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General Chat => Electronic HandHeld Games & Vintage Toys, Home Consoles & Computers => Topic started by: Belike on February 19, 2013, 01:58:01 PM

Title: Bandai Gunfighter from 1980
Post by: Belike on February 19, 2013, 01:58:01 PM
Added this one to the collection, works great, without a single scratch :D
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-alXK4H7Af-w/USN1NSdrn_I/AAAAAAAAHKQ/NLNsnRSWIro/s720/Gunfighter%2520005.jpg)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7dVa9XYemDo/USN1OkunCKI/AAAAAAAAHKk/LEsPfCEbKPE/s720/Gunfighter%2520006.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ViH8E4-E3Sc/USN1NC1jMGI/AAAAAAAAHKM/PE-8E9U2a_w/s720/Gunfighter%2520004.jpg)
Check the last 3 rows on the instruction sticker :D
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-UMlT6UNB-P8/USN1NDOIZOI/AAAAAAAAHKU/0GGv-ozD8i4/s720/Gunfighter%2520003.jpg)

I also spotted the pcb for the big one today
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Gun-Fight-Midway-Arcade-PCB-/230931056136?pt=Automaten&hash=item35c4904608
Title: Re: Bandai Gunfighter from 1980
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 19, 2013, 02:31:57 PM
Looks cool !

Howmany handhelds do you have now ? and do you have some kind of display for them like this : ?

(http://www.ubevindtzichhier.nu/pix/overig/VitrineArchief.jpg)
Title: Re: Bandai Gunfighter from 1980
Post by: gyruss on February 19, 2013, 02:36:25 PM
nice, can't wait to see them in real life!  ;)
Title: Re: Bandai Gunfighter from 1980
Post by: Belike on February 19, 2013, 04:43:08 PM
I have about 50-60 handhelds, unfortunately no display yet, they are sitting on a shelf atm.. :-\
Title: Re: Bandai Gunfighter from 1980
Post by: level42 on February 19, 2013, 04:44:46 PM
Should it be that color or does it need Retro-bright ?
Title: Re: Bandai Gunfighter from 1980
Post by: Luigi on February 19, 2013, 04:59:15 PM
ah, this was and still is one of my favs on the Atari 2600....Outlaw :)

Béla, did you ever take pictures of your collection?
Title: Re: Bandai Gunfighter from 1980
Post by: scr33n on February 19, 2013, 05:25:57 PM
Cool !!! Congratulations - great conditions  :spaceace:
Title: Re: Bandai Gunfighter from 1980
Post by: level42 on February 19, 2013, 05:26:48 PM
Those simple games were so much fun two player.

Combat was the pack-in game when my brother bought the 2600 and we thought it to be really too simple looking in the beginning but after some serious 2 player Tank games we loved it :)

I still need to play a 2 player Tank arcade machine.....loved playing the Western Gun during the last Eurocade....shame it didn't survive....
Title: Re: Bandai Gunfighter from 1980
Post by: Blanka on February 19, 2013, 08:49:01 PM
Should it be that color or does it need Retro-bright ?

No, the American one was this brown. I have 2 EU/JP ones, which are cream white, with embossed GUN PROFESSIONAL letters with paint instead of the sticker of the US version. It is basically the Boothill arcade game in handheld form.
Title: Re: Bandai Gunfighter from 1980
Post by: Belike on February 19, 2013, 09:50:42 PM
ah, this was and still is one of my favs on the Atari 2600....Outlaw :)

Béla, did you ever take pictures of your collection?

Yeah, Outlaw rocks, maybe we can play a few rounds on the 2600 soon. ;)
I have these pics from my collection, made in 2011 july, there are 20-30 more by now. :D
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0tPLOeD6NCI/TiRVOyYZnBI/AAAAAAAAEDc/t1_NF5nuptg/s720/Handheld%2520collection%2520004.jpg)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-MVT3IcErfuI/TiRVO6IiIYI/AAAAAAAAEDY/oCzOJYZtMHY/s720/Handheld%2520collection%2520005.jpg)
That boxed Ball is the original one, the first handheld ever ;)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8r1dHoZSomM/TiRVO4HWRSI/AAAAAAAAEDg/8humtdYYn2Q/s720/Handheld%2520collection%2520006.jpg)
Title: Re: Bandai Gunfighter from 1980
Post by: Blanka on February 19, 2013, 10:29:09 PM
That boxed Ball is the original one, the first handheld ever ;)

The first SINGLE GAME LCD handheld.
Before we had:
- Lots of LED games, where 1976 Auto Race by Mattel was the first
- VFD handhelds where 1979 Bambino UFO Master Blaster Station was first
- Mech/LED games like Tomy Blip from 1977.
- First LCD handheld: the Microvision handheld console with cartridges from 1979.
Title: Re: Bandai Gunfighter from 1980
Post by: level42 on February 20, 2013, 12:19:38 AM
I would want this:

(http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/dedicated/cosmos/cosmosad.jpg)

if I collected hand-helds.

Atari also planned other LED games but apart from Touch Me none were ever released....another clever move by marketing guys.
Title: Re: Bandai Gunfighter from 1980
Post by: Blanka on February 20, 2013, 10:14:51 AM
Do you like Star Wars Level 42?
Then grab a Firefox-7 by Grandstand, they are 10€ on ebay.co.uk.
It is the best "handheld" experience ever, and a very nice Star Wars port.