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esteban

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Space Invaders - NJ Lottery!
« on: September 14, 2007, 11:47:11 AM »
http://www.state.nj.us/lottery/instant/ig690.htm

Further proof that NJ rules! I have a pamphlet I picked up today at a sub shop -- the prize packs include tons of little things that are fun + money. If other states have this particular lotto game, well, then this isn't as special as I thought.
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Turbo D

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Re: Space Invaders - NJ Lottery!
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2007, 12:29:42 PM »
haha, thats a trip  :)

esteban

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Re: Space Invaders - NJ Lottery!
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2007, 05:15:58 PM »
haha, thats a trip  :)
I'd love to win a Space Invaders arcade cabinet. :) Who cares about $30,000?
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Re: Space Invaders - NJ Lottery!
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2007, 05:39:49 PM »
haha, me too. $30,000 would be nice, but a mint Space Invaders would be awesome.

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Re: Space Invaders - NJ Lottery!
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2007, 12:34:52 PM »
Speaking of "Space Invaders", I recently acquired the Saturn import two pack with SI and Puzzle Bobble 2X. And let me tell you right now:The Saturn SI game, is the biggest "WTF??!!" game collection disc I own. It's absolutely pathetic. All it is is just 4 different versions of the original Space Invaders game. One is the original black and white version, one is the version with the 4 color bar overlay, one is the one with the moon backdrop from the arcade cabinet, and one has the sprites in color instead of black and white. There's also a VS. mode which to my knowledge I believe has all the graphics and sound re-arranged, BUT YOU CAN'T PLAY THAT MODE UNLESS YOU HAVE TWO PLAYERS! I hope this disc alone didn't cost too much back when it was released in 1996, because who would want to pay 40-50 bucks on a Saturn disc that has 4 different versions of the same exact game? Why couldn't they just include ALL the different Space Invaders games from over the years like "Return of the Invaders" or "Space Invaders '91" or "Space Invaders DX"? Instead you just get 4 variations of the original arcade game and a VS mode you can't even play without two players, and that's it. What a joke. If you really wanna play this version of the game though, don't get the disc by itself, get it in the two pack with Puzzle Bobble 2X, because it's not worth paying $20-30 for a single disc that just has 4 variations of the same game and a new mode that you can't play without two people.

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Re: Space Invaders - NJ Lottery!
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2007, 12:41:33 PM »
Speaking of "Space Invaders", I recently acquired the Saturn import two pack with SI and Puzzle Bobble 2X. And let me tell you right now:The Saturn SI game, is the biggest "WTF??!!" game collection disc I own. It's absolutely pathetic. All it is is just 4 different versions of the original Space Invaders game. One is the original black and white version, one is the version with the 4 color bar overlay, one is the one with the moon backdrop from the arcade cabinet, and one has the sprites in color instead of black and white. There's also a VS. mode which to my knowledge I believe has all the graphics and sound re-arranged, BUT YOU CAN'T PLAY THAT MODE UNLESS YOU HAVE TWO PLAYERS!


That means it is basically the SNES "Space Invaders: The Original Game" on a Saturn disc.

http://www.lakupo.com/grblitz/spacein2.htm <The SNES game is the 9th game down on that page and is the first under the 1996 - 1997 header. The Saturn version is 2 games below

http://www.lakupo.com/grblitz/spaceinv.htm < This is the first page of the article, a really great Space Invaders page
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Re: Space Invaders - NJ Lottery!
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2007, 03:59:21 PM »
I think that might be the same game that's on PCE CD as well. The PCE CD I have has various original arcade versions as well as a neat two player battle mode!
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Re: Space Invaders - NJ Lottery!
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2007, 04:18:04 PM »
I think that might be the same game that's on PCE CD as well. The PCE CD I have has various original arcade versions as well as a neat two player battle mode!

Wow, SNES, PCE and Saturn all having the same port! Taito was either deviously creative (creatively devious?) or very lazy.


If you pay like $2 for it, I suppose it kicks ass though.  To me, Space Invaders is just a time killer, and without being SEVERELY jazzed up with high-quality remade graphics and arranged sound, it's not worth it.

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Re: Space Invaders - NJ Lottery!
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2007, 04:20:01 PM »
I like the version with shitty grafx the best  :wink:

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Re: Space Invaders - NJ Lottery!
« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2007, 04:35:09 PM »
I think that might be the same game that's on PCE CD as well. The PCE CD I have has various original arcade versions as well as a neat two player battle mode!

Wow, SNES, PCE and Saturn all having the same port! Taito was either deviously creative (creatively devious?) or very lazy.


If you pay like $2 for it, I suppose it kicks ass though.  To me, Space Invaders is just a time killer, and without being SEVERELY jazzed up with high-quality remade graphics and arranged sound, it's not worth it.
I got it in a big bulk of PCE games I got once, so I'm assuming I got it for cheap. It's a pretty cool CD in my opinion, but I don't play it very much. The HuCard Space Invaders remake is pretty rad!
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Re: Space Invaders - NJ Lottery!
« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2007, 02:53:40 AM »
Thanks for the links, Kitsune.  I've never seen SI for the Virtual Boy before (apparently, it's insanely expensive); that brings the total of 'good' games for the V.B. up to four.
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Re: Space Invaders - NJ Lottery!
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2007, 05:22:19 AM »
Thanks for the links, Kitsune.  I've never seen SI for the Virtual Boy before (apparently, it's insanely expensive); that brings the total of 'good' games for the V.B. up to four.

Are you including Innmouse House?

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Re: Space Invaders - NJ Lottery!
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2007, 05:56:15 AM »
I've never actually seen that one.  It didn't have a US release, did it?
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Re: Space Invaders - NJ Lottery!
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2007, 06:00:28 AM »
I've never actually seen that one.  It didn't have a US release, did it?

No, but neither did Space Invaders. ;) And I messed up the games name, it's "Insmouse no Yakata".

Basically it's a VB clone of Wolfenstein 3D with a Cthulhu-esque story. :)

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Re: Space Invaders - NJ Lottery!
« Reply #14 on: September 20, 2007, 06:11:35 AM »
Scouring the internet......

That looks pretty good and apparently it's based on Lovecraft's The Shadow over Innsmouth.  Let me limit my previous statement to US releases, since it looks like the Japanese kept a few gems for themselves (the bastards).
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