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Chicken Shift Chicken Shift - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Chicken Shift - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

The object of this game is to guide eggs through a maze.

Chicken Shift was produced by Bally Sente in 1984.

Bally Sente released 23 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984. Bally Sente was based in United States.

Other machines made by Bally Sente during the time period Chicken Shift was produced include: Snake Pit, Goalie Ghost, Hat Trick, Snacks 'n Jaxson, and Trivial Pursuit Young Player's Edition

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Specs

Name Chicken Shift
Developer Bally Sente (United States)
Year 1984
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 7326
Class Wide Release
Genre Labyrinth/Maze
Monitor
Conversion Class Bally Sente
Dipswitch Settings

Chicken Shift Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)

# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Gameplay Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Backlit Buttons: 1 [Blue Things]
  • Backlit Buttons: 1 [Red Things]
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
Control Panel Chicken Shift Control Panel Image

Chicken Shift KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.88 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.00

Overall Like 4.00
Fun (Social) 3.00
Fun (Solo) 4.00
Collector Desire 5.00

Technical Rating: 3.75

Gameplay 3.00
Graphics 4.00
Originality 5.00
Sound/Music 3.00

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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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Chicken Shift Census

There are 14,717 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,456 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,294 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 20 known instances of this machine owned by Chicken Shift collectors who are active members. Of these, 15 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - There are 5 active VAPS members currently looking for Chicken Shift.

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 5 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]

Flyers

Foto-Finder® (Books)

  1. The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 182; Color photo Price guide: No
  2. Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 182; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

  1. 3D Model (External): Upright

eBay Listings

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Flyer CHICKEN SHIFT Arcade Video Game advertisement original see pic

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FixedPrice
$14.98

Chicken Shift Video Arcade Flyer / Brochure / Ad

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$14.95

Bally Sente Chicken Shift Video Arcade Machine Flyer, 1984 NOS

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$17.00

Chicken Shift Arcade video game NEW Full Size machine SENTE GUSCADE

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