Cruis'n USA

Manufacturer: Midway Games
Year: 1994
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Racing
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Medium Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: JAMMA+
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

Steering: Wheel
Shifter: 4-position (1/2/3/4)
Pedals: 2

Sound: Midway Digital Compression System (DCS) - Amplified Mono

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Cruis'n USA Description

Race across various cities in the US against 9 other cars. One of the other cars may be controlled by another person if two machines are linked. Emphasis is more on fun versus being a real driving simulator.

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Cabinet Information

The game was released in upright, sit-down, and full motion cabinets. The upright and sit-down machines support linked play, up to a two game maximum.

Cheats, Tricks and Bugs

On the car selection screen, choose a car and then hold all three view buttons down to reveal the secret vehicles that can also be selected.

Miscellaneous

LICENSOR: Nintendo (Software, graphics, hardware designed mostly by Midway. Manufactured and sold by Midway Manufacturing under license).

CAPS/VAPS Arcade Census

There are 6,492 members of the Classic Arcade Preservation Society / Video Arcade Preservation Society, 3,731 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 61,187 machines (3,630 unique titles).

Common - There are 44 known instances of this machine owned by Cruis'n USA collectors. Of these, 34 of them are original dedicated machines, 3 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 7 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

This game ranks a 28 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Wanted - There are 7 VAPS members currently looking for Cruis'n USA.

This game ranks a 13 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

For Sale - There are 7 VAPS members with Cruis'n USA machines for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts.

Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them even though arcade operators might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses, while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up.
Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector.
In particular, since VAPS started out focusing on videogames, statistics for other types of machines should not (yet) be an indication of scarcity.
For a clue to value, look at absolute numbers of owners and potential owners above, compare a ratio of how many people want this game vs. how many people have this game (16%) and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range.

Technical

SOUND: ADSP2150

There may have been a hard drive used in this game since the game's boot-up routine uses FTP.

Trivia

Design team leader: Eugene Jarvis of Vid Kidz fame, who also created Defender. With other member Larry DeMar, Vid Kidz created Stargate (Defender's sequel), Robotron: 2084, and Blaster.

Legacy

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