Shark Attack

Manufacturer: Pacific Novelty
Year: 1981
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Platform
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:

Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 2 [Thrust|Munch]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

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Shark Attack Description

You control a great white shark who attacks scuba divers armed with spear guns. Devour all divers and avoid all spears. Levels are numbered and indicated by flashing skulls. Shark Attack was the first Video Game to have Quadrofonic sound.

This game was licensed and also manufactured by Game Plan.

It was also licensed to the company Game World by Pacific Novelty of L.A. in the U.S.A.

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Miscellaneous

A cassette player inside the machine (with a looping cassette tape of actual "screams") would play every time you ate a diver.

CAPS/VAPS Arcade Census

There are 6,454 members of the Classic Arcade Preservation Society / Video Arcade Preservation Society, 3,704 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 60,808 machines (3,615 unique titles).

Rare - There are 2 known instances of this machine owned by Shark Attack collectors. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine (not another machine converted with a kit)., and it is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

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

Wanted - There are 2 VAPS members currently looking for Shark Attack.

This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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 (100%) and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range.

Manuals

Manual 16 Pages, 1504 KB File.

Foto-Finder™

Arcade Treasures, Kurtz (ISBN 0-88740-619-X): Page: 113; Color photo; Price guide: 1994
The Encyclpedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 112; Color photo;

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Shark Attack (Pacific Novelty 1981)
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