Space Invaders & Qix Twinned For Silver Anniversary Cabinet

Posted by simoniker on Monday November 17, 2003 @06:46PM from the darn-those-evil-aliens dept.

Thanks to ClassicGaming for pointing out that Namco is producing a Space Invaders/Qix Silver Anniversary arcade cabinet, combining these two Taito-licensed classics into one arcade machine. The PDF brochure for the machine boasts: "The game that caused a national shortage of coins in Japan is back!", as Namco continues its classic arcade cabinet series that's also spawned Ms. PacMan/Galaga, explaining: "Why bring back these hits from the past? For the past few years, our distributors and we have received comments from operators all over the USA about how well their [classic arcade] games continue to perform, but how beat up the hardware had become." As for Ms. PacMan/Galaga, the info page reveals "the original PacMan is in the game", unlocked by a mutant version of the Konami Code.

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50 cents a game. by Anonymous Coward · 2003-11-17 19:54 · Score: 2, Insightful

Yeah now Arcade managers can continue to charge 50 cents a game for games that are older than 90 percent of their clientele.

I think the sad partt is seeing original Ms. Pac-Man machines that cost 50 cents a play. I almost feel like smacking my local Arcade manager when I see that.