Buck Rogers

[MrSpireite]

Just wondered if anyone had seen this machine in the UK.

Would look great next to a Flash Gordon.

 

[Sgt GrizZ]

Rare ...but there are def some knocking about the UK. One was on ebay a few years back.

 

[replicas]

Like @GrizZ has said it's Defo a rare one, but not a good one.
From memory it's a snooze fest.
I used to love the show so when I saw one money went in and I was left in a coma of how bad it was.
It's so bad I can't bring myself to talk about it anymore.

 

[ronsplooter]

There was one at the UKPP last year I think but as @replicas has said, it's f*cking dull!!! Looks pretty cool but I just didn't get on with it

 

[Steve C]

I really wanted one but as @ronsplooter says was one at UKPP last year and just didn't do it for me either, great to look at but play zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz pants

 

[Sgt GrizZ]

Hmmm. Interesting. Not played one myself. Gets mixed reviews on ipdb, but certainly seems to have some fans.
http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=392

 

[Paul]

I used to have one. It wasnt great....

 

[steve brum]

Until black hole , gottlieb electronic games lag seriously behind everyone else. Really just em layouts with electronics. All seem dated but some great art like spiderman . Hulk is the most boring electronic game I've ever played. Buck Rogers has a nice backglass but otherwise very dull.

 

[Jay Walker]

Until black hole , gottlieb electronic games lag seriously behind everyone else. Really just em layouts with electronics.

In many cases, the early Gottlieb solid-state machines were also produced as electro-mechanicals. Gottlieb were still building e/m games well into 1979.