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RDI Video Systems Year: 1984 Class: Wide Release Genre: Adventure Type: Videogame Monitor:
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1 Maximum number of Players: 1 Gameplay: Single Control Panel Layout: Single Player Controls:
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Thayer DescriptionThayer Alconred, last of the bloodline of the Elder Kings, searches five kingdoms in search of five relics which combine to form the Hand of Quoid. Thayer's adversary, Sorsabal The Twisted (assisted by his henchman, The Black Magician), seeks to use the Hand's power to take control of the land.Know anything more about this game? Cabinet InformationThe keyboard had four standard option keys, a full keyboard, plus keys for inventory and options. The full QWERTY keyboard was used to enter your name which was spoken back to you for high scores and ingame commentary. Each one of the keys had an object labelled on it and by pressing the corresponding key at the right time during the game, you could cast spells and pickup objects. The game was only available as a kit and it went straight into a IDragons LairI ISpace AceI cabinet, but did not fully utilize the LED score board. The keyboard had a flourescent tube under it, making it glow in the dark, so you could see what you were typing in the darkest of arcades. The control panel also had a headphone jack and a volume control so you could use headphones to hear the important commentary in a busy arcade.Cheats, Tricks and BugsWhen prompted to type in your name, do nothing. After intervals of one minute or so, the game speaks out saying things like Do not be shy, enter your name, Have you gone to the toilet, Do not be a stranger now, enter your name, Look lively now and a whole host of other funny comments.ConversionThis game was part of RDI Video Systems Halcyon technology. However, no other games were officially released as kits for the coinop version of IThayers QuestI. New games would have required one new EPROM cartridge and a new disc to function.Game IntroductionOne of the drawbacks of the game is that it costs credits for time and lives. If you lose a life, you lose a credit, but even remaining alive costs credits. You start with a DIP switch-optional five credits and as time passes, the game will speak, informing you that your game credits are low.Game PlayThe player watches short animated story segments and makes gameplay decisions with keypad after each one. The computer uses synthesized speech to address players by name during the game.MiscellaneousThis games wiring harness was designed for immediate installation into a IDragons LairI or ISpace AceI machine.PSOUND Different dialogue was recorded on each stereo channel of the laser disc. Depending on the players situation, the CPU appropriately chose which dialogue channel to play. Therefore, game sounds were heard in mono.PLASER DISC Thayers Quest includes switch settings to select LDV1000 or PR7820Discovision disc players.PCABINET SERIAL NUMBER Thayers Quest was produced only in kit form for the coinop market.CAPS/VAPS Arcade CensusThere are 6,488 members of the Classic Arcade Preservation Society / Video Arcade Preservation Society, 3,729 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 61,165 machines (3,629 unique titles).Uncommon - There are 6 known instances of this machine owned by Thayer collectors. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine., 4 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and it is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. This game ranks a 4 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. Wanted - There is one VAPS member currently looking for Thayer. This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
TriviaThis game was never finished. The game includes only three kingdoms. It was simultaneously produced for the Halcyon home system in 1984. The Halcyons IThayers QuestI laser disc is double sided and it contains a great deal of material not found on the coinop version disc. Sadly, this game will probably forever remain unfinished.PIn 1995, IThayers QuestI was adapted and released for several common gaming platforms and CDROM under the title Kingdom The Far Reaches. Thayers name was changed to Lathan and all the game sounds and dialogue were redone. In late 1996, IShadoanI, a newly animated sequel to Kingdom, was released. In 1997 Digital leisure released IThayers QuestI again under the title Reaches.FixesThe keyboard is a flimsy membrane type, like those found in rubberkey 48k Spectrums or other early 1980s home computers. There were prone to failure and a pain to fix. A common problem is the keyboard data cables are folded over and crack over time, rendering whole rows of keys inoperable. Scratch back the thin track to expose the copper and solder them back up. Clamping them back up to ensure a decent connection.Foto-Finder™
eBay ListingsClick to search eBay for Thayer Videogame machines and related items.Click to search eBay for machines and parts made by RDI Video Systems. Check out the IAM/KLOV report of the hottest coin-op machines on eBay, powered by Ace.com.
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