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[haggi]

File Name: Middle Earth (Atari 1978) h variant a and b directb2s

File Submitter: haggi

File Submitted: 12 Oct 2021

File Category: dB2S Animated Backglasses

Author(s): haggi
Manufacturer: Atari
Year: 2021

I make two Fantasy Directb2s for balater´s Middle Earth (Atari 1978) table. The B2s works with midearth rom.

- Variant A Directb2s - Flyer style directb2s. Is a b2s with the picture from flyer and table.

- Variant B Directb2s - Backglass style directb2s. Is a b2s with the picture from backglas and table.
 

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[GlueSniffinEd]

Thanks haggi, can't wait to try these out!

[wiesshund]

Atari much have interpreted a much different reading of the Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings than i did LOL

 

Nice backglasses though

[dan_shane]

Atari much have interpreted a much different reading of the Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings than i did LOL

 

 

Pinball companies seemed to make a practice of producing machines that could ride the coattails of mainstream films without actually paying a license. The Ralph Bakshi LORD OF THE RINGS came out in 1978, and Atari just glommed the words MIDDLE and EARTH (no hyphen) and made sure the table visuals had nothing to do with the intellectual property they were referencing. BLACK HOLE, TIME TUNNEL, and MAD WORLD were other notable examples.

 

My dream table would be an original based on IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD, my second favorite film of all time. It's many characters and episodic story seems ideal for several modes, but I'm sure the movie is too old to draw the attention of today's programmers and designers.

[haggi]

 

Atari much have interpreted a much different reading of the Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings than i did LOL

 

 

Pinball companies seemed to make a practice of producing machines that could ride the coattails of mainstream films without actually paying a license. The Ralph Bakshi LORD OF THE RINGS came out in 1978, and Atari just glommed the words MIDDLE and EARTH (no hyphen) and made sure the table visuals had nothing to do with the intellectual property they were referencing. BLACK HOLE, TIME TUNNEL, and MAD WORLD were other notable examples.

 

My dream table would be an original based on IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD, my second favorite film of all time. It's many characters and episodic story seems ideal for several modes, but I'm sure the movie is too old to draw the attention of today's programmers and designers.

 

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