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Atari Year: 1983 Class: Wide Release Genre: Platform Type: Videogame Monitor:
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1 Maximum number of Players: 2 Gameplay: Alternating Control Panel Layout: Single Player Controls:
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel) |
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Major Havoc DescriptionYou (Major Havoc) must search out enemy space stations: defeat their space defenses, dock with the mothership and then destroy each robot infested mothership by setting off the reactor.Know anything more about this game? Cabinet InformationThis game was released as a dedicated machine and also as a conversion kit. A photo of the dedicated machine appears at the top of the page. Later Atari games like I, Robot, Return Of The Jedi and Firefox all borrowed from this unique design. The dedicated control panel uses a left/right roller (basically an X-axis-only trackball) for player movement.The kit for Major Havoc was released for either the Gravitar/Black Widow/Space Duel-style cabinets (see photo on the right) or for Tempest. These conversions all use a rotary spinner to control the player character. Game PlayYou are MAJOR HAVOC, leader of a brave band of clones. All from one, one from all, fighting for humanity ... Eons ago the evil Vaxxian Empire overran the galaxy. Most of your ancestors were enslaved and taken to the Vaxxian home world. Only a few scientists escaped. Today, the Empire has all but decayed. Yet, Vaxxian space stations, controlled and defended by robots, still patrol the galaxy. The small band of scientists cloned you, MAJOR HAVOC, to fly your Catastrofighter through a wormhole in space, to lead your clone army against the dreaded Vaxxian robots, and to free your people by destroying the enemy reactors.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).Very Common - There are 97 known instances of this machine owned by Major Havoc collectors. Of these, 31 of them are original dedicated machines, 54 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 12 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. This game ranks a 59 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. Wanted - Popular - There are 17 VAPS members currently looking for Major Havoc. This game ranks a 47 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 3 VAPS members with Major Havoc machines for sale. There is one VAPS member with an extra Major Havoc circuit board 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.
TriviaDesigned by Owen Rubin (Space Duel, Orbit, Tunnel Hunt, active volcanos in Battlezone, et. al.).Manuals
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eBay ListingsClick to search eBay for Major Havoc Videogame machines and related items.Click to search eBay for machines and parts made by Atari. Check out the IAM/KLOV report of the hottest coin-op machines on eBay, powered by Ace.com.
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