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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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#1 9 years ago

What is the deal with this topper? Did they produce them? I have never seen one and I couldn't find any information about it on the web. Anyone know anything about it?

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#2 9 years ago

Looks like the back of the flyer talks about it being interactive with the game music and sounds. Must be some type of light show that plays to the music and sounds of the game like those interactive sound tees they sell at mall kiosks.

#5 9 years ago

I decided to go right to the horses mouth and I reached out to Joe Kaminkow on this. Hopefully he gets back to me.

#7 9 years ago

If it was done to the original design and was not outrageously priced, I would be interested.

#11 9 years ago

Joe got back to me. Here is what he said...

"If I recall most early games perhaps 500 had them
They screwed on on top
It was a spinning led board
That looked like a laser light show"

So he thinks there are some out there. They made 2,500 Laser Wars though, so that would mean about 20% had them. You would think someone would have one or at least seen one then. Different than what I thought though about being sound reactive. A spinning LED board instead. Makes sense I suppose, since sound reactive would have reacted to all the other noise in the room.

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#58 6 years ago

3 years and finally confirmation with a physical topper. Nice. My Laser War is long gone, I thought for sure that we'd find Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster before one of these would actually show up. Really cool.

#60 6 years ago
Quoted from lordloss:

Did that stay in MN? I wouldn't mind a laser war to complete my DE set someday.

No, it went off to the unholy land just east of us.

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