Bring The Arcade Home! New Wave Toys Announce Frenzy & Berzerk!
13New Wave Toys make some of the finest licensed replica arcade cabinets I have ever seen, and in August 2023 they announced 2 more. Coming from Atari and New Wave Toys, you'll once again be able to bring the arcade home with Frenzy and Berzerk.
From New Wave Toys:
Stern Electronics manufactured approximately 39,000 Berzerk upright cabs plus an estimated 1,000 cocktail tables making Berzerk one of the most successful arcade games of all time! Check out all the classic Stern upright cabinet details including the iconic Metal Control Panel and “Board Drawer” front of cab access door that opens to reveal a replica faux PCB prop inside an illuminated compartment! A fully loaded accessory pack includes a replica of the Oversized Joystick Top from early production runs, plus NEW! Customizable options like Detachable Metal Security Bar with Mini Lock & Metal Kick Plate!
Frenzy x RepliCade Overhaul Survivor Series cab features our next level of Arcade Destruction that ranges from distressed, faded & battle worn cabinet detailing to our NEW! Marquee Flicker Mode, but Overhauled to be in certified top working condition. Frenzy also includes customizable accessory options like our NEW! Detachable Metal Security Bar with Mini Lock & Metal Kick Plate!
NEW! COIN OPERATED FEATURE
We consider inserting a coin to register a credit as a big step towards achieving our goal of recreating the most authentic arcade accurate experience possible in RepliCade Amusements. The replica Stern metal coin door’s left Quarter slot accepts our mini coins for credits, plus we converted the coin return button to a press to add credits button. We’re even including a Bonus coin collection Cash Box!
Both cabs play the original 1980 Berzerk arcade game plus the 1982 sequel Frenzy.
Berzerk was one of the first arcade games featuring speech synthesis of talking robots and the unforgettable “COIN DETECTED IN POCKET” that plays in attract mode. Berzerk is widely considered one of the greatest arcade video games of all time. Eugene Jarvis cited Berzerk as an influence for Robotron: 2084 & the PC game Castle Wolfenstein was also influenced by Berzerk.
Berzerk & Frenzy are similar shooter style games with the primary objective to shoot as many robots as possible without being killed. Frenzy’s play mechanics are more sophisticated than Berzerk’s introducing different rooms, smarter robots, destructible walls for creating exits, and the ability to bounce shots off of solid walls. You can even shoot Evil Otto to make him disappear, but beware because he moves faster and faster every time he returns. The key thing to remember is never to stay in one room for too long. Doing so causes an additional Evil Otto to be released from a different direction.
This project is dedicated to Alan McNeil RIP (1951 – 2017) designer and programmer of Berzerk & Frenzy.
CRT-FX 2.0
We refined our original CRT-FX lens with a reduced curvature plus added an anti-reflection surface coating to reduce distortion, glare & ambient light reflections.
OFFICIALLY LICENSED BY ATARI
What do you think? Will you be adding these to your collection? Let me know in the comments!
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