TECH: Invaders DX

[marog_uk]

[ukvac] TECH: Invaders DX
I have recently picked up an Invaders DX board. I can only get it to play
with horizontal monitor orientation - the monitor in my Jamma tabletop is
mounted vertically. There doesn't seem to be anyway to change this in the
menu either. Seems kind of strange given the original SI used a vertical
monitor.

Does any know if this can be change, or am I going to need to perform some
surgery on my tabletop?

Also, I thought the colour version was going to be pt2, buts seems to be the
original game with colours from pt2. Does anyone know if such a version was
ever released by Taito/Midway?

Cheers,
Steve

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[MrMish]

Re: [ukvac] TECH: Invaders DX
> I have recently picked up an Invaders DX board. I can only get it to play
> with horizontal monitor orientation - the monitor in my Jamma tabletop is
> mounted vertically. There doesn't seem to be anyway to change this in the
> menu either. Seems kind of strange given the original SI used a vertical
> monitor.
>
> Does any know if this can be change, or am I going to need to perform some
> surgery on my tabletop?
Can't be changed.

I think the horizontal orientation was deliberate as the game as now
popular as the 'space invaders that works in a horizontal cab'.

Bryan

 

[MarbleMad]

Re: [ukvac] TECH: Invaders DX
>SI used a vertical
>monitor.
SIDX = horizontal monitor. nothing you can do about it. Some plonker
didn't tell you it was a 'SPACE INVADERS' board did he?

>Also, I thought the colour version was going to be pt2, buts seems to be the
>original game with colours from pt2. Does anyone know if such a version was
>ever released by Taito/Midway?

You get 3 version of si (+ 2 updated things)

b+w with the 'moon' overlay thing - like the upright.

b+w cocktail with the colour overlay stripes - note the miss-aligned
one. nice touch that

b+w cocktail completely b+w no colour overlay.

Taito DID make a Colour space invaders cocktail (not part2 it WAS
original si) but I don't remember it in siDX.
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[Dave2084]

Re: [ukvac] TECH: Invaders DX
At 07:17 pm 5 09 01, you wrote:
>Also, I thought the colour version was going to be pt2, buts seems to be the
>original game with colours from pt2. Does anyone know if such a version was
>ever released by Taito/Midway?

Yeh check it out in MAME as Taito Space Invaders (CV Version)

Dave Langley
www.robotron-2084.co.uk

 

[P-Man]

Re: [ukvac] TECH: Invaders DX
> >SI used a vertical
> >monitor.
> SIDX = horizontal monitor. nothing you can do about it. Some plonker
> didn't tell you it was a 'SPACE INVADERS' board did he?
>
> >Also, I thought the colour version was going to be pt2, buts seems to be
the
> >original game with colours from pt2. Does anyone know if such a version
was
> >ever released by Taito/Midway?
>
> You get 3 version of si (+ 2 updated things)
>
> b+w with the 'moon' overlay thing - like the upright.
>
> b+w cocktail with the colour overlay stripes - note the miss-aligned
> one. nice touch that
>
> b+w cocktail completely b+w no colour overlay.
>
> Taito DID make a Colour space invaders cocktail (not part2 it WAS
> original si) but I don't remember it in siDX.

yep. chronologically it goes:

Taito B/W SI cocktail + upright
Midway SI upright + cocktail
Taito SI 'color' (cocktail only as far as i can tell)
Taito SI part 2 (b/w monitor, perhaps using up old stock?)
Midway Space Invaders 2 (cocktail only 2-player head to head)
Taito SI part 2 cocktail+upright (colour monitor)
Midway Invaders part 2 (midways label of SI part 2) (upright only)

Taito invaders revenge (1985)
SSI '91 etc...
etc...

i've owned all of the taito table versions, the b/w SI tables vary quite a
bit depending on where they were built etc. the question of monitor overlays
is still a tricky one.

There are lots of ways to roughly tell when along the production life of SI
tables an exact table was made, this depends on control panel fixing style,
power input style, transformer block layout, labels inside the lid.. there's
no definitive way precisely, but i've seen 3 or 4 different styles of b/w
cocktail SI.

One day i might get round to doing a definitive guide to all the variationa
and permutations possible, and a rough gues at when they were built

I can't help but trip over cocktail space invaders. I'm begginging to hate
them i see so many. Don't ever let anyone tell you they're RARE!

Andy

 

[robotronuk]

Re: [ukvac] TECH: Invaders DX
> I can't help but trip over cocktail space invaders. I'm begginging to hate
> them i see so many. Don't ever let anyone tell you they're RARE!

Unless of course they are on ebay "L@@k 99p starting price,
no reserve Space Invaders Cocktail R@re"

but we dont know anyone who`d do that now <grin>

Cheers
Lee

<paradoy, flame proof just come back from 2-0 at pub>

 

[P-Man]

Re: [ukvac] TECH: Invaders DX
> > I can't help but trip over cocktail space invaders. I'm begginging to
hate
> > them i see so many. Don't ever let anyone tell you they're RARE!
>
> Unless of course they are on ebay "L@@k 99p starting price,
> no reserve Space Invaders Cocktail R@re"
>
> but we dont know anyone who`d do that now <grin>
>
> Cheers
> Lee
>
> <paradoy, flame proof just come back from 2-0 at pub>

hehe well... i have to comment in case anyone DOESN'T get the joke..

Never ever have i ever said an SI table was rare in my auction listings
you can quote me on that NEVER have i used the 'L@@K' either 99p is my
treademark starting price for machines

Andy