Hole Land

Description

Destroy all the enemies that pop out of the ground. If they get to the bottom you will need to jump to prevent them from damaging you.

Hole Land was produced by Tecfri in 1984.

Tecfri released 5 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984. Tecfri was based in United States.

Other machines made by Tecfri during the time period Hole Land was produced include: Crazy Rally, Sauro, Speed Ball, and Tricky Doc

Specs

Name	Hole Land
Developer	Tecfri (United States)
Year	1984
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8130
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Medium Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Hole Land Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Hole Land Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 2-way (left, right) Buttons: 2 - FireJump
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

A slightly-rickety robot is being sent into an underground cavern to take out a variety of nasty little alien critters. The game progresses through three stages and then starts again.

Game Play

For the most part, you simply shoot at the enemies. The enemies are crafty and will frequently take cover in holes that are nearby. They also know when they are being shot at, so they will stay hidden until you stop or move.

Nearby, a volcano is erupting chunks of hot rock that can bounce around a bit before disappearing. If you are hit by one, you will be unable to fire and the mechanic will have to come in and jack you back up you can press the buttons repeatedly to speed this up. The critters will also throw bombs at you. If one gets on you, you have to wait for the mechanic to get it off before you can move again.

The first two stages end either when you clear out the area or when a critter happens to break you apart. In the third and final stage, spiders can drop down from the ceiling and grab you, creating more delay. After the last critter has been cleared, you face their leader, a huge, ugly critter with lots of teeth. To defeat him, you must shoot out all his teeth.

You lose a robot if a critter breaks it apart or the big critter chews it up.

Hole Land KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Hole Land Census

There are 14,772 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,482 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,617 machines (6,906 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 6 known instances of this machine owned by Hole Land collectors who are active members. Of these, One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 5 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Hole Land.

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

This game ranks a 2 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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