Comments on: Own a Frenzy arcade game? A couple of questions for ya.

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:58:17 +0000

Hey guys, this is Nick from Arcade Hunters. On our last trip to FunSpot we took some pictures of the games that they fitted with new joysticks. I looked through the pictures and I’m pretty sure this is the Frenzy machine from FunSpot. They shrink the pictures down on Picasa, so let me know if you would like the higher quality version.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_qn4YCRmzW9U/S3okorTl17I/AAAAAAAAAWQ/UaBkJcly_bg/s512/PA190034.JPG

By: Bill Jr. (audiomidiman)

Bill Jr. (audiomidiman) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:49:53 +0000

Rich, I think the art is almost the same. But, you need a white screen a blue screen.

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:08:44 +0000

outside of colors I thought this was the same as Berzerk no? did I miss something?
If you had the art and films for berzerk I thought it was a matter of simply changing the colors in the screens when they go to print. So why the art revisions??

By: Spyridon

Spyridon — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:47:06 +0000

Leave the Player 1 and 2 as is. The Stern logo I don’t think will be noticeable so go with whatever is easiest.

By: Steve MacDonald

Steve MacDonald — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:28:46 +0000

Looks fantastic, Jeff! Thanks for rockin’ the pixel pen!

I like that word, charm. I think if La Gioconda’s portrait had been found in an attic left to rot, a few people in the know would want to somehow restore it to see the master’s vision as he once saw it. ‘In the know’ as well would imply the delicateness of a Q-Tip as opposed to the use of a drill (as impatient hacking indeed tests our sense of charm). But like all bombed-out sacred structures on this planet, the proof that it was there is even more important. As a purist and a perfectionist, I always hate to see an improvement where there shouldn’t be. It really is all in the details. My vote is to keep the player text charm and straighten the Stern.

By: Bill Jr. (audiomidiman)

Bill Jr. (audiomidiman) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:53:35 +0000

straighten the Stern but leave the Player and Players alone!

By: Chris Moore

Chris Moore — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:19:26 +0000

After taking a peak at my berzerk panel, it has the same layout on the 1 & 2 player buttons, I’d leave it as is.

By: Mark Hooks

Mark Hooks — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:42:35 +0000

I view this like most car collectors. Improving over the original with respect to quality is the gold standard. For example, a car with an original quality paint job would not win the concours judging category. In this case, fix the problems as you suggest.

I hope the Berzek panel turns out as nice.

Mark Hooks

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:38:10 +0000

Yeah i dont see a problem with having the STERN letters alighned to be straight. I believe that was there intension to keep everything straight and true but it appears to be a result of a slight imperfection during the manufacturing of the times i suspect. As for the 2P issues. I would just leave that alone.

By: scottz29

scottz29 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:24:30 +0000

Rich is right … silkscreen & other manual printing limitations & processes caused lots of imperfections and artifacts like this. But personally, I think stuff like this is part of the charm of 30 year old games. To each their own, but if you’re calling this a “reproduction”, I’m not sure why you would correct anything. Otherwise it’s not a reproduction, it’s a completely “new” piece of artwork that you created. Not the same, at least IMHO, but what do I know.

And that is why, 9 out of 10 times, I’ll keep my scratched and dinged original over a “repro”….including this one.

I can understand being a perfectionist, but in my opinion, this isn’t our artwork to correct, fix or modify. Why not let’s fix Mona Lisa’s nose, or reattach the hand of Michelangelo’s David too while we’re at it?