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Missile Command

Missile Command - Japanese Title

Missile Command - marquee

Manufacturer: Atari
Year: 1980
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Shooter
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

  • Orientation: Horizontal
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
Conversion Class: unique
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:
  • Buttons: 3 [Fire Left|Fire Middle|Fire Right]
  • Trackball: Optical

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Missile Command


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Missile Command Description

Using three atomic missile launching bases you defend your cities against incoming missiles. Enemy missiles may seperate into several missiles so shoot them down early because you only have a limited number of missiles.

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Cabinet Information

The game was released as a table model, a standard up-right cabinet, a cabaret-style mini cabinet and even a giant sit-down cockpit cabinet.

Conversion

A conversion kit by GCC Technologies called Super Missile Attack was made to convert this game.

Miscellaneous

SPINOFF: Super Missile Attack
BOOTLEG: Missile Defend
MOVIE APPEARANCES: "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991), "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" (ending credits)

CAPS/VAPS Arcade Census

There 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 234 known instances of this machine owned by Missile Command collectors. Of these, 214 of them are original dedicated machines, and 20 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

This game ranks a 89 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Wanted - Popular - There are 19 VAPS members currently looking for Missile Command. There is one VAPS member looking for a Missile Command circuit board set.

This game ranks a 53 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 17 VAPS members with Missile Command machines for sale. There are 17 VAPS members with extra Missile Command circuit boards 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 (8%) and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range.

Technical

The game uses a 6502 microprocessor and one Atari Pokey sound chip.

Trivia

This game was also licensed to Sega for release in certain European countries. This game was included in the Arcade's Greatest Hits Collection, which also includes Super Breakout, Centipede, Tempest, Asteroids, and Battlezone.

Legacy

  1. Missile Command
  2. Missile Command 2

Manuals

  1. Operation, Maintenance, and Service Manual  63 Pages, 5577 KB File.
  2. Operation, Maintenance, and Service Manual  14 Pages, 1245 KB File.

Foto-Finder™

  1. The Encyclpedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 87; Color photo;

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Missile Command - Cabinet Image

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