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Hydro Thunder

Hydro Thunder - Japanese Title

Hydro Thunder - marquee

Manufacturer: Midway
Year: 1999
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: 8
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:
  • Steering: X-directional yoke
  • Throttle Lever with thumb button [Turbo]

Sound: Amplified Stereo with Subwoofer (three channel)

Hydro Thunder


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Hydro Thunder Description

The player drives a turbo jet powered speed boat in a wild water race filled with ramps, jumps and some treacherous areas of water.

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Cabinet Information

This game utilizes the same basic cabinet as Crusin' USA and Offroad Challenge, minus the standard foot pedals and adding a variable position trottle with forward, neutral and reverse directions. The game also has an unusual volume adjustment, where the regular play volume is usually set lower than the feedback volume for the sub woofer in the seat. This places the player "in the game" and makes the person feel like her or she is piloting a powerful, high-tech speedboat.

Cheats, Tricks and Bugs

There are many secret shortcuts in this game. The easiest way to find some of them is to aim your boat at any waterfall and drive through to the secret shortcuts.

There are four special boats: Armored Response, Blowfish, Tiny Tanic, and Chum Dinger(faster than it looks). Select either one of the bottom two medium boats or either of the bottom two hard boats and press pilot over and over until the craft changes into one of the secret boats.

Game Play

The 3-D-FX and Omega 3-D powered graphics are spectacular with water spray and lens-flare effects, as well as superb water physics and effects. The great controls and varied race courses, which from an island in the pacific to the arctic to a ship graveyard, help keep the racing interesting.

Miscellaneous

This game is part of Midway's 'Thunder' series of racing games.

VAPS Arcade Census

GAMES OWNED, WANTED, or FOR SALE BY MEMBERS OF THE VIDEO ARCADE PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Uncommon - There are 8 known instances of Hydro Thunder owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 8 of them are original dedicated machines

Of the 57,098 video games (3,420 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records.

Wanted - There are 8 VAPS members currently looking for Hydro Thunder.

For Sale - There is one VAPS member with a Hydro Thunder machine 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 (they are common because 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. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range.

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