Day 27: Papercraft 80s arcade games (5th batch)
This is the last of the 80s arcade game papercraft models from Way of the Rodent. If I want any more, I’ll have to make my own.
Today’s two arcade games are Robotron: 2084 and Gravitar. I don’t know very much about Gravitar — it was not a game I ever recall seeing or playing. Looks like it was a vector-graphics game that turned out to be the inspiration for Oids, which is an old Mac game that I did play a lot of. Robotron, on the other hand, is an old friend. It’s one of my favorites and I’d still play it today. That dual-joystick control and fast-and-furious action, plus the great sound effects, make it a classic. Thank you, Eugene Jarvis.
Both of these models were pretty simple to construct, though Gravitar has a much more complicated cabinet. I ended up gluing one part wrong and having to rip it apart and re-glue it, though it’s in a hard-to-see spot and it’s not really noticeable.
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