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Road Runner Road Runner - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Road Runner - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

The player portrays the Road Runner who must outmaneuver and outsmart Wile E. Coyote while eating seed along the way in order to stay alive. It also has full-stereo music scores from Road Runner and other Looney Tunes.

Road Runner was produced by Atari Games in 1985.

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 Road Runner was produced include: E.T., Last Starfighter The, Marble Madness, Paperboy, Gauntlet, Peter Pack Rat, Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom, Gauntlet (PlayChoice), and Star Wars - Empire Strikes Back

Road Runner - Cabinet - Machine
Cabinet

Specs

Name Road Runner
Developer Atari Games (United States)
Year 1985
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 9338
Class Wide Release
Genre Platform
Monitor
Conversion Class Atari System I
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Gameplay Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Buttons: 1 [Hop]
  • Joystick: Hall Effect
Sound Unamplified Stereo (requires two-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
Control Panel Road Runner Control Panel Image

Game Play

Move the Road Runner through a cartoon world eating bird seed. Lead Wile E. Coyote to his demise for extra points.

Road Runner KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.57 (2 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.63

Overall Like 4.00
Fun (Social) 1.00
Fun (Solo) 3.50
Collector Desire 3.50

Technical Rating: 3.50

Gameplay 3.50
Graphics 4.50
Originality 3.50
Sound/Music 1.00

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 game comes in the same cabinet as the rest of the Atari System 1 games.

Conversion

Uses Atari System I, cartridge PCB, control panel and marquee.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Road Runner Census

There are 14,717 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,455 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,291 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 86 known instances of this machine owned by Road Runner collectors who are active members. Of these, 53 of them are original dedicated machines. 4 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 29 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 Road Runner machine for sale.

Wanted - There are 9 active VAPS members currently looking for Road Runner. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Road Runner circuit board set.

This game ranks a 23 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 15 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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Manuals

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  1. 3D Model (External): Upright

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Road Runner Arcade Marquee 23.5" x 5.5"

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Road Runner Arcade Marquee/Sign (26" x 8")

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Road Runner Arcade Marquee/Sign (Dedicated 23.5" x 5.25")

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ROAD RUNNER Schematic photocopy

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$25.00

Road Runner by Bally Video Arcade Flyer / Brochure / Ad - Hard to Find /

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$29.95

Road Runner Atari Arcade Marquee Header/Backlit Sign

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$15.75

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Auctions Recap

Year Count Median $ Average $
2016 1 517.50 517.50
All Years 1 517.50 517.50

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