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Night Driver

Manufacturer: Atari
Year: 1976
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Driving
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Black and White with a Color Overlay
23-inch monitor with a sticker of a car placed at the bottom center of the overlay.

Conversion Class: unique
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

Steering: Wheel
Shifter: 4-position (1/2/3/4)
Pedals: 1

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

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Night Driver Description

A nighttime driving game where your headlights illuminate the posts on both sides of the road. The object is to stay on the road as long as possible without crashing. As the game progresses, however, the road becomes narrower and more winding.

Cabinet Information

There are two versions of this game:

Upright - A 9-inch black light is mounted above the monitor for bezel lighting.
Cockpit - A open fiberglass cockpit with the gear shift mounted to the right of the seat.

Cheats, Tricks and Bugs

After 300 points you are awarded bonus time, but the score wraps around back to zero at 1000 points so it is possible to reach 300 points more than once. The expert setting is actually the easist once a player has mastered the game.

CAPS/VAPS Arcade Census

There are 6,862 members of the Classic Arcade Preservation Society / Video Arcade Preservation Society, 3,937 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 64,459 machines (3,753 unique titles).

Common - There are 33 known instances of this machine owned by Night Driver collectors. Of these, 32 of them are original dedicated machines, and one is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

This game ranks a 19 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Wanted - There are 3 VAPS members currently looking for Night Driver.

This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

For Sale - There are 2 VAPS members with Night Driver machines for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts.

Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. [More Information]

Manuals

Operation, Maintenance and Service Manual 65 Pages, 6223 KB File.

Foto-Finder™ (books)

The Encyclpedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 42; Color photo;
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 42; Color photo; Price guide:

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