/r/Astrocade
This subreddit is dedicated to the amazing Bally Astrocade video game console. Also known as Bally Professional Arcade and Bally Professional Computer.
This subreddit is dedicated to the amazing Bally Astrocade video game console. Released in 1977 by Bally/Midway, it was extremely powerful for the time, easily outperforming any console on the market until 1982's introduction of ColecoVision. With BASIC, Astrocade fans even made and shared their own "indy" games.
The console was also branded as Bally Professional Arcade and Bally Professional Computer.
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/r/Astrocade
This is a longshot, but I'm working on scanning Bally Astrocade manuals for my scanning project. I have the majority of the commercially released titles, but would like to get better scans than are available on the internet already for the ones I am missing:
Biorhythm
Cosmic Raiders
Solar Conqueror
I'm also on the lookout for original releases for:
Galaxian
Space Invaders
(I believe those to just have a single sheet/card for instructions)
Also, I'm working with the available scans of Ms. Candyman and Sea Devil. Is there anything better out there?
I plan on making a compilation book like my Atari 7800 Compendium. Thoughts on including the unlicensed games as well (if I can get most/decent scans)?
My Dad had one of these. It seemed like such a rare console- I never met a person that also owned one. Really nice to see that I didnt just dream it existed :P
I do not have s-video and the RF is too static-y.
I've been a mod for quite a few of the retrogaming (and other adjacent) subs here for a long time -- even if kind of dormant recently. I love these topics, and how our digital "ancestors" solved hard problems, and how we've build a continuum of interest with their work. I started and even took over a few dormant subs and worked with /u/zadocpaet to help build a broad community here, even appealing to niche systems.
The mod teams are doing a great job, especially /u/Derf_Jagged. I feel like now is a good time to step down. I'm going to continue to lurk, and be a regular user and I wish the subs, the mods, and the users the best!
I was recently cleaning my dad's house out and found 2 systems new never taken out the box and 1 used one. The used one it has a chained demo cartridge in the front and the system is in a tan tray with the ballys logo. I'm pretty sure it was like the store display or something also have a bunch of games with it unfortunately my girlfriend packed 2 of them and the store display and 1 of the new in box ones so can't get pics of those at this time....I was wondering does anyone have an idea of what they are worth
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