Neat Stuff On eBay - "Android" Vectrex Cartridge

Now there's something you don't see every day.

Here's an interesting little piece of video game history that's shown up on eBay - one of two Vectrex cartridges used in the 1982 movie "Android" to generate the vector effects.  In the film, they used actual Vectrex units built into a "control panel" to simulate the look of high-tech computer displays.  For a low-budget film, this was a pretty great way to cut corners on effects, and actually looked pretty good, to boot.  Not that the film was any good, mind you... it certainly was not.

More information about the movie and the Vectrex's starring role can be found here, and the auction in question can be found here.  If you're interested - well, this isn't something you're ever likely to see again.  Happy bidding, super-collectors!

eBay Finds - Commodore 64 Cassette Lot

Nope, these aren't 80's mix tapes, these are games.

I've been having fairly good luck with eBay lately where Commodore 64 games are concerned.  Here we have a lot of ten datassette games for which I paid just under $15, counting the extra shipping I had to pay due to the seller underestimating the package's weight.  Bad form, eBay seller.

Anyway, the games are On Field Football, Lazy Jones, Super Skramble!, Yie Ar Kung-fu, Pitstop II, Scalextric, Forbidden Forest, Mind Games American Football, Softaid: Feed The World (A charity compilation by the Band-Aid Trust), and Frank Bruno's Boxing.

I'm stoked about the whole set, but Forbidden Forest in particular, as it's another of the games I grew up with. Also, the 'Feed The World' tape is intriguing because of the history, if nothing else.

Now, I just hope these tapes are all still working.

eBay Finds - Gauntlet for the Commodore 64

Ah, memories of shooting the food and pissing off my sister...

I'm not generally much for eBay shopping as a general rule - only as a last resort in most cases.  However, this deal was too good to pass up.  The auction had no bids, mine was the first.  So, I won one of my favorite Commodore 64 games for just $4.95 shipped.

In other news, the Halloween video review is in progress - stay tuned!