Yes, there was always that feeling of "Ooh I'd really like that one too" 😄 I could never part with mine. I don't know how people do. Maybe that's my autism? All I know is I love them all 😊
Like many kids in my year at school, I only ever had one of these type of machines prior to 8-bit micros taking over and for me that was Astro Wars which I loved/ Never got to play scramble on a VFD/LCD. I keep looking for a faulty one at a good price on eBay for repair but even the broken ones are going up now as with Astro Wars.
Hi Neil. Thanks for sharing. I never had Astro Wars, but I remember playing it when a friend at school brought theirs in at the end of year when you could bring in a toy. I think that made me want one even more 😊. The only reason I amassed a bit of a collection is my absolute love of them. I think it started when I got Demon Driver for Christmas one year and that was it. I saved every penny of my pocket money for my summer holidays and the first thing I wanted to do, wherever we were, was finding a shop that sold these games. Likewise, Christmas and birthdays, everyone knew what I wanted. Happy days 😊
USA version of this game was called, _"Defender"_ *_EDIT :_* upon further thought, Defender was a different game. but i DO remember playing this in arcades. but i don't recall the name used. it could have been, _"Scramble"_
@@RetroComputingReboot so you might have found the tabletop version elsewhere in the world from a company called Epoch, and it being called "Astro Command"
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Nice. I’ve still got my pocket scramble and crazy Kong. Always wanted AstroWars, and later BMX flyer.
Yes, there was always that feeling of "Ooh I'd really like that one too" 😄
I could never part with mine. I don't know how people do. Maybe that's my autism? All I know is I love them all 😊
Like many kids in my year at school, I only ever had one of these type of machines prior to 8-bit micros taking over and for me that was Astro Wars which I loved/ Never got to play scramble on a VFD/LCD. I keep looking for a faulty one at a good price on eBay for repair but even the broken ones are going up now as with Astro Wars.
Hi Neil. Thanks for sharing. I never had Astro Wars, but I remember playing it when a friend at school brought theirs in at the end of year when you could bring in a toy. I think that made me want one even more 😊.
The only reason I amassed a bit of a collection is my absolute love of them. I think it started when I got Demon Driver for Christmas one year and that was it. I saved every penny of my pocket money for my summer holidays and the first thing I wanted to do, wherever we were, was finding a shop that sold these games. Likewise, Christmas and birthdays, everyone knew what I wanted. Happy days 😊
excellent design and the look of the unit is very cool...again you kept your stuff in great shape...the bbc version of scramble is fast!
Yes the BBC version is crazy fast 😂. I don't remember it being that fast 😂😂
USA version of this game was called, _"Defender"_
*_EDIT :_* upon further thought, Defender was a different game. but i DO remember playing this in arcades. but i don't recall the name used. it could have been, _"Scramble"_
Haha thanks John. Now that's not a confusing name for it 😂
@@RetroComputingReboot so you might have found the tabletop version elsewhere in the world from a company called Epoch, and it being called "Astro Command"
😜 'promosm'