MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Interesting new blog...

>Interesting new blog for classic arcade history.

http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/

I like it. If he does searching on some Atari trivia, he will eventually find some info from former Atari programmer (Dave Shepherd) talking about how some of the unsold Atari Highway cabs were converted to Night Driver cabs after 1975 since Night Driver became more popular than my favorite Atari game then which was Highway. It was good to have Dave confirm my suspicions when I asked Dave on old MAME.net forum back in 2006 or 2007.

*1970s era arcade memories*

Being 10 or 11 years of age then, I had to accept the fact that arcade operators, or businesses didn't care for Highway since it probably wasn't a money maker compared to Night Driver. To me, it seemed that by end of 1976 any existing Highway cockpit cab out there was eventually converted to Night Driver. Hell with the "suits" for those 1970s era business decisions then. Time to emulate non-cpu game Atari Highway in MAME and show them "suits".....if any are still alive these days, and say "You won't win this time around."