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Manufacturer:
Midway Manufacturing Co.
Year: 1981 Class: Wide Release Genre: Skill Type: Videogame Monitor:
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1 Maximum number of Players: 2 Gameplay: Alternating Control Panel Layout: Single Player Ambidextrous Controls:
Sound: Unamplified Stereo (requires two-channel amp) |
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Kick Man DescriptionMove a man on a unicycle and catch falling balloons and Pac-Men on your head. Use the Kick button to make the character's legs kick out and knock balloons back up for another try. Balloons stack up eight high and then the man will pop them. Stack Pac-Men for bonus points.Know anything more about this game? Cabinet InformationYellow and white cabinet. The side-art shows man on a unicycle catching balloons.Game PlayCatch falling balloons and Pac-Men on your head. If you miss one, you can try and kick it back up for another try, but if one hits the ground you lose a life. In the bonus round, you try and catch balloons thrown out of windows while dodging the bombs thrown at you.MiscellaneousThe attract screen and marquee show the name as "Kick Man", two separate words.CAPS/VAPS Arcade CensusThere are 6,489 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 61,171 machines (3,629 unique titles).Common - There are 28 known instances of this machine owned by Kick Man collectors. Of these, 23 of them are original dedicated machines, it is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 4 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. This game ranks a 22 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. Wanted - There are 6 VAPS members currently looking for Kick Man. This game ranks a 16 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 2 VAPS members with Kick Man 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.
TechnicalThis game uses the same logic board and power supply as Tron.TriviaAfter Kick's initial production run, the Pac-Man characters were added to its program code and the game was then retitled Kick Man. This was done in the hopes that the recognition of the famous character would help boost Kick Man sales. http://www.gamearchive.com/articles/ClassicNews/1982/Jan/TimePg54.htm#kickFoto-Finder™
eBay ListingsClick to search eBay for Kick Man Videogame machines and related items.Click to search eBay for machines and parts made by Midway Manufacturing Co. . Check out the IAM/KLOV report of the hottest coin-op machines on eBay, powered by Ace.com.
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