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Manufacturer:
Atari Games Year: 1987 Class: Wide Release Genre: Adventure Type: Videogame Monitor:
Number of Simultaneous Players: 2 Maximum number of Players: 2 Gameplay: Either Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player Ambidextrous Controls:
Sound: Amplified Stereo (two channel) |
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DescriptionRun your human through mazes with a 3-D over-the-shoulder view. Shoot tons of nasty robots that are out to get you. Exit each level to progress to a new maze, with boss levels and the option to buy upgrades between levels.Know anything more about this game? Cabinet InformationThe cabinet has a skinny base, a wide control panel that peaks in the center and slopes to either side, a skinny neck, and a large octagonal monitor housing. The top of the cabinet is completed with an oblong housing with cut corners for the marquee.ConversionThough the cabinets look similar, it is NOT possible to make a simple board and control panel swap to Vindicators. The wiring harnesses are different.Game IntroductionThis is possibly one of the first 3-D shooters ever made. While there are none of the full, free motion effects of the traditional modern day 3-D engines, you are able to change perspectives on the fly.The names of the characters are Captian Ace Gunn and Major Rock Hardy. Game PlayThis game is like playing a primitive version of Doom, or a futuristic, first-person 3-D Gauntlet game.Scarcity in collections (VAPS.org)Common - There are 35 known instances of this game owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 30 of them are original dedicated machines, 0 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards have been placed in another game cabinet, and 5 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.Of the 42,694 video games (3,154 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 20 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records. Wanted - There is one VAPS member currently looking for this game. 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 operatos 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. TechnicalThe joystick is similar to the standard Atari 8-way leaf-switch device found on games like Gauntlet, but the stick has been modified to allow the shaft to rotate a quarter turn either clockwise or counter-clockwise. There is a smaller actuator that protrudes perpendicular to the shaft that contacts one of two microswitches and a spring keeps the shaft centered between the two switches.FixesSince replacement joysticks may be difficult to find, a regular 8-way joystick could be substituted, but two additional buttons would have to be added to the control panel to allow the left and right perspective changes.Alternately, it may be possible to substitute a rotary joystick with some additional circuitry to emulate the left/right twist control. Happ Controls, a US arcade parts manufacturer, makes two styles of rotary units which also operate as normal 8-way sticks. These can be useful in games such as Ikari Warriors, Midnight Resistance and Time Soldiers. They are not spring-loaded like the Xybots' originals, but if properly adapted, these replacements would allow for a more authentic feel and would avoid the unnecessary mutilation of the original control panel. eBay ListingsClick here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for the Xybots 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 Atari Games. 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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