I sold the last of my vector arcade games to a friend when I was moving (Tempest and Space Duel). I threw in a PCB from Major Havoc too just to give it a good home. A few days later I decided to price check that board and some collector had recently paid $1200 for one. I was happy it went to a decent home instead of sitting on my shelf.
I would give a limb to own a real Tempest arcade console. I cannot fathom how many quarters of mine the local box ate when I was a kid. To me, it was the best gameplay and graphics of the era.
The vibrancy of the color vector graphics made Space Invaders and Defender look lame by comparison.
