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Originally posted by: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!cbosgd!mark
<pre>Article-I.D.: cbosgd.3401
Posted: Fri Apr 8 15:03:50 1983
Received: Sat Apr 9 06:27:42 1983
References: <1054@rayssd.UUCP>
I found an Arcade II in a Sears store and played with it a bit too.
It is a 2600 compatible machine, NOT a 5200 or 400 or 800. It
takes the same cartridges as the 2600. It's in a spiffier looking
box, with push-on-off buttons with status LED's instead of the
level switches. The controllers were essentially 2600 joysticks,
except that the stick rotates (I gather you use the same controller
for paddle games). There are 4 (!) 9 pin sockets for controllers,
and the joystick controllers plug into one of them. I suppose you
can buy two more controllers for warlords, but I assume that due
to compatibility considerations you can't have a 4 player joystick
game. Certainly I don't know of any such games available.
The display mentioned something about one of the new features being
that the controller retracted conveniently for storage. From looking
at it, I can't see how - it seems the same as the 2600. The box
is smaller than the 2600 by an inch or so in all 3 dimensions, and
I didn't see any provision for pockets to stick things in or retraction.
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