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Berzerk Cocktail with NOS Glass
My first memories of Berzerk were at the arcade at
Landover Mall in MD. During the attract mode I heard "Coins detected in pocket"
which was very cool because games rarely talked at the time. The first
official
talking game was
Stratovox but Berzerk was the best known for
speech. I tried it out and
remember walking away semi frustrated with the controls. Eugene Jarvis thought
the same when he tried to play Berzerk with a broken arm. He later developed
Robotron
with similar control concept but gave the player the ability to shoot and
move at the same time using a second joystick. I really didn't play it
again until it showed up at my local neighborhood 7-11 where I found new respect
for this classic. If you didn't already know its the first arcade game to allegedly caused the deaths of 2 kids. Check out the full
story at
Killer List of Videogames (KLOV).
My buddy
Gordon and I
fell in love
with
Berzerk and played it for hours after school at the 7-11.
Gordon and I at one
time had high scores of over 20K which is pretty respectable because the game is
tough and potentially deadly. Gordon eventually bought a Berzerk from a Chucky
Cheese that had closed. We all thought he was so cool because he had his
favorite arcade game in his home and we were all only 11 and 12 years old. He
didn't know anyone with a truck so he called a cab and asked for one that was a
station wagon. After being refused by the first cab driver, the second
reluctantly drove everyone home including the Berzerk. Since he didn't have a
hand truck, Gordon called me for help. We carried it from the street
and down a grass hill to his apartment. I thought I was going to have a seizure
and throw up moving that beast down the hill by hand. Berzerk almost
claimed the lives of 2 more teenagers but luckily we made it.
Above are a few pictures of my Berzerk Cocktail that I purchased from Jon "Evil
Exidy" at
Arcade Classics.
Jon found new old stock art and glass for the Berzerk at a warehouse and
installed it. Its in really great shape but I might replace the t-molding
around the glass and control panel. Jon had already recapped the monitor
which is bright and clear. The artwork is silk-screened onto the glass and
will eventually flake off with time. Ron at
Kineplex recommends
using Krylon Triple Thick to seal and protect the artwork. Luckily the
only parts that need to be touched up are all black so no color matching.
This is the Berzerk that is featured on KLOV after submitting pictures.
Click on the Berzerk marquee above to be taken to KLOV.
