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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

399.0. "Bally buys Amiga Chipset" by LEDS::ACCIARDI () Wed Mar 25 1987 01:26

    I just heard on 'The Computer Show' that Bally, the giant manufacturer
    of arcade machines, has entered into agreement with Commodore to
    purchase Amiga motherboards, complete with the custom chips, for
    use in 'the next generation of arcade games'.
    
    I addition to a pile of money, Commodore will also receive publishing
    rights to any games developed by Bally.
    
    I think it is pretty exciting that an arcade machine manufacturer
    is excited enough about the Amiga hardware to use IT instead
    of their own designs.  
    
    Also, an injection of money won't hurt CBM either.
    
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399.1BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonWed Mar 25 1987 14:028
    motherboards?!?!???  nice!  maybe marble madness convinced them
    it was possible... glad CBM got the publishing rights.
    
    Real arcade games on a "killer game machine", the amiga dream comes
    true  :-)
    
    -dave
    
399.2A500 boards, actually...LEDS::ACCIARDIWed Mar 25 1987 14:2411
    Actually, I heard a more detailed rumor that Bally and two other
    manufacturers were in fact buying A500 motherboards for their machines.
    
    With the cost of an A500 projected at $600-$650 retail, and if you
    throw away the keyboard, floppy, case, and power supply, your probably
    left with a $100 board, complete with RAM.
    
    Makes a lot of sense, if you think about it.
    
    What excites me is that now we can expect to see the ultimate arcade
    games at about the same time as they appear in the arcades.
399.3BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonThu Mar 26 1987 14:4612
    Computer+Software News, March 23,1987
    pg 2, in the HEARD AROUND column
    
    "Commodore has been working hard to get away from the entertainment
    image associated with its computers in the early days, but there's
    still money to be made from its expertise in the area.  Commodore
    has signed a pact with Bally Mfg. to supply Amiga grapics technology
    for development of the next generation of coin-op video games. 
    Bally plans to introduce its first Amiga-based arcade game, Moonquake,
    at the Amusement Coin Machine Expo March 20-22."
    
    -dave
399.4MOONQUAKE AND ??????????GUCCI::HERBALFri Sep 02 1988 23:015
    What arcade games have been used with amigas(besides moonquake)?!?!??!
    
    
                                                 M.A.H
    
399.5BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonSat Sep 03 1988 00:579
    haven't heard much about Bally since way back when... Did moonquake
    every make it out the door?  (I haven't seen it for sale anywhere,
    CBM got the rights to market the computer version if I recall the
    agreement correctly)
    
    Arcadia is supposed to be trying to get it's Amiga games into the
    arcades.
    
    -dave
399.6ATARI RULES IN THE VIDEO ARCADESGUCCI::HERBALSat Sep 03 1988 14:5910
    I go to the arcade often and I have nevere seen moonquake,I have
    nevere seen any bally games either.Atari and Sega make the best
    arcades.Atari has a game called final lap,it is like pole position
    except 4 people race at the same time.Sega's Afterburner is my all
    time favorite game to play also the most expensive.I wish they had
    afterburner for the amiga so I did not have to pay a $1.00 each
    game.
    
                                                     M.A.H
    
399.7LEDS::ACCIARDIHeisenberg may have slept hereSun Sep 04 1988 02:136
    
    Read the notes here on Interceptor.  While not as fast or flashy
    as Afterburner, it is a far better flight/combat simulator, and
    a lot more enjoyable to use.