I found this game on eBay from Steve @ SilverBall Amusements in North Carolina. He said it was working but I guess shipping a 30 year old game across the country will tend to get knocked around a bit. The game was completely inoperable when I got it but after talking with Steve and a bit of tinkering, I got the game working. All was fine with the world for about 15 minutes until it starting freaking out and the game freezes up. Looks like the power supply is taking a dump. I really don't want to slap a new 'Peter Chou' in but I want it working again. I'll see if I can track down some replacement parts for it.

Update 3/1/07 - It's not the power supply but ROM5 on the ZPU that's freaking the game out. I secured it good on the board but it still turds out though keeping the temperature down sustains it. Gotta' blow another one. heh heh... I said 'blow'.

History

Berzerk Wikipedia Listing
Dot Eaters has an excellent article on Berzerk.
Interesting Berzerk Post
Another great interview with Tony Miller

Technical

Manufacturer: Stern
Year: 1980
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Shooter
Type: Videogame
Monitor:

  • Orientation: Horizontal
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
Conversion Class: Unique
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player Ambidextrous
Controls:
  • Joystick: 9-position optical
  • Buttons: 1
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

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Links

The Berzerk Project - an incredible Berzerk cabinet restoration.










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