Hi
Cocktails are fun. One can often convince the
significant other that these are really just tables
and should be part of the household furniture.
Dwight
>From: John <jrkeys_at_concentric.net>
>
>Thanks Jeff I found tons of information and manuals (they cost $20 each)
for
>the unit once I used the correct name (cocktail) for my google search. My
>cost $15.51 plus tax looks even better now that I found they sol for $1945
>back in 1980.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jeff Hellige" <jhellige_at_earthlink.net>
>To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 8:29 PM
>Subject: Re: Great finds at Auction Today and at Thrift
>
>
>> >Best find of the day was at a thrift (I only had time to stop at 2 of
>them)
>> >it was a Atari 2-player table console titled Missile Command. It has a
>coin
>> >slot for 50 cent to play the game. You sit at this unit and put your
>hands
>> >into the controller pocket that has a big yellow trackball and three
fire
>> >buttons for each player. They did not have the key to get into the unit
>and
>> >I have not plugged it in yet to test. It's in great shape and is model
>> >number 23601. I checked on google and could not find any information on
>the
>> >unit. Anyone know where I can get spec's on this unit and what it cost
>new?
>>
>> Truly cool...a Missile Command cocktail unit. Mostly it's
>> stuff like PacMan that you see in that format. Here are a couple of
>> pictures of one:
>>
>> http://www.nanonano.co.uk/arcade/miscom.htm
>> http://www.classicarcadeonline.com/missilecommandcocktail.html
>>
>> Jeff
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>>
>>
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>
Received on Wed Aug 21 2002 - 11:34:00 BST