD format ?

Here's some few suggestions for starters:

* Centipede (Atari) (there is a fake handheld done, and it's great!)
* Berzerk (Stern) (Coleco was supposed to release it, never did )
* Tempest (Atari) (only exist in LCD keychain by Tiger)
* Moon Patrol (Williams) (this one too exists in LCD, either by Gakken or by Tiger in keychain format)
* Vanguard (SNK/Centuri) (my all-time favorite arcade game)

So which game(s) you have loved to see ?


--- Sly DC ---

[blanka]

I'll add another question: How does it look like? Use your imagination to draw a VFD element that is capable of running the game in a close-to-arcade way.

[slydc]

Hi blanka,

Good question you added!

I did a mock-up screen shot of the Coleco Berzerk:



I tried to do it the best i could. But if you check the mock-up, there is no
way that the game could have been done. Same problem with the mock-up
screen on the VFD Coleco Donkey Kong Jr.

Here's the picture of the VFD D.K. Jr.:



And here's the pre mock-up i've made based on the real screen:



and here's what i imagined that would it could really be (playfield all
light-up):



And finally, here's the screen shot of the fake Centipede handheld
simulator done by Adam Nightingale for the Retro Remakes Mini
Competition Entry 2006 contest:




Now i just need to do screens for Tempest, Moon Patrol and Vanguard.


--- Sly DC ---