My friend and I used to play this early 80’s arcade game back in the day. I can’t for the life of me remember it’s name. Hoping someone here can help....
nope, it was circular for sure, but 3d… plus there was that talking head… no one seems to know what I’m talking about its messing with me like my memory is messed up
Yeah I should clarify what I mean by bespoke, as most production games from that era were entirely bespoke (custom hardware designed specifically for the game). I’m trying to discern between “bespoke design from a corporation”, “bespoke design from a small startup” and “bespoke design by some dude in a garage”.
I suspect there’s an interesting story behind this game.
Trying to figure out any info on the game or person(s) who created it. Starting with:
was this a real coin-op game or fake one (made for the show or say, some hands on herpes educational exhibit etc)?
what was the hardware? Was it built (as I suspect) on an A8 machine?
how many were made? did it ever get into production?
who was behind this? Just one mad programmer in a garage, or his small company hoping to build a bunch of them and get rich etc.
If I had to guess it’s a lone programmer with an idea he figured would make him rich, used the A8 platform and TV to avoid hardware engineering, built a machine or two in a hand-built cabinet, promoted them any way he could, got nowhere, and faded into obscurity.
So many oddities out there. I love the intersection of retro gaming, forgotten prototypes, and obscure media.
Does anyone remember this game?
My friend and I used to play this early 80’s arcade game back in the day. I can’t for the life of me remember it’s name. Hoping someone here can help....
Can someone identify this old 80's arcade game "Herpes"? (lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/475922...
Can someone identify this old 80's arcade game "Herpes"? (imgur.com)
Stumbled upon an old video clip (from 1983) showing a coin operated game called "Herpes", no joke....