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Stern Year: 1981 Class: Wide Release Genre: Labyrinth/Maze 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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Turtles DescriptionA turtle moves around a maze trying to save its children while being chased by numerous round bugs. Rescuing all the children by taking them home advances the level. Bombs are collected to use as weapons.Know anything more about this game? Cheats, Tricks and BugsCollect bombs early as the interval between the flashing star's appearances becomes longer and longer as the game progresses.Game IntroductionBoxes containing question marks are located at various points around the screen. When the turtle moves over one of the boxes it either becomes one of its children, which climbs on his back to be taken to a flashing house in one of the corners, or it becomes another enemy bug. The turtle can amass bombs by walking over a flashing star in the center of the screen and can then use them like land mines, dropping only one at any given time to temporarily disable the first bug that runs into it.The game starts off with a cut-scene of a the turtle standing outside of a large building with a big 'S' on it (stands for "Stern" maybe?) looking up at a couple of his children on the roof. The turtle seems very disturbed and heads into the building where the game begins. After eight levels, the turtle reaches the top of the building and a cut-scene showing its children following it out of the building. Then, of course, the game starts all over again. Game PlayWhen a bug has been bombed, it stops dead and starts flashing. It is safe to walk over it while it is still flashing.Scarcity in collections (VAPS.org)Uncommon - There are 15 known instances of this game owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 3 of them are original dedicated machines, and 12 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.Of the 52,013 video games (3,346 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 14 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records. Wanted - We currently do not know of any VAPS members that have gotten around to adding this game to their wish list. The wish-list system is fairly new (not all VAPS members have filled one out) and there are probably a number of collectors who might purchase this game if offered one at the right price. Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because 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. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range. eBay ListingsClick here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for the Turtles Videogame machine and items related to it.Click here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for machines and parts made by Stern. Alternatively, check out the IAM/KLOV custom report of the hottest coin-op machines on eBay, powered by Ace.com (updated throughoutthe day).
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