AEA
- American Electronic Assembly.
- Main office location: Tencarola (Padova).
- Founded by Tiziano Tredese, Lanfrnaco Chinea (formerly manager
of Model Racing( and Dalla Pria Group; directed by Tredese, this
vompany disappeared in the middle of the eighties.
- AEA builded machines with original boards (mainly from Sega/Gremlin), with slightly hardware changes, and finally three original games.
- A few people talk of an AEA version of Asterock,
Sidam's bootleg of Asteroids; except for this one, all AEA
productions were manifactured under regular license.
| Name | Orig. | Year | Emul. | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head-on |
 |
1979 | Clone of Sega original |
|
| Super Head-on |
 |
1979 |
Clone of Head-on 2 (Sega), to be confirmed |
|
| Silver Dollar |
|
1979 |
Clone of Deadeye (Meadows) |
|
| Aliens Multispeed | |
1980 | Under Sega/Gremlin license | |
| Asterock |
 |
1980 | Clone of Asteroids (Atari) |
|
| Mini Monaco G.P. |
|
1980 |
Clone of Sega original | |
| Carnival |
|
1980 |
Clone of Sega original | |
| Borderline |
|
1981 |
Clone of Sega original | |
| Arcade Super-Reflex |
 |
1982 |
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| Rolling Ball |
|
1983 |
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| Kubiks |
|
1984 |
Super Head-on
Probably it's the colorized version of Head-on, equipped with an
Hantarex HTC90 monitor.Aliens Multispeed
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 |
It's identical to Space Invaders as gameplay; but the hardware is totally different. On the cabinet is wrtten"AEA by Gremlin", but the screen shows the name of Sega, which controlled the Gremlin. From a preliminary scan, it seems the board is similar to the one of Space Trek, but the monitor is monochrome (perhaps a Hantarex SV-1) covered with colored strips.
Two unit are still existing; the pictures cone from PaYrYcK.
Mini Monaco G.P.
The board was an original Sega with no CPU; the cabinet was very
tight.Borderline
The Romset used by MAME comes from an AEA machine. The PCB inside is
identical to the original one made by Sega.Arcade
Super-Reflex
A shooting gallery game in a cabinet full of mirrors.
Rolling Ball
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 |
Images from the flyer, thanks to Federico Croci.
Roll over the targets with a white marble.
Avoid other balls; stupid (yellow), smart (orange), very smart
(purple) and sticky (red).
Also bonus stars, fuel recharge, vitamins and so on.