From: jdeitch@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.video.arcade
Subject: Killer List of Video Games - Docs
Date: 15 Apr 92 14:43:18 EDT
Organization: Univ of Miami IR
Summary: KLOV Documentation
Reply-To: jdeitch@umiami.miami.edu
Followup-To: rec.games.video.arcade
Keywords: KLOV 1

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[                            Coin-Ops-A-Poppin'                             ]
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[                       Killer List of Video Games                          ]
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[                               April 1991                                  ]
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[                             Documentation                                 ]
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[ Original list compiled by Mike Hughey, with extensive mods by Jeff Hansen ]
[ and tons of people on USENET (I weighed 'em!).                            ]
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[ Converted to Appleworks Database and enlarged from Video Connection       ]
[ catalog.  Maintained by Jonathan Deitch (jdeitch@umiami.miami.edu)        ]
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This is a montly posting; posted around the 15th of each month.

Copies of the database are available, but you have to have an Apple II with
extra memory as the database is far larger than the standard 42k desktop ...

Anyone with a correction or addition please e-mail me with your correction or
addition.  Any changes (especially NEW GAMES) are welcome !
                                   =========
- Jonathan

jdeitch@umiami.miami.edu
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     Below are game entry parameter examples for the list, which follows this
posting in two additional posts (A-M and N-Z). This is just the instructions.

Ninja FallinBlox {x<y/z '39, 3D, Pinball, Vector, Laser, BnW, 17P, 2900 pro}
     The first laserdisc vector pinball game!  You (represented by blocks)
     catch stuff (represented by blocks) until your arms (more blocks) are
     full, you can't see (lack of blocks), and bump into a Ninja-type person
     (represented by Cher).

x<y  Company x licensed the game from company y.
y/z  Game created jointly between y and z, or unknown licensing agreement.
3D   Three-D graphics.  My criteria for this feature is the musical question:
     "Does the game have to do any type of 3D computation?"  I'm going to
     stiff on this parameter a lot, because I haven't seen all these very
     crazy games!
Pinball   Actually a pinball/video game hybrid.
Vector    Vector graphics.
Laser     Laser disc images used for background (Star Fire) or entire game
     (Dragon's Lair).
BnW  Black 'n White screen.  I've stretched the definition a bit, because
     certain vector games are color, but just one color - like Tailgunner
     (blue), Battlezone (green), and Red Baron (blue).  Maybe these are
     color plastic overlays that I haven't noticed.  Maybe not.
2P, 4P    Simultaneous play for two players, four players, etc.
# pro     Number of games produced.

Note : The above may/may not be included in any order whatsoever.

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Titles not included as they are not _real_ arcade games (IMHO) :

Super Select System [Arcadia]
     An arcade cabinet with an Amiga inside.  Some of the games are improved
     home versions (hot dog!).  Six selections on each machine.

PlayChoice [Nintendo '88, 2P]
     An arcade cabinet with a Nintendo inside!  Also PlayChoice CounterTop
     (with joysticks that appear amazingly fragile considering the locations
     of most of these models: bars).  Up to ten games.  Give it a quarter and
     get three _big_ minutes of playing time.  Hotdogletmeatitwhatabargin!

TurboGrafix-16 [United Amusements<NEC '90]
     An arcade cabinet...with a TurboGrafix-16 inside!  Hot Doggies!

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The next two posts contain the actual Coin's A Poppin' list !

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