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1987 Data East Laser War Topper?

By LesManley

9 years ago


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Post #65 Video of original topper working Posted by aberdeentp (6 years ago)

Post #67 Clyde Lyte innards (80 LED version) Posted by ForceFlow (6 years ago)

Post #71 Clyde Lyte innards (20 LED version) Posted by ForceFlow (5 years ago)

Post #77 Possible 20-LED Clyde Lyte schematics Posted by HHaase (5 years ago)

Post #78 Clyde Lyte user manuals Posted by ForceFlow (5 years ago)

Post #156 Video of reproduction topper in operation. Posted by gdonovan (2 years ago)

Post #172 Radio Shack version of "The Lyte" with 20 leds. Posted by gdonovan (2 years ago)

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#38 6 years ago
 
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Quoted from aberdeentp:

I just found this post, I have this topper, a friend found it in the depths of the warehouse of the Game Exchange in Denver, they had it for years but guess they never got a game to put it on. So he negotiated a price for me and it's on my Laser War. I doubt there is enough interest to warrant a reproduction but if anyone decides to I can try to help anyway I can. It does work, and does all kinds of tricks, I imagine it would be better in a darkened room.

Is it interactive with the game? What wire(s) connect to the game and where?

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#43 6 years ago
 
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I’m so happy for the Laser War guys to have confirmed these exist. I don’t have one of these games, but I love seeing obscure ideas confirmed.

“ it belongs in a museum!”

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#46 6 years ago
 
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Looks like the same manufacturer as this:

ebay.com link: 0

The LYTE
made by Clyde industries
Cedex Rapids, IA

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#48 6 years ago
 
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If you guys are serious about it, I bet you could buy that one on Ebay to reverse engineer the board. The cabinet looks easy. Just would need some confirmation of how it gets the sound feed from the game, but I’d be betting that’s easy.

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#56 6 years ago
 
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Quoted from ForceFlow:

Yeah, that was me. I figured it would be better for a pinhead to lay hands on it to potentially have a shot a documenting and reproducing it. It seems like it could be an interesting project to tackle.

Glad to hear you got it. That's why I posted the link here

The missing piece here seems to be how the "Lyte" gets a signal from the machine, assuming the off the shelf Lyte is the same as the topper version.

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#124 2 years ago
 
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Love seeing this get done! I’m never going to own a Laser War, but this type of project is what I love about pinball.

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#126 2 years ago
 
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Quoted from Spitfiren8:

Why not, its a fun game you can still get for cheap. Hard to beat the jackpot lightshow either.

Space. Unless I’m going to sleep with it

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