Hydra

Description

You pilot a hovercraft, trying to deliver top secret items while avoiding mines, other hovercraft, and logs. Collect money and fuel to continue. X-Y yoke control.

Hydra was produced by Atari Games in 1990.

Atari Games released 88 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984. Atari Games was based in United States.

Other machines made by Atari Games during the time period Hydra was produced include: KLAX, Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters, Cyberball 2072, Badlands, Hard Drivin', Rampart, Race Drivin', Pit-Fighter, Shuuz, and Batman

Specs

Name	Hydra
Developer	Atari Games (United States)
Year	1990
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8160
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Racing
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA+
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	1
Game Play	Single
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Steering: X/Y-directional yoke with common triggers and thumb buttons - Fire\|Boost Pedals: 1
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Hydra KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Cabinet Information

The control panel overlay has pictures of dials, displays, etc. so the player feels like they are sitting in a cockpit.

Conversion

This game can be converted to Pit-Fighter by replacing the ROMs and the slapstic IC.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Hydra Census

There are 14,753 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,474 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,463 machines (6,895 unique titles).

Common - There are 27 known instances of this machine owned by Hydra collectors who are active members. Of these, 12 of them are original dedicated machines. 6 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 9 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Hydra machine for sale. There are 2 active VAPS members with a Hydra circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Hydra.

This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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Technical

This game uses the 68000 (7.6Mhz) and M6502 (1.79Mhz) processors. It uses a YM-2151 (3.5Mhz) and a OK16295 for sound.

Manuals

Universal Kit/Installation Instructions - Hydra Manual — **Universal Kit/Installation Instructions**
(56 pages, 7.8 MB File)

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